Cab Booking Application

Introduction

This Online Cab Booking project deals with an online application designed for booking cabs as per the requirements of the customers at their convenience.

Method

• Developed in Java Swing, with MySQL as the backend server for the application.
• Makes use of the Object Oriented Programming and Database systems concepts.
• The communication between the server and the Java application happens through the JDBC Driver file.
• The application supports multiple customers simultaneously.

Features

The customer side of the application has the ability to:

• Register as a new user with information such as user name, a user id (unique across the system), phone number, and email id.
• An existing customer should log in into the system with user id and password.
• A customer has options to book a cab by entering details like pick-up point and drop-off point.
• After the customer has requested a cab, the cab driver located nearest to the customer will be assigned to him/her and a booking confirmation containing the details of the driver like name, phone number and rating will be shown to the customer.
• Also, the estimated fare and an approximate duration of the trip will be displayed to the customer.
• If more than one driver gets matched with a customer, then the driver with the maximum rating will be assigned to the customer.
• A request timed out message will be shown to the customer if there are no drivers available. Soon after, a driver from another location will be allotted to the customer from the location that has the maximum available drivers.
• Once the trip is complete the necessary money will be deducted from the customer’s wallet. A wallet is associated with a customer that contains money that the customer can use to pay for his/her ride. Here, it is assumed that a customer’s digital wallet associated with the cab booking portal is the only acceptable mode of payment.
• There is also an option to add more money to the digital wallet.
• A customer will have to maintain a minimum of 300 INR for making a booking request. If the balance in the wallet is not sufficient, then the customer will have to first add money to the wallet and then proceed with the booking.
• Once a trip is booked both the driver and the user will be busy for the duration of the trip and will not participate in any booking.