README.md

Inventory Manager Application

Overview

This application is a project that I've created using Java and SQL through the Apache Derby , a relational database management system that allows for connection between these two languages on client-side Java applications.

Additionally this application utilizes a GUI using AWT and Swing which are both toolkits.

This project allows a person to locally store, edit, update, delete object data through a relational DBMS and also perform functions and simple analyses on that data in the form of inventory assessment and upkeep.

How to Run

1. Download Product.zip and extract contents into a folder

2. Now, with this Product folder, there is already a database that has been in use by my Client. You can run the .jar file which will use the current database of items.

Design

Here I will document the original design plan for this project

Primary Functions - Menu Bar

Sub-functions for each menu

UML

Common Imports for my files

// hussainiaproject;
import java.awt.*;
import java.sql.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;

Object-Oriented Programming

• One of the key aspects of this program was the usage of Object Oriented Programming (OOP) was crucial to this program’s success and extensibility in terms of methods and accessing information. Through OOP use, I found it useful that I could deal with multiple classes with methods, making my program modular and easier to manage. This also meant that extensibility and maintenance of my program were easier and allowed for use of complex methods for data setting and retrieval in different situations.
• JavaDB is Oracle's supported distribution of the Apache Derby open source database. It supports standard ANSI/ISO SQL through the JDBC and Java EE APIs. Java DB is included in the JDK and Apache Derby is a relational database management system that can be embedded in Java programs (and is implemented into this one).
• Install.java serves as a class that pre-creates SQL Tables into the Database used in this IA which is named “IaDb”.
• Database Tables: The tables: Inventory, LabList, and LabNeeds are ones that hold values for the lab stock, list of labs, and each lab’s requirements, respectively. These tables are normalized to the third normal form (3NF) to reduce the duplication of data​ and ensure referential integrity by having 2NF and all the attributes in a table are determined only by the primary keys of that relationship and not by any non-prime structures.

Constructors and Encapsulation

public class JavaDb {
  
  private String dbName;
  private Object[][] data;
  private Connection dbConn;
  
  public JavaDb(String dbName)
  {
    this.dbName = dbName;
    this.data = null;
    setDbConn();
  }
  
  public JavaDb()
  {
    this.dbName = "";
    this.data = null;
    this.dbConn = null;
  }
  
  ...

SQL Commands for Insert, Update, Deleting Data

Insert

INSERT INTO Inventory (itemName, itemCount)
VALUES (?,?)

Update

  UPDATE Inventory
  SET itemCount=?
  WHERE itemName=?

Delete

DELETE FROM Inventory WHERE itemName=?

Challenges

Getting data from objects in the database and using it within algorithms proved to be a challenge, though I accomplished this through the following code

    public Object[][] getData(String tableName, String[] tableHeaders) 
    {
        int columnCount = tableHeaders.length;
        ResultSet rs = null;
        Statement s = null;
        String dbQuery = "SELECT * FROM " + tableName;
        ArrayList<ArrayList<String>> dataList = new ArrayList<>(); //ArrayList for the data from rows and columns
        
        try
        {
            s = this.dbConn.createStatement(); //JDBC Statements
            rs = s.executeQuery(dbQuery);
            while(rs.next())
            {
                ArrayList<String> row = new ArrayList<>();
                for(int i=0; i<columnCount; i++)
                {
                    row.add(rs.getString(tableHeaders[i])); // Loop to get the data from columns and rows
                }
                dataList.add(row);
            }
            this.data = new Object[dataList.size()][columnCount];
            for (int i=0; i<dataList.size(); i++)
            {
                ArrayList<String> row = new ArrayList<>();
                row = dataList.get(i);
                for (int j=0; j<columnCount; j++)
                {
                    this.data[i][j] = row.get(j);
                }
            }  
        }
        catch(Exception e)
        {
            System.exit(0);
        }
        return data;
    }