Overview

Trackr is a desktop application catered towards home businesses to track their suppliers, customers, orders, menu items and tasks. It is designed for users who are quick typers to accomplish their tasks through the Command Line Interface (CLI) while reaping the benefits of a Graphical User Interface (GUI).

:bulb: Tip

Texts that are in italics are further explained in the Glossary section.

About This Guide

This guide is intended for developers who want to work on Trackr project, where the code base is available here.

It explains the different components within the project and how they interact with each other.

This is a guide for developers looking to contribute to the codebase. There are explanations as to how the project is setup and how each command works.

You can click on the respective links below to read up on the relevant sections.

Table of Contents


1 Introduction

1.1 Setting up, getting started

Refer to the guide here on how to set up your own version of our project.

1.2 About Us

For more information about our team, you can refer to this webpage here.

1.3 Acknowledgements

  • This project is based on the AddressBook-Level3 (AB3) project created by the SE-EDU initiative.
  • If you would like to contribute code to the parent project (AddressBook-Level3), see se-education.org for more info.


2 Design

This section will show our design methodology on the different components and how they interact with each other.

:bulb: Tip The .puml files used to create diagrams in this document can be found in the diagrams folder. Refer to the PlantUML Tutorial at se-edu/guides to learn how to create and edit diagrams.

2.1 Architecture


Figure 1: Architecture Class Diagram

The Architecture Diagram given above explains the high-level design of the App.

Given below is a quick overview of main components and how they interact with each other.

2.1.1 Main components of the architecture

Main has two classes called Main and MainApp. It is responsible for,

  • At app launch: Initializing the components in the correct sequence, and connecting them up with each other.
  • At shut down: Shutting down the components and invoking cleanup methods where necessary.

Commons represents a collection of classes used by multiple other components.

The rest of the App consists of four components.

  • UI: The UI of the App.
  • Logic: The command executor.
  • Model: Holds the data of the App in memory.
  • Storage: Reads data from, and writes data to, the hard disk.

2.1.2 How the architecture components interact with each other

The Sequence Diagram below shows how the components interact with each other for the scenario where the user issues the command delete_supplier 1.


Figure 2: Sequence Diagram (Deleting Person)

Each of the four main components (also shown in the diagram above),

  • defines its API in an interface with the same name as the Component.
  • implements its functionality using a concrete {Component Name}Manager class (which follows the corresponding API interface mentioned in the previous point).

For example, the Logic component defines its API in the Logic.java interface and implements its functionality using the LogicManager.java class which follows the Logic interface. Other components interact with a given component through its interface rather than the concrete class (Reason: to prevent components outside from being coupled to the implementation of a component), as illustrated in the (partial) class diagram below.


Figure 3: Logic Class Diagram

The sections below give more details of each component.

2.2 UI component

The API of this component is specified in Ui.java


Figure 4: UI Class Diagram

The UI consists of a MainWindow that is made up of parts e.g.CommandBox, ResultDisplay, TabPanel, StatusBarFooter etc. All these, including the MainWindow, inherit from the abstract UiPart class which captures the commonalities between classes that represent parts of the visible GUI.

The UI component uses the JavaFX UI framework. The layout of these UI parts are defined in matching .fxml files that are in the src/main/resources/view folder. For example, the layout of the MainWindow is specified in MainWindow.fxml

The UI component,

  • executes user commands using the Logic component.
  • listens for changes to Model data so that the UI can be updated with the modified data.
  • keeps a reference to the Logic component, because the UI relies on the Logic to execute commands.
  • depends on some classes in the Model component, as it displays Order, Task or Menu object residing in the Model.

2.3 Logic component

API : Logic.java

Here’s a (partial) class diagram of the Logic component:


Figure 5: Logic Class Diagram

How the Logic component works:

  1. When Logic is called upon to execute a command, it uses the TrackrParser class to parse the user command.
  2. This results in a Command object, which is actually an object of one of its subclasses’ (e.g. AddItemCommand’s) subclasses (e.g. AddOrderCommand). This specific command will then be executed by the LogicManager.
  3. The command can communicate with the Model when it is executed (e.g. to add an order).
  4. The result of the command execution is encapsulated as a CommandResult object which is returned by Logic.

The Sequence Diagram below illustrates the interactions within the Logic component for the execute("delete_order 1") API call.


Figure 6: Delete Sequence Diagram (Deleting Order)

:information_source: Note: The lifeline for DeleteOrderCommandParser should end at the destroy marker (X) but due to a limitation of PlantUML, the lifeline reaches the end of diagram.

Here are the other classes in Logic (omitted from the class diagram above) that are used for parsing a user command:


Figure 7: Parser Class Diagram

How the parsing works:

  • When called upon to parse a user command, the TrackrParser class creates an XYZCommandParser (XYZ is a placeholder for the specific command name e.g., AddOrderCommandParser) which uses the other classes shown above to parse the user command and create a XYZCommand object (e.g., AddOrderCommand) which the TrackrParser returns back as a Command object.
  • All XYZCommandParser classes (e.g., AddOrderCommandParser, DeleteOrderCommandParser, …) inherit from the Parser interface so that they can be treated similarly where possible e.g, during testing.

2.4 Model component

API : Model.java


Figure 8: Model Class Diagram

The Model component,

  • XYZ is a placeholder for the specific object (e.g., Supplier, Task), which are all Item objects.
  • stores trackr data (all XYZ objects which are contained in their respective UniqueXYZList object).
  • stores currently ‘selected’ XYZ objects (e.g., results of search query) as a separate filtered list which is exposed to outsiders as an unmodifiable ObservableList<XYZ> that can be viewed (e.g. UI is bound to this list so that the UI automatically updates when the data in the list changes).
  • stores a UserPref object that represents the user’s preferences. This is exposed to the outside as a ReadOnlyUserPref objects.
  • does not depend on any of the other three components (as the Model represents data entities of the domain, they should make sense on their own without depending on other components).

2.4.1 Item

Here is the Item class that is what all model objects depend on.


Figure 9: Item Class Diagram

Each ItemList contains a UniqueItemList that stores a list of unique Items, which are defined by a model definition (e.g., Supplier or Task from ModelEnum).

2.4.2 Supplier & Customer

This is the class representation for the Supplier and Customer class.


Figure 10: Person Class Diagram

Here is how Supplier and Customer works:

  • Supplier and Customer inherit off Person class, which depends on the Item class.
  • Each Person contains their name, phone number, deadline, email and tags. (e.g., PersonAddress represents the address)
  • The Supplier and Customer object have their corresponding List and UniqueList that stores their information.

2.4.3 Task

This is the class representation for the Task class.


Figure 11: Task Class Diagram

Here is how Task works:

  • Each Task contains their name, deadline, status and time added (e.g., TaskName for task name).
  • Each of the attributes inherits off the corresponding common classes (e.g., TaskName inherit off Name).
  • The Task object have its List and UniqueList.
  • The LocalDateTime object represents the time the task was added to the list (which is used when sorting tasks).

2.4.4 Menu

This is the class representation for the Menu class.


Figure 12: Menu Class Diagram

Here is how Menu works:

  • Each MenuItem contains their name, selling price, cost and profit (e.g., ItemName for menu’s item name).
  • The MenuItem’s ItemName attribute inherit off the corresponding common classes (e.g., ItemName inherit off Name).
  • TheItemProfit is obtained using ItemSellingPrice and ItemCost(i.e. ItemProfit depends on ItemSellingPrice and ItemCost).
  • ItemSellingPrice and ItemCost class inherits off the ItemPrice class.
  • The MenuItem object have its List called Menu and UniqueList.
  • The MenuItem is an attribute of Order.

Aspect: Choice to provide a menu package:

  • Option 1 (our choice): Separating it into a separate menu package.
    • Advantage 1: Ensure that the Order name added is a valid item on the menu, which prevents users from accidentally keying in a wrong order name.
    • Advantage 2: Allows user to see more details of the menu item in a separate tab (e.g. users can see a selling price, cost price and profit for each item)
    • Disadvantage: More time required to implement.
  • Option 2: Add item name as an attribute in the Order class.
    • Advantage: Convenient to implement.
    • Disadvantage: Higher chance of conflicts with another developer working on Order class.

2.4.5 Order

This is the class representation for the Order class.


Figure 13: Order Class Diagram

Here is how Order works:

  • Each Order contains a menu item(from a locally stored menu), customer, quantity, status, deadline and time added (e.g., OrderStatus for order’s status).
  • The menu item and customer each contains attributes as mentioned in their respective section above on how Menu and Customer works.
  • The Order’s OrderDeadline and OrderStatus attribute inherit off the corresponding common classes (e.g., OrderDeadline inherit off Deadline).
  • The Order object have its List called OrderList and UniqueList.
  • The LocalDateTime object represents the time the order was added to the list (which is used when sorting orders).

2.5 Storage component

API : Storage.java


Figure 14: Storage Class Diagram

The Storage component,

  • can save both Trackr data and user preference data in json format, and read them back into corresponding objects.
  • inherits from both TrackrStorage and UserPrefStorage, which means it can be treated as either one (if only the functionality of only one is needed).
  • depends on some classes in the Model component (because the Storage component’s job is to save/retrieve objects that belong to the Model)

2.6 Common classes

Classes used by multiple components are in the trackr.commons package.


3 Implementation

This section describes the details on how the commands are implemented. After every command, the new state of all of Trackr’s data is saved into the data file.

:information_source: Notes about the command format

  • The commands below are in the format <action><XYZ>Command.
  • <action> represents the action the user can do.
    e.g. add, editand find
  • XYZ represents the type of data the user can input.
    e.g. Supplier, Order and Task
    • Note: If there are specific instances where XYZ represents a limited number of types, it would be stated within the description.

3.1 AddXYZCommand

The add command creates a XYZ object and adds it into XYZList and FilteredXYZList. It also saves into the internal XYZList, which stores all the XYZ objects, that matches the provided keywords.

The keywords that can be provided are the attributes as seen in the corresponding XYZ’s class diagram. For example, n/ would be followed by a task name for AddTaskCommand and supplier name for AddSupplierCommand.

The parser for the add command would extract out the arguments corresponding to each particular field.

The following activity diagram summarizes what happens when the user executes the add command.


Figure 15: Add Command Activity Diagram

:information_source: Information on parameters for add command

  • You can see the specific parameters allowed for Supplier, Order, Task and Menu Item.
  • For more information on the specifications of the different attributes, you can look here.

Why is it implemented this way

The AddXYZCommand is an improved version of the original AB3 AddCommand by implementing into an abstract class - AddItemCommand. This reduces repeated lines of code and improves ease of implementation for future commands that require adding an item to a list.

3.2 DeleteXYZCommand

The delete command removes a XYZ object from internal FilteredXYZList and XYZList.

The command only accepts 1 argument without any prefixes. The argument corresponds to the index of XYZ in the FilteredXYZList that the user wishes to delete using a one-based index.

The parser for delete command extracts the index found in the arguments. If the argument is valid, then zero-based index is used to remove XYZ from the XYZList.

The following activity diagram summarizes what happens when the user executes the delete command.


Figure 16: Delete Command Activity Diagram

Why is it implemented this way

The DeleteXYZCommand is an improved version of the original AB3 DeleteCommand by implementing into an abstract class - DeleteItemCommand. This reduces repeated lines of code and improves ease of implementation for future commands that require removing an item from a list.

3.3 EditXYZCommand

The edit command edits a XYZ item from the internal XYZList.

This command requires user to key in the index of XYZ in the FilteredXYZList that the user wishes to edit using a one-based index.

The keywords that can be provided are the attributes as seen in the corresponding XYZ’s class diagram. For example, n/ would be followed by a task name for AddTaskCommand and supplier name for AddSupplierCommand.

:information_source: Information on parameters for edit command

  • You can see the specific parameters allowed for Supplier, Order, Task and Menu Item.
  • For more information on the specifications of the different attributes, you can look here.

The user is required to key in at least one keyword to be edited.

The parser for edit command parses and extracts out the arguments corresponding to each particular field.

The following activity diagram summarizes what happens when the user executes the edit command. (The rake symbol used in the Figure 17: Edit Command Activity Diagram has been implemented with reference to this forum.)


Figure 17: Edit Command Activity Diagram



Figure 18: Edit Item XYZ Activity Diagram

Why is it implemented this way

The EditXYZCommand is an improved version of the original AB3 EditCommand by implementing into an abstract class - EditItemCommand. This reduces repeated lines of code and improves ease of implementation for future commands that require editing an item in a list.

3.4 FindXYZCommand

The find command finds XYZ objects from the internal XYZList (which stores all the XYZ objects) that matches the provided keywords.

The keywords that can be provided varies for each command and can be found in the user guide.

:information_source: Information on parameters for add command

  • You can see the specific parameters allowed for Supplier, Order, Task and Menu Item.
  • For more information on the specifications of the different attributes, you can look here.

The parser for the find command would extract out the arguments corresponding to each particular field.

A XYZContainsKeywordPredicate is built upon these fields, which is used to test each XYZ object in the XYZList on whether they match the keywords provided.

The following activity diagram summarizes what happens when the user executes the find command.


Figure 19: Find Command Activity Diagram

Why is it implemented this way

The FindXYZCommand is an improved version of the original AB3 FindCommand by implementing into an abstract class - FindItemCommand. This reduces repeated lines of code and improves ease of implementation for future commands that require finding an item in a list.

The abstract class ItemDescriptor stores the details of an item. It provides easier implementation for XYZContainsKeywordPredicate classes.

3.5 ListXYZCommand

The list command retrieves all the XYZ objects from the XYZList and lists them all in the internal FilteredXYZList.

The FilteredXYZList is then updated to have all XYZ objects, after which it will then to shown to the user.

The following activity diagram summarizes what happens when the user executes the list command.


Figure 20: List Command Activity Diagram

Why is it implemented this way

The ListXYZCommand is an improved version of the original AB3 ListCommand by implementing into an abstract class - ListItemCommand. This reduces repeated lines of code and improves ease of implementation for future commands that require listing all item of the same data type.

3.6 SortXYZCommand

:information_source: Information on XYZ

  • XYZ for sort only refers to tasks and orders.

The sort command sorts XYZ objects in the internal FilteredXYZList according to a selected criteria.

The command only accepts 1 argument without the prefix c/. This argument is optional, and it corresponds to the criteria the user wishes to sort the list by.

The parser for the sort command would extract out the criteria. If no criteria is given, it will be defaulted to Status and Deadline.

A SortXYZComparator is used to define how two XYZ objects should be compared and sorted.

The following activity diagram summarizes what happens when the user executes the sort command.


Figure 21: Sort Command Activity Diagram

Why is it implemented this way

Unlike the other commands, the SortXYZCommand does not implement an abstract class like SortItemCommand. It simply extends Command as there are only two sort commands (one for orders and one for tasks).

Although abstracting out an abstract class would ease implementation for future sort commands, it is not currently planned. However, this might be changed in the future to follow the syntax of the other commands.

3.7 ClearXYZCommand

The clear command removes all XYZ object from internal FilteredXYZList and XYZList.

The following activity diagram summarizes what happens when the user executes the delete command.


Figure 22: Clear Command Activity Diagram

Why is it implemented this way

The ClearXYZCommand is an improved version of the original AB3 ClearCommand by implementing into an abstract class - ClearItemCommand. This reduces repeated lines of code and improves ease of implementation for future commands that require clearing all item from the list.

3.8 TabCommand

TabCommand switches tabs on the application through CLI commnads. The user can switch tabs with the TabCommand or any of ListXYZCommand or FindXYZCommand which brings the user to the relevant XYZ tab.

The following activity diagram summarizes what happens when the user executes the tab command.


Figure 23: Tab Command Activity Diagram

Why is it implemented this way

An Observable property of JavaFx is used so that an ObservableTabIndex class can be created. This reduces the coupling between Logic which executes the command and Ui components. The Ui listens for changes in the ObservableTabIndex. As Ui is only aware of ObservableTabIndex but not Logic, this also enforces principle of least knowledge.

3.9 HelpCommand

The help command brings up a HelpWindow, where there is a link to the User Guide of Trackr. The user can also press F1 or click Help the menu bar to bring it up.

This will allow the users to be able to have a reference to all the commands and explanation within a single webpage.

Why is it implemented this way

The HelpCommand is the same original command as from AB3, just with the link updated to this project.

3.10 ExitCommand

The exit command allows the users to exit Trackr via the command line.

Why is it implemented this way

The ExitCommand is the same original command as from AB3.


4 Appendix

4.1 Documentation, logging, testing, configuration, dev-ops

Please refer to the respective guides below for other information.

4.2 Product scope

Target user profile:

  • Tech-savvy home businesses owners who:
    • lists their products online or on their own website
    • perform transactions manually without a Point-of-Sale (POS) system
    • Lack manpower/ time to track orders and contacts manually
    • Has a need to manage a significant number of contacts
  • Prefer desktop apps over other types
  • Can type fast
  • Prefers typing to mouse interactions
  • Is reasonably comfortable using CLI apps

Value proposition:

Our application:

  • allows for consolidation of orders, contacts & tasks information which makes it easier to manage them. (but no real-time automation)
  • serves as a user-friendly alternative to free applications such as Microsoft Excel which may not be catered to their needs and requires tedious formatting. (but no support for custom formatting of interface)
  • enables faster contact management compared to a typical mouse/GUI driven app

4.3 User stories

High Priority (Must Have)

As a / an …​ I want to …​ So that I can…​
new user have an instruction guide understand how to use the application
user add new orders have a consolidated place to keep track of my orders
user view all my orders track my progress in dealing with the orders
user edit my orders update my order status
user find my orders by keywords get a specific order without manually searching for it
user delete my orders remove unwanted old orders
user add new suppliers easily find them from a consolidated location
user find suppliers by keywords get the relevant supplier information from a specific supplier contact
user edit my supplier contacts update past supplier contacts with current information
user delete my supplier contacts remove supplier contacts not used anymore
user add new tasks keep track of business tasks from the same application
user find tasks by keywords get all relevant tasks that are related to plan my schedule
user edit my tasks update my progress on the task
user delete my tasks remove old completed tasks

Medium Priority (Nice to Have)

As a / an …​ I want to …​ So that I can…​
business owner add my menu items add orders based on my menu items
business owner edit my menu items update my price and cost based on current rates
business owner delete menu items remove unpopular items that are not sold anymore
user have my orders sorted view my upcoming orders that are not done yet
user have my tasks sorted view the most pressing tasks at first glance
expert user be able to export data keep track of past orders without lagging the application

Low Priority (Upcoming)

As a / an …​ I want to …​ So that I can…​
expert user be able to import past data use the application easily when transferring data

4.4 Use cases

(For all use cases below, the System is the Trackr and the Actor is the Home Business Owner)

Use case: UC01 - Add a new supplier

MSS

  1. Actor chooses to add a supplier
  2. Actor enters the command to add a supplier with the required information.
  3. Trackr saves the new supplier to the system.
  4. Trackr display success message that a new supplier added to the list
  5. Actor can see the new supplier information in the contacts list.

    Use case ends.

Extensions

  • 2a. Not all the required information was given.

    • 2a1. Trackr shows an error message.

      Use case resumes at step 2.

  • 2b. The Actor adds a supplier that already exists in the list.

    • 2b1. Trackr shows an error message.

      Use case ends.

Use case: UC11 - Add a new task

(Similar to UC01 except it is for task)

Use case: UC21 - Add a new order

MSS

  1. Actor chooses to add an order.
  2. Actor enters the command to add an order with the required information.
  3. Trackr saves the new order to the system.
  4. Trackr display success message that a new order added to the list
  5. Actor can see the new order information in the orders list.

    Use case ends.

Extensions

  • 2a. Not all the required information was given.

    • 4a1. Trackr shows an error message.

      Use case resumes at step 2.

  • 2b. The Actor adds an order that already exists in the list.

    • 4b1. Trackr shows an error message.

      Use case ends.

  • 2c. The item does not exist in menu

    • 2c1. Trackr displays error message.
    • 2c2. Actor adds a new menu item(UC31).

    Use case resumes at step 2.

Use case: UC31 - Add a new menu item

(Similar to UC01 except it is for menu item)

Use case: UC02 - Delete a supplier

MSS

  1. Actor chooses to delete a supplier.
  2. Actor enters the command to list contacts.
  3. Trackr shows a list of contacts.
  4. Actor enters the command to delete a specific indexed contact from the list.
  5. Trackr deletes the contact.

    Use case ends.

Extensions

  • 2a. The list is empty.

    Use case ends.

  • 4a. The given index is invalid.

    • 4a1. Trackr shows an error message.

      Use case resumes at step 4.

  • 4b. No index was given.

    • 4b1. Trackr shows an error message.

      Use case resumes at step 4.

Use case: UC12 - Delete a task

(Similar to UC02 except it is for task)

Use case: UC22 - Delete an order

(Similar to UC02 except it is for order)

Use case: UC32 - Delete a menu item

(Similar to UC02 except it is for menu item)

Use case: UC03 - Edit a supplier

MSS

  1. Actor chooses to edit a supplier
  2. Actor enters the command to list contacts.
  3. Trackr shows a list of contacts.
  4. Actor enters an edit contact command for a specific contact and the updated information.
  5. Trackr updates the contact details with the new information.

    Use case ends.

Extensions

  • 2a. The list is empty.

    Use case ends.

  • 3a. The Actor enters an invalid index.

    • 3a1. Trackr displays an error message.

      Use case resumes at step 3.

  • 3b. The Actor enters invalid information.

    • 3b1. Trackr displays an error message.

      Use case resumes at step 3.

  • 3c. The Actor does not enter any information.

    • 3c1. Trackr displays an error message.

      Use case resumes at step 3.

Use case: UC13 - Edit a task

(Similar to UC03 except it is for task)

Use case: UC23 - Edit an order

(Similar to UC03 except it is for order)

Use case: UC33 - Edit a menu item

(Similar to UC03 except it is for menu item)

Use case: UC04 - Finding a supplier

MSS

  1. Actor chooses to find a supplier
  2. Actor enter the command to find a supplier with the desired search criteria.
  3. Trackr searches for suppliers that match the given criteria.
  4. Trackr displays a list of suppliers that match the criteria.

    Use case ends.

Extensions

  • 2a. No search criteria was given.

    • 2a1. Trackr displays an error message.

    • Use case resumes at step 2.

  • 4a. No supplier matches the given search criteria.

    • 4a1. Trackr display an empty list.

      Use case ends.

Use case: UC14 - Find a task

(Similar to UC04 except it is for task)

Use case: UC24 - Find an order

(Similar to UC04 except it is for order)

Use case: UC34 - Find a menu item

(Similar to UC04 except it is for menu item)

Use case: UC15 - Sort tasks

MSS

  1. Actor chooses to sort tasks.
  2. Actor enters the command with the desired sorting criteria.
  3. Trackr sorts tasks according to the criteria.
  4. Trackr displays a list of tasks that are sorted.

    Use case ends.

Extensions

  • 2a. No sorting criteria was given.

    • 2a1. Trackr sorts tasks based on default criteria.

    • Use case ends.

  • 2b. Invalid sorting criteria was given.

    • 2b1. Trackr displays error message.

    Use case resumes at step 2.

Use case: UC25 - Sort orders

(Similar to UC15 except it is for order)

Use case: UC50 - Switch to another tab

MSS

  1. Actor enters the command to switch to another tab.
  2. Actor interacts with the tab menu.
  3. Trackr switches to the target tab.

    Use case ends.

4.5 Non-Functional Requirements

  1. Should work on any mainstream OS as long as it has Java 11 or above installed.
  2. Should be able to hold up to 200 supplier and customer contacts without a noticeable sluggishness in performance for typical usage.
  3. Should be able to hold up to 1000 order details without a noticeable sluggishness in performance for typical usage.
  4. Should be able to hold up to 200 tasks without a noticeable sluggishness in performance for typical usage.
  5. A user with above average typing speed for regular English text (i.e. not code, not system admin commands) should be able to accomplish most of the tasks faster using commands than using the mouse.
  6. Should store data locally only.

4.6 Glossary

  • Mainstream OS: Windows, Linux, Unix, OS-X
  • CLI: Command-Line Interface
  • GUI: Graphical User Interface
  • AB3: AddressBook-Level3 (The parent project this is based off on)
  • Real-time automation: Automatically update tasks or orders with deadlines that have passed as done or overdue.
  • Supplier: Supplier refers to someone whom the user seasonally or frequently orders goods from
  • Customer: Customer refers to someone whom the user receives an order from
  • Order: Order refers to the customers’ orders the user accepts
  • Task: Task refers to any to-dos the user may have, it need not be related to suppliers or orders (For instance, it can be about tidying inventory)
  • Menu Item: Menu Item refers to any inventory/ stock that the user is selling to customers
  • Tag: Tags are associated with suppliers, users can tag the supplier with any keyword they want, number of tags are not restricted
  • Status: Statuses are associated with tasks and orders, one entry of task/order can only have one status and the type of status that can be added is restricted


4.7 Planned Enhancements

1. Ensure all the commands follow the standard format so that it is easier for the user to remember.
Currently, some commands do not follow the standard format which requires a prefix in front of each parameter. For instance, find_supplier is of the format find_supplier NAME instead of find_supplier n/NAME.
The format is shown below.

<command> <index> <prefix/paramater> <prefix/paramater> ...


2. Provide better success messages for edit commands.
Currently, the edit commands shows ambiguous success or error messages to the user.
For example editing a task return the success message, Edited task: task. We suggest a clearer and more comprehensive message such as Edited task: <TASK DATA> where <TASK DATA> represents the edited data.
Specifically, Edited task: Buy eggs; Deadline:01 January 2023; Status: Not Done.

Proposed implementation: Currently, all the EditXYZCommand extends from the EditItemCommand and uses the success message format (Edited %s: %1$s) defined in EditItemCommand class. When an edit command is executed successfully, we generate the success message by replacing %s with the item type and %1$s with the string representation of the edited item object. We plan to change the format of the success message (by replacing %1$s to %s) to print out the entire string of instead of only printing out the first word which is the item name.

3. Fix error messages for commands.
Currently, some commands have an issue with their error message.
For example, if there is a duplicate from this command add_order on/Chocolate Cookies q/10 d/10/10/2023 n/Ben p/11111111 a/Ben Street, the error message should be This Order already exists in the order list. However, currently, this error message is shown instead: This Order already exists in the Chocolate Cookies; 10; Deadline: 10 October 2023; Status: Not Delivered; Customer: Ben; Phone: 11111111; Address: Ben Street list.

4. Improve validity checks for menu item’s PRICE and COST.
Currently, there is no comprehensive validity check for these two parameters, which might result in bugs shown within the application.
Both ItemSellingPrice class (which represents the PRICE and ItemCost class (representing the COST) extends from the ItemPrice class (as seen in this Class Diagram). Thus, both PRICE and COST are checked with the same ItemPrice::isValidPrice(String) method. We plan to improve on this feature flaw by modifying this isValidPrice(String) method to check and limit the price and cost entered to be 1000 or less, so as to prevent a situation where an issue with the calculation occurs when excessively large numbers are keyed in.

5. Improve validity check for order’s and task’s DEADLINE.
Currently, the validity check for deadlines is not strict enough. For example, users are able to enter deadlines that are far away in the past like 01/01/1800. Therefore, we plan to improve on this by only allowing users to key in deadlines that falls within the past 10 years. Since both OrderDeadline and TaskDeadline extends the common class Deadline and Deadline::isValidDeadline is used to check the validity of both parameters, we plan to simply tweak the implementation of Deadline::isValidDeadline for stricter checks on deadlines entered.

6. Fix error in find_order. Currently, find_order only works on the last field that is typed into the command. Hence, it is ignoring the other fields. We plan to improve this feature to match find_task command where it would match the multiple fields if they are present in an AND format. Specifically, find_order q/2 d/01/01/2024 would list all orders that have quantity of 2 and a deadline of 01/01/2024.


4.8 Instructions for manual testing

Given below are instructions to test the app manually.

:information_source: Note These instructions only provide a starting point for testers to work on and testers are expected to do more exploratory testing.

Launch and shutdown

  1. Initial launch

    1. Download the jar file and copy into an empty folder

    2. Double-click the jar file Expected: Shows the GUI with a set of sample contacts. The window size may not be optimum.

  2. Saving window preferences

    1. Resize the window to an optimum size. Move the window to a different location. Close the window.

    2. Re-launch the app by double-clicking the jar file.
      Expected: The most recent window size and location is retained.

  3. Shutdown

    1. Execute the command exit or close the window using GUI by clicking the cross on the top-right hand corner. Expected: The window will close and all the data will be saved.

Adding a supplier

Test Case 1

Context: There is no contact with the phone number 11111111 in Trackr.

Action: Execute command add_supplier n/Ben p/11111111 a/Ben Street e/ben@gmail.com

Expected Outcome:

  • New supplier Ben is added into the supplier list.
  • Success message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, New Supplier added: Ben; Phone: 11111111; Email: ben@gmail.com; Address: Ben Street

Test Case 2

Context: There is a contact with the phone number 11111111 in Trackr.

Action: Execute command add_supplier n/Ben p/11111111 a/Ben Street e/ben@gmail.com

Expected Outcome:

  • Error message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, This Supplier already exists in the Supplier list

Adding a task

Test Case 1

Context: There is no task with the name Buy yeast and deadline 10/10/2023 in Trackr.

Action: Execute command add_task n/Buy yeast d/10/10/2023

Expected Outcome:

  • New task Buy yeast is added into the task list.
  • Success message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, New Task added: Buy yeast; Deadline: 10 October 2023; Status: Not Done

Test Case 2

Context: There is a task with the name Buy yeast and deadline 10/10/2023 in Trackr.

Action: Execute command add_task n/Buy yeast d/10/10/2023

Expected Outcome:

  • Error message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, This Task already exists in the Task list

Adding an order

Test Case 1

Context: There is no order with the same customer, order item, deadline and quantity in Trackr.

Action: Execute command add_order on/Chocolate Cookies q/10 d/10/10/2023 n/Ben p/11111111 a/Ben Street

Expected Outcome:

  • New order is added into the order list.
  • Success message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, New Order added: Chocolate Cookies; 10; Deadline: 10 October 2023; Status: Not Delivered; Customer: Ben; Phone: 11111111; Address: Ben Street

Test Case 2

Context: There is an order with the same customer, order item, deadline and quantity in Trackr.

Action: Execute command add_order on/Chocolate Cookies q/10 d/10/10/2023 n/Ben p/11111111 a/Ben Street

Expected Outcome:

  • Error message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, This Order already exists in the Chocolate Cookies; 10; Deadline: 10 October 2023; Status: Not Delivered; Customer: Ben; Phone: 11111111; Address: Ben Street list
    Note that there is an issue with the error message now and will be fixed in the future update.

Adding a menu item

Test Case 1

Context: There is no menu item with the name Vanilla Cake in Trackr.

Action: Execute command add_item n/Vanilla Cake pr/40 c/25

Expected Outcome:

  • New menu item Vanilla Cake is added into the menu.
  • Success message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, New Menu Item added: Vanilla Cake; Selling Price: $40.00; Cost: $25.00; Profit: $15.00

Test Case 2

Context: There is a menu item with the name Vanilla Cake in Trackr.

Action: Execute command add_item n/Vanilla Cake pr/40 c/25

Expected Outcome:

  • Error message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, This Menu Item already exists in the Menu Item list

Editing supplier

Test Case 1

Context: There is a supplier at index 1 and no suppliers with the new phone number 11111111 in Trackr.

Action: Execute command edit_supplier 1 p/11111111

Expected Outcome:

  • Edited first supplier with phone number 11111111.
  • Success message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, Edited supplier: supplier

Test Case 2

Context: There is a supplier at index 1 and a supplier with the new phone number 11111111 in Trackr.

Action: Execute command edit_supplier 1 p/11111111

Expected Outcome:

  • Error message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, This supplier already exists in the supplier list.

Test Case 3

Context: There is no supplier at index 5 in Trackr.

Action: Execute command edit_supplier 5 p/11111111

Expected Outcome:

  • Error message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, The supplier index provided is invalid

Editing task

Test Case 1

Context: There is a task at index 1 and no supplier with the new name Buy eggs and deadline 10/10/2023 in Trackr.

Action: Execute command edit_task 1 n/Buy eggs d/10/10/2023

Expected Outcome:

  • Edited first task with name Buy eggs and deadline 10/10/2023.
  • Success message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, Edited task: task

Test Case 2

Context: There is a task at index 1 and a supplier with the new name Buy eggs and deadline 10/10/2023 in Trackr.

Action: Execute command edit_task 1 n/Buy eggs d/10/10/2023

Expected Outcome:

  • Error message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, This task already exists in the task list.

Test Case 3

Context: There is no task at index 5 in Trackr.

Action: Execute command edit_task 5 n/Buy eggs d/10/10/2023

Expected Outcome:

  • Error message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, The task index provided is invalid

Editing order

Test Case 1

Context: There is an order at index 1 and no same details as edited order in Trackr.

Action: Execute command edit_order 1 a/John Street

Expected Outcome:

  • Edited first order with customer address John Street.
  • Success message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, Edited order: order

Test Case 2

Context: There is an order at index 1 and an order with the same details as the edited order in Trackr.

Action: Execute command edit_order 1 a/John Street

Expected Outcome:

  • Error message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, This order already exists in the order list.

Test Case 3

Context: There is no order at index 5 in Trackr.

Action: Execute command edit_task 5 n/Buy eggs d/10/10/2023

Expected Outcome:

  • Error message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, The order index provided is invalid

Editing menu item

Test Case 1

Context: There is a menu item at index 1 and no menu items with same name Chocolate Cookies in Trackr.

Action: Execute command edit_item 1 n/Chocolate Cookies

Expected Outcome:

  • Edited first menu item with name Chocolate Cookies.
  • Success message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, Edited menu item: menu item

Test Case 2

Context: There is a menu item at index 1 and a menu item with the same name Chocolate Cookies in Trackr.

Action: Execute command edit_item 1 n/Chocolate Cookies

Expected Outcome:

  • Error message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, This menu item already exists in the menu item list.

Test Case 3

Context: There is no menu item at index 5 in Trackr.

Action: Execute command edit_item 1 n/Chocolate Cookies

Expected Outcome:

  • Error message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, The menu item index provided is invalid

Find supplier

Test Case 1

Context: There is a supplier with name containing John in Trackr.

Action: Execute command find_supplier John

Expected Outcome:

  • Shows the 1 supplier with name containing John.
  • Success message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, 1 suppliers listed!

Find task

Test Case 1

Context: There is a task with name containing Buy in Trackr.

Action: Execute command find_task n/Buy

Expected Outcome:

  • Shows the 1 task with name containing Buy.
  • Success message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, 1 tasks listed!

Find order

Test Case 1

Context: There is an order with customer name containing John in Trackr.

Action: Execute command find_order n/John

Expected Outcome:

  • Shows the 1 order with customer name containing Buy.
  • Success message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, 1 orders listed!

Find menu item

Test Case 1

Context: There is a menu item with name containing Chocolate in Trackr.

Action: Execute command find_item Chocolate

Expected Outcome:

  • Shows the 1 menu item with name containing Chocolate.
  • Success message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, 1 menu items listed!

Delete supplier

Test Case 1

Context: There is a supplier at index 1 in Trackr.

Action: Execute command delete_supplier 1

Expected Outcome:

  • Deleted the first supplier.
  • Success message shown in command result box.

Test Case 2

Context: There is no supplier at index 5 in Trackr.

Action: Execute command delete_supplier 5

Expected Outcome:

  • Error message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, The supplier index provided is invalid

Delete task

Test Case 1

Context: There is a task at index 1 in Trackr.

Action: Execute command delete_task 1

Expected Outcome:

  • Deleted the first task.
  • Success message shown in command result box.

Test Case 2

Context: There is no task at index 5 in Trackr.

Action: Execute command delete_task 5

Expected Outcome:

  • Error message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, The task index provided is invalid

Delete order

Test Case 1

Context: There is an order at index 1 in Trackr.

Action: Execute command delete_order 1

Expected Outcome:

  • Deleted the first order.
  • Success message shown in command result box.

Test Case 2

Context: There is no order at index 5 in Trackr.

Action: Execute command delete_order 5

Expected Outcome:

  • Error message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, The order index provided is invalid

Delete menu item

Test Case 1

Context: There is a menu item at index 1 in Trackr.

Action: Execute command delete_item 1

Expected Outcome:

  • Deleted the first menu item.
  • Success message shown in command result box.

Test Case 2

Context: There is no menu item at index 5 in Trackr.

Action: Execute command delete_item 5

Expected Outcome:

  • Error message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, The menu item index provided is invalid

Sort task

Test Case 1

Context: There are tasks not sorted by name in Trackr.

Action: Execute command sort_task c/Name

Expected Outcome:

  • Sorted tasks by name in alphabetical order (Task name starting with A at the top and Z at the bottom).
  • Success message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, Tasks sorted!

Sort order

Test Case 1

Context: There are orders not sorted by order item name in Trackr.

Action: Execute command sort_order c/Name

Expected Outcome:

  • Sorted orders by menu item name in alphabetical order (Menu item name starting with A at the top and Z at the bottom).
  • Success message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, Orders sorted!

List all suppliers

Test Case 1

Context: None.

Action: Execute command list_supplier

Expected Outcome:

  • List and shows all suppliers.
  • Success message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, Listed all suppliers

List all tasks

Test Case 1

Context: None.

Action: Execute command list_task

Expected Outcome:

  • List and shows all tasks.
  • Success message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, Listed all tasks

List all orders

Test Case 1

Context: None.

Action: Execute command list_order

Expected Outcome:

  • List and shows all orders.
  • Success message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, Listed all orders

List all menu items

Test Case 1

Context: None.

Action: Execute command list_menu

Expected Outcome:

  • List and shows all menu items.
  • Success message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, Listed all menu items

Clear all suppliers

Test Case 1

Context: None.

Action: Execute command clear_supplier

Expected Outcome:

  • Cleared all suppliers.
  • Success message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, Supplier list has been cleared!

Clear all tasks

Test Case 1

Context: None.

Action: Execute command clear_task

Expected Outcome:

  • Cleared all tasks.
  • Success message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, Task list has been cleared!

Clear all orders

Test Case 1

Context: None.

Action: Execute command clear_order

Expected Outcome:

  • Cleared all orders.
  • Success message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, Order list has been cleared!

Clear all menu items

Test Case 1

Context: None.

Action: Execute command clear_menu

Expected Outcome:

  • Cleared all menu items.
  • Success message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, Menu Item list has been cleared!

Switch tabs

Test Case 1

Context: None.

Action: Execute command tab t/MENU

Expected Outcome:

  • Switched to the menu tab.
  • Success message shown in command result box.
    Specifically, Switched tab.