By: Team T09-1
Since: Aug 2018
Licence: MIT
- 1. Setting up
- 2. Design
- 3. Implementation
- 4. Documentation
- 5. Testing
- 6. Dev Ops
- Appendix A: Product Scope
- Appendix B: User Stories
- Appendix C: Use cases
- C.1. Create a contact
- C.2. List contacts
- C.3. Update a contact
- C.4. Select a contact
- C.5. Delete a contact
- C.6. Create a task
- C.7. List tasks
- C.8. Edit a task
- C.9. Select a task
- C.10. Delete a task
- C.11. Batch delete tasks
- C.12. Delete all tasks
- C.13. Assign people to a task
- C.14. Unassign person from a task
- C.15. View calendar
- C.16. List calendars
- C.17. Import calendar
- C.18. Share calendar
- Appendix D: Non-Functional Requirements
- Appendix E: Glossary
- Appendix F: Product survey
- Appendix G: Instructions for Manual Testing
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JDK
9
or later⚠️ JDK 10
on Windows will fail to run tests in headless mode due to a JavaFX bug. Windows developers are highly recommended to use JDK9
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IntelliJ IDE
ℹ️IntelliJ by default has Gradle and JavaFx plugins installed.
Do not disable them. If you have disabled them, go toFile
>Settings
>Plugins
to re-enable them.
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Fork this repo, and clone the fork to your computer
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Open IntelliJ (if you are not in the welcome screen, click
File
>Close Project
to close the existing project dialog first) -
Set up the correct JDK version for Gradle
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Click
Configure
>Project Defaults
>Project Structure
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Click
New…
and find the directory of the JDK
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Click
Import Project
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Locate the
build.gradle
file and select it. ClickOK
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Click
Open as Project
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Click
OK
to accept the default settings -
Open a console and run the command
gradlew processResources
(Mac/Linux:./gradlew processResources
). It should finish with theBUILD SUCCESSFUL
message.
This will generate all resources required by the application and tests. -
Open
XmlAdaptedPerson.java
andMainWindow.java
and check for any code errors-
Due to an ongoing issue with some of the newer versions of IntelliJ, code errors may be detected even if the project can be built and run successfully
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To resolve this, place your cursor over any of the code section highlighted in red. Press ALT+ENTER, and select
Add '--add-modules=…' to module compiler options
for each error
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Repeat this for the test folder as well (e.g. check
XmlUtilTest.java
andHelpWindowTest.java
for code errors, and if so, resolve it the same way)
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Run the
seedu.address.MainApp
and try a few commands -
Run the tests to ensure they all pass.
This project follows oss-generic coding standards. IntelliJ’s default style is mostly compliant with ours but it uses a different import order from ours. To rectify,
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Go to
File
>Settings…
(Windows/Linux), orIntelliJ IDEA
>Preferences…
(macOS) -
Select
Editor
>Code Style
>Java
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Click on the
Imports
tab to set the order-
For
Class count to use import with '*'
andNames count to use static import with '*'
: Set to999
to prevent IntelliJ from contracting the import statements -
For
Import Layout
: The order isimport static all other imports
,import java.*
,import javax.*
,import org.*
,import com.*
,import all other imports
. Add a<blank line>
between eachimport
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Optionally, you can follow the UsingCheckstyle.adoc document to configure IntelliJ to check style-compliance as you write code.
Set up Travis to perform Continuous Integration (CI) for your fork. See UsingTravis.adoc to learn how to set it up.
After setting up Travis, you can optionally set up coverage reporting for your team fork (see UsingCoveralls.adoc).
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Coverage reporting could be useful for a team repository that hosts the final version but it is not that useful for your personal fork. |
Optionally, you can set up AppVeyor as a second CI (see UsingAppVeyor.adoc).
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Having both Travis and AppVeyor ensures your App works on both Unix-based platforms and Windows-based platforms (Travis is Unix-based and AppVeyor is Windows-based) |
The Architecture Diagram given above explains the high-level design of the App. Given below is a quick overview of each component.
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The .pptx files used to create diagrams in this document can be found in the diagrams folder. To update a diagram, modify the diagram in the pptx file, select the objects of the diagram, and choose Save as picture .
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Main
has only one class called MainApp
. It is responsible for,
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At app launch: Initializes the components in the correct sequence, and connects them up with each other.
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At shut down: Shuts down the components and invokes cleanup method where necessary.
Commons
represents a collection of classes used by multiple other components. Two of those classes play important roles at the architecture level.
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EventsCenter
: This class (written using Google’s Event Bus library) is used by components to communicate with other components using events (i.e. a form of Event Driven design) -
LogsCenter
: Used by many classes to write log messages to the App’s log file.
The rest of the App consists of four components.
Each of the four components
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Defines its API in an
interface
with the same name as the Component. -
Exposes its functionality using a
{Component Name}Manager
class.
For example, the Logic
component (see the class diagram given below) defines it’s API in the Logic.java
interface and exposes its functionality using the LogicManager.java
class.
The Sequence Diagram below shows how the components interact for the scenario where the user issues the command delete 1
.
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Note how the Model simply raises a AddressBookChangedEvent when the Address Book data are changed, instead of asking the Storage to save the updates to the hard disk.
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The diagram below shows how the EventsCenter
reacts to that event, which eventually results in the updates being saved to the hard disk and the status bar of the UI being updated to reflect the 'Last Updated' time.
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Note how the event is propagated through the EventsCenter to the Storage and UI without Model having to be coupled to either of them. This is an example of how this Event Driven approach helps us reduce direct coupling between components.
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The sections below give more details of each component.
API : Ui.java
The UI consists of a MainWindow
that is made up of parts e.g.CommandBox
, ResultDisplay
, PersonListPanel
, StatusBarFooter
, etc. All these, including the MainWindow
, inherit from the abstract UiPart
class.
The UI
component uses 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
Additionally, the CalendarPanel
consists of CalendarHeaderCell
to indicate days of week, CalendarContentCell
to indicate the date, and CalendarTaskCard
for each of the tasks that falls on that date
The UI
component,
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Executes user commands using the
Logic
component. -
Binds itself to some data in the
Model
so that the UI can auto-update when data in theModel
change. -
Responds to events raised from various parts of the App and updates the UI accordingly.
API :
Logic.java
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Logic
uses theAppParser
class to parse the user command. -
AppParser
then sends the command to the appropriate module parser. -
This results in a
Command
object which is executed by theLogicManager
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The command execution can affect the
Model
(e.g. adding a person) and/or raise events. -
The result of the command execution is encapsulated as a
CommandResult
object which is passed back to theUi
.
Given below is the Sequence Diagram for interactions within the Logic
component for the execute("contacts delete 1")
API call.
API : Model.java
The Model
,
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stores a
UserPref
object that represents the user’s preferences. -
stores Person and Task data.
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exposes an unmodifiable
ObservableList<Person>
andObservableList<Task>
that can be 'observed' e.g. the UI can be bound to this list so that the UI automatically updates when the data in the list change. -
does not depend on any of the other three components.
API : Storage.java
The Storage
component,
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can save
UserPref
objects in json format and read it back. -
can save the Address Book data in xml format and read it back.
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XmlAdaptedPerson depends on XmlAdaptedTaskId to keep track of tasks assigned to the person.XmlAdaptedTask depends on XmlAdaptedPersonId to keep track of persons assigned to the task.
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This section describes some noteworthy details on how certain features are implemented.
The Task
class consists of list of Tag
objects and a Name
object, corresponding to the same classes in the Person
namespace. It also has two DateTime
objects, one for the start date and time and the other for the end date and time of the task.
The DateTime
class encapsulates a Java Calendar
object to store a date and time. It also includes methods to parse and validate date/time inputs from the user, and methods to return the date or time as a String
.
Adding a task is fairly straightforward. The user command is given to the parser, which validates the input and creates the task and the objects it is associated with. One aspect with a more involved implementation is the accomodation of optional start date and time fields in the user input, which is illustrated here.
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The
AddCommandParser
receives the input string and callsArgumentTokenizer.tokenize()
to create anArgumentMultiMap
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It then creates a Date object for the current moment in time and uses the
INPUT_DATE_FORMAT
andINPUT_TIME_FORMAT
DateFormat
s inDateTime
to parse the Date object into date and time strings in the correct format. -
It then retrieves the start date and start time strings from
argMultiMap
, which returns anOptional<String>
for each of them. -
orElse()
is then called on eachOptional<String>
to obtain the string encapsulated by theOptional
, or the string for the current date/time if theOptional
is empty. -
Finally,
ParserUtil.parseDateTime()
is called with the resultant date and time strings.
Listing and finding of tasks is facilitated by ModelManager
and displayed through TaskListPanel
.
ModelManager
implements the following relevant methods:
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ModelManager#updateFilteredTaskList(Predicate<Task> predicate)
— Updates the the internalfilteredTasks
list with the predicate given. Exposed through theModel
interface. -
ModelManager#getFilteredTaskList()
— Returns an unmodifiable view of the internalfilteredTasks
list that updates with any changes to the baselist. Exposed through theLogic
andModel
interfaces.
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TaskListPanel
is constructed with the JavaFX ObservableList returned by
ModelManager#getFilteredTaskList()
when the application is started and displays it.
To find specific tasks, the appropriate predicate is passed into ModelManager#updateFilteredTaskList()
, which updates
the filteredTasks
list, propagating the change up to the TaskListPanel
display.
Currently, there are 2 use cases where ModelManager#updateFilteredTaskList()
is called, examples are given below.
Case 1: On application startup or after running tasks list
command
ModelManager#updateFilteredTaskList()
is called with
Model#PREDICATE_SHOW_ALL_TASKS
which returns true for all tasks.
Case 2: After running tasks find [n/KEYWORD]… [sd/START_DATE] [ed/END_DATE] [t/TAG]…
command
ModelManager#updateFilteredTaskList()
is called with predicate built by TaskPredicateAssembler
which combines the different predicates from input.
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Alternative 1 (current choice): Using
ObservableList
andListView
from JavaFX in UI component.-
Pros:
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Automatically updates
ListView
when changes are made toObservableList
, no manual events are needed. -
Addition, updates and deletion of tasks will only need to interface with
Logic
andModel
.
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Cons:
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ObservableList
does not raise change events when tasks in the base list are mutated. Any edits to existing tasks will need to replace the oldTask
instance with a new one for changes to be reflected on the UI.
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Alternative 2: Using Java
List
in UI component.-
Pros:
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Does not enforce immutability on tasks.
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Full control over when and what UI should update.
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Cons:
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Events will need to be raised manually when tasks are changed.
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Alternative 1 (current choice): Using
FilteredList
from JavaFX.-
Pros:
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Convenient as the filter is maintained even when the base list is changed.
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Abstracts away filtering logic, only need to be concerned with the predicate used.
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Any filter updates will automatically update UI as it implements
ObservableList
.
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Cons:
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Only works as a simple filter.
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Alternative 2: Using
Streams
from Java.-
Pros:
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Powerful, can also be used to transform tasks as an intermediate operation.
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Cons:
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For the same predicate, a new stream will need to be made when the task list is changed.
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Events will need to be raised to update UI on newly filtered list of tasks.
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The undo/redo mechanism is facilitated by VersionedAddressBook
.
It extends AddressBook
with an undo/redo history, stored internally as an addressBookStateList
and currentStatePointer
.
Additionally, it implements the following operations:
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VersionedAddressBook#commit()
— Saves the current address book state in its history. -
VersionedAddressBook#undo()
— Restores the previous address book state from its history. -
VersionedAddressBook#redo()
— Restores a previously undone address book state from its history.
These operations are exposed in the Model
interface as Model#commitAddressBook()
, Model#undoAddressBook()
and Model#redoAddressBook()
respectively.
Given below is an example usage scenario and how the undo/redo mechanism behaves at each step.
Step 1. The user launches the application for the first time. The VersionedAddressBook
will be initialized with the initial address book state, and the currentStatePointer
pointing to that single address book state.
Step 2. The user executes delete 5
command to delete the 5th person in the address book. The delete
command calls Model#commitAddressBook()
, causing the modified state of the address book after the delete 5
command executes to be saved in the addressBookStateList
, and the currentStatePointer
is shifted to the newly inserted address book state.
Step 3. The user executes add n/David …
to add a new person. The add
command also calls Model#commitAddressBook()
, causing another modified address book state to be saved into the addressBookStateList
.
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If a command fails its execution, it will not call Model#commitAddressBook() , so the address book state will not be saved into the addressBookStateList .
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Step 4. The user now decides that adding the person was a mistake, and decides to undo that action by executing the undo
command. The undo
command will call Model#undoAddressBook()
, which will shift the currentStatePointer
once to the left, pointing it to the previous address book state, and restores the address book to that state.
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If the currentStatePointer is at index 0, pointing to the initial address book state, then there are no previous address book states to restore. The undo command uses Model#canUndoAddressBook() to check if this is the case. If so, it will return an error to the user rather than attempting to perform the undo.
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The following sequence diagram shows how the undo operation works:
The redo
command does the opposite — it calls Model#redoAddressBook()
, which shifts the currentStatePointer
once to the right, pointing to the previously undone state, and restores the address book to that state.
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If the currentStatePointer is at index addressBookStateList.size() - 1 , pointing to the latest address book state, then there are no undone address book states to restore. The redo command uses Model#canRedoAddressBook() to check if this is the case. If so, it will return an error to the user rather than attempting to perform the redo.
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Step 5. The user then decides to execute the command list
. Commands that do not modify the address book, such as list
, will usually not call Model#commitAddressBook()
, Model#undoAddressBook()
or Model#redoAddressBook()
. Thus, the addressBookStateList
remains unchanged.
Step 6. The user executes clear
, which calls Model#commitAddressBook()
. Since the currentStatePointer
is not pointing at the end of the addressBookStateList
, all address book states after the currentStatePointer
will be purged. We designed it this way because it no longer makes sense to redo the add n/David …
command. This is the behavior that most modern desktop applications follow.
The following activity diagram summarizes what happens when a user executes a new command:
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Alternative 1 (current choice): Saves the entire address book.
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Pros: Easy to implement.
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Cons: May have performance issues in terms of memory usage.
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Alternative 2: Individual command knows how to undo/redo by itself.
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Pros: Will use less memory (e.g. for
delete
, just save the person being deleted). -
Cons: We must ensure that the implementation of each individual command are correct.
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Alternative 1 (current choice): Use a list to store the history of address book states.
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Pros: Easy for new Computer Science student undergraduates to understand, who are likely to be the new incoming developers of our project.
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Cons: Logic is duplicated twice. For example, when a new command is executed, we must remember to update both
HistoryManager
andVersionedAddressBook
.
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Alternative 2: Use
HistoryManager
for undo/redo-
Pros: We do not need to maintain a separate list, and just reuse what is already in the codebase.
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Cons: Requires dealing with commands that have already been undone: We must remember to skip these commands. Violates Single Responsibility Principle and Separation of Concerns as
HistoryManager
now needs to do two different things.
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The calendar show feature is facilitated by the ModelManager
and displayed through the CalendarPanel
. The purpose of this feature is to allow the user to more easily view his tasks.
This feature can be broken down into two stages: updating the model based on user input and rendering the UI.
The following operation is exposed via the Model
interface:
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Model#updateCalendarMonth()
— Saves the given calendar that encapsulates the month to be displayed in the calendar panel.
The basic flow of the calendar show
command is as such:
Step 1. The user enters the command calendar show y/2018 m/12
Step 2. The command is parsed and a ShowCommand
object is created with the appropate values for year and month.
Step 3. The ShowCommand#execute()
method is invoked, and Model#updateCalendarMont()
is called with a Calendar
object encapsulating the first day of the specified month 1 Dec 2018
.
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This is summarised in the following image.
The following operation is exposed via the Model
interface:
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Model#getCalendarMonth()
— Returns anObservableValue<Calendar>
for the calendar UI elements to determine the month to display and the weekday it starts on.
Given below is how the calendar UI is initialised.
Step 1. The user launches the application. The Model
is initialised with a ObservableValue<Calendar>
representing the current date. The MainWindow
class calls Model#getCalendarMonth()
and Model#getFilteredTaskList()
when creating the CalendarPanel
. This initialises the CalendarPanel
with an ObservableList<Task>
and ObservableValue<Calendar>
to allow it to perform UI updates when necessary.
Step 2. The CalendarPanel
constructs a GridPane
and sets the row and column constraints.
Step 3. The CalendarPanel
populates the GridPane
. The cells in the header row are populated with CalendarHeaderCell
elements containing the days of a week. All other cells are populated with CalendarContentCell
elements based on its position in the grid. The CalendarContentCell
elements are intialised with the ObservableList<Task>
and ObservableValue<Calendar>
.
Step 4. The CalendarContentCell
computes the date that it represents based on the calendar it receives and its position in the grid. It then creates a FilteredList<Task>
from the ObservableList<Task>
that only contains tasks belonging to that state. Finally, the ListView<Task>
element configured to display elements in the FilteredList<Task>
with CalendarTaskCard
elements.
Step 5. The CalendarContentCell
listens to updates to the ObservableValue<Calendar>
that would update the predicate for the FilteredList<Task>
.
Step 6. The CalendarPanel
writes the header for the month and year it is displaying.
Step 7. The CalendarPanel
listens to updates to the ObservableValue<Calendar>
that would update the calendar header with the month and year of the new value.
Initialisation complete.
Given below is how calendar show
command is handled by the UI components.
Step 1. The user enters calendar show y/2018 m/1
. This causes Model#updateCalendarMonth
to called, which sets the new value for the ObservableValue<Calendar>
.
Step 2. The update to the ObservableValue<Calendar>
triggers the listener registered by the CalendarPanel
. This causes the calendar header to be updated via CalendarPanel#handleUpdateCalendar
.
Step 3. The update to the ObservableValue<Calendar>
triggers the listener registered by the CalendarContentCell
. This causes it to recompute the date that it represents and update the predicate for its FilteredList<Task>
. This causes cell to display the appropriate tasks based on the new designated month.
Update complete.
The image below summarises the abovementioned mechanism for a single cell in the calendar.
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Alternative 1 (current choice): Calendar object representing current month and full task list passed to calendar pane, all filter operations done in the calendar pane.
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Pros:
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Less data duplication.
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Allows effect of task filtering via the CLI to also be visible in the calendar view.
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Allows display of tasks in adjacent months.
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Cons:
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Slightly less efficient since each cell needs to filter the entire task list.
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Alternative 1: Done in the model
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Pros:
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Application logic does not reside in the view layer.
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Cons:
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Repeated filtering at multiple steps.
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Task data is duplicated in multiple places.
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Difficult to display events from adjacent months.
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Alternative 1 (current choice): Cells are constructed once and contents are updated each time the month is changed
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Pros:
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Better performance: Deleting and recreating elements incurs some computational cost.
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Cleaner abstraction: Code better follows Single Responsibility Principle. Updating of predicate for a
FilteredList<Task>
more accurately represents the actual behaviour being modelled.
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Cons:
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Increased complexity of implementation.
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Alternative 2: Delete and regenerate cell contents each time the month is changed
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Pros:
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Ease of implementation.
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Cons:
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Poorer performance.
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Messy code. One huge class will be used for the entire calendar.
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We are using java.util.logging
package for logging. The LogsCenter
class is used to manage the logging levels and logging destinations.
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The logging level can be controlled using the
logLevel
setting in the configuration file (See Section 3.7, “Configuration”) -
The
Logger
for a class can be obtained usingLogsCenter.getLogger(Class)
which will log messages according to the specified logging level -
Currently log messages are output through:
Console
and to a.log
file.
Logging Levels
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SEVERE
: Critical problem detected which may possibly cause the termination of the application -
WARNING
: Can continue, but with caution -
INFO
: Information showing the noteworthy actions by the App -
FINE
: Details that is not usually noteworthy but may be useful in debugging e.g. print the actual list instead of just its size
Certain properties of the application can be controlled (e.g App name, logging level) through the configuration file (default: config.json
).
The code for editing and deleting tasks is actually pretty similar to how it is implemented for persons. This is a combination of adding support for two additional commands: tasks edit
and tasks delete
inside TasksParser
, defining the parser classes EditCommandParser
and DeleteCommandParser
, and the command classes EditCommand
and DeleteCommand
, and finally, adding void updateTask(Task target, Task editedTask);
and void deleteTask(Task target);
in the Model
interface, and implementing them in the ModelManager
class.
As for validation, in EditCommandParser
, user input will be checked whether they conform to the format, else ParseException
is thrown and usage message will be shown to the user. Meanwhile, EditCommand
does another kind of validation: that the start date and time are before the end date and time, else CommandException
is thrown and the user will be informed to ensure the chronological order of start and end DateTime
. All these validations are done using methods defined inside DateTime
.
To explain more clearly, you can see below a sequence diagram of what happens when the user asks the program to edit a task:
Please do note that DeleteCommand
for Task
is different from that of Person
in that the former actually takes in a list of indices to be deleted, which is required to support batch deleting tasks. Changes are also made in DeleteCommandParser
to add support for multiple indices user input, and to recognise the keyword "all"
. Should the keyword "all"
be encountered, the list passed to DeleteCommand
is null
, which is a special value to indicate to DeleteCommand
to delete all tasks in the current displayed list. You can find below the sequence diagram for batch-deleting task(s).
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These diagrams are generated using PlantUML. The files used to generate the image files are stored inside docs/plantuml .
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Note the AddressBookChangedEvent
that is raised — this will notify StorageManager
that there is a change in the AddressBook
, and so to save to disk.
Tasks and contacts can be assigned to each other using the commands tasks assign
and contacts assign
, and unassigned by the tasks unassign
and contacts unassign
commands.
This many-to-many relationship is stored as a list of task IDs and person IDs in the Person and Task classes respectively. The IDs are UUIDs, chosen because they are guaranteed to be globally unique and are not dependent on the IDs of other tasks and persons. The IDs are generated randomly by the Person and Task classes if they are not provided to their respective constructors.
The commands are parsed by AssignCommandParser
and UnassignCommandParser
, which are used by both TasksParser
and ContactsParser
. Both parsers will execute their respective AssignCommand
and UnassignCommand
. If both the specified task and contact are found, the task and person IDs will be added to Person.taskIds
and Task.personIds
respectively, and the edited objects will be saved to disk. As happens when the edit commands are run, indicateAddressBookChanged()
is called to update the UI. The data flow is similar to the one for EditCommand
in the previous section.
The figure below is a sequence diagram that illustrates what happens when the user assigns a contact to a task. The process for assigning tasks to contacts and the unassign process are both very similar to this.
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AssignCommand
will also throw errors if a user tries to assign a task to a contact when the contact has already been assigned. Although this is not strictly necessary as the IDs are stored in sets and it would have been impossible to assign someone twice, the error message assures the user that no double assignments will be made, and thus improves the user experience. Similarly, UnassignCommand
throws errors if the user attempts to unassign a contact from a task when the contact is not assigned to it.
An alternative implementation that was considered was to model the many-to-many relationship using an Assignment
class, which will act like a join table in relational databases. This would have slightly decoupled the Person
and Task
classes. However, we chose not to implement it this way as a Person
will always be assigned to a Task
, and also because implementing such a relationship with manually managed IDs is extremely complex without a relational database to abstract away the complexity.
Both AssignCommand
and UnassignCommand
have nearly identical implementations for both tasks and contacts. This is intentional, as this leaves room for the implementation of task or contact specific features. An example of such a possibility is an unassign all feature, e.g. contacts unassign c/3
, which will be able to unassign contact 3 from all his tasks.
We use asciidoc for writing documentation.
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We chose asciidoc over Markdown because asciidoc, although a bit more complex than Markdown, provides more flexibility in formatting. |
See UsingGradle.adoc to learn how to render .adoc
files locally to preview the end result of your edits.
Alternatively, you can download the AsciiDoc plugin for IntelliJ, which allows you to preview the changes you have made to your .adoc
files in real-time.
See UsingTravis.adoc to learn how to deploy GitHub Pages using Travis.
We use Google Chrome for converting documentation to PDF format, as Chrome’s PDF engine preserves hyperlinks used in webpages.
Here are the steps to convert the project documentation files to PDF format.
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Follow the instructions in UsingGradle.adoc to convert the AsciiDoc files in the
docs/
directory to HTML format. -
Go to your generated HTML files in the
build/docs
folder, right click on them and selectOpen with
→Google Chrome
. -
Within Chrome, click on the
Print
option in Chrome’s menu. -
Set the destination to
Save as PDF
, then clickSave
to save a copy of the file in PDF format. For best results, use the settings indicated in the screenshot below.
The build.gradle
file specifies some project-specific asciidoc attributes which affects how all documentation files within this project are rendered.
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The files in docs/stylesheets
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You can modify them to change some properties of the site’s design.
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There are three ways to run tests.
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The most reliable way to run tests is the 3rd one. The first two methods might fail some GUI tests due to platform/resolution-specific idiosyncrasies. |
Method 1: Using IntelliJ JUnit test runner
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To run all tests, right-click on the
src/test/java
folder and chooseRun 'All Tests'
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To run a subset of tests, you can right-click on a test package, test class, or a test and choose
Run 'ABC'
Method 2: Using Gradle
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Open a console and run the command
gradlew clean allTests
(Mac/Linux:./gradlew clean allTests
)
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See UsingGradle.adoc for more info on how to run tests using Gradle. |
Method 3: Using Gradle (headless)
Thanks to the TestFX library we use, our GUI tests can be run in the headless mode. In the headless mode, GUI tests do not show up on the screen. That means the developer can do other things on the Computer while the tests are running.
To run tests in headless mode, open a console and run the command gradlew clean headless allTests
(Mac/Linux: ./gradlew clean headless allTests
)
We have two types of tests:
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GUI Tests - These are tests involving the GUI. They include,
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System Tests that test the entire App by simulating user actions on the GUI. These are in the
systemtests
package. -
Unit tests that test the individual components. These are in
seedu.address.ui
package.
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Non-GUI Tests - These are tests not involving the GUI. They include,
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Unit tests targeting the lowest level methods/classes.
e.g.seedu.address.commons.StringUtilTest
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Integration tests that are checking the integration of multiple code units (those code units are assumed to be working).
e.g.seedu.address.storage.StorageManagerTest
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Hybrids of unit and integration tests. These test are checking multiple code units as well as how the are connected together.
e.g.seedu.address.logic.LogicManagerTest
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See UsingGradle.adoc to learn how to use Gradle for build automation.
We use Travis CI and AppVeyor to perform Continuous Integration on our projects. See UsingTravis.adoc and UsingAppVeyor.adoc for more details.
We use Coveralls to track the code coverage of our projects. See UsingCoveralls.adoc for more details.
When a pull request has changes to asciidoc files, you can use Netlify to see a preview of how the HTML version of those asciidoc files will look like when the pull request is merged. See UsingNetlify.adoc for more details.
Here are the steps to create a new release.
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Update the version number in
MainApp.java
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Generate a JAR file using Gradle.
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Tag the repo with the version number. e.g.
v0.1
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Create a new release using GitHub and upload the JAR file you created.
A project often depends on third-party libraries. For example, Address Book depends on the Jackson library for XML parsing. Managing these dependencies can be automated using Gradle. For example, Gradle can download the dependencies automatically, which is better than these alternatives.
a. Include those libraries in the repo (this bloats the repo size)
b. Require developers to download those libraries manually (this creates extra work for developers)
Target User: NUS Computing students doing group projects
Target user profile: - is a student managing a project with multiple team members - has a need to manage a significant number of contacts - has a need to manage a significant number of tasks - prefer desktop apps over other types - can type fast - prefers typing over mouse input - is reasonably comfortable using CLI apps
Value proposition: manage tasks faster than a typical mouse/GUI driven app
Priorities: High (must have) - * *
, Medium (nice to have) -
,
Low (unlikely to have) -
Priority | As a… | I want to… | So that I can… |
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user |
CRUD Tasks |
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project manager |
assign other tasks to people |
track who’s supposed to complete them and notify them that they are supposed to complete the task |
|
project manager |
see the tasks assigned to each person |
know what they’re supposed to do |
|
project manager |
see an overview of all tasks and people assigned |
get a sense of the state of my project and tasks |
|
existing user |
search for people and tasks |
quickly find the person or task I watn |
|
existing user |
group tasks according to categories/tags |
manage a larger number of tasks easily |
|
existing user |
be alerted to tasks near their deadline |
complete tasks on time |
|
project manager |
send email notifications to people I assigned tasks to |
ensure they are on track with tasks |
|
user |
see milestones visualised using a calendar |
have a more chronological sense of my tasks |
|
user |
view team members’ calendars and share my own |
coordinate meetings and track progress |
|
user |
track the extent of others’ involvement in each task |
ensure fair distribution of credit |
|
user |
use this product as a web app |
easily access my tasks/work on all platforms |
|
user |
create recurring tasks |
avoid repeatedly creating a new task for each recurrence |
|
user |
have Autocomplete when typing tags |
find existing tags faster |
|
power user |
create command aliases |
enter commands more efficiently |
|
power user |
vim-mode CLI |
enter commands more efficiently |
|
power user |
emacs-mode CLI |
enter commands more efficiently |
MSS
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User requests to add a person, together with all the attributes.
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Cow adds that person to the contacts.
Use case ends.
Extensions
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1a. User provides an invalid attribute.
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1a1. Cow shows an error message.
Use case ends.
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MSS
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User requests to list persons.
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Cow shows a list of persons.
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User requests to update a specific person in the list, together with the new attributes.
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Cow updates the person with the given attribute.
Use case ends.
Extensions
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2a. The list is empty.
Use case ends.
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3a. User provides an invalid index.
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3a1. Cow shows an error message.
Use case resumes at step 2.
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3a. User provides an invalid attribute.
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3a1. Cow shows an error message.
Use case resumes at step 2.
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MSS
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User requests to list contacts.
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Cow shows a list of contacts.
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User requests to select a specific contact in the list.
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Cow selects the contact.
Use case ends.
Extensions
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2a. The list is empty.
Use case ends.
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3a. User provides an invalid index.
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3a1. Cow shows an error message.
Use case resumes at step 2
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MSS
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User requests to list persons.
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Cow shows a list of persons.
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User requests to delete a specific person in the list.
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Cow deletes the person.
Use case ends.
Extensions
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2a. The list is empty.
Use case ends
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3a. User provides an invalid index.
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3a1. AddressBook shows an error message.
Use case resumes at step 2.
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MSS
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User requests to add a task, together with all the attributes.
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Cow adds that task.
Use case ends.
Extensions
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1a. User provides an invalid attribute.
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1a1. Cow shows an error message.
Use case ends.
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MSS
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User requests to list tasks.
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Cow shows a list of tasks.
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User requests to edit a specific task in the list, together with the new attributes.
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Cow edits the task with the given attribute.
Use case ends.
Extensions
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2a. The list is empty.
Use case ends.
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3a. User provides an invalid index.
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3a1. Cow shows an error message.
Use case resumes at step 2.
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3a. User provides an invalid attribute.
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3a1. Cow shows an error message.
Use case resumes at step 2
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MSS
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User requests to list tasks.
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Cow shows a list of tasks.
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User requests to select a specific task in the list.
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Cow selects the task.
Use case ends.
Extensions
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2a. The list is empty.
Use case ends
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3a. User provides an invalid index.
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3a1. Cow shows an error message.
Use case resumes at step 2.
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MSS
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User requests to list tasks.
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Cow shows a list of tasks.
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User requests to delete a specific task in the list.
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Cow deletes the task.
Use case ends.
Extensions
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2a. The list is empty.
Use case ends
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3a. User provides an invalid index.
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3a1. Cow shows an error message.
Use case resumes at step 2
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MSS
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User requests to list tasks.
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Cow shows a list of tasks.
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User requests to delete a number of tasks in the list.
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Cow deletes the specified tasks.
Use case ends.
Extensions
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2a. The list is empty.
Use case ends.
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3a. User provides a list of indices containing an invalid index.
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3a1. Cow shows an error message. Use case resumes at step 2
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MSS
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User requests to list tasks.
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Cow shows a list of tasks.
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User requests to delete all tasks in the list.
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Cow deletes all tasks in the list.
MSS
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User requests to list people.
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Cow shows a list of people.
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User requests to list tasks.
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Cow shows a list of tasks.
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User requests to assign a person to a task.
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Cow assigns the person to the task.
Use case ends
Extensions
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2a. The list is empty.
Use case ends.
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4a. The list is empty.
Use case ends.
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5a. User provides an invalid person or task index.
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5a1. Cow shows an error message.
Use case ends.
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5b. User requests to assign a person already assigned to the task.
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5b1. Cow shows a message telling the user the person is already assigned.
Use case ends.
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MSS
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User searches for a contact.
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Cow displays the contact.
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User requests to view tasks assigned to the contact.
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Cow displays a list of tasks assigned to the contact.
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User requests to unassign a contact from a task.
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Cow unassigns the contact from the task.
Use case ends
Extensions
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2a. The list is empty.
Use case ends.
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4a. The list is empty.
Use case ends.
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5a. User provides an invalid person or task index.
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5a1. Cow shows an error message.
Use case ends.
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5b. User requests to unassign a person that is not assigned to the task.
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5b1. Cow shows a message telling the user the person is not assigned.
Use case ends.
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MSS
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User requests to display calendar for specified month and year.
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Cow displays the specified month and year in the calendar panel populated with tasks based on task end date.
Use case ends
MSS
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User requests to list calendars.
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Cow displays list of all calendars I have access to, including shared calendars.
Use case ends
MSS
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User requests to import calendar XML file and specifies calendar name.
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Cow imports tasks contained in XML file into the a calendar with the specified name.
Use case ends
Extensions
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2a. A calendar already exists with the specified name.
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2a1. Cow notifies the user and merges the incoming calendar with the pre-existing calendar.
Use case ends.
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Disability friendly
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colour scheme
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compatibility with screen readers
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on-screen keyboard
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Infinitely scalable (serverless back end on AWS Lambda-equivalent)
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Support alternative (better, faster) forms of storage
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Should work on any mainstream OS as long as it has Java 9 or higher installed.
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Advanced analytics on tasks for work efficiency insights
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Remove all N+1 queries and O(n) lookups
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Mainstream OS
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Windows, Linux, Unix, OS-X
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Tasks
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Text describing work to be done, may be attached to one or more contacts
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Alternative storage
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Local/Remote databases
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Contact
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Represents a person, with name, email, etc.
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GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket Issues
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Bugzilla
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Jira
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Launchpad
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Asana
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Trello
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Pen and paper
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Email
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Orgmode
Given below are instructions to test the app manually.
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Initial launch
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Download the jar file and copy into an empty folder
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Double-click the jar file
Expected: Shows the GUI with a set of sample contacts and tasks. The window size should be optimum if your screen’s resolution is at least 1920x1080.
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Saving window preferences
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In case window size is not optimum, resize the window to an optimum size. Move the window to a different location. Close the window.
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Re-launch the app by double-clicking the jar file.
Expected: The most recent window size and location is retained.
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Closing the application
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Test case:
exit
Expected: the application should exit and the window should disappear.
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Adding a task while all tasks are listed
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Prerequisites: List all tasks using the
tasks list
command. There can be any number of tasks in the list. -
Test case:
tasks add n/Brush the cows sd/20180101 st/0000 ed/20181231 et/2359 t/Chill
Expected: A new task with the fields entered is added to the bottom of the task list. -
Test case:
tasks add n/Slaughter the cows ed/20190101 et/1200
Expected: A new task with the entered name and end date and time is added with the current date and time as the start date and time. -
Test case:
tasks add n/Feed the cows sd/20180101 st/2359 ed/20180101 et/0000
Expected: No task is added. An error message is shown. -
Test case:
tasks add n/Feed the cows ed/19700101 et/0000
Expected: No task is added. An error message is shown. -
Test case:
tasks add n/Feed the cows sd/20180101 st/0000 ed/20180231 et/2500
Expected: No task is added. An error message is shown. -
Other incorrect tasks add commands to try: Names containing non-alphanumeric characters, dates that don’t exist on the calendar, times outside the range 0000-2359 inclusive, wrongly formatted dates and times.
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Editing a task while all tasks are listed
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Prerequisites: List all tasks using the
tasks list
command. There are at least 4 tasks in the list. -
Test case:
tasks edit 1 n/Slaughter the cow
Expected: First task is edited such that its name is nowSlaughter the cow
. New details of the edited task are shown in the status message. Timestamp in the status bar is updated. -
Test case:
tasks edit 1 sd/20180101 st/0000 ed/20180101 et/2359
Expected: First task is edited such that its start date and time are 1 January 2018, 00.00am and its end date and time are 1 January 2018, 23.59pm. New details of the edited task are shown in the status message. Timestamp in the status bar is updated. -
Test case:
tasks edit 1 t/
Expected: First task is cleared of any tags that it might have had. New details of the edited task are shown in the status message. Timestamp in the status bar is updated. -
Test case:
tasks edit 1 t/messy
Expected: First task’s tag is now onlymessy
. New details of the edited task are shown in the status message. Timestamp in the status bar is updated. -
Test case:
tasks edit 1 t/messy t/mean
Expected: First task’s tags are nowmean
andmessy
. They are shown in no particular order. New details of the edited task are shown in the status message. Timestamp in the status bar is updated. -
Other correct tasks edit command to try: Combining editing name with start and/or end date and time and/or tags, Editing only start date and time as long as they are before the end date and time.
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Test case:
tasks edit 0 n/Slaughter the cow
Expected: No task is edited. Error detail is shown in the status message. Status bar remains the same. -
Test case:
tasks edit 1 sd/20181231 st/0000 ed/20180101 et/2359
Expected: No task is edited. Error detail is shown in the status message. Status bar remains the same. -
Test case:
tasks edit 1
Expected: No task is edited. Error detail is shown in the status message. Status bar remains the same. -
Other incorrect tasks edit command to try:
tasks edit
,tasks edit x
(where x is negative or larger than the list size), Editing with invalid start and/or date and/or time, Editing with non-alphanumeric characters in the task name.
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Deleting a task while all tasks are listed
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Prerequisites: List all tasks using the
tasks list
command. There are at least 4 tasks in the list. -
Test case:
tasks delete 1
Expected: First task is deleted from the task list. Details of the deleted task are shown in the status message. Timestamp in the status bar is updated. -
Test case:
tasks delete 0
Expected: No task is deleted. Error detail is shown in the status message. Status bar remains the same. -
Other incorrect tasks delete command to try:
tasks delete
,tasks delete x
(where x is negative or larger than the list size)
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Deleting multiple tasks while all tasks are listed
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Prerequisites: List all tasks using the
tasks list
command. There are at least 4 tasks in the list. -
Test case:
tasks delete 1 3 2
Expected: First, second and third tasks are deleted from the task list. Details of the deleted tasks are shown in the status message. Timestamp in the status bar is updated. -
Test case:
tasks delete 1 4 0
Expected: No task is deleted. Error detail is shown in the status message. Status bar remains the same. -
Other incorrect tasks delete command to try:
tasks delete 1 2 x
(where x is negative or larger than the list size)
-
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Deleting all tasks shown in the task list
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Prerequisites: List all tasks using the
tasks list
command. There are at least 1 task. -
Test case:
tasks delete all
Expected: All tasks shown in the task list are deleted. Details of the deleted tasks are shown in the status message. Timestamp in the status bar is updated.
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Searching for tasks
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Prerequisites: There are multiple tasks in the list for visible results.
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Test case:
tasks find n/work
Expected: Any tasks withwork
in the name are listed in the tasks list panel. Number of tasks listed is shown in the status message. -
Test case:
tasks find t/farm
Expected: Any tasks with thefarm
tag are listed in the tasks list panel. Number of tasks listed is shown in the status message. -
Test case:
tasks find sd/20180105
Expected: Any tasks that starts at20180105
are listed in the tasks list panel. Number of tasks listed is shown in the status message. -
Test case:
tasks find n/hello sd/20181103
Expected: Any tasks withhello
in the name and start date20181103
are listed in the tasks list panel. Number of tasks listed is shown in the status message. -
Test case:
tasks find t/
Expected: Task list is not changed. Error details is shown in the status message. -
Other incorrect commands to try:
tasks find n/
,tasks find sd/invaliddate
,tasks find ed/
Expected: Similar to previous.
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Tasks with long names will be truncated in the calendar. If there are more than 5 tasks ending on that day, the cell will be scrollable, but a scroll bar is not displayed due to space constraints. |
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Calendar show command displays specified month in calendar.
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Test case:
calendar show y/2018 m/1
Expected: Calendar header changes to "January 2018". Days of the week should be correctly displayed.
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Calendar displays tasks ending in specified month.
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Pre-requisites:
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List all tasks using the
tasks list
command. -
Display calendar for January 2018 using the
calendar show y/2018 m/1
command.
-
-
Test case:
tasks add n/test calendar show sd/20170101 ed/20180115 et/1200
Expected: Cell corresponding to 15 Jan 2018 contains the entry displaying "test calendar show".
-
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Calendar displays multiple tasks due on the same day
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Pre-requisites: List all tasks using the
tasks list
command. -
Enter the
tasks add n/test calendar multiple sd/20170101 ed/20181212 et/1200
command 3 times. -
Enter the
calendar show y/2018 m/12
command.
Expected: Cell corresponding to 12 December 2018 has multiple entries displaying "test calendar multiple".
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Calendar displays adjacent months correctly.
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Pre-requisites:
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List all tasks using the
tasks list
command. -
Display calendar for December 2018 using the
calendar show y/2018 m/12
command.
-
-
Test case:
tasks add n/test calendar previous month sd/20170101 ed/20181127 et/1200
.
Expected: Cell corresponding to 27 November 2018 has one new entry displaying "test calendar previous month". -
Test case:
tasks add n/test calendar following month sd/20170101 ed/20190102 et/1200
Expected: Cell corresponding to 2 Jan 2019 has one new entry displaying "test calendar following month".
-
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Default displayed calendar on app startup.
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Create task ending in the current month.
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Shut down the app
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Launch the app
Expected: Calendar displays the current month. Calendar should be populated with tasks ending in the current month.
-
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User input is validated.
-
Test cases:
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calendar show y/0 m/12
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calendar show y/10000 m/12
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calendar show y/2018 m/0
-
calendar show y/2018 m/13
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Expected: Calendar is unchanged. Error details shown in the status message.
-
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Assigning a task to a contact and vice versa while some or all tasks and contacts are listed.
-
Prerequisites: List tasks using the
tasks list
ortasks find
commands, and list contacts using thecontacts list
orcontacts find
commands. There must be at least 1 task and 2 contacts on screen. -
Test case:
tasks assign c/1 k/1
Expected: First task is assigned to the first contact. Details of the assignment are shown in the status message. Timestamp in the status bar is updated. -
Test case:
tasks assign c/1 k/1
Expected: No assignment is made. Error detail is shown in the status message. Status bar remains the same. -
Test case:
contacts assign c/1 k/1
Expected: No assignment is made. Error detail is shown in the status message. Status bar remains the same. -
Test case:
contacts assign c/2 k/1
Expected: Second contact is assigned to the first task. Details of the assignment are shown in the status message. Timestamp in the status bar is updated. -
Test case:
contacts assign c/2 k/1
Expected: No assignment is made. Error detail is shown in the status message. Status bar remains the same. -
Test case:
tasks assign c/2 k/1
Expected: No assignment is made. Error detail is shown in the status message. Status bar remains the same. -
Other incorrect assign commands to try:
tasks assign
orcontacts assign
,tasks assign c/x
orcontacts assign c/x
(where x is any integer),tasks assign k/x
orcontacts assign k/x
(where x in any integer),tasks assign c/x k/y
orcontacts assign c/x k/y
(where x is negative or larger than the contacts list size and/or y is negative or larger than the task list size).
-
-
Unassigning a task from a contact and vice versa while some or all tasks and contacts are listed.
-
Prerequisites: List tasks using the
tasks list
ortasks find
commands, and list contacts using thecontacts list
orcontacts find
commands. There must be at least 1 task and 2 contacts on screen. Task 1 must be assigned to contacts 1 and 2, as detailed in the previous test case. -
Test case:
tasks unassign c/1 k/1
Expected: First task is unassigned from the first contact. Details of the unassignment are shown in the status message. Timestamp in the status bar is updated. -
Test case:
tasks unassign c/1 k/1
Expected: No unassignment is made. Error detail is shown in the status message. Status bar remains the same. -
Test case:
contacts unassign c/1 k/1
Expected: No unassignment is made. Error detail is shown in the status message. Status bar remains the same. -
Test case:
contacts unassign c/2 k/1
Expected: Second contact is unassigned from the first task. Details of the unassignment are shown in the status message. Timestamp in the status bar is updated. -
Test case:
contacts unassign c/2 k/1
Expected: No unassignment is made. Error detail is shown in the status message. Status bar remains the same. -
Test case:
tasks unassign c/2 k/1
Expected: No unassignment is made. Error detail is shown in the status message. Status bar remains the same. -
Other incorrect unassign commands to try:
tasks unassign
orcontacts unassign
,tasks unassign c/x
orcontacts unassign c/x
(where x is any integer),tasks unassign k/x
orcontacts unassign k/x
(where x in any integer),tasks unassign c/x k/y
orcontacts unassign c/x k/y
(where x is negative or larger than the contacts list size and/or y is negative or larger than the task list size).
-