Library Management System

Java project following Mark Dexter's online tutorial demonstrating TDD, Unit Testing via JUnit. Database persistence is explored in two ways:

• with XML using XStream framework.
• using Java Serialization

Prerequisites

The "my_library.jar" file is compiled to run with Java 6 and later. Additionally, make sure the "xstream-1.4.11.1.jar" file is in the same directory as the my_library.jar file when attempting to run the program, otherwise the program will fail.

Installing

After downloading/cloning the repo, do the following:

Windows:

• open cmd
• navigate into the downloaded repo
• run the following command:

java -jar my_library.jar

Linux:

• open a terminal session
• type in "java -version" to make sure Java is installed. If not, install a stable Java version.
• navigate into the downloaded repo
• run the following command:

java -jar my_library.jar

Running the tests

JUnit tests can be run directly from the test folder in your IDE of choice. I used Eclipse for my project. Alternatively, the AllTests.java class can be run as a JUnit test suite to run all tests at once.

Built With

• XStream

Acknowledgments

Thank you Mark Dexter for your very informative Eclipse/Java Tutorial! You can find them on YoutTube, or at his webpage.