3.3.3 Component / Behavior Model for 'Front End Interfaces'

Figure 7: Component / Behavior Model for 'Front End Interfaces' Click to enlarge

Name: User Interfaces Defining Qualities: Register for a username and password Edit profile; change password Search database, given searchable fields List all items View items Manage portfolios; designate them as public or private (default) View public portfolios (those of other users) Add items to portfolios from Search, List, or Item View Use newsgroup to communicate to other users Behaviors: (Algorithms) Register Enter preferred username and password (default fields: username, password) If site administrator added other fields to user table, the user must fill out those as well Upon submission, if username non-existant, register user Edit Profile Upon login, list current values of user's registration Upon submission, update user database with new values Search Database Search form is constructed from searchable fields (as specified by site administrator) Simple search: 1 textfield; searches items in all searchable fields with AND logic Advanced search: textfields/radio buttons/single and multiple selects, for all searchable fields; searches items as follows: Boolean AND or OR inside fields: for any given field with more than one term entered, use this boolean expression to combine terms Boolean AND or OR between fields: for those fields filled out by the user, use this boolean expression to combine all these fields Fields that have not been filled out in the form are not searched For every field filled out, search the appropriate table for matches; for all matches, search the parent table to find related matches; do so recursively until arrived at root table Using the boolean for between fields, combine hashtables to give the list of ids for all real matches return those entries to the page Search results are listed in the same way as "List items", see next List items List all items in the database, X number of items per page Construct a navigator bar to move to other pages Site administrator customizable: Meta tags are replaced by actual data from the database Meta data is provided as $ITEMFIELDS{fieldname} View item Given an item id show the item page for that item Site administrator customizable: Meta tags are replaced by actual data from the database Meta data is provided as $ITEMFIELDS{"tablename:fieldname"} Manage Portfolios Upon login, list user's portfolios Create, Edit, Delete, or Options for a portfolio Create and Options allow for layout of portfolio; several options are provided in regards to slide order, slide layout, colors, and fonts Delete removes portfolio from database Edit allows for creating notes for any slide in the portfolio; notes are stored in separate table 'notes' in database View Public Portfolios List portfolios with 'public' tag May be filtered by user name Upon selection of portfolio, portfolio is displayed in the way the user layed it out Add items to Portfolio Search page, List Items page, and View Item page have checkboxes that allow the user to add a number of items to their portfolio After selection, verify username and password Display portfolio names, to which items may be added Upon selection, add items to portfolio, while filtering out duplicates Newsgroup List thread of message titles Upon selection, display message Upon login, user is able to post messages, and reply to messages posted by other users