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Project 2 -

Extend Project 1 to use advanced data structures and support sorting on various keys. The project will be graded according the criteria for the final project - see below.

Elaboration:

1. Use the Map class to support efficient searching on book and author indices.
2. Implement comparators to support sorting by title, genre, price and index
3. Extend the GUI from Project 1 to allow the user to: sort by title, genre, price and index
4. Again, the GUI elements should be distinct from the other classes in the program.

Project 3 -

Implement a GUI interface using advanced Java Swing classes.

The project will be graded according the criteria for the final project - see below.

Elaboration:

1. Extend Project 2 to use the Swing class JTable and JTree effectively to display the contents of the Library. See Liang, Chapter 36.
2. As before, the GUI elements should be distinct from the other classes in the program

Final Project -

Implement a program to query and update the text database for a library using a client/server model allowing multiple clients safe access to the database, and using a producer-consumer model to control the inventory of each item.

The project will be graded according the criteria for the final project - see below.

Elaboration:

1. Multiple instances of a client class should be supported.
2. Use threads and locks to provide safe access to the database.
3. Add a field to each record in the database representing the maximum number of that book the library will hold. This number should be given a default value if the field is not present in the text file.
4. Functions should include:
   • Returning a book to the library, blocking if the maximum number of that book is reached until a book is borrowed.
   • Borrowing a book, blocking if the desired book is not in the library until a book is returned.
   • Allow a client to cancel a request that has been blocked.