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Kr Younger 6 years ago
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Client/src/main/java/SimpleShell.java View File

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 public class SimpleShell {
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+    public static void prettyPrint(String output) {
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+        // yep, make an effort to format things nicely, eh?
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+        System.out.println(output);
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     public static void main(String[] args) throws java.io.IOException {
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         YouAreEll webber = new YouAreEll();
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                 // ids
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                 if (list.contains("ids")) {
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                     String results = webber.get_ids();
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                     continue;
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                 // messages
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                 if (list.contains("messages")) {
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                     String results = webber.get_messages();
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                     continue;
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                 // you need to add a bunch more.

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 You are to write a command interpreter using the provided SimpleShell class. You're going to create a way for 
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 commands to be typed into your shell, read the typed commands and arguments, send them off to the Under-A-Rock 
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 server using a REST API over the HTTP protocol, read the JSON data returned from the URL call, and print it out 
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-nicely formatted for your user. 
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+nicely formatted for your user. If you manage to get this all done in a reasonable time, attempt parts 2 and 3.
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 Under-A-Rock acts a little (very little) like a twitter server or chat server. 
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 You should also create some unit tests for your REST API handlers.
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 It's possible you may also need to understand some of what the Jackson package does for you. 
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 * jackson json https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson
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+And you may wish to create a couple classes `public class Message` and `public class Id` to make handling
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+the abstractions implied by the API easier.
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+Jackson can help you parse the json into objects,and objects back into JSON strings. Be sure to research how you can
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+dependencies in the `pom.xml` so that Jackson, well, so that you can use Jackson in the project.
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 ## IDs
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 #### ID commands in shell
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 and send it as the body of a POST request to  `http://zipcode.rocks:8085/ids/xt0fer/messages/`
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+## Part Two
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+What's that ProcessBuilder stuff about? In the SimpleShell class, take a look. How can that be used
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+as a pattern to use threads to make the API calls and wait for the response? Maybe launch a new thread on every request?
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+## Part Three
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+Build a better set of commands. Make the "fromid" intrinsic, so it isn't needed on the various shell commands.
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+Add a feature where you can send messages by someone's name. Create a means where the client watches the server for 
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+any private messages to you and only prints them once. 
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+Add another command that watches the global stream and only prints messages once.
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