CHAT SYSTEM JAVA

Consider this new Project structure which has the source folder with the postgres driver

Details

This current version of the repo has a file structure implemented as per System Architecture @Masengesho suggested,
There is a sample for File Management of the messaging group:
Here are simple details

• src/server/models : Here we define our db like classes that have setters and getters of all db properies.
• src/server/repositories : Here we define a Repository for our Model, here we define methods to reach directly to the db simply, aha niho dushyira our db queries check the FileRepositoryClass.
• src/server/services : Here goes our logic, services join repositories to controllers, data from repository is manipulated here. Check the FileService Class.
• src/server/dataDecoders : These are different methods that decodes request data sent over a tcp server.
• src/server/requestHandles : These are different methods that handles request basing on their type.
• src/server/routes : Here you find different models routes: ie. user different from messages and so and so forth.
• src/server/config : Our global project configurations.
• src/utils : Our Utilities, some common methods we may need and so on, _You will also find the db migration file.

How to run/start

• To start the server, Go to **src/server* and run _ChatServer.java.
• To start the Terminal client, Go to **src/client* and run _ChatClient.java.

  Note

  Remember to choose sdk while running this projects in you local machines ide. it gave me headache.

Demo Credentials

 username: test
 password: test

Killer Hint

• There is a time when you clone on main and then it fails to run while it was running, Do you kno what delete the out folder which contains the production folder.
• This error is encountered mainly when you pull codes that haven’t been compiled by the uploader.
• So the production folder contains code which are not compiled, when you line
• You encounter some errors like missing some classes that are properly imported or others. Try it!