🍵 Introduction

For my first-year Computer Science module on Object-Oriented Programming, a Java program was commissioned for QUB's fictitious photography department. The program, developed using Eclipse, manages a collection of 10+ images across various genres to create albums for display purposes.

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💡 Features

• Utility Classes: Five utility classes for image metadata, image album, image manager, genre enumeration, and a console-based menu.
• Application Class: Integrates menu and image manager instances.
• Image Management: Capable of interacting with and managing images from specific albums (in this case, the Images folder).

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🖼️ Screenshots

Outline UML Diagram

Running the Program (Utilising the Console): Executed by running QUBMediaImages.java. Here, I'm demonstrating searching for an image by its ID.

QUBMediaImages.java (Application Class)

Menu.java

ImageType.java (Enum)

ImageRecord.java

ImageManager.java

ImageAlbum.java

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💻 Run Locally

1. I recommend downloading the Eclipse IDE, as this project was built using it.

   • Note: The code will work with other IDEs and source-code editors such as Visual Studio Code and IntelliJ IDEA. However, the images will not be displayed. I am unsure of the cause, as it works as intended in Eclipse.

2. Download the latest source code.

3. Create a new folder.

4. Extract the zipped file's contents into the folder.

5. Import the Java project:

   • Eclipse tutorial
   • VSCode tutorial
   • IntelliJ IDEA tutorial

6. There should be two folders inside the src folder, part01 and part02.

   • part01 utilises the integrated console/terminal of the IDE, executed by running QUBImages.java.
     • Note: The images will not be displayed. This is intentional.
   • part02 utilises the external console (lib\console.jar), executed by running QUBMediaImages.java.
     • Note: You may need to reconfigure console.jar for your build path.
       • Eclipse tutorial
       • VSCode tutorial
       • IntelliJ IDEA tutorial