Author

Omar Adel Abdel Hamid Ahmed Brikaa - 20206043 - S5 - brikaaomar@gmail.com

Running using Docker and Bash (recommended)

Pre-requisites

• Docker
• Docker Compose
• Bash (on Windows you can use Git Bash, cygwin or WSL)
• GNU Make

Steps

To start three clients and the server, use the following command:

make start

To attach to any of the three clients, use:

./attach <number of the client>

For example:

./attach 1

To stop, use:

make stop

Running using Docker without Bash

Pre-requisites

Same as above but without Bash and Make

Steps

To start three clients and the server, use the following command:

docker compose up --build -d --scale ds-client=3

To view the logs:

docker compose logs -f

To attach to any of the three clients:

docker ps # note the container name or id of the target client
docker attach <client container name>

To stop:

docker compose stop

Decisions

• The server is responsible for driving the communication (not just reacting to the client's requests like RMI)
• User gets to choose whether they are an admin on registration
• Description is added to the book details. It is what differentiates the books listing from the book details
• ACCEPTED borrow request status is split into BORROWED and RETURNED
• Two users can chat with each other only if there is an BORROWED borrow request between them
• Chatting between users is real-time when the two users have their chat opened
• "Browse through the bookstore's catalog" means list all available books for borrowing
  • The following books are not available for borrowing and hence will not be shown to the browsing user:
    • A book that is already borrowed
    • A book that is uploaded by the browsing user
    • A book that the browsing user already sent a borrow request for