Neighborhood Cat Watch

Function of application:

• The application is designed to keep track of an arbitrary amount of roaming cats in the user's neighborhood.
• For each new cat the user finds roaming in the neighborhood, they must add it to the list of cats for that neighborhood and log how many days it has been fed for 7 days. 7 days is the minimum amount of days before it is assumed the cat has no owner.
• The amount of times the user feeds it during the 7 days will determine whether they should either send it to the shelter for adoption or send it to the vet if it is not fed enough.
• Once this decision has been made, the cat will be removed from the list.

Targeted users and inspiration:

This is a very niche application, designed for cat lovers on the lookout in their own neighborhood. This assumes that the user desires to feed the cats as much as they can afford too, and that they have a game plan for the cats' future. It is especially designed for users who cannot take in the cats themselves. This would be an extremely beneficial application for me, as there are countless roaming cats in my current neighborhood. As with any cat lover, I want the best for these cats, and hopefully have them taken care of by others via adoption or a vet.

User Stories

• As a user, I want to be able to add a cat to my neighborhood
• As a user, I want to be able to view the list of cats in my neighborhood
• As a user, I want to be able to mark a cat as available for adoption or needing to see the vet
• As a user, I want to be able to remove a cat from my neighborhood
• As a user, I want to be able to see the number of cats in my neighborhood and the number of cats that have been adopted or sent to the vet
• As a user, I want to edit whether a cat has been fed or during each day
• As a user, when I select the quit option from the application menu, I want to be reminded to save the neighborhood and the properties of each cat in the list to file, while having the option to do so or not.
• As a user, when I start the application, I want to be given the option to load my neighborhood from file.

Instructions for Grader

• You can generate the first required action related to the user story of adding a cat to the neighborhood by entering the name of the cat in the text box, and then clicking "Add Cat".
• You can generate the second required action related to the user story of removing a cat from the neighborhood by selecting a cat on the list and clicking "Delete Cat".
• You can locate my visual component by starting up the application, where the splash screen will appear. The image file is in the "data" folder.
• You can save the state of my application by clicking "Save".
• You can reload the state of my application by clicking "Load".

Phase 4: Task 2

Printing event log on window close:

Sat Apr 06 15:44:14 PDT 2024 Added cat: Oreo

Sat Apr 06 15:44:18 PDT 2024 Added cat: Sam

Sat Apr 06 15:44:25 PDT 2024 Added cat: Kelly's Cat

Sat Apr 06 15:44:28 PDT 2024 Increased days fed for: Kelly's Cat

Sat Apr 06 15:44:28 PDT 2024 Increased days passed for: Kelly's Cat

Sat Apr 06 15:44:28 PDT 2024 Fed cat: Kelly's Cat

Sat Apr 06 15:44:33 PDT 2024 Increased days fed for: Oreo

Sat Apr 06 15:44:33 PDT 2024 Increased days passed for: Oreo

Sat Apr 06 15:44:33 PDT 2024 Fed cat: Oreo

Sat Apr 06 15:44:37 PDT 2024 Increased days fed for: Sam

Sat Apr 06 15:44:37 PDT 2024 Increased days passed for: Sam

Sat Apr 06 15:44:37 PDT 2024 Fed cat: Sam

Sat Apr 06 15:44:41 PDT 2024 Increased days fed for: Oreo

Sat Apr 06 15:44:41 PDT 2024 Increased days passed for: Oreo

Sat Apr 06 15:44:41 PDT 2024 Fed cat: Oreo

Sat Apr 06 15:44:45 PDT 2024 Increased days fed for: Oreo

Sat Apr 06 15:44:45 PDT 2024 Increased days passed for: Oreo

Sat Apr 06 15:44:45 PDT 2024 Fed cat: Oreo

Sat Apr 06 15:44:48 PDT 2024 Increased days fed for: Oreo

Sat Apr 06 15:44:48 PDT 2024 Increased days passed for: Oreo

Sat Apr 06 15:44:48 PDT 2024 Fed cat: Oreo

Sat Apr 06 15:44:51 PDT 2024 Increased days passed for: Oreo

Sat Apr 06 15:44:51 PDT 2024 Cat not fed: Oreo

Sat Apr 06 15:44:54 PDT 2024 Increased days fed for: Kelly's Cat

Sat Apr 06 15:44:54 PDT 2024 Increased days passed for: Kelly's Cat

Sat Apr 06 15:44:54 PDT 2024 Fed cat: Kelly's Cat

Sat Apr 06 15:44:56 PDT 2024 Increased days fed for: Kelly's Cat

Sat Apr 06 15:44:56 PDT 2024 Increased days passed for: Kelly's Cat

Sat Apr 06 15:44:56 PDT 2024 Fed cat: Kelly's Cat

Sat Apr 06 15:44:58 PDT 2024 Increased days fed for: Kelly's Cat

Sat Apr 06 15:44:58 PDT 2024 Increased days passed for: Kelly's Cat

Sat Apr 06 15:44:58 PDT 2024 Fed cat: Kelly's Cat

Sat Apr 06 15:45:01 PDT 2024 Increased days fed for: Kelly's Cat

Sat Apr 06 15:45:01 PDT 2024 Increased days passed for: Kelly's Cat

Sat Apr 06 15:45:01 PDT 2024 Fed cat: Kelly's Cat

Sat Apr 06 15:45:03 PDT 2024 Increased days fed for: Kelly's Cat

Sat Apr 06 15:45:03 PDT 2024 Increased days passed for: Kelly's Cat

Sat Apr 06 15:45:03 PDT 2024 Fed cat: Kelly's Cat

Sat Apr 06 15:45:05 PDT 2024 Increased days fed for: Kelly's Cat

Sat Apr 06 15:45:05 PDT 2024 Increased days passed for: Kelly's Cat

Sat Apr 06 15:45:05 PDT 2024 Fed cat: Kelly's Cat

Sat Apr 06 15:45:10 PDT 2024 Kelly's Cat has been released and set for shelter or vet

Sat Apr 06 15:45:12 PDT 2024 Removed cat: Kelly's Cat

Phase 4: Task 3

If I could refactor my design, I will not have classes nested in a class. Overall, it can increase coupling, especially if you nest it too deeply. Not only will readability be low, but nesting will make the class more complex and could possibly interfere with the single responsibility purpose for the specific class. To refactor this, I will have it so that the nesting classes are actually their own class within the appropriate packages. This way, coupling will be reduced, the code would be a lot more readable to other users, and the single responsibility principle will be maintained.