Todays lecture

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Todays lecture

• Announcements
• Coursework handout
• The lecture on Internet

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Annnouncements

• The Friday tutorial _at_ 1100am removed
• Please signup to another one
• Next week. I am on External University business.
• John will do the lecture
• Please turn up to my tutorials. A colleagues will
  hopefully be there . If not please carry on
  working but see John Byrne if you need help.

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Using Java Resources

• JBuilder Personal
• JBuilder Personal can be downloaded at no charge
  from Borland
• http//www.borland.com/products/downloads/download
  _jbuilder.html

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Other useful Resources

• Java Documentation
• http//java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/
• Request For Comments (RFCs)
• http//www.faqs.org/rfcs/ or
• http//www.soc.staffs.ac.uk/ps1/

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The Assignment

• Handin date01/12/03
• Java implementation of a simple e-mail client
• Using pop3 protocol to
• Download a message-receive a message from a
  server and process attachments.
• Configure client (changing e-mail server, etc)
• Interface can be command line or GUI based.

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The Assignment

• The functionality
• User Interface - robust and easy to use
• Receive download and display messages
• Ability to handle standard attachments format
  (encode attachments)
• Configuration change server, user name and
  password for POP3

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The Assignment

• Error handling wherever appropriate
• Code structure and quality break down into
  separate files and classes in a sensible manner.
• Code should be easy to read and adapt.

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The Assignment

• Report and documentation brief, clear and easy
  to understand user manual. May use javadoc
  documentation format.
• The report should contain the description of the
  functionality and purpose of each class
  definition.

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The Assignment

• Individual assignment
• Weighting is 50
• Demonstration compulsory and during week 10-12

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