DATABASE GUI

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DATABASE GUI

• DESIGN GOALS
• TECHNOLOGY USED
• DEVELOPMENT STAGE
• LIVE DEMONSTRATION

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DESIGN GOALS

• ADAPTABLE
• CONFIGURABLE
• DYNAMIC PLOTTING
• DEPLOYABLE

• CAN BE USED WITH ANY MySQL DATABASE
• EASILY SWITCHED FROM ONE DB TO ANOTHER

• CONFIGURATION FILE
• WEB-BASED INTERFACE

• DOES NOT CREATE A TEMPORARY FILE
• SAVES DISK SPACE

• NO ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE NEEDED
• SERVED BY A WEB CONTAINER - e.g. TOMCAT

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TECHNOLOGYSERVER-SIDE JAVA

• INTERFACE JAVASERVER FACES
• BACKEND CODE JAVA JAVASERVER
• PAGES
• PLOTTING CAPABILITY USES FREEHEP
• JAVA LIBRARY JAIDA
  (http//aida.freehep.org/jaida)

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DEVELOPMENT STATUS
INTERFACE COMPONENTS ALLOW

• DATA SELECTION
• CUT DEFINITION
• SIMPLE FITTING
• LAYOUT STYLE
• PLOT OUTPUT
• IMAGE SAVING

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HOW IT WORKS
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WHATS NEXT?

• FINALIZE THE DESIGN
• PACK IN A WEB APPLICATION ARCHIVE FILE (WAR FILE)
• INSTALL ON clasweb.jlab.org SO IT IS WIDELY
  ACCESSIBLE