Simple-Library-Management

OOAD project showcasing MVC architecture using Spring Boot and MongoDB

Dependencies

• Maven
• Spring Boot
• Spring Web
• Spring Data Mongodb
• Thymeleaf

Details of the Project

All the source codes are under the src folder

Book.java

• The "Model" of the architecture
• contains name, description, author, year of release and rating along with getter and setter functions.

BookController.java

• The "Controller" of the architecture
• Handles Get requests to /homepage, /viewbooks and /addbook, Post request on form submission and interactions with the mongodb database

HTML templates

• The "View" of the architecture
• Utilizes thymeleaf engine to handle the model data received from the controller
• Homepage provides links to the ViewBooks and AddBook urls
• ViewBooks show all the models stored in the database
• AddBook provides a form to submit a new entry into the database

MongoRepo.java

• contains an interface extending Spring's MongoRepository

Running the Project

• Since the project runs using maven, open a terminal at the project's location and enter the following command:

  mvn spring-boot:run
  

• It is advisible to run the command below if any error is thrown:

  mvn clean install
  

• localhost:8080/ shows the Homepage

• localhost:8080/viewbooks shows the table containing all the data

• localhost:8080/addbook shows a form asking for the required details

• Navigation bar has been implemented for the user to go to different pages with ease