Administration

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''This page describes the Administration layer of the TaskDepender™ program.''
 
''This page describes the Administration layer of the TaskDepender™ program.''
  
== Introduction ==
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== Description ==
  
The Administration is an API to the [[Database|database]] that in one direction shields the GUI from handling the database transactions and in the other direction shields the Administration from being dependent on the implementation of the GUI.
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The Administration is an API to the [[Database|database]] that in one direction shields the GUI from handling the database transactions and in the other direction shields the Administration from being dependent on the implementation of the [[GUI]].
  
 
== Functionality ==
 
== Functionality ==
 
The Administration holds the API functionality that closely corresponds to that as implemented by the program. The functionality is split-up into the following groups:
 
* '''Project handling'''
 
** [[Open project]]
 
** [[Save project]]
 
** [[Rename project]]
 
** [[Export project]]
 
** [[Export current view as image]]
 
 
* '''Data editing'''
 
** <todo> [[Add a task in the Administration|Add a task]]
 
** <todo> [[Change the properties of an element in the Administration|Change properties of a task]]
 
** <todo> [[Add a deliverable in the Administration|Add a deliverable]]
 
** <todo> [[Change properties of an element in the Administration|Change properties of a deliverable]]
 
** <todo> [[Connect a deliverable to a task in the Administration|Connect a deliverable to a task]]
 
** <todo> [[Remove a connection in the Administration|Delete the connection between a deliverable and a task]]
 
** [[Delete selected elements in the Administration|Delete (all) selected element(s)]]
 
** [[Group selected elements in the Administration|Group selected elements]]
 
** [[Cut selected elements in the Administration|Cut selected element(s)]]
 
** [[Paste selected elements in the Administration|Paste element(s)]]
 
** [[Undoing actions]]
 
 
* '''GUI state change'''
 
** [[Select elements in Administration|Select elements(s)]]
 
** [[Change current container in Administration|Change current container]]
 
** [[Allowed actions]]
 
 
  
 
=== Consistency ===
 
=== Consistency ===
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Besides the API functions, the Administration API also requires some internal methods to ensure consistency and implement the restrictions. There are:
 
Besides the API functions, the Administration API also requires some internal methods to ensure consistency and implement the restrictions. There are:
 
* [[Checking cyclicity]]
 
* [[Checking cyclicity]]
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=== Other methods ===
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* [[Create tasks and deliverables lists]]
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* [[Find methods]]
  
 
== Design ==
 
== Design ==

Latest revision as of 09:37, 23 October 2011