System Overview

I. System tools

• GNU tomcat web server (6.0.16) is used as the web server.
  • bin: shutdown.sh, startup.sh
  • webapps: WebLexAccess
  • A port number 8100 is used for this web server.
• GNU ant is used for development and deployment tool.
  • main: Compile Java sources
  • deploy: Compile, deploy application to Java servlets container
  • clean: Delete old build and dist directories

II. Project directory

The directory and file allocations for this project are relatively easy. A brief directory allocation is shown as follows:

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+- WebLexAccess
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   +- build.xml: used by Ant
   |
   +- src: all Java beans go here
   |  +- global: global usage
   |  +- LexAccess: lexAccess usage
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   +- web
   |  +- html
   |  +- images
   |  +- index.html: home page
   |  +- jsp: all page ui & functions
   |  |
   |  +- WEB-INF
   |  |  +- classes
   |  |  +- lib: application resources jar files
   |  |  +- web.xml: project web parameters setup
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III. Naming convention

Naming convention is not strictly enforced in this project due to the limited development time. However, the naming convention for files can be summarized as follows:

• XXX.jsp: a jsp generates html page (with GUI).
• setXXX.jsp: a jsp which handle the form request from XXX.jsp (POST)
• getXXX.jsp: a jsp which handle the hyper link request (GET).