Cesartwothousands/C2C-Auction-System

C2C-Auction-System

Checklist

How to Use

• Open source file from zip submission or github(https://github.com/Cesartwothousands/C2C-Auction-System).

• Run 3schema.sql with your local mysql database.

• Change the connection url and password in WebReg\src\main\java\controller\DBConfig.java to your url and password.

• If you do not have maven installed in your computer, install maven. See https://maven.apache.org/install.html.

• Run the following code in command line with the project base directory:

  cd WebReg
  mvn compile
  mvn tomcat7:run
  

• visit the website at http://localhost:8080/webreg/

• administrative_stuff:

  • admin@example.com
  • adminPassword

• representatives:

• rep1@example.com, rep1_password

• rep2@example.com, rep2_password

• ...

• end_user:

  • johndoe@example.com, password123
  • janesmith@example.com, password456
  • ...

0. Accounts

• Create accounts of users;
• http://localhost:8080/webreg/
• Login, logout.
• http://localhost:8080/webreg/Login
• http://localhost:8080/webreg/Logout

1. Auctions

• seller creates auctions and posts items for sale

  • set all the characteristics of the item
  • set closing date and time
  • set a hidden minimum price (reserve)

• http://localhost:8080/webreg/Sell

• a buyer should be able to bid

  • let the buyer set a new bid
  • in case of automatic bidding set secret upper limit and bid increment
  • alert other buyers of the item that a higher bid has been placed (manual)
  • alert buyers in case someone bids more than their upper limit (automatic)

• http://localhost:8080/webreg/Bargain/int:itemId

• http://localhost:8080/webreg/autobid.jsp

• define the winner of the auction

  • when the closing time has come, check if the seller has set a reserve
  • if yes: if the reserve is higher than the last bid none is the winner.
  • if no: whoever has the higher bid is the winner
    • alert the winner that they won the auction

• http://localhost:8080/webreg/User

2. Browsing and advanced search functionality

• let people browse on the items and see the status of the current bidding
• sort by different criteria (by type, bidding price etc.)
• search the list of items by various criteria.
• a user should be able to:
  • view all the history of bids for any specific auction
  • view the list of all auctions a specific buyer or seller has participated in
  • view the list of "similar" items on auctions in the preceding month (and auction information about them)
  • let user set an alert for specific items s/he is interested
    • get an alert when the item becomes available
  • users browse questions and answers
  • users search questions by keywords
• http://localhost:8080/webreg/Explore
• http://localhost:8080/webreg/Search?query=string:query
• http://localhost:8080/webreg/AdvancedSearch
• http://localhost:8080/webreg/AdvancedSearch?query=string:query
• http://localhost:8080/webreg/Report
• http://localhost:8080/webreg/Report?query=string:query
• http://localhost:8080/webreg/History/string:query

3. Admin and customer rep functions

• Admin (create an admin account ahead of time)
  • creates accounts for customer representatives
  • generates sales reports for:
    • total earnings
    • earnings per:
      • item
      • item type
      • end-user
  • best-selling items
  • best buyers
• http://localhost:8080/webreg/Admin
• Customer representative functions:
  • users post questions to the customer representatives (i.e. customer service)
  • reps reply to user questions
  • edits and deletes account information
  • removes bids
  • removes auctions
• http://localhost:8080/webreg/CRLogin
• http://localhost:8080/webreg/CRHomepage
• http://localhost:8080/webreg/Reply
• http://localhost:8080/webreg/Reply?query=string:query