Adding methods to DBMain

For the purpose of making the code cleaner, I was thinking about deprecating methods in DBMain and then adding new ones that are more object oriented. I know I could be adding scope, but there are requirements to "be nice" to Junior developers and make the code easy to understand. Anyone have any ideas?

I wouldn't do it. Sun asked you to implement DBMain, so you do so. Besides, it's likely that the examinor will put your Data class through a set of tests (may include load tests), and if you deprecate methods, then the examinor will get results that weren't what he/she was expecting.

I choose not to alter the DBMain but instead to deprecate Data class. It still has the same functionality, it is just deprecated. Also I haven't changed the interface. My code looks 10x cleaner and easier to read now.

My assignment stated "Your data access class must be called "Data.java""

So in my opinion, you are not meeting the "must" requirement. Or I don't understand what you're doing.

That is a good point. Mine says the same thing. I will have to think about that. I have a bunch of JUnit tests that still can pass.

I've just done a OO wrapper with classes like Database Record Key Field Metadata and so on. I did this to AID me during the next phase of the development. It is not a ton of code, but it makes the application so much easier to write / read / expand / use.

As I understand it we get points for General considerations (100). Deprecating Data may be incorrect. I'll have to re-examine it I guess.

"yogi yogi", please check your private messages.