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The document outlines a Java-based Library Management System designed to streamline library operations such as book inventory management, member activity tracking, and lending processes. It includes a UML diagram and code implementation for classes like Book, Member, and Librarian, detailing their interactions and functionalities. Challenges faced during development included managing class interactions, ensuring inventory accuracy, and maintaining system scalability, which were addressed through modular design and extensive testing.

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The document outlines a Java-based Library Management System designed to streamline library operations such as book inventory management, member activity tracking, and lending processes. It includes a UML diagram and code implementation for classes like Book, Member, and Librarian, detailing their interactions and functionalities. Challenges faced during development included managing class interactions, ensuring inventory accuracy, and maintaining system scalability, which were addressed through modular design and extensive testing.

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Library Management System

Course Code: IN2343-G3


Student Name: Harsh Sharma
Student ID: 202302687
1. Underlined Interest

Book inventories, lending information, member activity management, all around issues for
libraries. We reduce these chores with an Object-oriented Java-based Library Management
System. The program creates:
Librarians view, add, subtract books to control book availability.
Members also track borrowed items in addition to lending and return records.
Simple records of borrowing for good financial control.

2. UML Diagram

2.1 UML
2.2. Character definition of design

The system's architecture adheres simple object-oriented ideas:


Class attributes—such title, author—are personal and under controlled access via public
means. Interactions in terms of composition and inheritance reflect those between classes
member borrows book, librarian maintains book.
Polymorphism is dynamic alteration based on user inputs and class objects methods
include borrowBook() and returnBook().
The modular design seems to allow additional components, like handling late returns or
notifications, apparently be coupled.
Important objects:
Book: Mostly highlights the availability of library books.
Track personal loan patterns of members.
Oversees book inventory and library operations: librarian

3. Code Implementation

3.1 Java Code

import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.List;

// Book Class

class Book {

private String title;

private String author;

private int copiesAvailable;


public Book(String title, String author, int copiesAvailable) {

this.title = title;

this.author = author;

this.copiesAvailable = copiesAvailable;

public String getTitle() {

return title;

public String getDetails() {

return "Title: " + title + ", Author: " + author + ", Copies: " + copiesAvailable;

public void borrowCopy() {

if (copiesAvailable > 0) {

copiesAvailable--;

} else {

System.out.println("No copies available for borrowing.");

public void returnCopy() {


copiesAvailable++;

// Member Class

class Member {

private String name;

private List<Book> borrowedBooks;

public Member(String name) {

this.name = name;

this.borrowedBooks = new ArrayList<>();

public void borrowBook(Book book) {

if (book != null) {

book.borrowCopy();

borrowedBooks.add(book);

System.out.println(name + " borrowed " + book.getTitle());

} else {

System.out.println("Book not available.");

}
public void returnBook(Book book) {

if (borrowedBooks.contains(book)) {

book.returnCopy();

borrowedBooks.remove(book);

System.out.println(name + " returned " + book.getTitle());

} else {

System.out.println("This book was not borrowed by " + name);

public void viewBorrowedBooks() {

System.out.println(name + "'s Borrowed Books:");

for (Book book : borrowedBooks) {

System.out.println(book.getDetails());

// Librarian Class

class Librarian {

public void viewBooks(List<Book> books) {

System.out.println("Library Inventory:");
for (Book book : books) {

System.out.println(book.getDetails());

public void addBook(Book book, List<Book> books) {

books.add(book);

System.out.println(book.getTitle() + " added to the library.");

public void removeBook(Book book, List<Book> books) {

if (books.remove(book)) {

System.out.println(book.getTitle() + " removed from the library.");

} else {

System.out.println("Book not found in the library.");

// Main Class

public class LibraryManagement {

public static void main(String[] args) {

// Initialize books and librarian


List<Book> libraryBooks = new ArrayList<>();

Librarian librarian = new Librarian();

// Adding books to library

Book book1 = new Book("Java Programming", "Author A", 3);

Book book2 = new Book("Data Structures", "Author B", 2);

librarian.addBook(book1, libraryBooks);

librarian.addBook(book2, libraryBooks);

// Viewing books

librarian.viewBooks(libraryBooks);

// Member actions

Member member = new Member("Alice");

member.borrowBook(book1);

member.viewBorrowedBooks();

member.returnBook(book1);

// Viewing books after return

librarian.viewBooks(libraryBooks);

}
3.2. Code Explanation

1. Book Class:

o Manages book details and availability.

o Methods like borrowCopy() and returnCopy() update book stock.

2. Member Class:

o Handles borrowing and returning of books.

o Maintains a list of borrowed books using ArrayList.

3. Librarian Class:

o Provides methods for adding, removing, and viewing books in the library's
inventory.

4. Main Class:

o Simulates library operations, showcasing librarian and member


interactions.

4. Case Verification for Application

First Use: Points of view regarding addition books


1. The librarian brings books on "data structures" and "java programming".
2. Here is the library's book inventory.

Second Use: pay back book loans.


1. One member loan "java programming" then brings it back.
2. The revised library inventory records book availability as it changes.
5. Reflection on Challenges

1. One can control interactions between several classes.


Especially difficult in borrowing and returning activities was handling the relationship between
the Member and Book classes. Early efforts produced circular dependencies, in which case too
considerable reliance on one another degraded the design.
Dividing the work, the book class tracks stock availability on its own while the member class
tracks borrowing data. Reducing dependencies and well-defined roles for every class ensured by
this division helped to improve system modularity.

2. Guaranteeing Accuracy of Inventory Control


Keeping accurate inventory records under concurrent borrow and return systems was still another
difficulty. First designs let unequal updating, so affecting book availability.
The Book class tracked concepts with validation reasoning. The system guaranteed data integrity
by restricting direct access to book features and checking changes using borrowCopy() and
returnCopy(). This safely controlled stock changes.
3. Systems: Scalable Creation
Ensuring the scalability of the system to meet such demand as multi-branch library management
or overdue book alarms became difficult. Early designs had quite rigid form and lacked
possibilities for progression.
The solution was modular building with exactly designated uses for every kind of class.
Including new features like notifications, for example, can call for modifying the present system
instead of completely replacing. This method brought maintainability and system adaptation.

4. Solitude Exercising in Contexts


It was both important yet difficult to test the system to handle edge occurrences such returning
books not borrowed by the user or borrowing unavailable books. Early systems made mistakes in
interactions since they underestimated these possibilities.
technique: Extensive testing was done to replicate a broad spectrum of application situations.
Using validation tests, techniques borrowBook() and returnBook() closely manage these edge
cases. This assured dependability of the system in many different circumstances.

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