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Visual Tagging Tool

Model, View, Controller Design

MVC (Model/View/Controller) software design architecture was used in Visual Tagging Tool (VTT). The five main software components are described as below and shown in the following diagram:

VTT five software design components
  • Model:
    Application objects implemented in Java
  • View:
    Screen presentation with GUI. Such as MenuBar, popupmenu, dialog, etc..
    • MainFrame
      • VttMenuBar
      • MainPanel
      • StatusPanel
      • VttPopupMenu
      • Dialogs
  • Controller:
    Defines the way user interface reacts to user input.
    • VttMenuBarControl
    • VttPopupMenuControl
    • KeysControl
    • MouseControl
    • SelectControl

    • DialogControl
      • MarkupDialog
      • MarkupsDialog
      • TagsDialog
        • AddTagDialog
        • EditTagDialog
  • GuiLib
    A collections of GUI called by view.
  • Operations
    A collections of operations called by controller.
    • FileOperations
    • GuiOperations
    • HelpDocOperations
    • MarkupOperations
    • TextDisplayOperations
    • UndoOperations