Design Homework

Overview

For this homework you will write a report describing the classes and interfaces you will use to implement a popular online photo management system called flickr (http://www.flickr.com/). Notice that for this homework you will not implement any code and you will not need an account in Flickr.

Objectives

This homework is designed to help you develop your skills at designing software systems.

Grading

(85%) Design represents the expected Flickr's functionality.
(15%) Report Organization/Clarity.

Clarifications

Any clarifications or corrections associated with this project will be available at: Clarifications

Code Distribution

No code distribution is associated with this homework.

Requirements

Using the Flickr Feature Tour at http://www.flickr.com/tour/ provide a design (classes and interfaces) you will use to implement the functionality associated with Flickr. Base your design on the information provided in the Tour. Important: You need to design the classes/interfaces required for managing the pictures (e.g., the model part of the Model-View-Controller Paradigm) not classes/interfaces required to provide the web/email interface to Flickr.
For each class/interface provide the expected methods and instance variables. You don't need to provide parameters/return types for your methods unless you understand is necessary.
You must write a report that will not exceed 8 pages. Keep in mind that longer reports will not necessary receive more credit. A two-page report that provides the expected classes/interfaces will receive full credit.
You should not use UML in your report. If you don't know what UML don't worry about it.
You do not have to implement any of your classes.