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1. Displays subject s code name and see Semester 1 grade 200320041 200320042 200420051 200420052 200520061 TAR Tu Options u mhesult DDL Subject Detail Back Semester s GPA View a selected semester s Options Menu Displays options such as View Profile Change Password and u Options 1 Date 12 odios semester s View User Profile result CPA Change Password View CPA Reference About Select Version1 0 Confidential Page 2 of 11 75168 mResult UM 1 0 User Manual for mResult 2 Enter Profile This event happens only once when user first time login into the system 1 Select mResult icon from application folder System displays splash screen for 3 seconds followed by a form for user to enter their profile 2 Select Options and Edit to enter name and matric number 3 To enable password set the highlight to the Enable Password check box select Options and Mark 4 The check box is now marked Select Options and Next to continue User Profile u User Profile SUCCESS Intake Year lt o 20022003 A 20032004 SUCCESTUM u User Profile 1 20022003 Next O 20032004 o 20042005 o 20052006 ations Back Select O 20042005 spen To i 20052006 mResult v1 0 Options Back 5 System displays intake form If password is enable2. Bark Iselect Version1 0 Confidential Page 6 of 11 75168 mResult UM 1 0 User Manual for mResult m mhesult DOL Subject Detail Select Options and Select Focus is now at the new grade Select Options and Save Subject s grade has been set to the new grade aude 5 3 Add Subject User can add subject u semesta sil Semester 2 200320041 View Subjects 1 At the Semester form highlight any semester 2 Select Options and Add Subject 3 System displays Add Subject form Select Options and Edit to enter the new subject s information 4 Select Options and Save to save the new subject Version1 0 Confidential Page 7 of 11 75168 mResult UM 1 0 User Manual for mResult 5 4 Delete Subject User can delete a selected subject SUCCESS subject Successfully Deleted At the Subjects form highlight any subject Select Options and Delete Subject System will display a confirmation page Select Yes Subject successfully deleted ie 5 5 Clear Result User can clear all results for a selected semester u Semester 1 0 i Semester SUCCESS 200320041 View Subjects Add Subject View GPA Clear Result Tha ARE Td a Bark Select 1 Atthe Semester form highlight any semester 2 Select Options and Clear Result 3 System displays confirmation form Select Yes 4 Results cleared Version1
3. e Network connectivity possibly persistent and high bandwidth There are two versions of CLDC which are the CLDC 1 0 and CLDC 1 1 Most of mobile phone produced today only supports the use of CLDC 1 0 even for the mobile phone with high specification One of the difference between CLDC 1 0 and CLDC 1 1 is CLDC 1 0 does not support the use of floating point data type The CLDC has limited math string and I O functionalities as compared to CDC which supports a fully feature Java 2VM and therefore can take advantage of most J2SE libraries 4 2 3 3 Profile Due to the fact that devices are not easily fall within one configuration or the other Sun introduced the concept of a Profile to the J2ME platform 1 It acts as an extension of the configuration where it provides more flexibility as technology changes Profile is the specification of the set of Java technology APIs found in a particular category of devices Mobile Information Device Profile MIDP defines APIs for user interface components input and event handling persistent storage networking and timers depending on the resources available for a particular device MIDP does not define how application does actually get on the device and end to end security model and system specific application needs As of the time of writing there are two profiles available which are the Mobile Information Device Profile MIDP 1 0 and Mobile Information Device Profile MIDP 2 0 2 4 MIDlet
4. Version1 0 Confidential Page 10 of 11 75168 mResult UM 1 0 User Manual for mResult 9 View Reference User can view reference that shows the pointer for each grade u Main Menu 3 Options P velcome to mResult v1 0 Date 12 Jun 2005 Time view User Profile Press keypad down up Change Password to scroll Reference 1 Atthe main menu select Options 2 Select Reference 3 Areference table will be displayed Select down up to scroll the table 10 View Reference User can view the About form which shows the backbone behind the implementation of this application u Main Menu u Options 4 elcome to mResult LU jun 2005 Time 12 51 04 View User Profile programmers Change Password Firdaus Harun PPD UTH City Campus ww ppd utm my Back 1 Atthe main menu select Options 2 Select About 3 The About form will appear Version1 0 Confidential Page 11 of 11 75168 mResult UM 1 0 Introduction MResult v1 0 for mobile provides an easy to use UTM result management system which can be accessed from anywhere via the mobile phone It provides user with the power to manage the subjects and results by their self Potential Users e UTM students Course s Available e All course s from DDA to DDZ mResult v1 O for mobile Benefits amp Special Features Offers a number of benefits such as ser can have the mobility
5. A MIDlet Mobile Information Device application is a Java application designed to be run on mobile device 1 2 4 4 Hardware and software requirements Any Mobile Information Device targeted to support the running of a MIDlet should meet the minimum hardware and software requirements as listed below 1 Hardware Requirements e Screen must support at least 96 x 54 pixels e At least one type of user input one handed keyboard telephone keypad two handed keyboard OWERTY keyboard or touch screen e 128 kilobytes of non volatile memory to run MID components e Atleast 8 kilobytes of non volatile memory for applications to store persistent data e 32 kilobytes of volatile memory to run Java e Wireless network connectivity Software Requirements e Native operation system must provide minimal scheduling exception handling and processing of interrupts There must also be sufficient capabilities to run Java Virtual Machine JVM e Support writing of bitmapped graphics to the display 2 4 2 e Able to use any of the three input types as listed in hardware requirements and pass it to the JVM e Support the writing and reading of persistent data to and from the non volatile memory Java Archive File JAR The JAR file comprises of the Java classes related file such images and other files It acts like an executable file for a windows based application The contents of JAR file for mResult are as follow 2 4 3
6. 0 Reference Test Document for mResult Program Pengajian Diploma PPD mResult TEST DOCUMENT FOR MRESULT FOR MOBILE Version 1 0 Document Reference No 75168 MRESULT TD 1 0 CONFIDENTIAL Version1 0 Confidential Page 1 of 12 75168 mResult TD Test Document for mResult Revision History Version1 0 Confidential Page 2 of 12 75168 mResult TD Version1 0 Confidential C2 Login lt lt extend EnterProfile SetPassword C 2 ViewCPA px QD C 2 ViewProfile a EditProfile anageSubjectAndResult C 2 ViewReference C 2 ViewAbout User Figure 1 mResult Use Case Diagram Page 3 of 12 Test Document for mResult 75168 mResult TD Test Document for mResult mResult Test Item Reguirement FR No Expected Result Test Result Enter Profile 75168 mResult 02 00 User enters their profile Select mResult icon from System displays splash screen for 3 seconds followed by a form for user to enter their profile if first time application folder System prompts user to enter these information e Name e Matric Number e Password enable disabled Select next If user didn t fill in all fields an error message will apear If password is enabled system will display the password form If password is disabled system will display the intake form After clicking the next button again system will display a confirmation form consists of yes an
7. 0 Confidential Page 8 of 11 75168 mResult UM 1 0 User Manual for mResult 5 6 View GPA User can view the GPA for a selected semester u Semester ah Bn Error View Subjects Re Semester 1 200320041 200320042 200420051 No Result In Record store otal Value Point 56 50 200420052 1 Z gt 4 6 View CPA At the Semester form highlight any semester Select Options and View GPA If there is no result yet an error message will appear If there is a result system displays the GPA User can view the current CPA for his result mhkesult No Result In Record Store otal Value Point 56 50 1 At the main menu select View CPA 2 Ifthere is no result yet an error message will appear 3 If there is a result CPA form will appear Version1 0 Confidential Page 9 of 11 75168 mResult UM 1 0 User Manual for mResult 1 View Profile User can view their profile g Main Menu 3 velcome to mResult vi 0 select semester u mesut DDL Personal Information Password Enable false 1 At the main menu select Options 2 Select View User Profile 3 User profile is displayed 8 Edit Profile User can edit their profile u nmhesult DDL 1 Personal Information At the User Profile form select Edit Select Options and Edit to edit user profile Select Options and Next Confirmation page appears Select Yes to save d I
8. Emulator i Choose application file li Choose emulator ii Press Emulate button 13 Open the file folder where the application installer is located i Double click the installer li Activate the HP s connection medium and install it on the HP 14 Application runs on HP
9. Manage Subject and Result View CPA View Profile Edit Profile View Reference View About a Ol C gt Login _ 5 EnterProfile SetPassword ViewCPA X A cb ViewProfile lt gt EditProfile anageSubjectAndResult C 2 ViewReference C 2 ViewAbout User Figure 1 0 mResult Use Case Diagram Version1 0 Confidential Page 3 of4 75168 mResult RA 1 0 RA Document for mResult me meni esen 75168 mResult 01 00 User login into the application profile password 15168 mResult 03 01 Edit Password Usercan change their password 75168 mResult 04 00 Manage User can select which Subject and semester s subject and Result view the subjects detail 75168 mResult 04 01 Set User can set the subjects Result Grade result grade 75168 mResult 04 02 Add Subject User can add subject 75168 mResult 04 03 Delete Subject User can delete a selected subject but is limited with the minimum credit requirement for a semester 75168 mResult 04 04 Clear Result User can clear all results for a selected semester for a selected semester 75168 mResult 05 00 View CPA User can view the result profile profile 75168 mResult 08 00 View User can view reference that shows the pointer for each grade 75168 mResult 09 00 View About User can view the About form which shows the backbone behind the implementation of this application Version1 0 Confidential Page 4 of 4 75168 mResult RA 1
10. his result Atthe main menu select View CPA User can view their profile Test Document for mResult If there is no result yet system will display an error message If there is a result system displays a page that contains these information e Which semesters GPA e GPA e Total Value Point e Total Credit If there is no result yet system will display an error message If there is a result system displays a page that contains these information e CPA e Total Value Point e Total Credit Page 10 of 12 75168 mResult TD Test Document for mResult e At the main menu select System will display Options page Options Select View User Profile System will display the user profile which contain these attribute e Name Matric No Course Year Intake Password Enable true false Edit Profile User can edit their profile 75168 mResult 07 00 At the Options page select System will display the user profile which contain View User Profile these attribute e Name Matric No Course Year Intake Password Enable true false Select Edit System displays Edit Profile page User can only edit their name matric number and whether password is enabled or not Select Options and Next If password is marked enable system displays page to Enter Password Version1 0 Confidential Page 11 of 12 75168 mResult T D View Reference 7
11. the following figure Profiles Configuration Java Virtual Machine Figure 1 J2ME Software Layer Stack 2 3 1 Java Virtual Machine JVM This layer is an implementation of Java Virtual Machine that is customized for a particular device s host operating system and support particular J2ME configuration The K Virtual Machine KVM is a highly portable JVM designed for small memory limited resource network connected devices such as mobile phones pagers and personal organizers among others 2 3 2 Configuration Configuration defines a Java platform for a broad range of devices 1 It defines the language characteristics and the core Java libraries of Java Virtual Machine JVM for that particular configuration Each configuration are define based on characteristic of mobile devices There are two currently define configuration 1 2 3 2 1 Connected Limited Device Configuration CLDC Devices under this configuration should have the following characteristics e 128 kilobytes memory for running Java e 32 kilobytes for runtime memory allocation e Restricted user interface e Low power typically battery powered e Network connectivity typically wireless with low bandwidth and intermittent access 2 3 2 2 Connected Device Configuration CDC Devices under this configuration should have the following characteristics e 512 kilobytes minimum memory for running Java e 256 kilobytes minimum for runtime memory allocation
12. to view their results rom anywhere and anytime because the application is virtually in their hand Unlimited access to the information with no subsequence charges Security and integrity of the information inside the application is guaranteed with the option to activate password User can manage their result effectively with an option to select their intake session User friendly interface from the mobile application point of view User can add and delete subjects prior to the subjects that they take Very cheap Development Team e Faizul Azli b Abd Ridzab e M Ahmad b Drs Nasrul e A Aizuddin b Bahaman e M Firdaus b Harun of Program Pengajian Diploma PPD UTM City Campus KL Copyright PPD UTM 2005 GUIDELINES FOR CREATING A J2M E APPLICATION Install Jbuilder Install Nokia Developer s Suite Integrate with JBuilder Install the SDK Install Nokia PC Suite In JBuilder Create New Project pu et DUE de xe i Enter project name lt next gt li Change the JDK field to J2ME Wireless Toolkit lt next gt ii Press finish 6 Create New Class i Enter class name li Press Ok button Write code 8 To compile projeci i Goto Project gt Make Project jjox 9 Run project i Run gt New gt Change type to MIDlet li Select main class li Press Ok 10 Click Run project as a Default emulator 11 Create Application Package i Press Generate 12 Test
13. to look at students examination result slips before they can suggest what subject should the student register or drop Objective And Scope Of Study This research work intended to accomplish the following objectives e Tostudy whether lower end mobile phone can be used as a tool for students in managing their results e To identify the characteristics of Java programming language on lower end mobile phone platform e To study the hardware and software requirements involves in using a lower end mobile phone as a platform To facilitate the research work Nokia lower end mobile phone has been selected as the platform and the computer student result for Program Pengajian Diploma PPD of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia UTM will be used as the data for the application CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 2 1 Java Programming Language Java programming language is one of the most talked about language in the past few years Write Once Run Anywhere WORA is the tagline which means that a program written in Java would run on any platform supporting Java Virtual Machine JVM 1 From the first version of Java Java 2 Standard Edition J2SE 1t has evolved to the latest edition the Java 2 Micro Edition J2ME which 1s designed for devices with limited memory display and processing power such as the mobile phone or pager 2 2 Java 2 Micro Edition J2ME J2ME is a smart client platform developed by Java Community Process JCP whi
14. 5168 mResult 08 00 View About 75168 mResult 09 00 Version1 0 Confidential User can view reference that shows the pointer for each grade Atthe Options page select Reference User can view the About form which shows the backbone behind the implementation of this application At the Options page select About If password is not marked enable system displays a confirmation page System will display a reference table showing the value point for each grade that s been used by the system System will display an About page that shows the programmer for this system Page 12 of 12 Test Document for mResult 75168 mResult TD User Manual for mResult mResult Application Version 1 0 for mobile platform User Manual June 15 2005 VOT 75168 PPD UTM City Campus Researcher Faizul Azli b Abd Ridzab Mohammad Ahmad b Drs Nasrul Research Assistant Programmer Ahmad Aizuddin b Bahaman Muhammad Firdaus b Harun Version1 0 Confidential Page 1 of 11 75168 mResult UM 1 0 User Manual for mResult 1 Introduction MResult v1 0 for mobile provides an easy to use UTM result management system which can be accessed from anywhere via the mobile phone It provides user with the power to manage their subjects and results with an additional features like password for login and much more List Of Semesters Displays lists of semesters Subject Detail
15. Manifest Version 1 0 MECPOEOIUIODn COHLIgUuratrcoH x MIDlet Name mResult DDC MIDlet Vendor PPD UTM City Campus me ult Jrocon2pug mresulcomResult MIDlet Version 0 0 1 MycroEgrtron FProfile MIDP I 0 Java Application Descriptor JAD File The JAD file is used to provide information to the application manager about the contents of a JAR The Application will use the information to determine whether or not the MIDlet is suitable for running on the particular device The contents of JAD file for mResult are as follows MIDlet Name mResult DDC MIDlet Version 0 0 1 MIDlet Vendor PPD UTM City Campus MrcroEdrtron Profrile MEIDP L 0 MIcrobdcrxtron Confiigurscrom MIDlet Jar URL mResult DDC v1 0O jar MIDlet Jar Size 604285 MIDIGLt 1e Mre ult DDC Jrzocon22pung mresulcomRBesulb CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY 3 1 Methodology To study the characteristic of Java Programming Language on lower end mobile phone an object oriented approach to the development of the application has been implemented The application selected to be develop is a simple mobile application for student usage It should be able to assist student in managing their examination results As the requirement for the selected application to be developed is quite clear the waterfall model has been chosen as the software process model The waterfall model treat each phases in software development as sepa
16. VOT 75168 IDENTIFICATION OF CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE FOR APPLICATION TOOL ON A LOWER END MOBILE PHONE MENGENALPASTI CIRI CIRI KEMUDAHAN BAHASA PENGATURCARAAN JAVA UNTUK APLIKASI ATAS TELEFON BIMBIT TAHAP RENDAH Faizul Azli b Abd Ridzab Mohammad Ahmad b Drs Nasrul RESEARCH VOTE NO 75168 Program Pengajian Diploma Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Jalan Semarak Kuala Lumpur 2005 ABSTRACT The usage of mobile phone among Malaysian has increased tremendously in the past few years Looking at the trend of usage it 1s beyond doubt that our life will be much dependant on the services and functionalities that it can provide User of mobile phone has been offered the facilities of downloading new ring tones and games Games that have been offered here in Malaysia are basically imported from other countries such as the United States and European countries The applicability of games being offered 1s much dependant on the capability of mobile phone in use Most of the games required a high end mobile phone as a platform There are no tools or applications other than the native mobile phone services such as managing a phone book watch and calendar available for lower end mobile phone Even the number of tools available for a high end mobile phone 1s limited and there 1s no local developer for this kind of tools or applications in Malaysia Since the majority of mobile phone owner only uses the ordinary or a lower e
17. an yang membangunkan peralatan atau aplikasi berkaitan di Malaysia Disebabkan majoriti pengguna telefon mudah alih menggunakan telefon mudah alih yang biasa potensi pengguna untuk aplikasi bagi telefon mudah alih biasa adalah lebih tinggi Terdapat keperluan untuk peralatan bagi telefon mudah alih biasa bagi peralatan yang biasanya terdapat hanya dalam Pembantu Peribadi Digital PPD dan telefon mudah alih berkemampuan tinggi Kajian ini akan menumpu kepada keupayaan Bahasa Pengaturcaraan Java pada telefon bimbit biasa dan juga keperluan perisian dan perkakasannya 111 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTERS TITLE ABSTRACT ABSTRAK TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 Introduction 1 2 General Problem Statement 1 3 Objective And Scope Of Study CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 2 Java Programming Language 2 2 Java 2 Micro Edition 2 3 J2ME Architecture 2 34 Java Virtual Machine 29 2 Configuration 2 3 3 Profile 24 MIDlet 2 4 1 Hardware and software requirements 2 4 2 Java Archive File JAR 2 4 3 Java Application Descriptor JAD CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY 3 1 Methodology PAGES QN UA A A A vU t LEd Analysis 3 1 2 O Design 3 1 3 Implementation 3 1 4 X Testing 3 1 5 Deployment CHAPTER 4 DATA AND DISCUSSION 4 1 Output Analysis 4 1 1 Usage of lower end mobile phone as a tool for student in managing their result 4 1 2 Characteristics of Java Programming Language on lower end mobile phone 42 L
18. ch includes major wireless mobile phone vendors The J2ME specification defines the programming language the virtual machine and programming Application Programming Interface APD 2 Due to the fact that a mobile device often has limited resources it is not realistic to have the entire J2SE Application Programming Interface API available on it 1 Thus the J2ME can be seen as a subset of J2SE but added with its own API suitable for mobile devices J2ME as a platform will not fit in all mobile devices as mobile devices itself may have a range of capability Mobile devices range from a mobile phone pager and Personal Digital Assistant PDA among others has a number of separate categories which reflected their resources For mobile phone alone we ll be looking at plenty of models each with its own features and resources Due to that two other important aspects related to J2ME are introduced The configuration and the profile of each mobile device will determine which API suited a particular device Configuration and profile are defined by open industry working groups utilizing Sun s Java Community Process Program 3 2 3 J2ME Architecture J2ME architecture is designed to support the flexibility and customizable deployment of product demanded by user 5 Designed to be modular and scalable to fulfill that needs it is define as three layers built on top of the operating system for mobile device The architecture of J2ME is as depicted in
19. ct Options and then Select Select Edit System will display the Edit Result page which consist of the subject code name and grade Subject code and name cannot be changed Select Options Select and System displays a success message then displays Version1 0 Confidential Page of 12 75168 mResult T D Test Document for mResult then Save the subject detail once again This time the grade should be the same as the one that the user had just selected Add Subject User can add subject 75168 mResult 04 02 At the Semester page If selected semesters total credit is equal or more select Options and then than 19 system displays info message followed by Add Subject the Add subject page System prompt user to enter these information e Subject Code e Subject Name Select Options and then If any field is empty system displays error Save message If the subject code entered is less than 7 characters or if the 7 character of the code is not numerical system displays error message If after adding the new subject total credit of that semester is more than 19 system displays info message then goes back to Semester page If total credit is below than 19 system displays success message followed by the Semester page back Delete Subject User can delete a selected 75168 mResult 04 03 subject Version1 0 Confid
20. d back If user click back the intake form will be displayed If user click Yes system will display a welcome message followed by the main menu Version1 0 Confidential Page 4 of 12 75168 mResult TD Test Document for mResult User login into the system 75168 mResult 01 00 Select mResult icon from System displays splash screen for 3 seconds application folder followed by Login form if first time System prompt user to enter password if password is enabled or enter login button if password is disabled Enter password login If password is incorrect system will display an button error Message If password is correct system will display success message followed by the main menu If there is no password once user enters the login button system will display welcome message and then displays the main menu Set Password User can set their password 75168 mResult 03 00 Starts when user select System displays the password form Next from Enter Profile System prompt user to enter their password and page and password is then re enter that password enabled Select Back System displays the Enter Profile form Version1 0 Confidential Page 5 of 12 5168 mResult TD Select Next User can change their password Edit Password 75168 mResult 03 01 Select Change Password from Options page Select Options and then Save Test Document for mResu
21. d system will display enter password form Please refer to 6 To change intake session set the highlight to other intake session select Options and Select 1 The focus is now owned by the newly selected intake session 8 Select Options and Next System will display Confirmation form Select Yes System will display success message followed by the main menu Version1 0 Confidential Page 3 of 11 75168 mResult UM 1 0 User Manual for mResult If password is enabled 1 Select mResult icon from application folder System displays splash screen for 3 seconds followed by a Login form 2 To enter password Select Options and Edit 3 Select Options and Login to enter the system Password Disabled nter Login to If password is disabled 1 Select mResult icon from application folder System displays splash screen for 3 seconds followed by a Login form 2 Select Options and Login to enter the system Version1 0 Confidential Page 4 of 11 75168 mResult UM 1 0 User Manual for mResult 4 Manage Password 4 1 Set Password u User Profile D Password This event continues from the Enter Profile event when password is enabled l Select Options and Next 2 System displays Password form To enter password select Options and Edit 3 Select Options and Next 4 2 Edit Password Reference About Edit password password enabled At the main menu select Options Sy
22. ength for 1 0 1 lt arrCode length att 1 insert the code subject into the record store rs addRecord arrCode i getBytes 0 arrCode i getBytes length setRecord rs gt Recordotore openkecordotore strDDbName true rs setRecord intID 42 result grade getBytes 0 result grade getBytes length deleteRecord ps c mocordstoreopenBeocorgogotore strDbName true rs setRecord post O getBytes 0 0 getBytes length Table 5 Example of RMS usage 4 2 Limitation Of The Study And Future Research The research focuses on the usage of Nokia 3310 and has not been able to test on other mobile device except for limited number of models Other brand of mobile devices was not tested whether it will support mResult or not Future work should focuses on how to enhance the use of lower end mobile phone to make use of it s capabilities to receive and send a wireless messages 20 CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION 5 1 Conclusion This study reveals that Java programming language is suitable to develop an application for lower end mobile phone Although the Application Programming Interface needed was very much depends on the configuration and the profile of the particular device generally it supported the basic need for an application Java 1s capable of providing the user interface tools for managing persistent data either through the Record Management System RMS or file routines and processing ability in term o
23. ential Page 8 of 12 5168 mResult TD Test Document for mResult At the Subject page select System will display a confirmation page which Options and then Delete shows the code and name of the subjects that s Subject going to be deleted Select Yes If after the operation the total credit for the selected semester is lower than 12 system will display error message If not system will display a success message and then displays the list of subject back This time the subject that has been deleted should not show up in the list Clear Result User can clear all results for a 75168 mResult 04 04 selected semester At the Semester page System will display a confirmation page whether select Options and Clear yes or back Result Select Yes System will reset all results for the selected semester to the default value System displays a success message followed by the Semester page back again At the Semester page System should display an error message saying select Options and View there is no result in the record store GPA Version1 0 Confidential Page 9 of 12 5168 mResult TD View GPA 75168 mResult 04 05 View CPA 75168 mResult 05 00 View Profile 75168 mResult 06 00 Version1 0 Confidential User can view the GPA for a selected semester Atthe Semester page select Options and View GPA User can view the current CPA for
24. f classes for mResult 11 The following are core classes in mResult with description of its responsibilities mResult DDC java MIDlet class for mResult project FrmSubjects java User interface for managing subject RMS java Handle persistent data Table 2 Core classes for mResult 3 1 3 Implementation Borland JBuilder X Edition was used to develop mResult It provides the facilities to write Java codes compile debug and along with the Nokia Developer s Suite for Java TM 2 Micro Edition NDS enable the testing of mResult either through the device emulator or the actual device itself The implementation phase for mResult was started as soon as initial requirements were identified and the first version of RA document was produced Key issues in implementing mResult are as follow e imitation of CLDC 1 0 which does not allow the use of floating point data o This is one of the key problems in implementing the mResult as it mean other way of storing and calculating student results need to be derived The solution of this problem is will be discuss in the next chapter e The maximum size of 64kb for JAR file o This has resulted in the application to be tailored to specific course such as for UTM Computer Students as it 1 not possible to have one solution for all the courses 12 3 1 4 Testing A test document for mResult was developed for the testing phase The testing took place on the 13 of December 2005 at t
25. f its arithmetic and logic facilities Selected device the Nokia 3310 shows the capabilities in supporting the application developed Although some other important element of a mobile phone such as the ability to communicate through Short Messaging System SMS has not been look into the knowledge gains suggest that it s possible to integrate the management of student result with the university current services where UTM has already allow the student to request result through SMS 21 REFERENCES 1 Core J2ME Technology and MIDP John W Muchow Sun Microsystem 2002 2 Developing Scalable Series 40 Application A Guide for Java Developers Michael Juntao Yuan Kevin Sharp Nokia Corporation 2005 3 J2ME FAQ http Java sun com 2me faq html 4 Enterprise J2ME Developing Mobile Java Application Michael Juntao Yuan Prentice Hall PTR 2004 5 J2ME Building Blocks for Mobile Devices White Paper on KVM and the Connected Limited Device Configuration CLDC Sun Microsystem 2000 22 Lampiran 20 UTM RMC F 0024 1998 UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA BORANG PENGESAHAN LAPORAN AKHIR PENYELIDIKAN TAJUK PROJEK IDENTIFICATION OF CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF Saya JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE FOR APPLICATION TOOL ONA LOWER END MOB LE PHONE FAIZUL AZLI B ABD RIDZAB HURUF BESAR Mengaku membenarkan Laporan Akhir Penyelidikan ini disimpan di Perpustakaan Universiti Teknologi Malaysia dengan syarat syarat kegunaan sepert
26. he development site The test was based on the requirement from RA document The following table show part of the test item for use case Manage Subject and Result Manage User can select which Subject and semester s subject and view the subjects detail Result 75168 mResult 04 00 Select button Select Semester Selects Options and then View Subjects Selects Options and then Select Subject Set Result Grade User can set the 75168 mResult subjects result grade 04 01 At the Subjects page select Options and then Select Subject Select Edit Select Options Select and then Save System will display list of semesters System displays the selected semesters list of subjects System displays the detail of the selected subject Default value for the grade is System displays the detail of the selected subject System will display the Edit Result page which consist of the subject code name and grade Subject code and name cannot be changed System displays a success message then displays the subject detail once again This time the grade should be the same as the one that the user had just selected Table 3 Example of test item for Manage Subject and Result use case 13 3 1 5 Deployment The Nokia 3310 Figure 6 has been selected as it represents one of the lower end mobile phone available in the market The outp
27. his private void jbInit add list append Select Semester null append View CPA null append Options null add ticker setTicker ticker add Command addCommand new Command Exit Command EXIT 1 Figure 9 Part of coding for FrmMainMenu java 18 b Record Management System RMS Another important aspect in the mResult is the ability to store persistent data MIDP 1 0 allows the management of persistent data through the RMS API s RMS isa persisten storage environment within the MIDP The record stored in the persistent data 1s very much dependant on the MIDlet that created it if the MIDlet is removed from the mobile device the record stores will also be deleted As mResult need to store read and edit a student results the usage of suitable APT s for the operations is needed The following table shows some of the important methods with the description of its usage 2 closeRecordStore Close a record store addRecord Add a new record in the record store Set or replace data in the record store deleteRecord Delete a record from the record store Table 4 Core classes for mResult 19 In mResult the responsibility of handling persistent data is given to the RMS class The following table segment show how Java handles the add set and delete record in RMS Method s Name Part of Java Code addRecord insert the semester s status rs addRecord O getBytes 0 0 getBytes l
28. i berikut 1 Laporan Akhir Penyelidikan ini adalah hakmilik Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2 Perpustakaan Universiti Teknologi Malaysia dibenarkan membuat salinan untuk tujuan rujukan sahaja 3 Perpustakaan dibenarkan membuat penjualan salinan Laporan Akhir Penyelidikan ini bagi kategori TIDAK TERHAD 4 Sila tandakan SULIT Mengandungi maklumat yang berdarjah keselamatan atau Kepentingan Malaysia seperti yang termaktub di dalam AKTA RAHSIA RASMI 1972 TERHAD Mengandungi maklumat TERHAD yang telah ditentukan oleh TIDAK TERHAD CATATAN Organisasi badan di mana penyelidikan dijalankan TANDATANGAN KETUA PENYELIDIK Nama amp Cop Ketua Penyelidik Tarikh Jika Laporan Akhir Penyelidikan int SULIT atau TERHAD sila lampirkan surat daripada pihak berlenasa organisasi berkenaan dengan menyatakan sekali sebab dan tempoh laporan ini perlu dikelaskan sebagai SULIT dan TERHAD RA Document for mResult Program Pengajian Diploma PPD mResult REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS DOCUMENT FOR MRESULT Version 1 0 Document Reference No 75168 MRESULT RA 1 0 CONFIDENTIAL Version1 0 Confidential Page 1 of4 75168 mResult RA 1 0 RA Document for mResult Revision History Version Status Date Change Description Author 1 0 Draft 6 June 2005 Ahmad Aizuddin Version1 0 Confidential Page 2 of 4 75168 mResult RA 1 0 RA Document for mResult mResult Use Case Login Enter Profile Set Password
29. imitation Of The Study And Future Research CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION 5 1 Conclusion REFERENCES APPENDIX Appendix A mResult Requirement Analysis Document Appendix B mResult Test Item Document Appendix C mResult User Manual Appendix D mResult Brochure 11 12 13 14 15 15 15 16 20 21 21 22 LIST OF FIGURES Figurel J2ME Software Layer Stack Figure2 Oo Phases in waterfall model Figure 3 Use Case diagram for mResult Figure 4 List of classes for mResult Figure5 Nokia 3310 Figure 6 Code segment to handle the calculation of cpa Figure 7 Major MIDP User Interface Classes Figure 8 FrmMainMenu in the mobile phone screen Figure 9 Part of coding for FrmMainMenu java LIST OF TABLES Table Detail Requirement for Manage Subject and Result use case Table 2 Core classes for mResult Table 3 Example of test item for Manage Subject and Result use case Table 4 Core classes for mResult Table 5 Example of RMS usage 11 14 16 17 18 18 10 17 13 14 20 vi CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTTON 1 1 Introduction With the emerging of a mobile phone people have found is much easier to be in touch with others Almost on any part of Malaysia for example we will be able to be in touch with the rest of the community As we have relied heavily on mobile phone most of us will no longer be comfortable leaving home without one The main use of mobile phone has always been making and receiv
30. ing call although with the introduction of new services such as the Short Messaging System SMS and Multimedia Messaging Services MMS we started to expand the use of mobile phone The same can be said for students in Institute of Higher Learning IHL where they use mobile phone mainly to get in touch with family and friends by making call or sending a SMS or MMS Mobile phone itself is a computer in its own special form it has the characteristic of one Mobile phones have an input devices output devices and processor and are able to store persistent data Student main responsibility is to concentrate on their studies For student with good results they can always follow the plan laid by their faculty for them to complete their study But for some students who have difficulties they sometime need to make some adjustment in terms of what subjects to register They need to be able to manage their study so that they will be able to get their degree or diploma like other student In other words the need to be able to analyze their current results and make decision related to their study 1 2 General Problem Statements There are some common problems that student faced in keeping records and analyzing their exam results e Students need to have their examination result slips in hand to study their results 1 3 e Simulation of grade needed for particular subject to achieve certain CPA has to be made on paper e Lecturer will have
31. lt If any text field is empty system displays error message If password entered is less than 6 characters system displays error message If the re entered password doesn t match the password system displays error message If both password match system displays Intake form If password is disabled system displays text saying password is disabled If password is enabled system displays change password form po If any text field is empty system displays error message If old password doesn t match the current password system displays error message If new password entered is less than 6 characters system displays error message If everything s ok system will save the new password in RMS Version1 0 Confidential Page 6 of 12 75168 mResult TD Test Document for mResult Manage Subject and User can select which Result semester s subject and view 75168 mResult 04 00 the subjects detail Select button Select System will display list of Semesters Semester Selects Options and then System displays the selected semesters list of View Subjects Subjects Selects Options and then System displays the detail of the selected subject Select Subject Default value for the grade is Set Result Grade User can set the subjects 75168 mResult 04 01 result grade At the Subjects page select System displays the detail of the selected subje
32. nd mobile phone a potential user of an application for lower end platform is much greater than the one for a high end There isa need for a tool on lower end mobile phone in the area where it is suitable to have a tool which are currently available only in Personal Digital Assistant PDA and high end mobile phone The research will basically focusing on the capabilities of Java programming language on a lower end mobile phone and its hardware and software requirements ii ABSTRAK Penggunaan telefon mudah alih oleh rakyat Malaysia telah meningkat dengan banyak dalam beberapa tahun kebelakangan ini Melihat kepada pola penggunaannya tidak diragui bahawa kehidupan kita akan banyak bergantung kepada perkhidmatan dan fungsi yang boleh ia berikan Pengguna telefon mudah alih telah ditawarkan dengan perkhidmatan memuat turun nada dering dan permainan Permainan yang ditawarkan di Malaysia kebanyakannya diimport dari negara lain seperti Amerika Syarikat dan Negara negara Eropah Kebolehsuaian permainan yang ditawarkan adalah banyak bergantung kepada kemampuan telefon mudah alih yang digunakan Kebanyakan permainan yang ditawarkan memerlukan telefon mudah alih berkemampuan tinggi sebagai platform Bagi telefon mudah alih biasa tiada peralatan atau aplikasi lain selain aplikasi asas seperti mengurus buku telefon jam dan kalendar Malah peralatan yang ditawarkan untuk telefon mudah alih berkemampuan tinggi juga agak terbatas kerana tiada pembangun tempat
33. rate and distinct phases The model is as depicted in the following figure Implementation Figure 2 Phases in waterfall model 3 1 1 Analysis The requirement for the application was first studied to gather as much as information needed to develop it Code name mResult the application should be able to assist student in managing their result in term storing it accessing it using the lower end mobile phone and do some analysis or simulation on the results Simulation means allowing the students to be able to enter grade for particular subject they have not taken and the application should be able to show what is the Cumulative Grade Point Average CGPA they will get if they manage to get the targeted grades A Reguirement Analysis RA document was produced during this phase Its core element is the use case diagram for mResult as shown in the following figure C2 Login A EnterProfile SetPassword ViewCPA X A cD ViewProfile cb EditProfile anageSubjectAndResult C 2 ViewReference C 2 ViewAbout User Figure 3 Use Case diagram for mResult The most important use case for mResult is the Manage Subject and Result The following table show detail reguirement for that use case Functional Reguirement Description Reguirement Number 75168 mResult 04 00 Manage Subject and User can select which semester s Result subject and view the subjects detail 75168 mResult 04 01 Set Re
34. stem displays Options menu Select Change Password Select Options and Edit to enter old password and new password Select Options and Save p D View User Profile Change Password Reference About Select Edit password password disabled 1 At the main menu select Options 2 System displays Options menu Select Change Password Version1 0 Confidential Page 5 of 11 75168 mResult UM 1 0 User Manual for mResult 9 IManage Subject and Result 5 1 View Subject Information User can select which semester s subject and view the subjects detail Ge Semester 1 u Semester 1 Jects 1 lew Subjects UDP1132 Add Subject 0061023 View GPA Clear Result At the main menu select Select Semester System displays list of semesters Select Options and View Subjects System displays list of subjects for that semester E u mhesult D Subjects 1 Subject Detail Select Subject Delete Subject Back Edit 5 Select Select Subject 6 System displays subject s information 5 2 Set Result Grade User can set the subjects result grade Select Subject Delete Subject u mhesult D d u Edit hesut n Subject Detail n Back Edit 1 Atthe List of Subjects form highlight any subject 2 Select Options and Select Subject 3 System displays subject information Select Edit 4 Highlight the result grade for the subject
35. sult Grade User can set the subjects result grade 75168 mResult 04 02 Add Subject User can add subject 75168 mResult 04 03 Delete Subject User can delete a selected subject but 1s limited to the minimum credit requirement for a semester 75168 mResult 04 04 Clear Result User can clear all results for a selected semester 75168 mResult 04 05 View GPA User can view the GPA for a selected semester Table 1 Detail Requirement for Manage Subject and Result use case 10 3 1 2 Design The RA for mResult serves as a base for the next phase in the development which is the design phase In the design phase classes needed for the implementation of mResult were identified using the scenario based approach Twenty six classes were identified based on the flow of events studied for the requirements The following figure shows the list of classes in mResult L alculate FA java L alculateG PA java Displays4lert java FrmDisplayConfirmDrelete java FrmDisplay PA java FrmDisplayCredit java FrmbDiisplayG FA java FrmDisplayPersanallnfa java FrmDisplapHieference ava FrmE dits ubject jaya FrmE nterPassword java FrmE nterPersonall nose java Fire nterPersonall java FrmLogin jawa Frmbi Menu java FrmUptions java Frm semester java FrmSplashS5creen java FrmSubjectD etall java Frmsubjects java mAesult DOC java Profile java Result java AMS java Scrolllanvas java TestWrapltil java Figure 4 List o
36. the application offers the option to activate password to enter the system 15 4 1 2 Characteristics of Java Programming Language on lower end mobile phone Lower end mobile phones like the Nokia 3310 support the use of MIDP 1 0 and CLDC 1 0 4 1 2 1 CLDC 1 0 Characteristic Among the problem in CLDC 1 0 is the inability to define a floating point data type As the application develop is related to student s CPA the usage of floating point data is very important Nevertheless an algorithm to calculate CPA by using an integer data type has been implemented successfully in mResult Even though the result will be shown to the user as if it 1s in the floating point format it 1s actually stored and manipulated as string data The following are part of the Java code that handles the issue verd dqbprerti if totalValue 0 cpa 0 strTtlValue 000075 strGpa 1100007 else strTtlValue String valueOf totalValue if strTtlValue length 4 amp amp totalCredit gt 9 String temp seritivalue 0 int totalvalue Integer parseInt temp cpa totalvalue totalCredit strGpa String valueOf cpa else if strTtlValue length 6 amp amp totalCredit gt 9 cpa totalValue totalCredit strGpa String valueOf cpa check2 100 Figure 6 Code segment to handle the calculation of cpa 16 4 1 2 2 MIDP 1 0 MIDP 1 0 offers two other important aspect and tools for application de
37. ut of the development phase is the source code for mResult and the Java Archive File JAR To deploy the mResult JAR to the selected mobile phone the Nokia Developer s Suite for Java TM 2 Micro Edition Version 2 2 for Windows NDS was used The NDS isa set of tools that help create Java content for Nokia devices With NDS developers can create test and deploy Java software to Nokla devices Figure 5 Nokia 3310 Since the Nokia 3310 only support the Universal Serial Bus USB connection using the DKU 5 CA 42 JAR file created was deployed using the DKU 5 cable 14 CHAPTER 4 DATA AND DISCUSSION 4 1 Output Analysis We will discuss results for each hypotheses and research questions below 4 1 1 Usage of lower end mobile phone as a tool for student in managing their result Based on the success of developing mResult and deploying it into a Nokia 3310 device the research suggest that a lower end mobile phone such as Nokia 3310 can assist student in managing their examination result It offers the following benefits to students e Student can have the mobility to view their results from anywhere and anytime because the application is virtually in their hand e Student has an unlimited access to the information with no subsequence charges e Student can manage their result effectively because they are able to store the results simulate grade and see the final result e In terms of the privacy of their results
38. velopment on lower end mobile phone It offer enough API s for creating user interface in the mobile phone and also the Record Management System RMS API s that support the reading writing sorting and searching a persistent data in mobile devices a User Interface API s for user interface are available through putting in the import javax microedrtrion lcdur in the class declaration The API s for user interface 1s best shown through the following figure 1 Displayable 0 Sem A interface choice Ie List oo TextBox Form 1 0 A ChoiceGroup DateField Figure 7 Major MIDP User Interface Classes 17 The mResult use extensively classes available in the Displayable class and it s sub classes An example of the use of Canvas class is in the FrmMainMenu class The following are how the screen will looks like in the mobile phone and part of the corresponding Java code for the class Welcome to Select Semester Figure 8 FrmMainMenu in the mobile phone screen package mresult import Javax mricroedition lcdui class FrmMainMenu extends List implements CommandListener static FrmMainMenu instance mResult DDC midlet FrmSemester semester RMS rms new RMS Ticker ticker new Ticker Welcome to mResult v1 0 FrmMainMenu mkesult DDC midlet super Main Menu List IMPLICIT this midlet midlet setCommandListener this this instance t
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