Learning by Example: The Hotel Reservations Desk
To reinforce the topics discussed in this chapter, this “learning by example” application presents an XML reading “wrapper” for a fictitious hotel chain. The application's goal is to allow customer service representatives to look up current hotel reservations in a data store (an XML file). The program first forces you to constrain your search to a specific hotel and then allows searching by last name, first name, or check-in date.
After the search is executed, a list of guest IDs that match the supplied criteria will show up in a list box. The user can then select one of these guests to view detailed information.
Figure 10.9 shows the application in action.
Figure 10.9. The main window.
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