How to install the Parsec Exchange Server(tm)
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Software Requirements
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1. J2EE SDK  (java.sun.com)
2. Latest Oracle Drivers (www.oracle.com)
3. JDK1.3.1

Install
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Run the j2ee server on the machine on which you want to host the stock
exchange. Open the file parsec.ear in deploytool of /bin directory in j2ee
and deploy it.
If default values are used, access the main page using
             http://<machine-name>:8000/parsec/Login


To run the DealBreaker(c) & DealAffector(c) use the scripts provided in
the /bin directory of Parsec.

DealBreaker -  rundealb.sh
DealAffector - rundeala.sh

USPs a.k.a why in the whole world will you install this?
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o Used J2EE for scalability, distributability, portability
o Used Connection Pooling for optimizing database access (ParsecUtils.java)
o All data has been stored in flat files located in /data of Parsec
o The servlets do not have any HTML code. HTML generators are used from ContentTemplate.java in addition to the stylesheets already provided (/styles)
o Professional Package structure
  com
   |
 parsec
   |
   +---- apps
   +---- servlets
   +---- utils
   +---- ejbs
          |
          +---- customer
          +---- config
          +---- authenticator
          +---- share
          +---- bidbuy
          +---- company
          +---- deal
          +---- login
          +---- portfolio

o There are ~14,000 lines of code in ~90 files excluding scripts and flat files
o There is data for ~2200 companies

