Module com.example.cab302project

Package com.example.cab302project

Class LoginController

java.lang.Object

com.example.cab302project.LoginController

public class LoginController
extends Object

Controller class for the Login screen (login-view.fxml). Handles user authentication by interfacing with the IAppDAO and manages navigation between the login, registration, and dashboard screens.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
LoginController()	Initializes a new LoginController.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	onLogin()	Handles the login button action.
void	onRegister()	Handles the register button action.
void	onTabLogin()	Action handler for the Login tab button.
void	onTabSignup()	Action handler for the Sign Up tab button.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

LoginController

public LoginController()

Initializes a new LoginController. Connects to the global database instance defined in HelloApplication.

Method Details

onLogin

public void onLogin()

Handles the login button action. Validates that input fields are not empty, verifies credentials via the DAO, and switches to the appropriate dashboard based on the user's User.isPolice() status.

If authentication is successful, the user details are stored in UserSession.

onRegister

public void onRegister()

Handles the register button action. Navigates the user to the registration screen.

onTabLogin

public void onTabLogin()

Action handler for the Login tab button. Currently a no-op as the user is already on the login screen.

onTabSignup

public void onTabSignup()

Action handler for the Sign Up tab button. Redirects the user to the registration screen.