Hello, and welcome to today's lesson! Today, we are going to dive into the world of managing product reviews and applying data aggregation in practice. We will start with a relatively simple Starter Task to set up our base and then gradually build up to a more complex solution involving data aggregation. Let's jump in!
For our starter task, we will lay the foundation by implementing basic operations for managing product reviews. These are the methods we will need to implement:
-
addReview(String productId, String reviewId, String reviewText, int rating)
— adds a review to the product specified byproductId
. If a review withreviewId
already exists, it updates the existing review. The review contains aflagged
field, which indicates whether the review is marked as inappropriate (by default, this field is set tofalse
). Returnstrue
if the review was added or updated successfully,false
otherwise. -
getReview(String productId, String reviewId)
— returns the review details (reviewText
,rating
, andflagged
fields) for the review specified byreviewId
under the givenproductId
. If the review or product does not exist, returnsnull
. -
deleteReview(String productId, String reviewId)
— deletes the review specified by under the given . Returns if the review was deleted, otherwise.
Let's look at the code that implements these functionalities:
With our basic review management system in place, we will now introduce new methods to handle more complex operations, such as flagging inappropriate reviews and aggregating review data for a specific product.
Here are the new methods we will add:
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flagReview(String productId, String reviewId)
— this method flags a specific review as inappropriate for a given product. Returnstrue
if the review was successfully flagged,false
otherwise. -
aggregateReviews(String productId)
— this method aggregates review data for a given product, providing statistics such as the total number of reviews, the number of flagged reviews, the average rating, and review texts excluding flagged ones. If the product does not have any reviews or does not exist, returnsnull
.
First, let's add functionality to flag a review:
In this step, we are adding the flagReview
method to our ReviewManager
class. This method enables users to mark a specific review as inappropriate. It checks whether the product and review exist in the dataset, and if they do, it sets the Flagged
attribute of the review to true
. This flagging mechanism is crucial for maintaining the quality and appropriateness of the reviews in the system.
Next, we will implement the method to aggregate reviews:
Great job! Today, you have learned how to manage product reviews and apply data aggregation in practice. We started with basic operations for adding, retrieving, and deleting reviews. Then, we extended our functionality to include flagging reviews and aggregating review data. This gradual build-up demonstrates how to enhance features incrementally and handle more complex data aggregation tasks.
Feel free to practice solving similar challenges to strengthen your skills further. Keep coding, and see you in the next lesson!
