Atreis Industries
Atreis Information Manager
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Atreis Information Manager provides a quick and easy means of storing, and later locating, information. It keeps track of information in a hierarchical fashion with an easy to use user interface. The application includes online help that briefly describes its features and how to use it. A command-line interface is also available.
The application is being distributed under the GNU Public License with full source code available, and is freely redistributable under the terms of the license.
Atreis Information Manager also provides a user-programmable plugin architecture that can be used for addins. Source code is available for everything here, including the plugins, so if you want to enhance them, or create new ones, it's easy to do! The application comes with three plugins for storing different types of data:
- Text - General notes that can contain whatever you want. This format support some simple formatting and font options.
- Contacts - Contact information, including name, address, telephone numbers (any number of them), email addresses (any number), and other information.
- Web - Web address URLs and associated information. (Note: This is supported for backward compatibility only. This functionality has been superseded by Atreis Mark.)
Recent Changes
File Format
The data storage format is now JSON instead of the proprietary format that was used in older versions.
Authorization and Encryption
In order to open a file a password must be provided. This password is then used as the encryption key when saving the data.
Client Server Mode
The application can be run as either a client or server. In order to run as server pass it the option "server" on the command line. e.g. java -jar atreisIM.jar server
In server mode the application can serve up Atreis Information Manager data files to remote instances of the application.
Please see the page for Atreis Mark for more information about the Atreis Information Manager server mode, and what it takes to get it working.
Caveats and Plans
This application was written more than a decade ago, and much of the code needs re-written. (Coding styles have changed, my coding practices have improved greatly, etc...) On the other hand, I've been using the application continuously myself for all of that time without problems. Even if the code isn't very pretty it's fairly solid.
Nonetheless, I still hope to re-write it. When I do, here are some things I want to change:
- Separate the client and server.
- Separate the model from the view. (UGH!)
- Retrieve pieces of the data files on demand rather than loading and retaining the entire file in memory.
- Perhaps use something other than Swing. I'm not sure what though.
