In this project, I created a podcast network that is designed to hold Podcasts, each of which contains multiple Episodes. This podcast network also implements a search object capable of identifying episodes that meet specific criteria and compile them into a playlist. One of the key features of this project is the ability to play Episodes (as an ASCII art) where users have the option to experience the content with or without a video element, which is again represented by unique ASCII art. The creation of Podcasts, Episodes, and Search objects is handled by a PodcastFactory (controll class).

This assignment takes uses

• [Operator overloading] (with polymorphism).
• [Templates] to achieve data abstraction
• [Multiple inheritance] in a diamond hierarchy.
• [Factories] to separate object creation from application logic
• [A strategy pattern] to change behaviour at runtime.

This application includes 10 base classes and 5 derived classes (of the Search and PodcastPlayer classes).

1. Podcast (Entity / Container object): (a) Contains Podcast meta-data as well as a collection of Episodes.
2. Episode (Entity): (a) Contains Episode meta-data and content
3. Search (Behaviour object): Virtual base or Abstract class of all Search objects. (a) H_Search (Behaviour object): Matches Episodes by the Podcast host. (b) C_Search (Behaviour object): Matches Episodes by the Podcast category. (c) HorC_Search (Behaviour object): Matches Episodes by the Podcast host or category.
4. Array (Container object): (a) A simple (templated) data structure.
5. Podify (Control object): (a) Stores Podcasts along with their Episodes, allows them to be queried.
6. PodcastPlayer (Behaviour object): Determines how to play an Episode (either "audio" only, or "audio and video", both of which are simply text). (a) AudioPlayer: Displays the audio of an Episode. (b) VideoPlayer: Displays the audio of an Episode and some ASCII art which is loaded from a �le at runtime
7. View (View object): (a) Collects user input and displays Podcasts, Episodes and other information.
8. Control (Control object): (a) Manages the interactions of Podify, PodcastFactory, and View. Stores the Episode playlist.
9. TestControl (Control object): (a) Test framework for Podify.
10. Tester: (a) Provides some common test functionality

1. Clone the repository: First, you need to clone the repository to your local machine. You can do this with the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/Jonathan03ant/Podify.git
   

2. Navigate to the project directory and make sure the make file is updated.

3. Clear any previous buildup to make sure correctness of the code.

   make clean
   

4. Build the project using a "Make" command which will create a "test" executable.

5. Run the ./test executable.

   2023 Intro To Computer Science, All rights to original proposal reserver to Professor Darryl Hill @Carleton Univeristy