kasia in a nutshell

After months of complaining about code written by a bunch of not-so-bright-consultants, I've decided to approach the problem differently. Don't just tear my hair out.. sit down and try to reason the solution the way the people who wrote the code must have been thinking.. Put myself in their shoes, so to speak. Here it is.. WWANSBCD[0]

• Problem:
  Our system has users, users have roles and every now then we like to look at their roles and see them as more than just a bunch of numbers.
  Solution
  Take the list of role ids associated with each user and add role descriptions to the same object. If it's a string it's a role name, if it's an integer, it's a role id. Easy! Correlation? That wasn't specified in requirements.
• Problem:
  Some roles can only be assigned if other roles are also assigned, in other words, there is some dependency.
  Solution:
  Create a JavaScript that makes sure checkboxes for roles that are dependent on others always stay checked... keep track of them by index in the list in which they're retrieved[1]
• Problem:
  System design calls for using of business rule objects to validate information entered by the user.
  Solution:
  Create a IsValidString business rule object which checks for null string therefore satisfying the requirement for using a business rule object.
• Problem:
  System design calls for using descriptive javadoc comments as documentation.
  Solution:
  Copy-paste the same comment all over the place without changing anything
• Problem:
  System design call for using constant values for often used values.
  Solution:
  Define a constant value for 0. Name it ZERO. Use it in if statements.
  
• Problem:
  Presentation code should not use classes from persistence package without going through EJB layer.
  Solution:
  Copy-Paste the code from persistence package into a common package and use it from there.

There's more.. oh is there ever more.

[0] What Would A Not So Bright Consultant Do, what else?
[1] And by all that is holy, don't change the order-by statements on the SQL that retrieves them from the db!