Ability to borrow and return books

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For the MVP, the user should be able to BORROW and RETURN books to the library.

The library user should be able to BORROW a book, that book is then marked as UNAVAILABLE which in turn is made unavailable to other library users who try to borrow the same book.

Future iterations

• Setup a queue which allows a user to be next in line to receive the book when the book has been returned.

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Borrow

1. A user is able to borrow a book which status is currently set to AVAILABLE.
2. If a book is set to LOANED which a user would like to borrow, they are able to join the queue
3. A user should not be able to borrow a book which is set to LOANED.
4. One user is able to borrow a maximum of 3 books at one time.
5. A user is able to temporarily extend their maximum number of borrowed books if it’s for a specific scenario (teaching a topic)
6. A record is created in the BORROW object upon a user borrowing a book.
7. The user will be able to see when the book is due to be returned.
8. A user should not be able to borrow a book if their membership is set to expire (e.g. They want to borrow a book on the 26th June, but their membership runs out on the 5th of August)
9. If an administrator tries to delete a book which is currently set to LOAN, they will be unable to delete the book.

Acceptance Criteria:

• User can borrow a book which is set to AVAILABLE.
• User cannot borrow a book which is set to LOANED.
• User cannot borrow more than 3 books.

Return

1. A record will be deleted in the BORROW object upon a user returning a book. This record will however be stored in history.
2. If a book returned a book title and borrows the same book title again. This should be successful as the book copy primary key is done by the ID and not the title.
3. A user will be able to report any problems they had with the book such as damage.

Acceptance Criteria:

• The record will no longer be displayed when a user has successfully returned a book.
• The status of the LOANED book when returned should be set to AVAILABLE.
• A user who has reserved the book will be notified of its availability. The book will be UNAVAILABLE for 24 hours. If the user does not collect the book within that amount of time it will be set to AVAILABLE.

ANOTHER ISSUE - Lost Book - DEPENDENCY ON SUPPORT PORTAL https://github.com/r-adelaide/cheltham/issues/31

If a user has lost their book, they will have to submit a support ticket. This will be reviewed and then a strike will be placed on their account. If the user loses more than three books, they will lose access to the library.

Acceptance Criteria:

• A user will be able to submit a support ticket.
• An administrator will be able to review a ticket and issue the strike to the users account.
• A user will be unable to borrow a book if they have more than three strikes on their account.