architecture.txt

The problem statement is a simple voting application that exposes a RESTful API for candidate management and vote casting. It utilizes the Spring Boot framework to facilitate rapid development and deployment. The key components include controllers for handling API endpoints, a service layer for business logic, and local variables for storing candidate information.

Architecture Overview:
#Spring Boot:
 Chosen for its simplicity, convention-over-configuration, and rapid development capabilities.
#Controller:
 Handles incoming HTTP requests and delegates to the service layer.
#Service:
 Contains business logic for candidate management and vote counting.
#Data Storage (Local Variables):
 Utilizes local variables to store candidate information, avoiding the need for an external database.

Features:
#Enter Candidate:
 Adds a new candidate with a vote count initialized to 0.
#Cast Vote:
 Increments the vote count for a specified candidate.
 Ensures that the candidate is valid before updating the count.
#Count Vote:
 Retrieves and returns the latest vote count for a specified candidate.
#List Votes:
 Returns a JSON representation of all candidates along with their respective vote counts.
#Get Winner:
 Identifies and returns the candidate with the highest number of votes. If candidates having equal count of votes returns "tie".