feat: refactored c++ code and integrated database

backend/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -32,8 +32,4 @@ set (TEST_SOURCE
 
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${TEST_SOURCE})
 
-target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE Catch2::Catch2WithMain)
-
-target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE tests)
-
-include(Catch)
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE Catch2::Catch2WithMain)

backend/src/main.cpp

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ int main()
     db.execute("CREATE TABLE passwords (password TEXT);");
 
     // generate and insert the passwords into the database
-    std::unordered_set<std::string> passwordSet = password::generatePasswords(100, 20);
+    std::unordered_set<std::string> passwordSet = password::generatePasswords(10, 20);
     for (const auto &password : passwordSet)
     {
         db.execute("INSERT INTO passwords (password) VALUES ('" + password + "');");

backend/src/password.cpp

@@ -7,10 +7,16 @@ namespace password
     {
         const int min_chars = 10;
 
-        if (max_chars < min_chars)
-        {
+        // ensure max_chars is greater than min_chars
+        try {
+            if (max_chars < min_chars)
+            {
+                throw (max_chars);
+            }
+        }
+        catch (int max_chars) {
             std::cout << "Password must have a minimum length of 10 characters\n";
-            exit(0);
+            std::cout << "You inputted a maximum length of " << max_chars << " characters \n";
         }
 
         std::unordered_set<std::string> passwords;

backend/src/password.hpp

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace password
      * 
      * @param numPasswords The number of passwords to generate.
      * @param maxChars The maximum number of characters for a password.
-     * @return std::unordered_set<std::string> 
+     * @return std::unordered_set<std::string> The passwords generated. 
      */
     std::unordered_set<std::string> generatePasswords(int num_passwords, int max_chars);
 }