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Class State_Controller

java.lang.Object

project4dnesselrode.State_Controller

public class State_Controller
extends java.lang.Object

Contains methods to create, view, and modify a State_Controller object.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
State_Controller(int maxSize) Creates a new State_Controller object by setting the size of the array that will be used to store State objects.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	display() Displays the array of State objects.
void	getData() Uses a FileInterface object to open and parse data from an input file, creates a new State object, and adds the new State object to the array.
int	getSize() Gets the number of elements in the array
java.lang.String	getState(int i) Gets the name of the State object at the specified index of the array.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

State_Controller

public State_Controller(int maxSize)

Creates a new State_Controller object by setting the size of the array that will be used to store State objects.

Parameters:

maxSize - the size of the array

Method Detail

getData

public void getData()
             throws java.io.IOException

Uses a FileInterface object to open and parse data from an input file, creates a new State object, and adds the new State object to the array.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - for invalid I/O

getState

public java.lang.String getState(int i)

Gets the name of the State object at the specified index of the array.

Parameters:

i - the array index

Returns:

the name of the State object

getSize

public int getSize()

Gets the number of elements in the array

Returns:

the size of the array

display

public void display()

Displays the array of State objects. This method is only used to make sure that items were inserted into the array properly.