/*
ManyNamesHarness.java example code
AC Chapin

 */
package cis214.pkg08arrays;

// class demonstrating use of classes with arrays
// vs arrays of objects
public class ManyNamesHarness {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // a ManyNames contains an array of strings
        ManyNames m1 = new ManyNames();
        // pass in strings to be added to the array inside the ManyNames
        m1.addName("Butch");
        m1.addName("Sue");
        m1.addName("Edgar");
        System.out.println(m1.getNthName(2));

        // we can do these because the array is public (THIS IS A BAD IDEA)
        m1.myNames[1] = "Peggy Sue";
        System.out.println("Name #0:" + m1.myNames[0]);

        //m1 = "Bob";		// WRONG, m1 is object (with array of strings) not string
        //m1[0] = "Bob"; 	// WRONG m1 is object (with array inside) not array



        // an array of ManyNames contains addresses
        // of several ManyNames objects
        // each of which contains an array of strings

        // space for the array of ManyNames addresses
        ManyNames[] mnList = new ManyNames[3];

        // point the first array element at the existing ManyNames
        mnList[0] = m1;

        // we can do these because the array is public (THIS IS A BAD IDEA)
        mnList[0].myNames[1] = "Peggy Lou Sue";
        System.out.println("Name #0:" + mnList[0].myNames[0]);


        // mnList[0] = "Bob" 	// WRONG, mnList[0] is object (with array of strings) not string
        // mnList[0][0] = "Bob"	// WRONG, this is syntax for 2D array
        // mnList[0].[0] = "Bob"	// WRONG  just wrong



        // create a new ManyNames
        mnList[1] = new ManyNames();
        // array element is perfectly good variable
        // of type ManyNames
        mnList[1].addName("Agatha");
        mnList[1].addName("Francis");

        mnList[2] = new ManyNames();

        // get the first name in the array of strings inside
        // 0th ManyNames in the array mnList (counting from 1)
        // and add it to the array of strings inside
        // the 2nd ManyNames in the array mnList
        mnList[2].addName(mnList[0].getNthName(1));

        // same for 1st ManyNames in the array mnList
        mnList[2].addName(mnList[1].getNthName(1));

        // really shouldn't be public but...
        mnList[1].myNames[0] = mnList[0].myNames[2];

        System.out.println(mnList[0].getNthName(2));
        System.out.println(mnList[1].getNthName(2));
        System.out.println(mnList[2].getNthName(2));

    }
}