/*!	\file PolygonArrayList.h
*	\brief PolygonList subclass definition: Demonstrates inheritance hierarchy
*/
#ifndef WORDDATALIST_H
#define WORDDATALIST_H
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include "PolygonList.h"
#include "Polygon.h"
using namespace std;

class PolygonArrayList : public PolygonList {
/*!
 *	\class PolygonArrayList
 *	\brief PolygonList subclass that implements the list using a C++ array
 *
 *	The Polygon array list is a subclass of the polygon list class, this subclass changes the
 *	abstract class to utilize a single STL array container to house, manipulate, and display polygons. 
 */
public:

/*!
*	\fn Constructor
*	The default constructor initalizes the numShapes datamember to zero
*/
  PolygonArrayList();

/*!
*	\fn ReadIntoList
*	This function takes a filename as a string and reads in up to
*	ten polygon attributes from the file into the array.
*/
  void readIntoList(string filename);

/*!
	\fn printIteratively
*	The printIteratively function uses the array indexes to print the contents of the
*	array.
*/
  void printIteratively();

/*!
*	\fn
*	averageArea computes the total area of all objects in the array and divides by the total number.
*/
double averageArea();

private:

/*!
*	\var TheShapes[10] TheShapes is the actual array in which the data is stored
*/
	Polygon TheShapes[10];
/*!
*	\var numShapes numShapes is a value of how much data is already in the array.
*/
  int numShapes;


/*!
*	\fn
*	\param index index is the value to find the end of recursion
*	The recursePrint private function prints all of the data associated with a single
*	object then calls itself, passing the next object to print. When the last object is
*	printed, the recursion stops.
*/
  void recursePrint(int index);
  
};
  
#endif