#ifndef CONTROLLER_H
#define CONTROLLER_H


//============================================================================
/*  

This class that will manage the first two classes by storing an array of 
students and an array of multimedia items.  This class will initially 
two files.  The first will be a list of students with accompanying information 
named "students.data".  The second file will be a list of multimedia items 
named "items.data".  Additionally, this class will provide methods that 
implement the commands such as print student, print item, print <e-mail>, 
add student, add item, delete, and quit
*/
//============================================================================

// includes
#include "StudentInfo.h"
#include "ItemInfo.h"
#include <cassert>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

// constants
const int ARRAYSIZE = 100;


// class definition
class Controller{


public:

	// default constructor
	Controller();


	// Reporters
	void PrintStudents(ofstream&); //print student informations
	void PrintItems(ofstream&); // print items
	// print <email> and student items info
	void IndividualStatus(ofstream&, const string);

	// Mutators
	bool Delete(const string); // delete students
	bool AddItem(ItemInfo); // add items to the array
	bool AddStudent(StudentInfo); // add student to array

private:

	// This is the array of student info structs
	StudentInfo myStudents[ARRAYSIZE];
	ItemInfo myItems[ARRAYSIZE];
	// declare the first empty student and item cells
	int firstEmptyStudentCell;
	int firstEmptyItemCell;
	
	//mutator
	void LoadItems(ifstream&);
	void LoadStudents(ifstream&);
};

#endif