package msoe.se1011.bioanalyzer;
/*
 * Created on Apr 27, 2005
 *
 * Example.java
 * @author: hornick
 */

import java.util.Scanner;

import javax.swing.*;


/**
 * This class contains sample code that illustrates how to use 
 * the FileReader class to read values from a file.
 * @author hornick
 */
public class Example {

    /**
     * The main method that contains the example code
     * @param args
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        String filename = "data.txt";  // the disk file to read from

        //The FileReader class only has static methods and attributes,
        // so there is no need to create an instance of it. In fact, 
        // we can't create an instance of FileReader, as the constructor is private.
        String data = FileReader.readFileIntoString(filename); // try reading the file into a String
        int status = FileReader.getStatus(); // get the status of the previous call

        if( status != FileReader.DATA_READ_OK ) { // file not opened
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, 
                    "The FileReader encountered an error.\n " +
                    "The file could not be opened; status = " + status );
            System.exit(0); // quit
        }
        
        else { // file was opened successfully by the PulseReader constructor; now read data

            System.out.println("The string read is: " + data);
            System.out.println("The number of values in the string is: " + FileReader.getNumberOfValuesRead() );
            
            //TODO: Create a Scanner that reads each value out of the monster string,
            // and puts each value into an array of int's.
            // Then plot the values in a chart.
          
            
        }
    } // end main()

} // end class Example