/**
 * Author: Josiah Yoder et al.
 * User: yoder
 * Class: SE1011-051
 * Lesson: Week 8, Day 1
 */

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;

//import org.apache.commons.lang.ArrayUtils;

public class Example051_9_3 {

    /*
     * This is a scratch-paper method
     */
    public static void main(String[] ignored) {
//        Example051_9_3 example = new Example051_9_3();
//        example.testArrayMax();

        // Arrays are objects
        double[] numbers = new double[5];

        System.out.println("There are "+numbers.length+" numbers");
        System.out.println("The numbers are: "+numbers.toString());

        // Tracing example
        Complex051_9_3 c1 = new Complex051_9_3(1,2);
        Complex051_9_3 c2 = new Complex051_9_3(3,4);

        // this
        // Used to refer to a variable declared
        // in a class as opposed to the one
        // declared in the method.
        //
        // instance variable -- variable declared
        // in a class, diferent value for each instance.
        //
        // local variable -- variable declared
        // in a method
        //
        // instantiate -- to create an instance of a class
        //       to create object
        //
        // an instance of a class -- an object; a copy
        //   of the class that includes its own values
        //   for instance variables
        //
        //
        // class variable -- a variable with a single value
        //   regardless of how many instances there are.
        //
        //
        //
        // instance methods -- have direct access to instance variables.
        //      Also have access to class variables.
        //
        // class methods -- have direct access only to class variables.


    }

    /*
     * This method was written outside of class in an attempt to answer Kevin's question:
     *
     * Is it possible to use an Arrays method to find the max or min of an array?
     *
     * The answer appears to be "no."  What I tried here didn't work.
     */
    public void testArrayMax() {
                char[] a = {'3', '5', '1', '4', '2'};

                List b = Arrays.asList(a);

                //
                // Produces run-time exception.
                // So no, this doesn't work.
                //
                char result = ((Character)(Collections.min(b))).charValue();
                char result2 = ((Character)(Collections.min(b))).charValue();
                System.out.println(result);
                System.out.println(result2);
    }
}