DataConverter has objects stored in three different arrays based on

type, all products inherit from Product class for this. XML
serialization needs work and outputing files is not implemented.

Assignment2/src/assignment2/DataConverter.java

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import com.thoughtworks.xstream.*;
 public class DataConverter {
 	
 	private Customer[] customerArray;
-
+	private Venues[] venuesArray;
+	private Product[] productArray;
 
 	public void readPerson() {
 		String fileName = "data/Person.dat";
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ public class DataConverter {
 		}
 		
 		int size = Integer.parseInt(s.nextLine());
-		Venues[] venuesArray;
+		
 		venuesArray = new Venues[size];
 		
 		for(int i=0;i<size;i++){
@@ -68,8 +69,9 @@ public class DataConverter {
 		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
 			e.printStackTrace();
 		}
+		
 		int size = Integer.parseInt(s.nextLine());
-		//up top for testing implementation
+		//instantiation up top for testing implementation
 		customerArray = new Customer[size];
 		for(int i=0;i<size;i++){
 			String customerTemp = s.nextLine();
@@ -91,7 +93,10 @@ public class DataConverter {
 		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
 			e.printStackTrace();
 		}
+		
 		int size = Integer.parseInt(s.nextLine());
+		productArray = new Product[size];
+		
 		for(int i=0;i<size;i++) {
 			String productTemp = s.nextLine();
 			String[] parts = productTemp.split(";");
@@ -101,12 +106,12 @@ public class DataConverter {
 			if(type.equals("SR")) {
 				String name = parts[2];
 				double cost = Double.parseDouble(parts[3]);
-				new Refreshments(code,type, name, cost);
+				productArray[i] = new Refreshments(code,type, name, cost);
 			}
 			else if(type.equals("SP")) {
 				String venueCode = parts[2];
 				double hourlyFee = Double.parseDouble(parts[3]);
-				new ParkingPass(code,type,venueCode,hourlyFee);
+				productArray[i] = new ParkingPass(code,type,venueCode,hourlyFee);
 			}
 			else if(type.equals("TG")) {
 				String venueCode = parts[2];
@@ -114,19 +119,19 @@ public class DataConverter {
 				String team1 = parts[4];
 				String team2 = parts[5];
 				double pricePerUnit = Double.parseDouble(parts[6]);
-				new GameTicket(code,type,venueCode, dateTime, team1, team2, pricePerUnit);
+				productArray[i] = new GameTicket(code,type,venueCode, dateTime, team1, team2, pricePerUnit);
 			}
 			else if(type.equals("TS")) {
 				String team = parts[2];
 				String startDate = parts[3];
 				String endDate = parts[4];
 				double cost = Double.parseDouble(parts[5]);
-				new SeasonPass(code, type, team, startDate,endDate,cost);
+				productArray[i] = new SeasonPass(code, type, team, startDate,endDate,cost);
 			}
 			else if(type.equals("SL")) {
 				String ticketCode = parts[2];
 				double licenseFee = Double.parseDouble(parts[3]);
-				new PSL(code, type, ticketCode, licenseFee);
+				productArray[i] = new PSL(code, type, ticketCode, licenseFee);
 			}
 			
 
@@ -140,16 +145,17 @@ public class DataConverter {
 		return xml;
 	}
 	
-	private String serializeObjects(Person[] per[]) {
-		XStream xstream = new XStream();
-		String xml = null;
-		return xml;
-	}
+	private String serializeObjects() {
+		//trying to serialize and output files related to products
+		for(int i=0;i<customerArray.length;i++) {
 			
-	public static void main(String args[]) {
-		serializeObjects(readProduct().)
 		}
 			
+		return File;
+	}
 	
+	public static void main(String args[]) {
+		serializeObjects();
+	}
 
 }

Assignment2/src/assignment2/GameTicket.java

 package assignment2;
 
-public class GameTicket {
+public class GameTicket implements Product {
 
 	private String code;
 	private String type;

Assignment2/src/assignment2/PSL.java

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package assignment2;
 
 
 
-public class PSL {
+public class PSL implements Product {
 
 	private String code;
 	private String type;

Assignment2/src/assignment2/ParkingPass.java

 package assignment2;
 
-public class ParkingPass {
+public class ParkingPass implements Product {
 
 	private String code;
 	private String type;

Assignment2/src/assignment2/Product.java

+package assignment2;
+
+public interface Product {
+	String code = null;
+}

Assignment2/src/assignment2/Refreshments.java

 package assignment2;
 
-public class Refreshments {
+public class Refreshments implements Product {
 
 	private String code;
 	private String type;

Assignment2/src/assignment2/SeasonPass.java

 package assignment2;
 
-public class SeasonPass {
+public class SeasonPass implements Product {
 
 	private String code;
 	private String type;