/*
 * Created on Jun 25, 2004
 */
package baseball2;

/* You are looing at the PROJECT 3 (baseball2) version! */

/** Information about an entire collection of baseball2 teams.
 * <br /> In addition to the methods specified here, the class should
 * provide a constructor which takes one parameter, a file identifier.
 * The file is expected to contain information about teams. 
 * @author dickey
 */
public interface ILeague {
	
	/** Read player information from a file and remember it.
	 * 
	 * @param fileID identifier (local name or URL) of a file containing
	 * information about players who are hitters.
	 * @return the number of players added.
	 */
	public int addHitterInformation(String fileID);
	
	/** Read player information from a file and remember it.
	 * 
	 * @param fileID identifier (local name or URL) of a file containing
	 * information about players who are pitchers.
	 * @return the number of players added.
	 */
	public int addPitcherInformation(String fileID);
	
	/** Print the teams in order, one per line. */
	public void printTeams();
	
	/** Print all the players in order, one per line. */
	public void printPlayers();
	
	/** Print in order, one per line, the players who play for
	 * the given team.
	 * @param teamName the name of a team.  The name should treated
	 * case-insensitively.
	 */
	public void printPlayers(String teamName);
	
	/** List players in descending order of "value" 
	 * (in baseball terms).  
	 * We define value as folows: all pitchers are more valuable than any hitter.
	 * Within the hitter category, value is determined by batting average 
	 * (higher is better).  
	 * Among pitchers, value is determined by ERA (lower is better).
	 */
	public void printMVPList();
	
	/**List all players (except pitchers), 
	 * in order of their positions.  
	 * The positions should be in alphabetical order by position codes.  
	 * Within a given position, 
	 * list the players in alphabetical order (in the usual way).
	 */
	public void printAllStarBallot();

}