/*
 * Created on Jun 29, 2004
 */
package baseball;

/**
 * @author dickey
 */
public class Player implements Comparable {
	
	/** First initial of the player's first name. */
	char firstNameInitial;
	 
	/** Player's (full) last name. */
	String lastName;
	
	/** Abbreviation of the team on which the player players. */
	String teamAbbrev;
	
	/** Position (a code from the file for hitters,
	 * a constant for pitchers) */
	private String position;
	

	
	/** Create a new player object.
	 * 
	 * @param fullName Player name as it comes from the input file.
	 * @param teamAbbrev Team abbreviation.
	 */
	public Player(String fullName, String teamAbbrev, String position) {
		setPlayerName(fullName);
		setTeamName(teamAbbrev);
		this.position = position;
	}
	
	/** Separate the first initial and last name and save them 
	 * in instance variables.
	 * The format of names on the input is
	 * <br />I LASTNAME
	 * <br />i.e., a single character initial, followed by one space
	 * (no period), and then the last name.
	 * @param fullName a string which has the first initial and the last name.
	 */
	private void setPlayerName(String fullName) {
		this.firstNameInitial = fullName.charAt(0);
		this.lastName = fullName.substring(2, fullName.length());
	}
	
	/** Save the team name, given its abbreviation.  At present, 
	 * the abbreviation itself is all that is saved.  If desired, this
	 * method could convert the abbreviation to a fuller form of the name.
	 * @param teamAbbrev a string containing the abbreviated team name.
	 */
	private void setTeamName(String teamAbbrev) {
		this.teamAbbrev = teamAbbrev;
	}
	
	public String getTeamName() {
		return this.teamAbbrev;
	}
	
	/** Return a short string representation of the player.
	 * 
	 */
	public String toString() {
		return this.lastName + ", " + this.firstNameInitial + "." +
								" " + this.teamAbbrev +
								" (" + this.position + ")";
	}
	
	/** Compare players based on name (last name, first name in the usual
	 * way).
	 * @param otherPlayer an object which must be a non-null Player.
	 * @return the usual compareTo value: <0 if this object is less than
	 * (name comes before) the other object; >0 if this object is greater;
	 * 0 if the two are equal.
	 */
	public int compareTo(Object otherPlayer) {
		String otherPlayerName = ((Player) otherPlayer).lastName;
		int lastNameResult = this.lastName.compareTo(otherPlayerName);
		if (lastNameResult != 0) {
			return lastNameResult;
		} else {
			char otherPlayerInitial = ((Player) otherPlayer).firstNameInitial;
			if (this.firstNameInitial < otherPlayerInitial) {
				return -1;
			} else {
				if (this.firstNameInitial > otherPlayerInitial) {
					return +1;
				} else {
					return 0; //names are fully the same
				}
				
			}
		}
		
	}


}