// This method starts from the ButtonListener class but ends up in the Ballot class, updating the
// file of each Ballot
public void updateBallots() {
FileIO nullFile =
new FileIO(); // need to create this just to gain access to the filename of the ballots file
FileIO ballotFile = new FileIO(nullFile.getBallotsFileName());
ArrayList<Ballot> ballots = ballotFile.createBallots();
for (Ballot ballot : ballots) {
ballot.updateFile();
}
}
// Initialize the buttons ArrayList because there the program messes up if the voter doesn't vote
// for anything, the buttons array
// will be null.
public void initializeButtons() {
FileIO nullFile =
new FileIO(); // need to create this just to gain access to the filename of the ballots file
FileIO ballotFile = new FileIO(nullFile.getBallotsFileName());
_ballots = ballotFile.createBallots();
buttons = new ArrayList<JToggleButton>();
for (Ballot ballot : _ballots) {
JToggleButton[] ballotButtons = ballot.getButtons();
for (int i = 0; i < ballotButtons.length; i++) {
buttons.add(ballotButtons[i]);
}
}
}
// Grab the number of buttons from all of the ballots in the program.
// This will define the votes array, which stores all of the true and false values...
// as to whether the button is really selected or not (because button.isSelected() won't work for
// me for some reason).
public void setVotesLength() {
FileIO nullFile =
new FileIO(); // need to create this just to gain access to the filename of the ballots file
FileIO ballotsFile = new FileIO(nullFile.getBallotsFileName());
ArrayList<Ballot> throwAwayList = ballotsFile.createBallots();
int numButtons = 0;
for (Ballot ballot : throwAwayList) {
numButtons += ballot.getNumButtons();
}
votes = new boolean[numButtons];
}
// Update the true/false value of every button in the program, and set every value to its
// respective position in the votes array
public void updateButtons(String text) {
FileIO nullFile =
new FileIO(); // need to create this just to gain access to the filename of the ballots file
FileIO ballotFile = new FileIO(nullFile.getBallotsFileName());
_ballots = ballotFile.createBallots();
buttons = new ArrayList<JToggleButton>();
for (Ballot ballot : _ballots) {
JToggleButton[] ballotButtons = ballot.getButtons();
for (int i = 0; i < ballotButtons.length; i++) {
buttons.add(ballotButtons[i]);
}
}
int numButtons = 0;
for (Ballot ballot : _ballots) {
numButtons += ballot.getButtons().length;
}
for (int i = 0; i < numButtons; i++) {
if (buttons.get(i).getText().equals(text)) {
votes[i] = true;
}
}
}