public static void printInput(Product[] objectArray) throws IOException {
System.out.println("The input data from the file is: \n");
for (Product item : objectArray) {
System.out.println(item.getName() + " " + item.getPrice());
}
} // (optional) - displays what was read from the input file
// add product to database using a product object
public boolean addProductEntry(Product product, String server_name) {
boolean success = true;
this.product_list.add(product); // add product to database
addStoredLocation(product.getName(), server_name); // update stored locations of product
return success;
}
// retrieve stored list of products from products file
public Product[] getStoredProducts() {
Product[] products = (Product[]) readFile(getProductFileName());
// print names of products being returned
for (Product product : products) {
System.out.println("getStoredProducts: Returned " + product.getName());
}
return products;
}
// retrieve product from database
public Product getProductEntry(String name) {
Product product = null;
for (Product entry : getProducts()) {
if (entry != null && entry.getName().equals(name)) {
product = entry;
break;
}
}
return product;
}
// remove product from database
public boolean deleteProduct(String name) {
boolean success = true;
Iterator<Product> products = this.product_list.iterator();
while (products.hasNext()) {
Product entry = products.next();
if (entry.getName().equals(name)) {
success = this.product_list.remove(entry);
removeStoredLocation(name); // remove product entry
break;
}
}
return success;
}