package librarymanager;

import librarymanager.LibraryManager.Author;

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/**
 *
 * @author admin
 */
public class Library
{
    private Author[] authorsList;

    private void createNewAuthorsList()
    {

    }


    private int getNexAuthorID()
    {
      int retvalue = 0; //variablile che contiene il valore di authorID piu alto, trovato
      try
      {
          for(int i = 0; i <this.authorsList.length;i++)
          {
              if(this.authorsList[i].getAuthorID() > retvalue)
              {
                  retvalue = this.authorsList[i].getAuthorID();
              }
          }
      }
      catch(ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e)
      {

      }
      return retvalue + 1;
    }


    public int isAuthorPresent(String name, String surname, String birthData)
    {
        int retvalue = -1;

        for(int i = 0; i < this.authorsList.length; i ++)
        {

            if (name.equals(this.authorsList[i].getName()) && surname.equals(this.authorsList[i].getSurname()) && birthData.equals(this.authorsList[i].getBirthData()))
            {
                retvalue = i;
                break;
            }

        }

        return retvalue;
    }

    public boolean addAuthor( String name, String surname, char sex, String birtDate,String beathData, String shortBio, String country )
    {
       if (this.isAuthorPresent(name, surname, beathData) == -1)
       {
           //Autore non trovato nell'Array: insaerito

           //FASE 1: trovare il prossimo AuthorID valido
           int nexAuthorID = this.getNexAuthorID();
       }
       else
       {
               //TODO: gestire il campo di autore gia inserito procedentemente
       }
    }
}