/**
 *
 */
package IT162EM;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;

/**
 * @author Ethan Malloy
 * A simple program to write text to a .txt file
 * and print the output to the console
 */
public class VolunteerDataIO implements Serializable {

    /**
     * Method to write text to a text file
     * @param txtText the text to be written into the file
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException
     */
    public static void writeTextToFile() throws ClassNotFoundException {

        String[] txtRecords = {
                "First Name     Last Name    City          State    Event \n",
                "Jack       Black        Cincinnati    OH       Flying Pig \n",
                "Jason      Gather       Newport       KY       Jazz Festival \n",
                "Christy        Jackson      Hamilton      OH       5K \n",
                "Ethan       Malloy       Loveland      OH      10K"
            };

        try {
            FileOutputStream fileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(new File("My Volunteers.txt"));
            ObjectOutputStream objectOutputStream = new ObjectOutputStream(fileOutputStream);

            //write data to file
            objectOutputStream.writeObject(txtRecords[0]);
            objectOutputStream.writeObject(txtRecords[1]);
            objectOutputStream.writeObject(txtRecords[2]);
            objectOutputStream.writeObject(txtRecords[3]);
            objectOutputStream.writeObject(txtRecords[4]);

            objectOutputStream.close();
            fileOutputStream.close();
        }
        catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            System.out.println("File not found");
        }
        catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Error initializing stream");
        }
    }


    /**
     * @param args
     * Main method, takes text and passes it to writeTextToFile().
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // write text into the file
        try {
            writeTextToFile();
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}