public final class CustomerParser
{
	public static Customer parseStringToCustomer(String lineToParse)
	{
		// sets delimiter to forward slash
		String delims = "/";
		// splits lineToParse into an array customerInfo
		String[] customerInfo = lineToParse.split(delims);

		// if the customer is a member, creates a member, else if the customer is a non-member, creates a non-member object
		// then, returns the customer
		if (customerInfo[0].equalsIgnoreCase("member"))
		{
			Customer customer = new MemberCustomer(customerInfo[1], customerInfo[2], Double.parseDouble(customerInfo[3]), Integer.parseInt(customerInfo[4]), Integer.parseInt(customerInfo[5]), Integer.parseInt(customerInfo[6]), Integer.parseInt(customerInfo[7]));
			return customer;
		}
		else if (customerInfo[0].equalsIgnoreCase("nonmember"))
		{
			Customer noncustomer = new NonMemberCustomer((customerInfo[1]), customerInfo[2], Double.parseDouble(customerInfo[3]), Integer.parseInt(customerInfo[4]), Integer.parseInt(customerInfo[5]), Integer.parseInt(customerInfo[6]), Double.parseDouble(customerInfo[7]));
			return noncustomer;
		}

	}
}