/**************************************************************************************************
 * Program Name   : Week 3 - GPA
 * Author         : Terry Weiss
 * Date           : February 12, 2016
 * Course/Section : CSC264 - 001
 * Program Description: This class holds the information for a specific semester.
 *
 * Methods:
 * -------
 * 
 **************************************************************************************************/

package transcript;


public class SemesterInfo
{
    public static int MAX_COURSES        = 7;    //Maximum valid number of courses in a semester
    public static int MAX_CREDITS        = 18;   //Maximum valid number of credits in a semester

    protected String name;                       //Name of semester
    protected String courseNumber;               //Numerical portion of the course name
    protected int creditHours;                   //Running total of credits in semester
    protected int courseCount;                   //Running total of courses in semester

    protected CourseInfo[] courseList;           //List of courses currently in the semester


    /**********************************************************************************************
     * Method Name    : SemesterInfo - Constructor
     * Author         : Terry Weiss
     * Date           : February 12, 2016
     * Course/Section : CSC264 - 001
     * Program Description: This builds an empty semester using the given name.
     *
     * BEGIN SemesterInfo
     *     Assign semester name
     *     Init credit hours to 0
     *     Init course count to 0
     *     Init empty course list to size of defined max number of courses
     * END SemesterInfo
     **********************************************************************************************/
    SemesterInfo(String name)
    {
        //Local constants

        //Local variables

        /*****************************   Start CourseInfo Constructor  ****************************/

        //Assign semester name
        this.name    = name;

        //Init credit hours to 0
        creditHours  = 0;

        //Init course count to 0
        courseCount  = 0;

        //Init course list to size of defined max number of courses
        courseList   = new CourseInfo[MAX_COURSES];

    }//end SemesterInfo constructor
}//end class CourseInfo