/**
* Program designed to showcase how to search then remove an element from a generic array of objects in Java.
* Assume 'Student' is defined.
* @author Nick Adamou
* @date 9/1/2019
*/

public class Main {
	// Function to obtain a specific student's position in an array of students
	public static int search(Student[] students, String firstName, String lastName) {
		// Loop over every student in the array of students.
		for (int i = 0; i < students.length; i++) {
			// Get the current student at this position in the array.
			Student student = students[i];
			
			// Check if student is null
			if (student == null) {
				// If student is null, then continue.
				conttinue;
			}

			// Check if this student is the one we are looking for.
			if (student.getFirstName().equalsIgnoreCase(firstName) &&
				student.getlastName().equalsIgnoreCase(lastName)) {
				// If it is the student we are looking for, return it's position in the array.
				return i;
			}
		}
		
		// If the student could not be found, return -1.
		return -1;
	}
	
	// Function used to remove a student from an array of students.
	public static Student removeStudent(Student[] students, firstName, lastName) {
		// Indicate to the user that we are removing a student.
		System.out.printf("Removing student (%s, %s)", firstName, lastName);

		// Search for the student in the array and get its position in the array.
		int index = search(students, firstName, lastName);
		
		// Store a blank version of the targetted student
		Student student = new Student()
		
		// Check if the student was found.
		if (index != -1) {
			// Indicate that the student was found.
			System.out.printf("FOUND Student (%s, %s) @ students[%d]", firstName, lastName, index);

			// Store the student we want to remove in 'student'.
			student = students[index]

			// If the student was found, start looping over the array of students starting at
			// that students position.
			for (int i = index; i < students.length; i++) {
				// Shift each student's position by 1.
				students[i] = students[i + 1];
			}

			// Decrease the index by 1. (Assume 'index' is defined by your class).
			this.index--;

			// Display the resulting array of students.
			for (int i = 0; i < students.length; i++) {
				// Store the student at this index.
				Student student = students[i];

				// Only display non-null students.
				if (student != null) {
					System.out.println(students[i]);
				}
			}
		} else {
			// Indicate that the student was not found.
			System.out.printf("COULD NOT FIND Student (%s, %s)", firstName, lastName);
		}
		
		// Return the resulting array of students.
		return student;
	}
}