//ShapeBasics.java

/**
 * Class for drawing simple shapes on the screen using keyboard
 * characters. This class will draw an asterisk on the screen as a 
 * test. It is not intended to create a "real" shape, but rather
 * to be used as a base class for other classes of shapes.
 */
public class ShapeBasics implements ShapeInterface
{
    private int offset;

    public ShapeBasics()
    {
        offset = 0;
    }

    public ShapeBasics
    (
        int theOffset
    )
    {
        offset = theOffset;
    }

    public void setOffset
    (
        int newOffset
    )
    {
        offset = newOffset;
    }

    public int getOffset()
    {
        return offset;
    }

    /**
     * Draws the shape at lineNumber lines down
     * from the current line.
     */
    public void drawAt
    (
        int lineNumber
    )
    {
        for (int count = 0; count < lineNumber; count++)
            System.out.println();
        drawHere();
    }

    /**
     * Draws the shape at the current line.
     */
    public void drawHere()
    {
        for (int count = 0; count < offset; count++)
            System.out.print(' ');
        System.out.println('*');
    }
}