/**
    A class of bags whose entries are stored in a chain of linked nodes.
    The bag is never full.
    @author Frank M. Carrano
    @version 4.0
*/
public final class LinkedBag1<T> implements BagInterface<T>
{
	private Node firstNode;       // Reference to first node
	private int numberOfEntries;

	public LinkedBag1()
	{
		firstNode = null;
      numberOfEntries = 0;
	} // end default constructor

	/** Adds a new entry to this bag.
	    @param newEntry  The object to be added as a new entry.
	    @return  True. */
	public boolean add(T newEntry) // OutOfMemoryError possible
	{
      // Add to beginning of chain:
		Node newNode = new Node(newEntry);
		newNode.next = firstNode;  // Make new node reference rest of chain
                                 // (firstNode is null if chain is empty)
      firstNode = newNode;       // New node is at beginning of chain
		numberOfEntries++;
      
		return true;
	} // end add

	/** Retrieves all entries that are in this bag.
       @return  A newly allocated array of all the entries in this bag. */
	public T[] toArray()
	{
      // The cast is safe because the new array contains null entries.
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      T[] result = (T[])new Object[numberOfEntries]; // Unchecked cast
      
      int index = 0;
      Node currentNode = firstNode;
      while ((index < numberOfEntries) && (currentNode != null))
      {
         result[index] = currentNode.data;
         index++;
         currentNode = currentNode.next;
      } // end while
      
      return result;
      // Note: The body of this method could consist of one return statement,
      // if you call Arrays.copyOf
	} // end toArray
   
	/** Sees whether this bag is empty.
       @return  True if the bag is empty, or false if not. */
	public boolean isEmpty()
	{
		return numberOfEntries == 0;
	} // end isEmpty
   
	/** Gets the number of entries currently in this bag.
       @return  The integer number of entries currently in the bag. */
	public int getCurrentSize()
	{
		return numberOfEntries;
	} // end getCurrentSize
   
// STUBS:

	/** Removes one unspecified entry from this bag, if possible.
       @return  Either the removed entry, if the removal
                was successful, or null. */
	public T remove()
   {
      return null; // STUB
   } // end remove
   
	/** Removes one occurrence of a given entry from this bag.
       @param anEntry  The entry to be removed.
       @return  True if the removal was successful, or false otherwise. */
   public boolean remove(T anEntry)
   {
      return false; // STUB
   } // end remove
	
	/** Removes all entries from this bag. */
	public void clear()
   {
      // STUB
   } // end clear
	
	/** Counts the number of times a given entry appears in this bag.
		 @param anEntry  The entry to be counted.
		 @return  The number of times anEntry appears in the bag. */
	public int getFrequencyOf(T anEntry)
   {
      return 0; // STUB
   } // end getFrequencyOf
	
	/** Tests whether this bag contains a given entry.
		 @param anEntry  The entry to locate.
		 @return  True if the bag contains anEntry, or false otherwise. */
	public boolean contains(T anEntry)
   {
      return false; // STUB
   } // end contains

	private class Node
	{
	  private T    data; // Entry in bag
	  private Node next; // Link to next node

		private Node(T dataPortion)
		{
			this(dataPortion, null);	
		} // end constructor
		
		private Node(T dataPortion, Node nextNode)
		{
			data = dataPortion;
			next = nextNode;	
		} // end constructor
	} // end Node
} // end LinkedBag1