package ballWorlds.framework;

import javax.swing.JPanel;

import ballWorlds.World;

import java.awt.Dimension;

/**
 * A ButtonsPanel constructs and adds a BallButton for each type of Ball in
 * BallWorlds.
 * 
 * @author David Mutchler, Salman Azhar, Curt Clifton and others, January 2005.
 *         Modified September 2008, September 2009.
 */
public class ButtonsPanel extends JPanel {

	/**
	 * Array of the class names that are "standard" (hence expected).
	 */
	public static final String[] STANDARD_BALLS = { "Dud", "DudThatMoves",
			"Mover", "Bouncer", "Shrinker", "Exploder" };

	/**
	 * Constructs and adds a BallButton for each type of Ball in BallWorlds.
	 * Each BallButton is given the BallEnvironment associated with the World
	 * that contains this ButtonsPanel. Also sets the size of this panel to the
	 * given size.
	 * 
	 * @param size
	 *            size of this panel.
	 * @param ballEnvironment
	 *            the BallEnvironment associated with the World that contains
	 *            this ButtonsPanel
	 */
	public ButtonsPanel(Dimension size, World ballEnvironment) {
		this.setPreferredSize(size);

		// Add buttons for all the standard types of Balls.
		for (String ballType : STANDARD_BALLS) {
			this.add(new BallButton(ballType, ballEnvironment));
		}

		/*
		 * CONSIDER: It would be cool to have code here that dynamically finds
		 * non-standard Ball types and adds buttons for them!
		 */
	}
}