package output;

import game.Config;

public class PlayersFileWriter 
{
	private final static String playersPath = Config.getBlackBoardPath() + "/players.xml";  //address of players xml file
	private static PlayersFileWriter reference;                          //reference to StoreFileWriter singleton
		
	/**
	 * default constructor
	 */
	private PlayersFileWriter()                                          //private local constructor
	{
		reference = null;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Initialize a new PlayersFileWriter if one does not exist
	 * @return PlayersFileWriter
	 */
	public static PlayersFileWriter initialize()
	{
		if( reference == null )              //if a write does not exist
			return new PlayersFileWriter();  //return new writer
		
		else                                 //otherwise
			return reference;                //return existing writer
	}
	
	/**
	 * get the PlayersFileWriter
	 * 
	 * @return PlayersFileWriter
	 */
	public static PlayersFileWriter getPlayersFileWriter()
	{
		return reference;
	}
	
	/**
	 * write the text to the players file
	 * 
	 * @param pText : text to be written
	 */
	public void writeFile( String pText )
	{
		XMLFileWriter writer = XMLFileWriter.initialize();   //get an XMLFileWriter
		
		writer.writeFile( playersPath, pText );              //write the document
	}
}