package output;

import game.Config;

public class StoreFileWriter 
{
	private final static String storePath = Config.getBlackBoardPath() + "/store.xml";  //address of store.xml
	
	private static StoreFileWriter reference;                //reference to StoreFileWriter singleton
	
	/**
	 * default constructor
	 */
	private StoreFileWriter()
	{
		reference = null;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Initialize a new StoreFileWriter if one does not exist
	 * @return StoreFileWriter
	 */
	public static StoreFileWriter initialize()
	{
		if( reference == null )
			return new StoreFileWriter();
		
		else
			return reference;
	}
	
	/**
	 * get the StoreFileWriter
	 * 
	 * @return StoreFileWriter
	 */
	public static StoreFileWriter getStoreFileWriter()
	{
		return reference;
	}
	
	/**
	 * write the text to the store file
	 * 
	 * @param pText : text to be written
	 */
	public void writeFile( String pText )
	{
		//get an XMLFileWriter
		XMLFileWriter writer = XMLFileWriter.initialize();
		
		//if an error occurs writing the document, throw an exception
		writer.writeFile( storePath, pText );
	}
}