/*
  Author  : Michael Robinson
  Program : gui_1_dialogBoxes.java
  Purpose : To present GUI dialog boxes
            - Message Dialog Boxes
            - Input Dialog Boxes
           
  Notes   : JOptionPane ALWAYS returns the input as STRING 
            regardless of what was inputed
            
  Updated : July 5th, 2099
*/


import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
 

public class gui_1_dialogBoxes 
{
    
    //accepts input from user and returns it to caller 
    public static String doInputBox( String question )
    {
        return( JOptionPane.showInputDialog( question ) );	
    }
       
      
    //display message to users 
    public static void doMessageBox( String message )
    { 
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( null, message );
    }
                    
                  
    //accepts multiple variables of Object type, sort them
    //in descending order and return them as String data types
    public static String swap( Object ... numbers )
    {
        String array[] = new String[ 100 ];  
       
        int counter = 0;
         
        String temp = "";

        
        //processing all the Objects passed received
        //using the enhanced for loop
        for( Object x : numbers ) 
        {
            array[ counter ] = x.toString();
            counter++;
        }
         
            
        //swap/sort array into descending order
        if( array[ 0 ].compareTo(array[ 1 ]) > 0 )
        {
            temp       = array[ 0 ];
            array[ 0 ] = array[ 1 ];
            array[ 1 ] = temp;
        }
		
        if( array[ 1 ].compareTo(array[ 2 ]) > 0 )
        {
            temp       = array[ 1 ];
            array[ 1 ] = array[ 2 ];
            array[ 2 ] = temp;
        }
	     	
        if( array[ 0 ].compareTo(array[ 1 ]) > 0 )
        {
            temp       = array[ 0 ];
            array[ 0 ] = array[ 1 ];
            array[ 1 ] = temp;
        }
		
           
        //JOptionPane ALWAYS returns the input as STRING regardless 
        //of what was inputed
        return ( "Sorted :  " + array[ 0 ] + "  " +  array[ 1 ] +
                 "  " + array[ 2 ] );
                              
    }//end public static String swap( int ... numbers )
	                                                         
	                                
    public static void main( String arg[] )
    {
        doMessageBox( "Welcome, this is a Message Dialog Box..." );
	    
        //assign the input from the method doInputBox
        //to the String fName  	
	   String fName = doInputBox( "Enter your First Name" );
		

        //assign the input from the method doInputBox
        //to the String mName
        String mName = doInputBox( "Enter your Middle Name" );
          
        //assign the input from the method doInputBox
        //to the String lName
        String lName = doInputBox( "Enter your Last Name" );

        //call doMessageBox passing fName, mName and lName
	   doMessageBox( "Nice to meet you\n" + fName + " " + mName +
                      " " + lName + "\nNow let's do some Sorting" );

        //assign the input from the method doInputBox
        //to the String fNum  	
        String fNum = ( doInputBox( "Enter First Object" ) );

        //assign the input from the method doInputBox
        //to the String sNum  	
        String sNum = ( doInputBox( "Enter Second Object" ) );
          
        //assign the input from the method doInputBox
        //to the String tNum  	
        String tNum = ( doInputBox( "Enter Third Object" ) );

        //call doMessageBox passing fName, fNum sNum tNum and
        //the result of calling swap method after also passing
        //the same fName, fNum sNum tNum and variables 
	   doMessageBox( "Objects Swap " + fName + "\n" + "Before :  " + 
                       fNum + "  " + sNum + "  " + tNum +
                       "\n" + swap( fNum, sNum, tNum ) );
            
        System.exit(0);  //must use when using JOptionPane b/c it
                         //causes an additional task to run in the VM
		
   }//end public static void main( String arg[] )

}//end public static void main( String arg[] )