package Sorter;

/**
 * A decorated AInteger used to count accesses to the stored value.
 */
public class CountInteger extends AInteger
{
	/**
	 * The conter object used to accumulate the total count.
	 */
	private Counter counter;
	/**
	 * The decorated AInteger -- the "decoree".
	 */
	private AInteger aNumber;
	/**
	 * The constrcutor for this class.
	 * @param counter The counter object used to store the count.
	 * @param aNumber The decoree.
	 */
	public CountInteger(Counter counter, AInteger aNumber)
	{
		this.counter = counter;
		this.aNumber = aNumber;
	}


	/**
	 * Accessor method for the stored value.    Increments the total count and delegates to the decoree.
	 * @return 
	 */
	public int getValue()
	{

		counter.update();
		return (aNumber.getValue());  
	}

	/**
	 * Accessor method for the counter object.
	 * @param counter 
	 */
	public void setCounter(Counter counter)
	{
		this.counter = counter;
	}

	/**
	 * Clears thetotal count.
	 */
	public void clearCount()
    {
        counter.clear();
    }

	/**
	 * Accessor method for the total count.
	 * @return 
	 */
	public int getCount()
    {
        return counter.getCount();
    }
}