import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
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/** CandidateList2 class for storing and manipulating the ArrayList of data.
 *  In this version, all that we have done is to move the code and data from
 *  the main program in the previous version into instance variables and
 *  methods in this separate class. 
**/
public class CandidateList2
{
  private ArrayList<String> theList;

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/** Construct a new candidate with the given information.
**/
  public CandidateList2()
  {
    this.theList = new ArrayList<String>();
  }

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/**
 * accessor methods
**/
// none at present

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/**
 * mutator methods
**/
// none at present

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/**
 * general methods
**/
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/**
 * echo the data from the ArrayList
**/
  public void echoData(PrintWriter outDataFile)
  {
    outDataFile.printf("%nThe entire list of candidates is%n");
    for(int i = 0; i < theList.size(); ++i)
    {
      outDataFile.printf("%2d %s%n",i,theList.get(i).toString());
    }
  } // public void echoData(PrintWriter outDataFile)
   
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/**
 * get the data line by line and add to the ArrayList
**/
  public void getData(Scanner inDataFile)
  {
    String readString;
    while(inDataFile.hasNextLine())
    {
      readString = inDataFile.nextLine();
      this.theList.add(readString);
    } // while(inDataFile.hasNextLine())
  } // public void getData(Scanner inDataFile)
   
} // public class Candidate extends Object