scott-survey
m/c
mctext
a.b.c.d.
 
 
essay
write about me

public survey loadSurvey(String fileName) throws SecurityException, IOException {
 
		survey loadedSurvey = new survey();
 
 
//		 all the code for reading and parsing .txt file and setting up survey (loading)
		System.out.println("What directory is your file in? ");
		String whatDir;
		BufferedReader readWhatDir = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
		whatDir = readWhatDir.readLine();
 
		File file = null;
	    FileReader freader = null;
	    LineNumberReader lnreader = null;
 
	    try{
	    	file = new File(whatDir + fileName + ".txt");
	        freader = new FileReader(file);
	        lnreader = new LineNumberReader(freader);
	        String line = "";
	        while ((line = lnreader.readLine()) != null) {
 
	          if (lnreader.getLineNumber() == 0) {
	        	  loadedSurvey.setName(line);
	          }
	          else {
	        	  if ((line.equals("m/c"))) {
	    			  mc newMC = new mc();
	    			  String text = lnreader.readLine();
	    			  newMC.setQuesText(text);
	    			  String lchoices = lnreader.readLine();
	    			  while (lchoices.indexOf(".") != -1) {
	    				  lchoices = lchoices.substring(0, lchoices.indexOf("."));
	    				  newMC.addLeftChoice(lchoices);
	    			  }
	    			  String rchoices = lnreader.readLine();
	    			  while (rchoices.indexOf(".") != -1) {
	    				  rchoices = rchoices.substring(0, rchoices.indexOf("."));
	    				  newMC.addRightChoice(rchoices);
	    			  }
	    			  String answer = lnreader.readLine();
	    			  newMC.setQuesAnswer(answer);
	    			  loadedSurvey.addQues(newMC);
	    		  }
	        	  else if ((line.equals("t/f"))) {
	    			  tf newTF = new tf();
	    			  String text = lnreader.readLine();
	    			  newTF.setQuesText(text);
 
	    			  // here there is always just T and F but the save function creates two empty lines
	    			  // just readLine() twice to get to the user answer
	    			  for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
	    				  lnreader.readLine();
	    			  }
 
	    			  String answer = lnreader.readLine();
	    			  newTF.setQuesAnswer(answer);
	    			  loadedSurvey.addQues(newTF);
	    		  }
	        	  else if ((line.equals("matching"))) {
	    			  matching newMatching = new matching();
	    			  String text = lnreader.readLine();
	    			  newMatching.setQuesText(text);
	    			  String lchoices = lnreader.readLine();
	    			  while (lchoices.indexOf(".") != -1) {
	    				  lchoices = lchoices.substring(0, lchoices.indexOf("."));
	    				  newMatching.addLeftChoice(lchoices);
	    			  }
	    			  String rchoices = lnreader.readLine();
	    			  while (rchoices.indexOf(".") != -1) {
	    				  rchoices = rchoices.substring(0, rchoices.indexOf("."));
	    				  newMatching.addRightChoice(rchoices);
	    			  }
	    			  String answer = lnreader.readLine();
	    			  newMatching.setQuesAnswer(answer);
	    			  loadedSurvey.addQues(newMatching);
	    		  }
	        	  else if ((line.equals("ranking"))) {
	    			  ranking newRanking = new ranking();
	    			  String text = lnreader.readLine();
	    			  newRanking.setQuesText(text);
	    			  String lchoices = lnreader.readLine();
	    			  while (lchoices.indexOf(".") != -1) {
	    				  lchoices = lchoices.substring(0, lchoices.indexOf("."));
	    				  newRanking.addLeftChoice(lchoices);
	    			  }
 
	    			  // right choices are just the numbers to be ranked which is in the constructor
	    			  // just perform one readLine() to get to next line
	    			  lnreader.readLine();
 
	    			  String answer = lnreader.readLine();
	    			  newRanking.setQuesAnswer(answer);
	    			  loadedSurvey.addQues(newRanking);
	    		  }
	        	  else if ((line.equals("essay"))) {
	    			  essay newEssay = new essay();
	    			  String text = lnreader.readLine();
	    			  newEssay.setQuesText(text);
	    			  String answer = lnreader.readLine();
	    			  newEssay.setQuesAnswer(answer);
	    			  loadedSurvey.addQues(newEssay);
	    		  }
	        	  else if ((line.equals("s/a"))) {
	    			  sa newSA = new sa();
	    			  String text = lnreader.readLine();
	    			  newSA.setQuesText(text);
	    			  String answer = lnreader.readLine();
	    			  newSA.setQuesAnswer(answer);
	    			  loadedSurvey.addQues(newSA);
	    		  }
	          }
 
	        }
	      }
 
	      finally {
 
	        freader.close();
	        lnreader.close();
 
	      }
 
	   return loadedSurvey;
	}