/**
 * A very simple shelter class should one of the uses of object inheritance 
 * @author gtowell
 * Created: Feb 2021
 */
public class Shelter {
    /**
     * Holds all of the pets in the shelter
     */
    private Pet[] animals = new Pet[100];

    /**
     * The number of pets in the shelter.  This could be calculated ont he fly from animals
     */
    int animalCount = 0;
    
    /**
     * Add an animal to the shelter
     * @param animal the animal to be added
     */
    public void addAnimal(Pet animal) {
        animals[animalCount++] = animal;
    }
    
    /**
     * Get a particular animal from the shelter.
     * The method is pretty horrific in its abuse of encapsulation
     * Also, does no bounds checking on its arg, so could throw an exception
     * @param location the location in that array to get the animal from
     * @return the animal (or null).
     */
    public Pet getAnimal(int location) {
        return animals[location];
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Shelter shelter = new Shelter();
        shelter.addAnimal(new Dog());
        shelter.addAnimal(new Cat());
        Pet aa = shelter.getAnimal(1);
        System.out.println(aa);
        if (aa instanceof Cat) {
            Cat c = (Cat)aa;  //Danger here
            System.out.println(c.toString());
    }}}