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src/main/java/uta/cse3310/WordList.java

@@ -7,35 +7,86 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Random;
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.FileReader;
 
-public class WordList {
-
-    private List<String> words;
-
-    public WordList(String filePath) throws IOException {
-        loadWords(filePath);
-    }
-
-    private void loadWords(String filePath) throws IOException {
-        words = Files.readAllLines(Paths.get(filePath));
-    }
+//do "WordList wordlist = new WordList();" access to Wordlist file
+//then "wordlist.gatherwords();" to gather words
 
-    public String getRandomWord() {
-        Random rand = new Random();
-        return words.get(rand.nextInt(words.size()));
+
+public class WordList {
+
+    ArrayList<String> randomwords = new ArrayList<>();  
+
+
+
+    public void printwords() 
+    {       
+        for (String word : randomwords)
+        {
+            System.out.println("word selected " + word); 
+        }
+    }    
+
+
+
+    public void gatherwords() //1
+    {       
+        Random random = new Random();   
+        int randomNumber = random.nextInt(3) + 1;
+        System.out.println("I am selecting " + randomNumber + " words");  
+
+        for( int i = 0; i < randomNumber; i++) 
+        {
+            String w = readWordsFromFile("src/main/resources/words.txt");//2
+            randomwords.add(w);
+        }
     }
-
-    public List<String> getWords() {
-        return new ArrayList<>(words);
+
+
+
+    public static String readWordsFromFile(String filePath)//2
+    {
+        ArrayList<String> words = new ArrayList<>();
+        try (BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filePath))) 
+        {
+            String word;
+            while ((word = br.readLine()) != null) 
+            {
+                words.add(word); 
+            }
+        } 
+        catch (IOException e) 
+        {
+            System.err.println("abort abort failed!!!");
+        }        
+        return isValidWord(words); //3
     }
-
-    public static void main(String[] args) {
-        try {
-            WordList wordList = new WordList("src/main/resources/words.txt");
-            System.out.println("Random word: " + wordList.getRandomWord());
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            System.err.println("Error loading words: " + e.getMessage());
+
+
+
+    public static String isValidWord(ArrayList<String> words)//3
+    {
+        String validword = "";
+        while(validword == "")
+        {
+            Random rand = new Random();
+            int randomIndex = rand.nextInt(words.size());
+            String testword = words.get(randomIndex);
+            String rule = "^[a-z]+$";
+            if(testword.matches(rule) && testword.length() >= 3 && testword.length() <= 12)
+            {
+                validword = testword;                             
+            }
         }
+        return validword;
+    }
+
+
+
+    public ArrayList<String> getArrList() 
+    {
+        return randomwords;
     }
 }