/*
   a boa is a class
      new boa(string color, double length,
              string food)
   ...representing a boa with:
      a color that is its primary coloring,
      a length in meters,
      a preferred food

template for a function with a boa parameter a_boa:

ret_type process_boa(boa a_boa)
{
    return ... a_boa.get_color() ...
           ... a_boa.get_length() ...
           ... a_boa.get_food() ... ;
}
*/

#include "boa.h"
using namespace std;

// :: is called a scope resolution operator,
//    and it lets the C++ compiler know that this is implementing
//    a method of the class whose name precedes the ::
// (that is, you put boa:: before each method of boa that you
//    are implementing in this class implementation file...)

// constructor

// a constructor method needs to specify values for each of
//    the new object's data fields

boa::boa(string a_color, double a_length, string a_food)
{
    // = means assignment -- assign, or give, each datafield
    //    of the class an appropriate initial value
   
    color = a_color;
    length = a_length;
    food = a_food;
}

boa::boa( )
{
    color = "green";
    length = 6;
    food = "alligators";
}

// selectors
        
string boa::get_color( ) const
{
    return color;
}

double boa::get_length( )  const
{
    return length;    
}

string boa::get_food( ) const
{
    return food;
}   

// modifier methods

void boa::set_length(double new_length)
{
    length = new_length;
}

void boa::set_color(string new_color)
{
    color = new_color;
}

void boa::set_food(string new_food)
{
    food = new_food;
}