#ifndef NODE_HH
#define NODE_HH

/* Katie Lewis
 * April 2004
 * Note: In codeing this, I referred to code examples from Professor Kuenning 
 * and Matt Gnaizda.
 */

#include "location.hh"

class Location;

class Node
    {
        friend class Plant;
        friend class PlantIterator;

    public:
        Node();                                        // constructor
        Node(const Location&);
        Node(const Location&, int numsizelinks);
        Node(bool leaf_);
        ~Node();                                       // destructor

        Node& operator=(const Node&);                  // assignment operator
        Node(const Node&);                             // copy constructor
        
        bool add(Node* insertee, const int& maxBranching);
        bool addBetween(Node* insertee, const Location& child, 
                 const int& maxBranching);


    private:
        Location loc;
        int numLinks;
        int sizeLinksArray;
        Node** links;
        bool isLeaf;
        double leafAngle;
        double leafLength;

        void expandLinks(const int& maxBranching);
        void retractLinks();

    };

#endif