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private with Ada.Strings.Unbounded;


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package Candidates is


    type State_Name is (ACT, NT, TAS, SA, WA, VIC, QLD, NSW);


    type Candidate is private;


    --  This is restricted to 255 values for memory conservation reasons.
    --  Should fit into a single byte each when Pragma Pack is applied
    --  to an array of them.
    type CandidateID is new Positive range 1 .. 255;


    subtype Extended_CandidateID is CandidateID'Base
        range CandidateID'First - 1 .. CandidateID'Last;


    No_Candidate : constant Extended_CandidateID := Extended_CandidateID'First;


    --  The lack of getters/setters is intentional, to ensure that election
    --  code cannot change Candidate data once initally read.


    --  Returns the Candidate's fields in csv format for logging purposes.
    function To_String
           (Input_Candidate : in Candidate;
            Delimiter       : in Character := ',')
        return String;


    --  Returns field labels corresponding to the field order
    --  used in To_String. Used for logging purposes.
    function Candidate_Header
           (Delimiter : in Character := ',')
        return String;


    --  Used for verbose console messages about a particular Candidate.
    function Name_And_Party
           (Input_Candidate : in Candidate)
        return String;


private


    package SU renames Ada.Strings.Unbounded;


    type Candidate is record
        First_Name : SU.Unbounded_String;
        Last_Name  : SU.Unbounded_String;
        Group      : SU.Unbounded_String;
        Group_Rank : SU.Unbounded_String;
        Party      : SU.Unbounded_String;
    end record;


end Candidates;