// defines the attributes of a section // 
class Attributes { 
  Attributes parent;
  color fillColor; 
  color c1, c2; 
  float maxW; // maxwidth 
  String s;
  String stringArray []; 
  String type;
  ///// Define colours ///// // use color LUT ???
  float unitLength;// how long (in time) each F section of the segment is 
  float sineLength; // how long the sine curve is for each line (degrees) 
  float deviation;
  float angle;// = 90; // (spin); / default valuel
  boolean blur = false;
  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  // additional elements ////// 
  int petalNum;//= 15;
  float petalAngle;// = 45;
  float lo ; // random (200);  
  float hi ;//random (200);  
  float sineStart; 
  float minWidth; 
  float shapeNoise; // distortion of sine wave 
  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  int arrayPosition; // keeps track of where this Attribute is within an array or arraylist 
  boolean followParentColor; 
  /////////////////////////////
  float flowerDeviation;
  ////
 // float aliveTime; 
  //float leafWidthDeviation;
  /// PARENT ATTRIBUTE (flower and branch) ////////
  Attributes (String t, String [] s_, color c1_, color c2_, int pNum, float pAngle, float lo_, float hi_, float mw, float fL, boolean spin) { 
    type= t; 
    stringArray = s_; 
    c1 = c1_; 
    c2 = c2_; 
    petalNum = pNum; 
    petalAngle = pAngle; 
    hi = hi_; 
    lo = lo_; 
    ////////////
    maxW = mw; // needed for branch parent 
    unitLength = fL; // needed for branch parent /////
    ///////////
    sineStart = stemSineStart; // default for branch 
    sineLength = stemSineLength; // default for branch 
    minWidth = .5; // default for branch
    deviation = 0; // defaulf for branch 
    /////////////////////////////////////////
    fillColor = colorBlend (c1, c2, random (1));
    //println ("new fillColor " + type);
    // println ("arrayPos for " + type + " = " + arrayPosition);
    //angle = spinAngle;
    if (spin) { 
      angle = 30;//random (30, 100); 
    } 
    else { 
      angle = 90; // flat
    }
    getData();
    shapeNoise = 0;
    ////// add alive time ?? 
    //aliveTime = aRandomNumber;

  }
  /// CHILD ATTRIBUTE ///// 
  Attributes (Attributes p, String t,  String [] s_, float sStart, float sL,  float minW, float maxW_, float dev, float sn, float Flength) { 
    parent = p;  // find parent attribute 
    /// inherited attributes ////////
    c1 = p.c1; 
    c2 = p.c2; 
    lo = p.lo; 
    hi = p.hi; 
    fillColor = p.fillColor;
    // println  ("lo = " + lo);
    petalNum = p.petalNum; 
    petalAngle = p.petalAngle; 
    //////////////////////////////
    angle = p.angle;
    ///////////////////////////
    type = t; 
    stringArray = s_; 
    sineStart = sStart; 
    sineLength = sL; 
    minWidth = minW; 
    maxW = maxW_; 
    deviation = dev; 
    unitLength = Flength; 
    //angle= 30; 
    //angle = 30;
    getData();
    shapeNoise = sn; 
    ///
    //aliveTime = aRandomNumber;
  }
  //////////////////////////////////////
  Attributes () { 

  }

  ////////////////////////////////////
  void setFLength (float factor ) { 
    unitLength *= .95;
    //sineLength  = 90;
    //s = "FFFFFFFFF*";
  } 
  ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  void setValues () { 
    if (type == "stem") { 

    } 

    if (type == "leaf") { 
      //followParentColor = 
    }
    if (type == "branch") { 

    }
    if (type == "flower") { 

    }
    if (type == "petal") { 

    }

  } 
  /////////////////////////////////////
  color colorBlend (color c1_, color c2_, float fract) { 
    // take 2 colours and blend them 
    /// get r, g, b /////////
    float r1 = red (c1_); 
    float g1 = green (c1_); 
    float b1 = blue (c1_); 
    ////////////////////
    float r2 = red (c2_); 
    float g2 = green (c2_); 
    float b2 = blue (c2_); 
    ////////////////////////
    r2 = (r2 - r1);
    g2 = (g2 - g1);
    b2 = (b2 - b1);
    return color(r1 + r2 * fract, g1 + g2 * fract, b1 + b2 * fract);

  }

  //////////////////////////////////////////////////

  void getData ( ) { 
    if (printdata) {
      dataOutput.println (type + " attributes");
      if (parent != null) {
        dataOutput.println ("parent: " + parent.type);
      } 
      else  { 
        dataOutput.println ("parent: " + parent);// outputs "parent: null"  
      }
      for (int i=0; i<stringArray.length; i++) { 
        dataOutput.println ("string item " + i + ": " + stringArray [i]);
      }
      dataOutput.println ("c1: r:" +  red (c1) + " g:" + green (c1) + " b:" + blue (c1));
      dataOutput.println ("c2: r:" +  red (c2) + " g:" + green (c2) + " b:" + blue (c2));
      dataOutput.println ("fillColor:  r:" +  red (fillColor) + " g:" + green (fillColor) + " b:" + blue (fillColor));
      dataOutput.println ("petalNum: " + petalNum);
      dataOutput.println ("petalAngle:" + petalAngle);
      dataOutput.println ("min/max magnitude: " + lo + " : " + hi);
      dataOutput.println ("minWidth/maxWidth: " + minWidth + " : " + maxW);
      dataOutput.println ("sineStart/sineLength: " + sineStart + " : " + sineLength);
      dataOutput.println ("unitLength:" + unitLength);
      dataOutput.println ("spin angle: " + angle);    
      dataOutput.println ("deviation: " + deviation);
      dataOutput.println ("shapeNoise: " + shapeNoise); 
      //dataOutput.println ("blur: " + blur);
      dataOutput.println (); 
      dataOutput.flush(); // Writes the remaining data to the file
    }


  }

  //////////////////////////////////////////////////
}