/*
    Our particle system is a simple collection of a variable number of
    Particle objects. The particle system provides a few utility methods
    to easily run simulations on all of the particles
*/
class ParticleSystem {

    // The list of particles
    ArrayList particles;
    
    // The source of the particle system
    Vector3D origin;
    
    // The image we're using to draw our system
    PImage img;
    
    ParticleSystem(int num, Vector3D origin_, PImage img_) {
    
        // Set the particles array
        particles = new ArrayList();
        
        // Save the center of the simulation
        origin = origin_.copy();
        
        // save the rendering image
        img = img_;
        
        // Create all of the starting particles
        for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) {
            particles.add(new Particle(origin, img));
        }
    }
    
    void simulate() {
    
        /*
            This simulate method is a bit different than what
            we're used too. Because particles in our system can
            die out, we need to remove particles that are 'dead'.
            To make this efficient we want to iterate over the list
            of particles once to run the simualtion, removing those
            that are already 'dead'. To do this, we count backwards
            through our array, so that when we remove a particle (element)
            from the array, we don't change the order or position of elements
            we haven't yet processed.
        */
        for (int i = particles.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
        
            // Get our particle; we need to cast the particle into its type
            Particle p = (Particle)particles.get(i);
            
            // Run the simulation
            p.simulate();
            
            // Remove any dead particles
            if (p.isDead()) {
                particles.remove(i);
            }
        }
    }
    
    void wind(Vector3D wind_) {
    
        for (int i = 0; i < particles.size(); i++) {
        
            Particle p = (Particle)particles.get(i);
            p.addForce(wind_);
        }
    }
    
    void addParticle() {
        particles.add(new Particle(origin, img));
    }
        
    boolean isDead() {
        if (particles.isEmpty()) {
            return true;
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }
}