#ifndef VECTOR_H
#define VECTOR_H

#include <iostream>

/**
 *  This class provides a Vector, as defined in Chapter 5.1 of the
 *  Goodrich, Tamassia, Mount textbook.  It is actually a wrapper,
 *  relying on the STL vectors for the implementation.
 */

#include <vector>
#include "BoundaryViolationException.h"


template <typename Object>
class Vector {
public:
  int size() const;
  bool isEmpty() const;
  const Object& elemAtRank(int r) const throw(BoundaryViolationException);
  void replaceAtRank(int r, const Object& e) throw(BoundaryViolationException);
  void removeAtRank(int r) throw(BoundaryViolationException);
  void insertAtRank(int r, const Object& e) throw(BoundaryViolationException);
private:
  vector<Object> V;   // we are relying on STL vectors
  void checkRank(int rank) const throw(BoundaryViolationException);
};


/*
 * display vector (assuming that  out << Object is well defined!)
 */
template <typename Object>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const Vector<Object>& V);



#include "Vector.tcc"

#endif