/**
 * Shape127
 *
 * This is the base class for the shape subclasses
 * you will develop for the CS127 assignment due
 * January 19, 2004.
 */

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.io.*;

public class Shape127
{
    private Color color;

    public Shape127()
    {
        color = Color.black;
    }

    public Color getColor()
    {
        return color;
    }

    public void setColor( Color newColor )
    {
        color = newColor;
    }

    /**
     * Reads the subclass-specific data from the specified
     * input source, and stores the data in appropriate
     * fields.  The load method of a Circle subclass, for
     * example, would read and store the x-coordinate of the
     * center, the y-coordinate of the center, and the radius.
     *
     * @param an open input source whose next bytes
     *   describe a shape of the same type as this class
     */
    public void load( BufferedReader in )
    {
    }

    /**
     * Draws this shape in the given graphics environment.
     *
     * @param a graphics environment (usually the one passed
     *   to the paint method of some window)
     */
    public void draw( Graphics g )
    {
    }

    /**
     * Returns the area (or a good estimate) of this shape.
     */
    public double area()
    {
        return 0.0;
    }
}