// A class to describe a group of Flakes
// An ArrayList is used to manage the list of Flakes

class SnowCarol {

  ArrayList snowstorm;    // An arraylist for all the particles
  PVector origin;        // An origin point for where particles are born
  String carol[];
  PVector start;
  SnowCarol(PVector origin, String carol[]) {
    snowstorm = new ArrayList();              // Initialize the arraylist
	
	for(int i=1; i < carol.length;i++) {
    	start = origin.get();		
		start.y = i*16;
		
		for(int j=0; j < carol[i-1].length();j++) {
			snowstorm.add(new Flake(start,carol[i-1].charAt(j)));    // Add "num" amount of particles to the arraylist
			start.x += textWidth(str(carol[i-1].charAt(j)));
		}

	}
}

void run() {
    for (int i = snowstorm.size()-1; i >= 0; i--) {
      Flake p = (Flake) snowstorm.get(i);
      p.run();
      if (p.dead()) {
       // snowstorm.remove(i);
      }
    }
  }


void addFlake(float x, float y, char z) {
    snowstorm.add(new Flake(new PVector(x,y), z));
}


// A method to test if the particle system still has particles
boolean dead() {
    if (snowstorm.isEmpty()) {
      return true;
    } else {
      return false;
    }
  }

}