CR-MesoLabs-OOP-DuplicateDeleter-BlueJ/StringDuplicateDeleter.java

import java.lang.StringBuilder;

public class StringDuplicateDeleter extends DuplicateDeleter<String>{
    StringBuilder valuesToKeep = new StringBuilder();

    public StringDuplicateDeleter(String[] array){
        super(array);
    }

    public String[] removeDuplicates(int maxNumberOfDuplications){
        valuesToKeep.delete(0,valuesToKeep.length());
        //for each element in the array
        for(int i=0; i<=array.length-1; i++){
            //if the number of occurrences is less than the max number of duplicates
            if(getNumberOfOccurrences(array[i]) < maxNumberOfDuplications){
                //then save the value to values to remove array and increase total dups by 1
                setValuesToKeep(array[i]);
            }
        }
        String[] valuesToKeepArray = getValuesToKeep();
        return valuesToKeepArray;
    }

    public String[] removeDuplicatesExactly(int exactNumberOfDuplications){
        valuesToKeep.delete(0,valuesToKeep.length());
        for(int i=0; i<=array.length-1; i++){
            //if the number of occurrences is less than the max number of duplicates
            if(getNumberOfOccurrences(array[i]) != exactNumberOfDuplications){
                //then save the value to values to remove array and increase total dups by 1
                setValuesToKeep(array[i]);
            }
        }
        String[] valuesToKeepArray = getValuesToKeep();
        return valuesToKeepArray;
    }

    public int getNumberOfOccurrences(String value){
        int numberOfOccurrences = 0;
        for (String element : array){
            if(element.equals(value)){
                numberOfOccurrences++;
            }
        }
        return numberOfOccurrences;
    }

    public void setValuesToKeep(String value){
        valuesToKeep.append(value + ",");
    }

    public String[] getValuesToKeep(){
        String tempString = valuesToKeep.toString();
        String[] valuesToKeepArray = {};
        if(tempString.length()>1){
            valuesToKeepArray = tempString.split(",");
        }
        return valuesToKeepArray;
    }

}