Index: trunk/src/atmsdriver/model/TrafficEvent.java
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--- trunk/src/atmsdriver/model/TrafficEvent.java	(revision 183)
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+
+package atmsdriver.model;
+
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import tmcsim.client.ATMSBatchDriver;
+
+/**
+ * Traffic Event represents some occurrence in the traffic on 
+ * a highway network.  A traffic event occurs at a particular time
+ * and belongs to a unique simulation incident.  The event occurs on 
+ * a specified section of a given highway route.  Each event specifies
+ * the level of traffic congestion by a color.  Events are comparable
+ * by the time of their occurrence.
+ * @author jdalbey
+ */
+public final class TrafficEvent implements Comparable<TrafficEvent>
+{
+    public final String incident;
+    public final String eventTime;
+    public final Date eventDate;  // for convenience
+    public final int routeNumber;
+    public final LoopDetector.DOTCOLOR color;
+    public final Station.DIRECTION dir;
+    public final double postmile;
+    public final double range;
+    public final String rawString;
+    private final static SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss");
+
+    /** Create an event from a string as in this example:
+     * 181 00:12:30 405 S 0.6 11.0 G
+     * @param eventString
+     * @return traffic event
+     * @throws Scanner exception if string improperly formatted
+     */
+    public TrafficEvent(String eventString) throws ParseException
+    {
+        this.rawString = eventString;
+        Scanner lineScan = new Scanner(eventString);
+        this.incident = lineScan.next();
+        this.eventTime = lineScan.next(); // time field
+        // may throw parseexception
+        this.eventDate = formatter.parse(eventTime);
+        this.routeNumber = lineScan.nextInt();
+        this.dir = Station.DIRECTION.toDirection(lineScan.next());
+        this.postmile = lineScan.nextDouble();
+        this.range = lineScan.nextDouble();
+        this.color = LoopDetector.DOTCOLOR.toDotColor(lineScan.next());    
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int compareTo(TrafficEvent o)
+    {
+        return eventDate.compareTo(o.eventDate);
+    }
+    @Override
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        return rawString;
+    }
+}