games.jotto.players
Class ComputerGuesser

java.lang.Object
  games.jotto.players.JottoGuesser
      games.jotto.players.ComputerGuesser

Direct Known Subclasses:

RandomComputerGuesser, SmartComputerGuesser

public abstract class ComputerGuesser
extends JottoGuesser

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String	myGuess
protected java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String>	myWordListCopy

Fields inherited from class games.jotto.players.JottoGuesser

myConstants, myJottoModel, myMaxGuesses, myNumberOfGuesses, myWord, myWordList

Constructor Summary

ComputerGuesser(int maxGuesses, IJottoModel currentJottoGame, java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String> wordList)

Method Summary

protected abstract void	computerGuessesWord()
void	newGame() subclasses MUST implement the following three classes: 1) newGame 2) process 3) revealHint 4) revealAnswer
void	process(java.lang.String response) Process input from the user.
protected void	tellModelWhosePlaying() Designates whether human or computer is guessing to model so it can tell Gui

Methods inherited from class games.jotto.players.JottoGuesser

commonCount, displayNumberOfGuessesLeft, getRandomWord, revealAnswer, revealHint

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

myGuess

protected java.lang.String myGuess

myWordListCopy

protected java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String> myWordListCopy

Constructor Detail

ComputerGuesser

public ComputerGuesser(int maxGuesses,
                       IJottoModel currentJottoGame,
                       java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String> wordList)

Method Detail

computerGuessesWord

protected abstract void computerGuessesWord()

newGame

public void newGame()

Description copied from class: JottoGuesser

subclasses MUST implement the following three classes: 1) newGame 2) process 3) revealHint 4) revealAnswer

Specified by:

newGame in class JottoGuesser

tellModelWhosePlaying

protected void tellModelWhosePlaying()

Designates whether human or computer is guessing to model so it can tell Gui

Specified by:

tellModelWhosePlaying in class JottoGuesser

process

public void process(java.lang.String response)

Process input from the user. The input is a number of letters in common with the user's secret word. This method does rudimentary analysis of response for legality (number in range) and then calls abstract methods implemented by a subclass.

Specified by:

process in class JottoGuesser

Parameters:

response - is the response from the user representing an int that's the number of letters in common with last word guessed by computer.