games.jotto.players
Class JottoGuesser

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

ComputerGuesser, HumanGuesser

public abstract class JottoGuesser
extends java.lang.Object

Field Summary

protected java.util.Properties	myConstants
protected IJottoModel	myJottoModel
protected int	myMaxGuesses
protected int	myNumberOfGuesses
protected java.lang.String	myWord
protected java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String>	myWordList

Constructor Summary

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

Method Summary

int	commonCount(char[] aletters, char[] bletters) Returns number of letters in common to a and b, ensuring each common letter only counts once in total returned.
protected void	displayNumberOfGuessesLeft(java.lang.String player)
protected java.lang.String	getRandomWord(java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String> lexicon)
abstract void	newGame() subclasses MUST implement the following three classes: 1) newGame 2) process 3) revealHint 4) revealAnswer
abstract void	process(java.lang.String s)
void	revealAnswer()
void	revealHint()
protected abstract void	tellModelWhosePlaying()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

myWord

protected java.lang.String myWord

myMaxGuesses

protected int myMaxGuesses

myNumberOfGuesses

protected int myNumberOfGuesses

myJottoModel

protected IJottoModel myJottoModel

myWordList

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

myConstants

protected java.util.Properties myConstants

Constructor Detail

JottoGuesser

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

Method Detail

newGame

public abstract void newGame()

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

process

public abstract void process(java.lang.String s)

tellModelWhosePlaying

protected abstract void tellModelWhosePlaying()

revealHint

public void revealHint()

revealAnswer

public void revealAnswer()

displayNumberOfGuessesLeft

protected void displayNumberOfGuessesLeft(java.lang.String player)

commonCount

public int commonCount(char[] aletters,
                       char[] bletters)

Returns number of letters in common to a and b, ensuring each common letter only counts once in total returned.

Parameters:

a - is one string being compared

b - is other string being compared

Returns:

number of letters in common to a and b

getRandomWord

protected java.lang.String getRandomWord(java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String> lexicon)