Class AbstractPlayer

java.lang.Object
  AbstractPlayer

All Implemented Interfaces:

IPlayer

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractAutoPlayer, HumanPlayer

public abstract class AbstractPlayer
extends java.lang.Object
implements IPlayer

Supplies default implementation and state for a player. Allows a player to access a model, a view, and to store words found in a game. This implementation uses a set to store strings/words and updates score for new words added to the player. Words are not checked for being in a lexicon or on a board.

Author:

Owen Astrachan

Field Summary

protected BoggleModel	myModel
protected int	myScore
protected IPlayerView	myView
protected java.util.TreeSet<java.lang.String>	myWords

Constructor Summary

AbstractPlayer()

Method Summary

void	add(java.lang.String word) Add a word to this player's list of words, adjust score if word is new to this player.
abstract java.lang.String	getName() Return the name of a player.
int	getScore() Get the score for this player, see BoggleModel for how scores are calculated.
void	initialize(BoggleModel model) Make this player have an associated model, and initialize other state appropriately.
void	setView(IPlayerView view) Set a veiw for this player, if not called the player will have a null view.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

myModel

protected BoggleModel myModel

myView

protected IPlayerView myView

myWords

protected java.util.TreeSet<java.lang.String> myWords

myScore

protected int myScore

Constructor Detail

AbstractPlayer

public AbstractPlayer()

Method Detail

initialize

public void initialize(BoggleModel model)

Make this player have an associated model, and initialize other state appropriately.

Specified by:

initialize in interface IPlayer

Parameters:

model - is the model for this player

setView

public void setView(IPlayerView view)

Set a veiw for this player, if not called the player will have a null view.

Specified by:

setView in interface IPlayer

Parameters:

view - is this player's view

getScore

public int getScore()

Description copied from interface: IPlayer

Get the score for this player, see BoggleModel for how scores are calculated.

Specified by:

getScore in interface IPlayer

Returns:

current score for this player

add

public void add(java.lang.String word)

Add a word to this player's list of words, adjust score if word is new to this player. Duplicate words are not added, board and lexicon are not checked.

Specified by:

add in interface IPlayer

Parameters:

word - is the word added to this player

getName

public abstract java.lang.String getName()

Description copied from interface: IPlayer

Return the name of a player.

Specified by:

getName in interface IPlayer

Returns:

this player's name