Interface IPlayer

All Known Subinterfaces:

IAutoPlayer

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAutoPlayer, AbstractPlayer, BadAutoPlayer, HumanPlayer

public interface IPlayer

A Boggle player must support the methods of this interface. Each player has an associated model and a view. Players add words, e.g., human players might enter a string of text and computer players might find words on an associated model's board.

Author:

Owen Astrachan

Method Summary

void	add(java.lang.String word) Add a word for the player.
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) Initialize a player with a model, the model will serve this player for potentially more than one game.
void	setView(IPlayerView view) Specify a view for this player, the view is potentially used to show errors, highlight cubes for a word, and so on.

Method Detail

initialize

void initialize(BoggleModel model)

Initialize a player with a model, the model will serve this player for potentially more than one game.

Parameters:

model - is the BoggleModel for this player

setView

void setView(IPlayerView view)

Specify a view for this player, the view is potentially used to show errors, highlight cubes for a word, and so on.

Parameters:

view -

getScore

int getScore()

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

Returns:

current score for this player

add

void add(java.lang.String word)

Add a word for the player. The player may choose to ignore duplicate words, skip words not in the lexicon, or to check these.

Parameters:

word -

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Return the name of a player.

Returns:

this player's name