edu.rice.comp440.player

Interface Player

All Known Implementing Classes:

RandomPlayer, SwingDriver.SwingHumanPlayer, SwingDriver.SwingRandomPlayer, TextDriver.TextHumanPlayer

public interface Player

Class which represents a backgammon player. The Backgammon object will repeatedly call move() on this player, asking the player to pick a move. Once the game is over, the backgammon object will either call won() or lost() with the result of the game.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	lost() Upcall to indicate that this player has lost the current game
Move	move(Backgammon backgammon) Requests that the player make a move using the given backgammon setup.
void	won() Upcall to indicate that this player has won the current game

Method Detail

move

Move move(Backgammon backgammon)

Requests that the player make a move using the given backgammon setup. The player should return a valid and complete move. The list of valid moves can be found by calling backgammon.getAllMoves().

Parameters:

backgammon - The current backgammon situation

won

void won()

Upcall to indicate that this player has won the current game

lost

void lost()

Upcall to indicate that this player has lost the current game