Class HumanMancalaPlayer

java.lang.Object

HumanMancalaPlayer

All Implemented Interfaces:

MancalaPlayer

public class HumanMancalaPlayer
extends java.lang.Object
implements MancalaPlayer

HumanMancalaPlayer - an agent relying entirely upon human intelligence for decision making through a simple text

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.util.Scanner	scanner Scanner for reading human input.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HumanMancalaPlayer()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	chooseMove(MancalaNode node, long timeRemaining) Display remaining time, legal moves and query user until legal move is entered.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

scanner

public static java.util.Scanner scanner

Scanner for reading human input.

Constructor Detail

HumanMancalaPlayer

public HumanMancalaPlayer()

Method Detail

chooseMove

public int chooseMove(MancalaNode node,
                      long timeRemaining)

Display remaining time, legal moves and query user until legal move is entered.

Specified by:

chooseMove in interface MancalaPlayer

Parameters:

node - a MancalaNode value - the node to choose a move from

timeRemaining - a long value - your entire game time remaining in milliseconds. If your time runs out, you lose.

Returns:

an int value - the encoding of the legal move to take at the current node