Class AbstractGameBoard

java.lang.Object
  AbstractGameBoard

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

CheckersGameBoard, ChessGameBoard, OthelloGameBoard

public abstract class AbstractGameBoard
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

AbstractGameBoard class This class is to provide some structure to the GameBoard interface for two player turn based games with 6 pieces or less

Author:

Brian Horan

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

int[][]	cells
static int	ILLEGAL used to represent an illegal cell on the board that can have no other value in it
static int	NOTHING used to represent nothing being in a cell on the game board
static int	PLAYER1_1 used to represent player 1's first piece
static int	PLAYER1_2 used to represent player 1's second piece
static int	PLAYER1_3 used to represent player 1's third piece
static int	PLAYER1_4 used to represent player 1's fourth piece
static int	PLAYER1_5 used to represent player 1's fifth piece
static int	PLAYER1_6 used to represent player 1's sixth piece
static int	PLAYER2_1 used to represent player 2's first piece
static int	PLAYER2_2 used to represent player 2's second piece
static int	PLAYER2_3 used to represent player 2's third piece
static int	PLAYER2_4 used to represent player 2's fourth piece
static int	PLAYER2_5 used to represent player 2's fifth piece
static int	PLAYER2_6 used to represent player 2's sixth piece
int	turn

Constructor Summary

AbstractGameBoard()

Method Summary

void	changeTurn() changeTurn used to change the current value of turn
abstract java.lang.String	checkStatus(boolean findCheckMate) chackStatus used to check the status of a game (winner, loser, draw, etc.)
void	chooseCell(int row, int col, int value) chooseCell used to put a value into a cell
abstract AbstractGameBoard	clone() clone used to "clone" the gameboard and return the same board
abstract int	getCaptured() getCaptured used to find out the piece that was captured
int	getCell(int row, int col) getCell used to return the value in a cell
int	getTurn() getTurn used to return the value of turn
abstract java.lang.Boolean	isLegalMove(java.lang.Object testMove, java.lang.Boolean commitMove) isLegalMove used to see if a Dimension(should be parsed into two ints to get the row and col of the game board)is a legal "move" and if commitMove is set to true it will actually commit the move
abstract java.lang.Boolean	noMove() noMove() used to see if a player has no where to move
abstract void	resetBoard() resetBoard used to reset the board back to its default setting

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

cells

public int[][] cells

turn

public int turn

NOTHING

public static final int NOTHING

used to represent nothing being in a cell on the game board

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PLAYER1_1

public static final int PLAYER1_1

used to represent player 1's first piece

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PLAYER1_2

public static final int PLAYER1_2

used to represent player 1's second piece

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PLAYER1_3

public static final int PLAYER1_3

used to represent player 1's third piece

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PLAYER1_4

public static final int PLAYER1_4

used to represent player 1's fourth piece

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PLAYER1_5

public static final int PLAYER1_5

used to represent player 1's fifth piece

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PLAYER1_6

public static final int PLAYER1_6

used to represent player 1's sixth piece

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PLAYER2_1

public static final int PLAYER2_1

used to represent player 2's first piece

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PLAYER2_2

public static final int PLAYER2_2

used to represent player 2's second piece

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PLAYER2_3

public static final int PLAYER2_3

used to represent player 2's third piece

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PLAYER2_4

public static final int PLAYER2_4

used to represent player 2's fourth piece

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PLAYER2_5

public static final int PLAYER2_5

used to represent player 2's fifth piece

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PLAYER2_6

public static final int PLAYER2_6

used to represent player 2's sixth piece

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ILLEGAL

public static final int ILLEGAL

used to represent an illegal cell on the board that can have no other value in it

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Constructor Detail

AbstractGameBoard

public AbstractGameBoard()

Method Detail

chooseCell

public void chooseCell(int row,
                       int col,
                       int value)

chooseCell used to put a value into a cell

Parameters:

row - the row of the cell that is being choosen

col - the column of the cell that is being choosen

value - the value that will be placed in the cell

changeTurn

public void changeTurn()

changeTurn used to change the current value of turn

getTurn

public int getTurn()

getTurn used to return the value of turn

Returns:

the value of turn (1 or 2)

getCell

public int getCell(int row,
                   int col)

getCell used to return the value in a cell

Parameters:

row - the row of the cell that the user wishes to get

col - the column of the cell that the user wishes to get

Returns:

the value in the cell that the user wishes to get

isLegalMove

public abstract java.lang.Boolean isLegalMove(java.lang.Object testMove,
                                              java.lang.Boolean commitMove)

isLegalMove used to see if a Dimension(should be parsed into two ints to get the row and col of the game board)is a legal "move" and if commitMove is set to true it will actually commit the move

Parameters:

testMove - the dimension(row, col) of the cell

commitMove - whether or not the move should be commited

Returns:

if the move is legal

resetBoard

public abstract void resetBoard()

resetBoard used to reset the board back to its default setting

checkStatus

public abstract java.lang.String checkStatus(boolean findCheckMate)

chackStatus used to check the status of a game (winner, loser, draw, etc.)

Returns:

explains the status of the game

noMove

public abstract java.lang.Boolean noMove()

noMove() used to see if a player has no where to move

Returns:

whether or not the current player has a turn

clone

public abstract AbstractGameBoard clone()

clone used to "clone" the gameboard and return the same board

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a copy of the current game board

getCaptured

public abstract int getCaptured()

getCaptured used to find out the piece that was captured

Returns:

the integer value of the piece that was captured