sg.edu.nus.comp.cs3243.pipedream
Class Driver

java.lang.Object
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public class Driver

extends java.lang.Object

Driver is the class that is used to create an instance of the game. It implements the accessor functions needed in creating your player agent. It can also be used to test your game playing agent.

$Log: Action.java,v $

Since:

1.0

Constructor Summary

Driver()
constructor for the pipedream package game driver

Method Summary

char[][]	getBoard() An accessor function to return a 2-d array of characters, giving the current state of the board
int	getFill(int x, int y) An accessor function to check the fill status of the board piece at x,y
boolean	getIsEmpty(int x, int y) An accessor function to check whether the board piece at x,y is empty.
int	getNextOozeDirection() An accessor function to return the Y coordinate of the next spot that the ooze will move to
int	getNextOozeSpotX() An accessor function to return the X coordinate of the next spot that the ooze will move to
int	getNextOozeSpotY() An accessor function to return the Y coordinate of the next spot that the ooze will move to
char[]	getQueue() An accessor function to return an array of characters, giving the queue of tiles to be placed
int	getScore() An accessor function to return the agent's score
char	getTile(int x, int y) An accessor function to check the type of board piece at x,y
int	getTime() An accessor function to return the number of time units elapsed since the start of the game
int	getTimeToNextOoze() An accessor function to return the time to the next move of the ooze.
void	printBoard() A method to print the board to stdout
void	printQueue() A method to print the queue of pieces to stdout
boolean	processTurn(Action a) The method used to execute a turn on the board.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Driver

public Driver()

constructor for the pipedream package game driver

Method Detail

getScore

public int getScore()

An accessor function to return the agent's score

Returns:

the score

getTime

public int getTime()

An accessor function to return the number of time units elapsed since the start of the game

Returns:

the time

getTile

public char getTile(int x,
                    int y)

An accessor function to check the type of board piece at x,y

Returns:

the tile. You can compare this value against the constants below.

See Also:

Constants.EMPTY_PIECE, Constants.CROSS_PIECE, Constants.HORIZONTAL_PIECE, Constants.VERTICAL_PIECE, Constants.TOP_LEFT_ELBOW_PIECE, Constants.TOP_RIGHT_ELBOW_PIECE, Constants.BOTTOM_LEFT_ELBOW_PIECE, Constants.BOTTOM_LEFT_ELBOW_PIECE, Constants.START_TOP_PIECE

getFill

public int getFill(int x,
                   int y)

An accessor function to check the fill status of the board piece at x,y

Returns:

the fill status of the tile. You can compare this value against the constants below.

See Also:

Constants.NOT_FILLED, Constants.FILLED, Constants.FILLED_EW_ONLY, Constants.FILLED_NS_ONLY

getIsEmpty

public boolean getIsEmpty(int x,
                          int y)

An accessor function to check whether the board piece at x,y is empty.

Returns:

whether the tile is empty. You can compare this value against the constants below.

See Also:

Constants.EMPTY_PIECE

getNextOozeDirection

public int getNextOozeDirection()

An accessor function to return the Y coordinate of the next spot that the ooze will move to

Returns:

direction of ooze flow. Will be one of the constant values below.

See Also:

Constants.FLOWING_NORTH, Constants.FLOWING_EAST, Constants.FLOWING_SOUTH, Constants.FLOWING_WEST, getNextOozeSpotX(), getNextOozeSpotY(), getTimeToNextOoze()

getTimeToNextOoze

public int getTimeToNextOoze()

An accessor function to return the time to the next move of the ooze.

Returns:

time to next ooze. Should always be positive (1-3, at the beginning of the game before the first ooze: 1-6).

See Also:

getNextOozeSpotX(), getNextOozeSpotY(), getNextOozeDirection()

getNextOozeSpotX

public int getNextOozeSpotX()

An accessor function to return the X coordinate of the next spot that the ooze will move to

Returns:

next ooze X coordinate (-1 to 7). Note that the return value can be outside of the valid range of board coordinates

See Also:

getNextOozeSpotY(), getNextOozeDirection(), getTimeToNextOoze()

getNextOozeSpotY

public int getNextOozeSpotY()

An accessor function to return the Y coordinate of the next spot that the ooze will move to

Returns:

next ooze Y coordinate (-1 to 7). Note that the return value can be outside of the valid range of board coordinates

See Also:

getNextOozeSpotX(), getNextOozeDirection(), getTimeToNextOoze()

getBoard

public char[][] getBoard()

An accessor function to return a 2-d array of characters, giving the current state of the board

Returns:

the board (7x7 array of characters)

getQueue

public char[] getQueue()

An accessor function to return an array of characters, giving the queue of tiles to be placed

Returns:

the array of tiles (of length 5) to be placed (the 0th tile is the current tile to be placed)

printBoard

public void printBoard()

A method to print the board to stdout

printQueue

public void printQueue()

A method to print the queue of pieces to stdout

processTurn

public boolean processTurn(Action a)

The method used to execute a turn on the board. Your main() should call this function in a loop after it has filled out an appropriate Action object.

Parameters:

a - filled Action object

Returns:

whether the game has ended

See Also:

Action