Class Player

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Thread
      Player

All Implemented Interfaces:

Runnable

Direct Known Subclasses:

HumanPlayer, MachinePlayer

public abstract class Player
extends Thread

Superclass for a SimpleNIM game player

Author:

Namita Singla, Robert Cohen

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Thread

Thread.State, Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler

Field Summary

protected SimpleNIM

game

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

Player(SimpleNIM game)
Constructor

Method Summary

Player	getNext() Get the opponent
abstract void	makeMove() Has the player make a move
abstract void	pickSticks(int sticks) Pick up the specified number of sticks
void	run() Runs the thread for the player
void	setNext(Player p) Sets the opponent
void	setPickSticks(int noOfSticks) Sets the number of sticks picked
void	turn() Has this player take their turn

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getAllStackTraces, getContextClassLoader, getDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, getId, getName, getPriority, getStackTrace, getState, getThreadGroup, getUncaughtExceptionHandler, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, setName, setPriority, setUncaughtExceptionHandler, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

game

protected SimpleNIM game

Constructor Detail

Player

public Player(SimpleNIM game)

Constructor

Parameters:

game - SimpleNIM game

Method Detail

setNext

public void setNext(Player p)

Sets the opponent

Parameters:

p - the opponent

getNext

public Player getNext()

Get the opponent

Returns:

The opponent

turn

public void turn()

Has this player take their turn

makeMove

public abstract void makeMove()

Has the player make a move

run

public void run()

Runs the thread for the player

Specified by:

run in interface Runnable

Overrides:

run in class Thread

pickSticks

public abstract void pickSticks(int sticks)

Pick up the specified number of sticks

Parameters:

sticks - int

setPickSticks

public void setPickSticks(int noOfSticks)

Sets the number of sticks picked

Parameters:

noOfSticks - The number of sticks picked