assignment2
Class BoardMakerFromStrings

java.lang.Object
  assignment2.BoardMakerFromStrings

All Implemented Interfaces:

IBoardMaker

public class BoardMakerFromStrings
extends java.lang.Object
implements IBoardMaker

Class provides facility to make a new Boggle board from an array of Strings.

Constructor Summary

BoardMakerFromStrings(java.lang.String[] rows)
Makes a boggle board from an array of Strings.

Method Summary

BoggleBoard

makeBoard(int rows) Return square board of specified size (4 or 5).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BoardMakerFromStrings

public BoardMakerFromStrings(java.lang.String[] rows)

Makes a boggle board from an array of Strings. Each entry in array represents one row of the board. For example, given the input new String[] { "abcd", "efgh", "ijkl", "mnop"} the board would have an A in the upper left (0,0) corner and a P in the lower right (3,3). Note: a "q" is automatically replaced with "qu"

Parameters:

rows -

Method Detail

makeBoard

public BoggleBoard makeBoard(int rows)

Description copied from interface: IBoardMaker

Return square board of specified size (4 or 5).

Specified by:

makeBoard in interface IBoardMaker

Parameters:

rows - is dimension of board

Returns:

squre BoggleBoard of specified size