Package a5

Class Main

java.lang.Object

a5.Main

public class Main
extends Object

The main program for Assignment 5.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	WELCOME_MSG	The message the program shows to welcome the player.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Main()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	currentPlayerToString(PlayerRole currentPlayer, Map<PlayerRole,Player> players)	Returns: a string presenting the current player.
static void	displayLine(String msg)	Print out one message in one line.
static String	endMessage(GameResult result)	Returns: a string presenting the game result.
static String	gameSettingToStrings(GameType gameType, PlayerType p1, PlayerType p2)	Returns: a string presenting the game setting.
static void	main(String[] args)	The main method to run a game.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

WELCOME_MSG

public static String WELCOME_MSG

The message the program shows to welcome the player.

Constructor Details

Main

public Main()

Method Details

main

public static void main(String[] args)

The main method to run a game.

Parameters:

args - args must contain at least these three arguments: game type, type of the first player (AI or human), type of the second players (AI or human). Three options can be specified before them: "--showinfo" enable printing out info for minimax search) "--timelimit n" set time limit for AI players to n ms "--help" show usage help

displayLine

public static void displayLine(String msg)

Print out one message in one line.

Parameters:

msg - one message

gameSettingToStrings

public static String gameSettingToStrings(GameType gameType,
 PlayerType p1,
 PlayerType p2)

Returns: a string presenting the game setting.

Parameters:

gameType - type of the game

p1 - type of the first player

p2 - type of the second player

currentPlayerToString

public static String currentPlayerToString(PlayerRole currentPlayer,
 Map<PlayerRole,Player> players)

Returns: a string presenting the current player.

Parameters:

currentPlayer - role of the current player

players - players of the game

endMessage

public static String endMessage(GameResult result)

Returns: a string presenting the game result.

Parameters:

result - result of the game