Glomus.Server
Class ServerPlayer

java.lang.Object
  Glomus.Server.Player
      Glomus.Server.ServerPlayer

public class ServerPlayer
extends Player

The Player Class is used within the Server to keep track of AI players. The Player class has cards, a location, and a character that it is playing as. The Game class uses the Player to determine if an illegal move has been made, and to communicate with the actual AI Player

See Also:

Protocol

Constructor Summary

ServerPlayer()
Construct an unitialized ServerPlayer (must still be initialized via the initialize method before it can be used)

Method Summary

java.lang.String	accuse() Asks the ServerPlayer to make an accusation (ServerPlayers will always decline to make an accusation)
void	deletePlayer() Closes all I/O streams and sockets for this player.
void	forward(java.lang.String message) Forwards the broadcast message
java.lang.String	getAnswer() Asks the player to tell us all the pieces of the answer that it knows for sure
java.lang.String	refute(java.lang.String claim) Asks the ServerPlayer to refute a claim
java.lang.String	suggest() Asks the ServerPlayer to make a suggestion (which it does randomly)

Methods inherited from class Glomus.Server.Player

forceMove, getCards, getInit, getLocation, getName, initialize

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ServerPlayer

public ServerPlayer()

Construct an unitialized ServerPlayer (must still be initialized via the initialize method before it can be used)

Method Detail

suggest

public java.lang.String suggest()

Asks the ServerPlayer to make a suggestion (which it does randomly)

Overrides:

suggest in class Player

Returns:

The claim made by the player, in the form, "claim [suspect] [weapon] [room] [player]"

refute

public java.lang.String refute(java.lang.String claim)

Asks the ServerPlayer to refute a claim

Overrides:

refute in class Player

Parameters:

The - claim to refute, in the form "[suspect] [weapon] [room] [player]"

Returns:

the ability or inability of the AI player to refute the last suggestion; in the format "show" if not possible, and "show [value]" if possible

accuse

public java.lang.String accuse()

Asks the ServerPlayer to make an accusation (ServerPlayers will always decline to make an accusation)

Overrides:

accuse in class Player

Returns:

the message to broadcast to all the other players about this player's accusation; in the format "accuse" if not desired and "accuse [suspect] [weapon] [room] [player]" if desired

getAnswer

public java.lang.String getAnswer()
                           throws IllegalTurnException,
                                  TimeoutException,
                                  NetworkFailureException

Asks the player to tell us all the pieces of the answer that it knows for sure

Overrides:

getAnswer in class Player

Returns:

The suspect, weapon, and room known to be the answer (in that order)

Throws:

IllegalTurnException

TimeoutException

NetworkFailureException

forward

public void forward(java.lang.String message)

Forwards the broadcast message

Overrides:

forward in class Player

Parameters:

The - message to forward

deletePlayer

public void deletePlayer()

Closes all I/O streams and sockets for this player. This must be called for each player in a game, before the game signals that it is finished

Overrides:

deletePlayer in class Player