heurgame
Class Referee

java.lang.Object
  heurgame.Referee

All Implemented Interfaces:

GameListener, TurnListener

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultReferee

public abstract class Referee

extends java.lang.Object

implements GameListener, TurnListener

Author:

David Kaplin The referee is the middleman in any game. He deals with both the high-level of the rules of the game and the low-level details of the actual players. The referee may or may not decide who stays or leaves but it is his action that forces its execution.

Constructor Summary

Referee()

Method Summary

abstract void	addPlayer(PlayerProxy p) Adds a new player, should trigger the game to send a player event.
abstract void	rejectAllPlayers() The quick way to force a game reset.
abstract void	reportIncrementalStatus() Reports the latest change in the game to all players
abstract void	reportStatus(PlayerToken uninformed) Reports the state of the game to all players execpt a particular one

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface heurgame.event.GameListener

gameEnded, gameSetup, gameStarted

Methods inherited from interface heurgame.event.TurnListener

turnChanged

Constructor Detail

Referee

public Referee()

Method Detail

addPlayer

public abstract void addPlayer(PlayerProxy p)

Adds a new player, should trigger the game to send a player event.

Parameters:

p - the new player attached to the game.

rejectAllPlayers

public abstract void rejectAllPlayers()

The quick way to force a game reset.

reportStatus

public abstract void reportStatus(PlayerToken uninformed)

Reports the state of the game to all players execpt a particular one

Parameters:

uninformed - not told status

reportIncrementalStatus

public abstract void reportIncrementalStatus()

Reports the latest change in the game to all players