org.generation5.ai
Class BoardGameAgent

java.lang.Object
  org.generation5.ai.BoardGameAgent

public abstract class BoardGameAgent

extends java.lang.Object

Abstract class designed to facilitate board game agent development.

See Also:

BoardGameAgent

Field Summary

protected BoardGame	boardGame The board game this agent is connected with.
protected int	playerID The player ID.

Constructor Summary

BoardGameAgent()
Create a new instance of BoardGameAgent.

BoardGameAgent(int pid)
Create a new instance of BoardGameAgent.

Method Summary

BoardGame	getBoardGame() Return the board game associated with this agent.
int	getPlayerID() Get the player ID.
abstract void	init() Initialize the agent.
void	setBoardGame(BoardGame game) Set the board game associated with this agent.
void	setPlayerID(int pid) Set the player ID.
abstract int[]	think() This abstract method should implement the agent's AI.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

playerID

protected int playerID

The player ID.

boardGame

protected BoardGame boardGame

The board game this agent is connected with.

Constructor Detail

BoardGameAgent

public BoardGameAgent()

Create a new instance of BoardGameAgent.

BoardGameAgent

public BoardGameAgent(int pid)

Create a new instance of BoardGameAgent.

Parameters:

pid - the player ID.

Method Detail

think

public abstract int[] think()

This abstract method should implement the agent's AI. The move returned should be valid according to the board game's validMove method.

Returns:

the move to make.

See Also:

BoardGame.validMove(int, int[])

init

public abstract void init()

Initialize the agent.

setPlayerID

public void setPlayerID(int pid)

Set the player ID.

Parameters:

pid - the new player ID.

getPlayerID

public int getPlayerID()

Get the player ID.

Returns:

the current player ID.

setBoardGame

public void setBoardGame(BoardGame game)

Set the board game associated with this agent.

Parameters:

game - the new board game.

getBoardGame

public BoardGame getBoardGame()

Return the board game associated with this agent.

Returns:

the currently associated board game.