Interface Player

public interface Player

Interface for a computer-controlled Othello player. This provides the methods that must be implemented in order to play the game.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Matt Hoffman

Method Summary

void	makeMove(OthelloState state, long timeLeft) Get this player's next move.
void	setColor(OthelloPiece color) Set the color of this player.
void	setTimeLimit(long timeLimit) Set the time-limit that each move can make.

Method Detail

setColor

public void setColor(OthelloPiece color)

Set the color of this player.

Parameters:

color - The color to be used for this game.

setTimeLimit

public void setTimeLimit(long timeLimit)

Set the time-limit that each move can make.

Parameters:

timeLimit - The time-limit, in milliseconds.

makeMove

public void makeMove(OthelloState state,
                     long timeLeft)
              throws InvalidMoveException

Get this player's next move.

Parameters:

state - The current state of the board.

timeLeft - The time left for your player.

Throws:

InvalidMoveException