Class UserPigPlayer

java.lang.Object
  UserPigPlayer

All Implemented Interfaces:

PigPlayer

public class UserPigPlayer
extends java.lang.Object
implements PigPlayer

UserPigPlayer - text interface to query user for roll/hold decisions

Constructor Summary

UserPigPlayer()
Creates a new UserPigPlayer instance to allow user play via standard input
Output format: Print an instruction line "Enter nothing to roll; enter anything to hold."

Method Summary

boolean

isRolling(int myScore, int otherScore, int turnTotal) isRolling - return whether or not the player rolls, given the current game state.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UserPigPlayer

public UserPigPlayer()

Creates a new UserPigPlayer instance to allow user play via standard input
Output format:

• Print an instruction line "Enter nothing to roll; enter anything to hold."

Method Detail

isRolling

public boolean isRolling(int myScore,
                         int otherScore,
                         int turnTotal)

isRolling - return whether or not the player rolls, given the current game state.
Output format:

• Prompt the user with "Turn total: ", the turn total, a tab, and "Roll/Hold? ".

Input format:

• An empty input (i.e., Enter) indicates that the user wishes to roll. Any entered line of non-zero length indicates that the user wishes to hold.

Specified by:

isRolling in interface PigPlayer

Parameters:

myScore - an int value - the player's score

otherScore - an int value - the opponent's score

turnTotal - an int value - the player's current turn total

Returns:

a boolean value - whether or not the player will continue to roll