referee
Class HumanPlayer

java.lang.Object
  java.rmi.server.RemoteObject
      java.rmi.server.RemoteServer
          java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject
              referee.HumanPlayer

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.rmi.Remote, Player

public class HumanPlayer
extends java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject
implements Player

Title: Player

Description: Testing representation of a checkers player

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2004

Company:

Version:

1.0

Author:

Matthew Evett

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

static int	BLACK_KING
static int	BLACK_PAWN
static int	NO_PIECE
static int	WHITE_KING
static int	WHITE_PAWN

Constructor Summary

HumanPlayer(java.lang.String name)

Method Summary

int[]	getMove(int[] board, boolean isWhite, int movesRemaining) This method returns a move for the given board, board.
java.lang.String	getName() Here's your chance to be imaginative.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Debugging: creates two players named Black and White and registers them with RMI.

Methods inherited from class java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject

clone, exportObject, exportObject, exportObject, unexportObject

Methods inherited from class java.rmi.server.RemoteServer

getClientHost, getLog, setLog

Methods inherited from class java.rmi.server.RemoteObject

equals, getRef, hashCode, toString, toStub

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

NO_PIECE

public static final int NO_PIECE

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Constant Field Values

WHITE_PAWN

public static final int WHITE_PAWN

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Constant Field Values

WHITE_KING

public static final int WHITE_KING

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Constant Field Values

BLACK_PAWN

public static final int BLACK_PAWN

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Constant Field Values

BLACK_KING

public static final int BLACK_KING

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

HumanPlayer

public HumanPlayer(java.lang.String name)
            throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException

Method Detail

getMove

public int[] getMove(int[] board,
                     boolean isWhite,
                     int movesRemaining)
              throws java.rmi.RemoteException

This method returns a move for the given board, board.

Specified by:

getMove in interface Player

Parameters:

board - --- The board is encoded as a 33 integer array. board[0] is unused. For i from 1 to 32, board[i] indicates what piece, if any is position i on the board, using the official checkers numbering scheme. board[i] = -2 for a black king, -1 for a black pawn, 1 for a white pawn, 2 for a white king, and is 0 if the position is unoccupied

isWhite - is true if the player should make a move for White.

movesRemaining - is the number of moves remaining before a draw is called

Returns:

First element of the array is the position of the piece to be moved. The remaining elements are subsequent positions to which that piece moves. (There will usually be only one remaining element, unless result encodes a multiple capture/jumping move.) Thus a move from position 17 to 10, jumping over an opposition piece at position 14 would be encoded via the array: {17, 10}. It is important that the length of the array be exactly 1+ the number of moves made by the piece.

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Debugging: creates two players named Black and White and registers them with RMI.

Parameters:

args - Two command-line arguments: the first should be either '1' or '2', indicating whether the created Player should be rmi-registered as 'first' or 'second'. The second argument should be the name of the Player.

Example usage:
java -Djava.security.policy=permit.txt referee.HumanPlayer 1 "Fraser"

getName

public java.lang.String getName()
                         throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Here's your chance to be imaginative.

Specified by:

getName in interface Player

Returns:

the name of the agent (hopefully something memorable!)

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException