net.bluebones.tictactoe
Class TicTacToe

java.lang.Object
  net.bluebones.tictactoe.TicTacToe

public class TicTacToe
extends Object

Mother class for the net.bluebones.tictactoe package. This class is executable and expects as two commandline arguments the names of the classes of the two players. The class "Human" is included for human players, as are several AI players.

Version:

1.1

Author:

Thomas David Baker, bakert+tictactoe@gmail.com

Field Summary

static byte	CROSSES int representing crosses (x)
static byte	EMPTY byte representing empty.
static byte	NOUGHTS int representing noughts (o)

Constructor Summary

TicTacToe()

Method Summary

static void	main(String[] args) Controlling method of the TicTacToe executable.
static byte	reverse(byte i) Takes supplied integer and returns its "reverse", that is the number of the opposing player.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

EMPTY

public static final byte EMPTY

byte representing empty.

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Constant Field Values

NOUGHTS

public static final byte NOUGHTS

int representing noughts (o)

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Constant Field Values

CROSSES

public static final byte CROSSES

int representing crosses (x)

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

TicTacToe

public TicTacToe()

Method Detail

main

public static void main(String[] args)

Controlling method of the TicTacToe executable. Begins a game of tic-tac-toe. Expects class names of the players as two commandline arguments.

Parameters:

args - String[] commandline arguments. This should be the class names of the players. If the players are in the net.blubones.tictactoe package the qualifier can be omitted, otherwise the full class names are required.

reverse

public static byte reverse(byte i)

Takes supplied integer and returns its "reverse", that is the number of the opposing player. That is, TicTacToe.reverse(TicTacToe.NOUGHTS) returns TicTacToe.CROSSES and vice versa. Any other inputs are illegal and will throw an exception.

Parameters:

i - int to "reverse".

Returns:

int of reversed i.