com.codingame.gameengine.core

Class AbstractReferee

java.lang.Object

com.codingame.gameengine.core.AbstractReferee

public abstract class AbstractReferee
extends java.lang.Object

The Referee is the brain of your game, it implements all the rules and the turn order.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractReferee()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract void	gameTurn(int turn) Called on the computation of each turn of the game.
abstract java.util.Properties	init(java.util.Properties params) Called on startup, this method exists to create the initial state of the game, according to the given input.
void	onEnd() Optional.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractReferee

public AbstractReferee()

Method Detail

init

public abstract java.util.Properties init(java.util.Properties params)

Called on startup, this method exists to create the initial state of the game, according to the given input.

Typically, params contains at least a seed.
The seed is used to generated other parameters such as width and height, then those parameters are placed in the return Properties with the seed.
If those parameters are present in the given input, the input values should override the generated values.

Parameters:

params - a Properties containing input info for the referee.

Returns:

a Properties containing game data that can be used as input for a later game.

gameTurn

public abstract void gameTurn(int turn)

Called on the computation of each turn of the game.

A typical game turn:

• Send game information to each Player active on this turn.
• Those players' code are executed.
• Those players' inputs are read.
• The game logic is applied.

Parameters:

turn - which turn of the game is currently being computed.

onEnd

public void onEnd()

Optional.

This method is called once the final turn of the game is computed.

Typically, this method is used to set the players' final scores according to the final state of the game.