Interface MancalaPlayer

All Known Implementing Classes:

HumanMancalaPlayer, SimpleMancalaPlayer

public interface MancalaPlayer

Interface for a MancalaPlayer object that, given a MancalaNode and milliseconds remaining in the game, returns a legal move integer.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	chooseMove(MancalaNode node, long timeRemaining) chooseMove - This is where your code takes over as a MancalaPlayer.

Method Detail

chooseMove

int chooseMove(MancalaNode node,
               long timeRemaining)

chooseMove - This is where your code takes over as a MancalaPlayer. You must implement this method. See ScoreDiffMancalaNode for an example implementation with minimax. You are given the current game node and the time remaining (in milliseconds). You are to return a legal move integer. Your game clock runs until you return your legal move, so budget your time well. You can need to first create a new node of your own type (say UniqueIDMancalaNode), and have your entire search work with your own node types and thus your own evaluation function.

Parameters:

node - a MancalaNode value - the node to choose a move from

timeRemaining - a long value - your entire game time remaining in milliseconds. If your time runs out, you lose.

Returns:

an int value - the encoding of the legal move to take at the current node