s3games

Class Controller

java.lang.Object

s3games.Controller

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable, SwitchListener

public class Controller
extends java.lang.Object
implements SwitchListener, java.lang.Runnable

The Controller class is the main logic of the application. It holds one ControllerWindow which is the main menu and responds to the user actions by invoking the corresponding actions.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Controller() constructs and shows main window and the minimum agenda

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	controlRobot() opens a window that allows a direct robot arm control - can be used for finding the robot arm angles of individual positions on the field
java.lang.String[]	getGameNames() should return the list of available games, this should probably go to some external file (?)
java.lang.String[]	getHeuristicsForGame(java.lang.String strategyName) returns list of heuristics that are compatible with the specified strategy - also a place for improvement
java.lang.String[]	getLearnableStrategyTypesForGame(java.lang.String gameName) returns a list of strategies that can learn to play the specified game - improve...?
int	getNumberOfPlayersForGame(java.lang.String gameName) return the number of players for the specified game - should read the specs...fixit!
java.lang.String[]	getStrategiesForGame(java.lang.String gameName) returns list of strategies that can play the specified game, we should improve this architecture somehow later
int	learn(java.lang.String gameName, Player.boardType boardType, Player.playerType[] playerTypes, java.lang.String[] playerStrategies, java.lang.String[] strategyHeuristics, java.lang.String learnStrategyType, java.lang.String strategyFileName, int numberOfRuns) tries to learn to play a game - not yet in use
void	play(java.lang.String gameName, Player.boardType boardType, Player.playerType[] playerTypes, java.lang.String[] playerStrategies, java.lang.String[] strategyHeuristics, int numberOfRuns) starts a single game
void	run() a controller thread that plays all the games in this round - usually just one
void	switchChanged(boolean newState) called automatically when a game starts or stops

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Controller

public Controller()

constructs and shows main window and the minimum agenda

Method Detail

switchChanged

public void switchChanged(boolean newState)

called automatically when a game starts or stops

Specified by:

switchChanged in interface SwitchListener

getGameNames

public java.lang.String[] getGameNames()

should return the list of available games, this should probably go to some external file (?)

getStrategiesForGame

public java.lang.String[] getStrategiesForGame(java.lang.String gameName)

returns list of strategies that can play the specified game, we should improve this architecture somehow later

getHeuristicsForGame

public java.lang.String[] getHeuristicsForGame(java.lang.String strategyName)

returns list of heuristics that are compatible with the specified strategy - also a place for improvement

getLearnableStrategyTypesForGame

public java.lang.String[] getLearnableStrategyTypesForGame(java.lang.String gameName)

returns a list of strategies that can learn to play the specified game - improve...?

getNumberOfPlayersForGame

public int getNumberOfPlayersForGame(java.lang.String gameName)

return the number of players for the specified game - should read the specs...fixit!

play

public void play(java.lang.String gameName,
        Player.boardType boardType,
        Player.playerType[] playerTypes,
        java.lang.String[] playerStrategies,
        java.lang.String[] strategyHeuristics,
        int numberOfRuns)

starts a single game

Parameters:

gameName - name of the game to play

boardType - real or simulated

playerTypes - for each player whether it is a human or a computer

playerStrategies - only for computer players, name of strategy to use

strategyHeuristics - name of heuristic to use for each computer player

numberOfRuns - how many times to play this game (normally 1, but higher when running statistical runs)

run

public void run()

a controller thread that plays all the games in this round - usually just one

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

learn

public int learn(java.lang.String gameName,
        Player.boardType boardType,
        Player.playerType[] playerTypes,
        java.lang.String[] playerStrategies,
        java.lang.String[] strategyHeuristics,
        java.lang.String learnStrategyType,
        java.lang.String strategyFileName,
        int numberOfRuns)

tries to learn to play a game - not yet in use

Parameters:

gameName - name of the game to play

boardType - real or simulated

playerTypes - for each player whether it is a human or a computer

playerStrategies - only for computer players, name of strategy to use

strategyHeuristics - name of heuristic to use for computer players

strategyFileName - where should we save the learned strategy

numberOfRuns - how many times to play the game while learning

learnStrategyType - strategy that will be learned

Returns:

the number of player who won, 0 for draw/nobody, -1 if game was interrupted

controlRobot

public void controlRobot()

opens a window that allows a direct robot arm control - can be used for finding the robot arm angles of individual positions on the field