Package mastermind.core.solvers

Class MastermindAlgorithm

java.lang.Object

mastermind.core.solvers.MastermindSolver

mastermind.core.solvers.MastermindAlgorithm

Direct Known Subclasses:

DonaldKnuthAlgorithm, EasyAlgorithm, MediumAlgorithm

public abstract class MastermindAlgorithm
extends MastermindSolver

The standard interface for all algorithmic solvers.

It extends the MastermindSolver class and exposes 2 methods, guess() and guess(Response), representing first and subsequent guesses, respectively.

The GUI depends on above interface to communicate with the solver.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MastermindAlgorithm()	Default constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract Code	guess()	This is the first guess an algorithm will make.
abstract Tuple2<Status,Code>	guess(Response response)	Produces a new guess based on the provided response from the previous guess.

Methods inherited from class mastermind.core.solvers.MastermindSolver

getAttempts, hasExceededMaxGuesses, isInitialGuess

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

MastermindAlgorithm

public MastermindAlgorithm()

Default constructor.

Method Details

guess

public abstract Code guess()

This is the first guess an algorithm will make.

Returns:

The first guess as an instance of Code.

guess

public abstract Tuple2<Status,Code> guess(Response response)

Produces a new guess based on the provided response from the previous guess.

Parameters:

response - The feedback from the last guess.

Returns:

A Tuple2 containing the Status and the generated Code.