Package mastermind.core.solvers

Class MastermindSolver

java.lang.Object

mastermind.core.solvers.MastermindSolver

Direct Known Subclasses:

HumanSolver, MastermindAlgorithm

public abstract class MastermindSolver
extends Object

The ultimate base class, all solvers are derived from this class.

It defines a few utility methods that are common to all solvers.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MastermindSolver()	Default constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	getAttempts()	Retrieves the number of attempts made by the solver.
protected boolean	hasExceededMaxGuesses()	Whether the solver guesses the code within Mastermind.MAX_GUESSES.
protected boolean	isInitialGuess()	Whether the guess the solver will make is its first ever guess

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

MastermindSolver

public MastermindSolver()

Default constructor.

Method Details

getAttempts

public int getAttempts()

Retrieves the number of attempts made by the solver.

Returns:

the current number of attempts

hasExceededMaxGuesses

protected boolean hasExceededMaxGuesses()

Whether the solver guesses the code within Mastermind.MAX_GUESSES.

To ensure hasExceededMaxGuesses checks the losing status correctly, the method must be called by both MastermindAlgorithm.guess() and MastermindAlgorithm.guess(Response).

Returns:

true if the solver fails to guess the code, and false otherwise

isInitialGuess

protected boolean isInitialGuess()

Whether the guess the solver will make is its first ever guess

Returns:

true if the solver will make its first guess, false otherwise