com.antelmann.game.chess
Class ChessPlayer

java.lang.Object
  com.antelmann.game.TemplatePlayer
      com.antelmann.game.chess.ChessPlayer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Player, Serializable

public class ChessPlayer
extends TemplatePlayer

provides AI for a ChessGame - unfortunately, it's still a dumb player

Author:

Holger Antelmann

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.antelmann.game.TemplatePlayer

TemplatePlayer.MoveEvaluater, TemplatePlayer.Synchronizer

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.antelmann.game.TemplatePlayer

levelOverride, monitors, orderMoves, playerName, SEARCH_ALPHABETA, SEARCH_MINMAX, searchOption

Constructor Summary

ChessPlayer()

ChessPlayer(String name)

ChessPlayer(String name, int searchOption, boolean enableTracking)

ChessPlayer(String name, int searchOption, boolean enableTracking, long randomSeed)

Method Summary

boolean	canPlayGame(GamePlay game) canPlayGame() returns true only if the Player provides an applicable heuristic for the type of game given.
int	getPieceValue(com.antelmann.game.chess.ChessPiece piece)
double	heuristic(GamePlay game, GameMove move, int[] role) this heuristic still needs some major work; it only looks at piece value at this point
void	setRandomSeed(long seed) if seed = 0, randomization is disabled
String	toString() overridden to return some information about the player

Methods inherited from class com.antelmann.game.TemplatePlayer

disableTracking, enableTracking, evaluate, evaluate, getlevelOverride, getMonitors, getOrderMoves, getPlayerName, getSearchOption, numberOfPositionsSearched, numberOfRequests, performanceRatio, pruneMove, selectMove, setlevelOverride, setOrderMoves, setPlayerName, setSearchOption, setTracking, statsAsString, totalTimeTaken, trackingEnabled

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ChessPlayer

public ChessPlayer()

ChessPlayer

public ChessPlayer(String name)

ChessPlayer

public ChessPlayer(String name,
                   int searchOption,
                   boolean enableTracking)

ChessPlayer

public ChessPlayer(String name,
                   int searchOption,
                   boolean enableTracking,
                   long randomSeed)

Method Detail

canPlayGame

public boolean canPlayGame(GamePlay game)

Description copied from interface: Player

canPlayGame() returns true only if the Player provides an applicable heuristic for the type of game given. This way, a player can control whether it can a game.

 //Example:
 if (game instanceof MyGameClass) return true; else return false;
 // or:
 if (game.getClass() == myFavoriteGame.getClass()) return true; else return false;
 

setRandomSeed

public void setRandomSeed(long seed)

if seed = 0, randomization is disabled

heuristic

public double heuristic(GamePlay game,
                        GameMove move,
                        int[] role)

this heuristic still needs some major work; it only looks at piece value at this point

See Also:

TemplatePlayer

getPieceValue

public int getPieceValue(com.antelmann.game.chess.ChessPiece piece)

toString

public String toString()

Description copied from class: TemplatePlayer

overridden to return some information about the player

Overrides:

toString in class TemplatePlayer