wcg.games

Interface AbstractGameFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

GameFactory

public interface AbstractGameFactory

Type of a class that produces specializations of GameMaster for particular games given their names. This type provides also a list of available game names.

Abstract component of the Factory design pattern.

Author:

José Paulo Leal jpleal@fc.up.pt

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.List<java.lang.String>	getAvailableGames() A list of available game names.
GameMaster	makeGameMaster(java.lang.String name) A specialization of GameMaster for the given game name.

Method Detail

getAvailableGames

java.util.List<java.lang.String> getAvailableGames()

A list of available game names. Names of games should be all in capitals (e.g. HEARTS).

Returns:

list of game names.

makeGameMaster

GameMaster makeGameMaster(java.lang.String name)
                   throws CardGameException

A specialization of GameMaster for the given game name.

Parameters:

name - of game

Returns:

game master

Throws:

CardGameException - if given game name is not supported.