wcg.games

Class GameFactory

java.lang.Object

wcg.games.GameFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

AbstractGameFactory

public class GameFactory
extends java.lang.Object
implements AbstractGameFactory

Concrete participant of the Factory design pattern. Is provides a list of available game names and produces a GameMaster from a valid name. It currently supports only w games: WAR and HEARTS.

Author:

José Paulo Leal jpleal@fc.up.pt

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GameFactory()

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.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GameFactory

public GameFactory()

Method Detail

getAvailableGames

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

Description copied from interface: AbstractGameFactory

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

Specified by:

getAvailableGames in interface AbstractGameFactory

Returns:

list of game names.

makeGameMaster

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

Description copied from interface: AbstractGameFactory

A specialization of GameMaster for the given game name.

Specified by:

makeGameMaster in interface AbstractGameFactory

Parameters:

name - of game

Returns:

game master

Throws:

CardGameException - if given game name is not supported.