wcg.games.hearts

Class HeartsGameStrategy

java.lang.Object

wcg.games.hearts.HeartsGameStrategy

All Implemented Interfaces:

GamePlayingStrategy

public class HeartsGameStrategy
extends java.lang.Object
implements GamePlayingStrategy

A slightly better strategy to play HEARTS. (if compared with the HeartsGameSimpleStrategy).

• If bot is the first to play in turn, pick the suit with more cards to play and then pick the lowest card of than suit in hand.
• If there suit to follow and the no cards from that suit in hand then pick highest card from the suit with less cards to play.
• If the hand has cards from the suit to follow then try to pick the highest card smaller that the highest on table.
• If that is not possible play the highest card from the suit to follow

Author:

José Paulo Leal jpleal@fc.up.pt

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HeartsGameStrategy()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.List<Card>	pickCards(GameBot bot) Try to select a the highest or lowest card from a collections of valid cards, taking in consideration the round, the suit to follow, and the cards already played.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HeartsGameStrategy

public HeartsGameStrategy()

Method Detail

pickCards

public java.util.List<Card> pickCards(GameBot bot)

Try to select a the highest or lowest card from a collections of valid cards, taking in consideration the round, the suit to follow, and the cards already played.

Specified by:

pickCards in interface GamePlayingStrategy

Parameters:

bot - playing the cards

Returns:

cards to play