NAME
Games::Euchre::Player - Player class for Euchre card game
DESCRIPTION
The four Player objects are used to interact with the humand and computer players, as well as to keep the state of the players hand, whether he bid and whether he went alone.
CLASS METHODS
INSTANCE METHODS
- getGame
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Return the Euchre game instance to which this player belongs.
- setTeam TEAM
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Record the Team instance that this player belongs to.
- getTeam
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Return the Team instance to which this player belongs.
- setAI AI
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Record the AI instance for this player.
- getAI
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Return the AI instance for this player.
- setAlone
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Indicate that this player has chosen to go alone in the current hand.
- setBid
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Indicate that this player has chosen to choose trump in the current hand.
- wentAlone
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Returns a boolean indicating whether this player chose to go alone on a bid.
- isBidder
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Returns a boolean indicating whether this player called the trump suit during bidding.
- getName
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Return this player's name
- getNumber
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Return this player's number, between 1 and 4
- getHand
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Return the Games::Cards::Hand object representing this player's current hand.
- getCards
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Return an array of the Games::Cards::Card objects held in the player's hand.
- resetGame
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Clear all of the state for the current game and get ready for the next one.
- resetHand
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Clear all of the state for the current hand and get ready for the next one.
- bid TURN
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Allow the player to choose trump or pass. Returns one of: H, C, D, S, N, HA, CA, DA, SA, NA, or undef. If the player has an AI instance set, that is invoked. Otherwise a pathetically simple AI decides the bid.
- pickItUp
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Allow the player, as dealer, to select which card to trade for the turned up card. This method performs the actual trade. If the player has an AI instance set, that is invoked. Otherwise a pathetically simple AI chooses the card.
- playCard TRICK
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Allow the player to select which card to play on the current trick. This method performs the actual play. If the player has an AI instance set, that is invoked. Otherwise a pathetically simple AI chooses the card.
- isLegalBid TURNNUMBER BID
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Given a bid, return a boolean indicating the validity of that bid. The bid is tested for structure (one of H, C, D, S, N, HA, CA, DA, SA, NA, or undef), tested against the bidding round (only the turned-up card suit can be called in round 1 , and may not be called in round 2), against the game options (hang-the-dealer, no-trump).
This is called from the bid() method.
SEE ALSO
Games::Euchre
LICENSE
GNU Public License, version 2
AUTHOR
Chris Dolan, chrisdolan@users.sourceforge.net