Package org.bitbrawl.foodfight.field

Interface Team

public interface Team

A team of players, and their associated information. Note that in matches of type MatchType.DUEL and MatchType.FREE_FOR_ALL, each team will contain a single player.

Author:

Finn

See Also:

Field

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Player	getPlayer(char symbol)	Gets the player on this team with the given identifying symbol.
Set<Player>	getPlayers()	Gets the set of all players on this team.
Score	getScore()	Gets this team's score.
char	getSymbol()	Gets the symbol that uniquely identifies this team.
Table	getTable()	Gets the table that scores points for this team.

Method Detail

getSymbol

char getSymbol()

Gets the symbol that uniquely identifies this team. This will always be a capital letter, and will not change over the course of a match.

Returns:

the character that uniquely identifies this team

getPlayers

Set<Player> getPlayers()

Gets the set of all players on this team. This set is unmodifiable, and will not change over the course of a match.

Returns:

the set of all players who are playing on this team

getPlayer

Player getPlayer(char symbol)

Gets the player on this team with the given identifying symbol. That is, for the player returned, Player.getSymbol() will return the symbol passed into this method. If no such player exists, null is returned.

Parameters:

symbol - the desired identifying symbol

Returns:

the player identified by that symbol

getTable

Table getTable()

Gets the table that scores points for this team. Any food on this table will earn points for the corresponding team.

Returns:

this team's table

getScore

Score getScore()

Gets this team's score. To determine which points-earning events occurred on a turn, a controller can check for changes to a team's score. Note that the score does not keep track of which player on the team earned the points, only that someone on the team did.

Returns:

the team's score