org.jscience.computing.game.chess
Class ChessPlayer

java.lang.Object
  org.jscience.computing.game.TemplatePlayer
      org.jscience.computing.game.chess.ChessPlayer

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Player

public class ChessPlayer
extends TemplatePlayer

provides AI for a ChessGame - unfortunately, it's still a dumb player

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.jscience.computing.game.TemplatePlayer

TemplatePlayer.MoveEvaluater, TemplatePlayer.Synchronizer

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.jscience.computing.game.TemplatePlayer

levelOverwrite, monitors, orderMoves, playerName, SEARCH_ALPHABETA, SEARCH_MINMAX, searchOption

Constructor Summary

ChessPlayer()
Creates a new ChessPlayer object.

ChessPlayer(java.lang.String name)
Creates a new ChessPlayer object.

ChessPlayer(java.lang.String name, int searchOption, boolean enableTracking)
Creates a new ChessPlayer object.

ChessPlayer(java.lang.String name, int searchOption, boolean enableTracking, long randomSeed)
Creates a new ChessPlayer object.

Method Summary

boolean	canPlayGame(GamePlay game) DOCUMENT ME!
int	getPieceValue(org.jscience.computing.game.chess.ChessPiece piece) DOCUMENT ME!
double	heuristic(GamePlay game, GameMove move, int[] role) this heuristic still needs some major work; it only looks at piece value at this point
void	setRandomSeed(long seed) if seed = 0, randomization is disabled
java.lang.String	toString() DOCUMENT ME!

Methods inherited from class org.jscience.computing.game.TemplatePlayer

disableTracking, enableTracking, evaluate, evaluate, getLevelOverwrite, getMonitors, getOrderMoves, getPlayerName, getSearchOption, numberOfPositionsSearched, numberOfRequests, performanceRatio, pruneMove, selectMove, setLevelOverwrite, setOrderMoves, setPlayerName, setSearchOption, setTracking, statsAsString, totalTimeTaken, trackingEnabled

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ChessPlayer

public ChessPlayer()

Creates a new ChessPlayer object.

ChessPlayer

public ChessPlayer(java.lang.String name)

Creates a new ChessPlayer object.

Parameters:

name - DOCUMENT ME!

ChessPlayer

public ChessPlayer(java.lang.String name,
                   int searchOption,
                   boolean enableTracking)

Creates a new ChessPlayer object.

Parameters:

name - DOCUMENT ME!

searchOption - DOCUMENT ME!

enableTracking - DOCUMENT ME!

ChessPlayer

public ChessPlayer(java.lang.String name,
                   int searchOption,
                   boolean enableTracking,
                   long randomSeed)

Creates a new ChessPlayer object.

Parameters:

name - DOCUMENT ME!

searchOption - DOCUMENT ME!

enableTracking - DOCUMENT ME!

randomSeed - DOCUMENT ME!

Method Detail

canPlayGame

public boolean canPlayGame(GamePlay game)

DOCUMENT ME!

Parameters:

game - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

DOCUMENT ME!

setRandomSeed

public void setRandomSeed(long seed)

if seed = 0, randomization is disabled

Parameters:

seed - DOCUMENT ME!

heuristic

public double heuristic(GamePlay game,
                        GameMove move,
                        int[] role)

this heuristic still needs some major work; it only looks at piece value at this point

Parameters:

game - DOCUMENT ME!

move - DOCUMENT ME!

role - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

DOCUMENT ME!

See Also:

TemplatePlayer

getPieceValue

public int getPieceValue(org.jscience.computing.game.chess.ChessPiece piece)

DOCUMENT ME!

Parameters:

piece - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

DOCUMENT ME!

Throws:

java.lang.Error - DOCUMENT ME!

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

DOCUMENT ME!

Overrides:

toString in class TemplatePlayer

Returns:

DOCUMENT ME!