ks.client.gamefactory
Class GameFactory

java.lang.Object
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public class GameFactory

extends java.lang.Object

Factory for creating Solitaire Game objects on demand.

Ultimately, this will be extended to create solitaire games directly from a Jar file, instead of by name.

Creation date: (10/16/01 9:47:57 PM)

Field Summary

protected java.util.Vector	provided provided set of interfaces.
protected java.util.Vector	required required set of interfaces.

Constructor Summary

GameFactory()
Empty GameFactory constructor needed for Block components.

Method Summary

boolean	activate() Nothing to do here, really.
boolean	connect(IBlock block, java.lang.String interfaceName)
void	customize(java.util.Hashtable properties)
void	deactivate() Nothing to do here.
Solitaire	generateGame(java.lang.String type) Given a game Type, this generates a Solitaire object for it.
ITableGUI	generateWindow(java.lang.String userName, Table tbl, Solitaire theGame) Return the working TableGUI entity seen by the users when playing
java.lang.String	getEntry(java.lang.String dirName, java.lang.String pluginName) Delegate to factory.
java.util.Enumeration	getProvided() We expose ProcessCommand interface.
java.util.Enumeration	getRequired() We expose ProcessCommand and IOutput required interfaces.
java.util.Enumeration	plugins(java.lang.String dirName) Delegate to factory.
void	registerPlugin(java.lang.String dirName, java.lang.String pluginName) Delegate to factory.
void	removePluginList(java.lang.String dirName, java.lang.String pluginName) Delegate to factory.
void	setEntry(java.lang.String dirName, java.lang.String pluginName, java.lang.String string) Delegate to factory.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

provided

protected java.util.Vector provided

provided set of interfaces.

required

protected java.util.Vector required

required set of interfaces.

Constructor Detail

GameFactory

public GameFactory()

Empty GameFactory constructor needed for Block components.

Method Detail

generateGame

public Solitaire generateGame(java.lang.String type)

Given a game Type, this generates a Solitaire object for it.

Should work under both jdk1.2 and 1.3 Creation date: (10/16/01 9:48:40 PM)

Parameters:

type - java.lang.String

Returns:

ks.games.Solitaire

customize

public void customize(java.util.Hashtable properties)
               throws java.lang.Exception

java.lang.Exception

activate

public boolean activate()
                 throws java.lang.Exception

Nothing to do here, really.

java.lang.Exception

See Also:

edu.wpi.cs.cs509.cmi.interfaces.IBlock#activate()

connect

public boolean connect(IBlock block,
                       java.lang.String interfaceName)
                throws java.lang.Exception

java.lang.Exception

deactivate

public void deactivate()
                throws java.lang.Exception

Nothing to do here.

java.lang.Exception

See Also:

edu.wpi.cs.cs509.cmi.interfaces.IBlock#deactivate()

getProvided

public java.util.Enumeration getProvided()

We expose ProcessCommand interface.

See Also:

edu.wpi.cs.cs509.cmi.interfaces.IBlock#getProvided()

getRequired

public java.util.Enumeration getRequired()

We expose ProcessCommand and IOutput required interfaces.

See Also:

edu.wpi.cs.cs509.cmi.interfaces.IBlock#getRequired()

registerPlugin

public void registerPlugin(java.lang.String dirName,
                           java.lang.String pluginName)

Delegate to factory.

setEntry

public void setEntry(java.lang.String dirName,
                     java.lang.String pluginName,
                     java.lang.String string)

Delegate to factory.

getEntry

public java.lang.String getEntry(java.lang.String dirName,
                                 java.lang.String pluginName)

Delegate to factory.

removePluginList

public void removePluginList(java.lang.String dirName,
                             java.lang.String pluginName)

Delegate to factory.

plugins

public java.util.Enumeration plugins(java.lang.String dirName)

Delegate to factory.

generateWindow

public ITableGUI generateWindow(java.lang.String userName,
                                Table tbl,
                                Solitaire theGame)

Return the working TableGUI entity seen by the users when playing