becker.xtras.jotto
Class SampleHintWithAllLetters

java.lang.Object
  becker.xtras.jotto.Hint
      becker.xtras.jotto.SampleHintWithAllLetters

All Implemented Interfaces:

IWordPredicate

public class SampleHintWithAllLetters
extends Hint

Provide a hint consisting of words that contain all of the letters specified by the user.

Author:

Byron Weber Becker

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class becker.xtras.jotto.Hint

DIFFICULTY, GUESSES, LETTER, LETTERS, NONE

Constructor Summary

SampleHintWithAllLetters()

Method Summary

Word[]	getHintWords(int maxDesired, IHintData hintData) Get the words to display as the hint.
boolean	isOK(Word w) Override this method to specify whether or not the Word w is an acceptable answer for this hint.

Methods inherited from class becker.xtras.jotto.Hint

getArgumentType, getDescription, main

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SampleHintWithAllLetters

public SampleHintWithAllLetters()

Method Detail

isOK

public boolean isOK(Word w)

Description copied from class: Hint

Override this method to specify whether or not the Word w is an acceptable answer for this hint.

Specified by:

isOK in interface IWordPredicate

Specified by:

isOK in class Hint

Parameters:

w - The word to test.

Returns:

true if the word should be included in the hint's answer; false otherwise.

getHintWords

public Word[] getHintWords(int maxDesired,
                           IHintData hintData)

Description copied from class: Hint

Get the words to display as the hint.

Specified by:

getHintWords in class Hint

Returns:

the words in the list of known words that satisfies the isOK method.