becker.xtras.jotto
Class SampleHintWithSomeLetters

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

IWordPredicate

public class SampleHintWithSomeLetters
extends Hint

Provide a hint consisting of words that contain some 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

SampleHintWithSomeLetters(int numLetters)
Construct the int object.

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

SampleHintWithSomeLetters

public SampleHintWithSomeLetters(int numLetters)

Construct the int object.

Parameters:

numLetters - The minimum number of letters from the set specified by the user that must be contained in the word.

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.