becker.xtras.jotto
Class SampleGuessEvaluator

java.lang.Object
  becker.xtras.jotto.SampleGuessEvaluator

All Implemented Interfaces:

IGuessEvaluator

public final class SampleGuessEvaluator
extends Object
implements IGuessEvaluator

A sample implementation of the guess evaluator. Students may write their own version to use in Jotto by implementing IGuessEvaluator.

Author:

Byron Weber Becker

Constructor Summary

SampleGuessEvaluator()
Construct a guess evaluator object

Method Summary

MatchCount	countMatches(String word1, String word2) Count the number of exact and partial matches in a pair of words.
static void	main(String[] args) Test the class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SampleGuessEvaluator

public SampleGuessEvaluator()

Construct a guess evaluator object

Method Detail

countMatches

public MatchCount countMatches(String word1,
                               String word2)

Description copied from interface: IGuessEvaluator

Count the number of exact and partial matches in a pair of words.

Specified by:

countMatches in interface IGuessEvaluator

Parameters:

word1 - one of the words to compare

word2 - the other word to compare

Returns:

an object containing the number of exact and partial matches

main

public static void main(String[] args)

Test the class.