Class ScrabbleBuilder

java.lang.Object
  ScrabbleBuilder

public class ScrabbleBuilder

extends java.lang.Object

This class builds the board and loads the letter set from the information loaded by Dictionary

Version:

2.0

Author:

3GP01 - Hardev Bhamra, Deepak Chandarana, James Tompkin

See Also:

Game, Dictionary, Board

Constructor Summary

ScrabbleBuilder()
ScrabbleBuilder, when invoked, collects the list of letters loaded by Dictionary.

Method Summary

java.util.List	getAlphabet()
static Square[][]	getBoard()
Letter	getLetter(char ascii)
Letter	getLetter(java.lang.String symbol)
java.util.List	getLetters()
static java.util.List	getPremiumSquares() Returns a List of all the premium squares on the board.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ScrabbleBuilder

public ScrabbleBuilder()

ScrabbleBuilder, when invoked, collects the list of letters loaded by Dictionary. These letter attributes are processed so that new Letters can be constructed, creating a letter set with which to play the game.

Method Detail

getAlphabet

public java.util.List getAlphabet()

getLetters

public java.util.List getLetters()

getLetter

public Letter getLetter(char ascii)

getLetter

public Letter getLetter(java.lang.String symbol)

getBoard

public static Square[][] getBoard()

getPremiumSquares

public static java.util.List getPremiumSquares()

Returns a List of all the premium squares on the board.

Returns:

List