A class for constructing new chess players. More...

#include <playerbuilder.h>

Inheritance diagram for PlayerBuilder:

Public Member Functions
virtual ChessPlayer *	create (QObject receiver, const char method, QObject parent, QString error) const =0
virtual bool	isHuman () const =0
QString	name () const
	PlayerBuilder (const QString &name)
void	setName (const QString &name)
virtual	~PlayerBuilder ()

Detailed Description

A class for constructing new chess players.

PlayerBuilder's subclasses can create all types of chess players. This class enables a GameManager object to take control of constructing, reusing and deleting players, and running multiple games concurrently, which requires multiple instances of the same players.

See also: GameManager

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ PlayerBuilder()

PlayerBuilder::PlayerBuilder ( const QString & name )

Creates a new player builder with name name.

◆ ~PlayerBuilder()

PlayerBuilder::~PlayerBuilder ( )

virtual

Destroys the player builder.

Member Function Documentation

◆ create()

virtual ChessPlayer * PlayerBuilder::create	(	QObject *	receiver,
		const char *	method,
		QObject *	parent,
		QString *	error ) const

pure virtual

Creates a new player and sets its parent to parent.

Parameters

receiver	The receiver of the player's debugging messages.
method	The receiver's method the debugMessage(QString) signal will connect to.
parent	The player's parent object.
error	If an error occurs and error is not 0, the error description is written here.

Implemented in EngineBuilder, and HumanBuilder.

◆ isHuman()

virtual bool PlayerBuilder::isHuman ( ) const

pure virtual

Returns true if the builder is for a human player; otherwise returns false.

Implemented in EngineBuilder, and HumanBuilder.

◆ name()

QString PlayerBuilder::name ( ) const

Returns the player's name.

◆ setName()

void PlayerBuilder::setName ( const QString & name )

Sets the player's name to name.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

projects/lib/src/playerbuilder.h
projects/lib/src/playerbuilder.cpp

Public Member Functions