Class games.Battle.shared.comm.TurnDiff 
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Class games.Battle.shared.comm.TurnDiff 

java.lang.Object
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   +----games.Battle.shared.comm.BattlePacket
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           +----games.Battle.shared.comm.TurnDiff
public class TurnDiff
extends BattlePacket
A TurnDiff is a delta of the game board sent to every player on every "iteration" of the game. It only contains the differences in the game board that are the result of this turn to help keep transmission costs to a minimum.

Variable Index

o GAMEOVER
GAMEOVER is the used to say hasta la vista, baby.
o NORMAL
NORMAL is the usual tag placed on a turndiff.
o board
the board.
o player
the player whose point of view this turndiff is from.

Constructor Index

o TurnDiff(Board, int)
Constructor which indicates which game board this TurnDiff is going to be reading/writing to, and which player in the game the diff is being constructed for.
o TurnDiff(Board, int, byte)
Constructor which indicates which game board this TurnDiff is going to be reading/writing to, and which player in the game the diff is being constructed for.

Method Index

o asciiDump(byte[])
Debugging output
o fromBytes(byte[])
Build a turn diff based on the data inside the given array of bytes
o getTag()
return the tag associated with this turn diff.
o makeBytes()
Produce an array of bytes representing the turn diff.
o toBytes()
return the bytes for the turn diff.

Variables

o board 
  protected Board board
the board.
o player 
  protected int player
the player whose point of view this turndiff is from.
o NORMAL 
  public final static byte NORMAL
NORMAL is the usual tag placed on a turndiff.
o GAMEOVER 
  public final static byte GAMEOVER
GAMEOVER is the used to say hasta la vista, baby.

Constructors

o TurnDiff 
  public TurnDiff(Board board,
                  int player)
Constructor which indicates which game board this TurnDiff is going to be reading/writing to, and which player in the game the diff is being constructed for.
Parameters:
board - the board the turn diff is representing
the - player the turn diff is representing
o TurnDiff 
  public TurnDiff(Board board,
                  int player,
                  byte tag)
Constructor which indicates which game board this TurnDiff is going to be reading/writing to, and which player in the game the diff is being constructed for. Also takes a tag, so that the server can indicate game over.
Parameters:
board - the board the turn diff is representing
player - the player the turn diff is representing
tag - the tag for game over or not

Methods

o getTag 
  public final byte getTag()
return the tag associated with this turn diff.
o makeBytes 
  public void makeBytes()
Produce an array of bytes representing the turn diff.
o toBytes 
  public byte[] toBytes()
return the bytes for the turn diff.
Overrides:
toBytes in class BattlePacket
o fromBytes 
  public void fromBytes(byte array[])
Build a turn diff based on the data inside the given array of bytes
Parameters:
array - the array of bytes
Overrides:
fromBytes in class BattlePacket
o asciiDump 
  public void asciiDump(byte array[])
Debugging output 
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