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Class tsadam.bowling.BowlingSolitaire

java.lang.Object
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One game of Bowling Solitaire (by Sid Sackson). The game is for one player and one line (ten frames) of bowling.

checkToPlayBallCard(): Checks to see if it is legal to play a ball card from the currently picked ball card pile.
checkToTogglePinPicked(int): Checks if it is legal to toggle the picked status of a specific pin.
gameOver(): Checks to see if the game is over.
getNumFallenPins(): Gets the current number of fallen pins.
getNumPickedPins(): Gets number of pins currently picked.
getPlayedCards(): Gets the array of the ranks played cards.
init(): Initializes the game of Bowling Solitaire.
pickPile(int): Picks a ball card pile.
pileEmpty(int): Returns whether a specific ball card pile is empty.
playBallCard(): Plays the currently picked ball card.
setPinPicked(int): Sets the specified pin's status to "picked".
throwBall(): Throws a ball.
togglePinPicked(int): Toggles the picked status of the specified pin.

BowlingSolitaire

 public BowlingSolitaire()

Constructs a game of Bowling Solitaire. The game contains a Bowling Score.

 public boolean checkToPlayBallCard()

Checks to see if it is legal to play a ball card from the currently picked ball card pile. (Checks that all game rules are followed.)

 public boolean checkToTogglePinPicked(int p)

Checks if it is legal to toggle the picked status of a specific pin.

Parameters:: p - The pin to check, numbered from 0 (0 = head pin, 9 = ten pin).
Returns:: true = it's o.k. to toggle the picked status; false = it's not o.k. to toggle the picked status.

 public boolean gameOver()

Checks to see if the game is over.

 public int getNumPickedPins()

Gets number of pins currently picked.

 public int getNumFallenPins()

Gets the current number of fallen pins.

 public int[] getPlayedCards()

Gets the array of the ranks played cards.

Returns:: array of the ranks of played cards, indexed 0 to 19. The ranks are in the lowest index positions, and the rest of the array is filled with -1. For example, if 17 cards have been played, the ranks will be in positions 0 through 16 and position 17 through 19 will contain -1.

init

 public void init()

Initializes the game of Bowling Solitaire. This is the "play again" method.

 public boolean pickPile(int p)

Picks a ball card pile.

Parameters:: p - pile to pick, numbered from 0.
Returns:: true = pile successfully picked; false = pile not successfully picked.

 public boolean pileEmpty(int p)

Returns whether a specific ball card pile is empty.

 public boolean playBallCard()

Plays the currently picked ball card. Checks first that it is legal to play the ball card.

Returns:: true = ball card successfully played; false = ball card not successfuelly played.
See Also:: checkToPlayBallCard

 public boolean setPinPicked(int p)

Sets the specified pin's status to "picked". First checks that it is legal to set the pin's status to "picked".

Parameters:: p - pin, numbered from 0 (0 = head pin, 9 = ten pin).
Returns:: true = pin's status succesfully set to "picked"; false = * true = pin's status not succesfully set to "picked".

 public int throwBall()

Throws a ball.

Returns:: current frame after ball has been thrown, numbered from 0 (0 = 1st frame). We count the balls thrown to fill a 10th frame mark as separate frames (10 = "frame" for filling a mark in the 10th, 11 = "frame" for filling two strikes in the 10th). -1 = end of game.

 public boolean togglePinPicked(int p)

Toggles the picked status of the specified pin.

Parameters:: p - pin, numbered from 0 (0 = head pin, 9 = ten pin).
Returns:: true = pin's picked status successfully toggled. false = pin's picked status not successfully toggled.

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