dd.util
Interface FishbanksConstants

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FishbanksSupport

public interface FishbanksConstants

Contains useful constants for the Fishbanks game. FishbanksConstants is a helper interface that contains a bunch of static constants, mostly keys that refer to attribute names. The reason for this interface is so that a class can implement the interface and automatically get at the constants. (This is something of an abuse of interfaces, but it works and simplifies the code).

These constants should be used rather than strings for attribute and layer names so that the names can change without requiring major changes throughout the code. It avoids the hard-coding of attribute names.

Author:

Eric Scharff

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	BOAT Attribute key for a cell or layer's boat.
static java.lang.String	COASTAL_WATERS Name of the coastal waters layer.
static java.lang.String	DEEP_OCEAN Name of the deep ocean layer.
static java.lang.String	HARBOR Name of the harbor layer.
static java.lang.String	LAND The attribute value for land type if the current cell represents land or water.
static java.lang.String	TYPE Attribute key for a cell's type.

Field Detail

LAND

public static final java.lang.String LAND

The attribute value for land type if the current cell represents land or water. This is only used to determine what a cell may contain.

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TYPE

public static final java.lang.String TYPE

Attribute key for a cell's type. This key can be used to determine what a cell contains (such as LAND).

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BOAT

public static final java.lang.String BOAT

Attribute key for a cell or layer's boat. This key is used to figure out if there is a boat in a cell. The value retruned by this key is an integer (the team number) who owns the boat, or -1 if there is no boat in this cell.

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DEEP_OCEAN

public static final java.lang.String DEEP_OCEAN

Name of the deep ocean layer.

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COASTAL_WATERS

public static final java.lang.String COASTAL_WATERS

Name of the coastal waters layer.

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HARBOR

public static final java.lang.String HARBOR

Name of the harbor layer.

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