ConnectFour Class Reference

#include <ConnectFour.h>

Inheritance diagram for ConnectFour:

Public Member Functions
	ConnectFour ()
	~ConnectFour ()
	Deconstructor for Connect Four. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from Game
	Game (const int amountOfPlayers, const int columns, const int rows)
virtual	~Game ()
virtual void	start ()

Private Member Functions
bool	isLegal (const Square &current, int yOffset, int xOffset) const
	Function to test if the next square is legal. More...
bool	getMove ()
int	getPoint (const string message, const int range) const
	Prompts with message to get a point between 0 and range. More...
void	drawScreen () const
	Prints out the board and all the players pieces. More...
int	isOver ()
	Overloaded function to to return weather or not the game is over. More...
int	isOver (const Square &current) const
bool	isDraw () const
	Functions to test if the game has ended in a draw. More...
bool	fourInRow (const Square &current) const
bool	executeMove (int x)
int	checkNext (const Square &next, int yOffset, int xOffset) const
int	getOpposition () const
	Returns the opposition. More...

Private Attributes
int	state
	Int to store the current state of the game. More...
vector< int >	columnHeight
	Vector to hold how much pieces lie in each column. More...

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Member Functions inherited from Game
void	clearScreen () const
	Clears the terminal window. More...
Protected Attributes inherited from Game
int	currentPlayer
	Holds the position in the players array of the current player. More...
Player **	players
	Holds all of the games players. More...
Square **	grid
	Holds all of the squares that makes up the games grid. More...
const int	amountOfPlayers
	Holds the length of the players array. More...
const int	columns
	Holds the amount of columns within the grid. More...
const int	rows
	Holds the amount of rows within the grid. More...

Detailed Description

ConnectFour Game.

Author

Darren Brogan

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

ConnectFour::ConnectFour

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ConnectFour::~ConnectFour

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Deconstructor for Connect Four.

Member Function Documentation

int ConnectFour::checkNext ( const Square &  current, int  yOffset, int  xOffset  ) const

private

Recursive function to check the next square to see if it has a piece to see if it's owned by current player.

void ConnectFour::drawScreen ( ) const

privatevirtual

Prints out the board and all the players pieces.

Implements Game.

bool ConnectFour::executeMove ( int  x )

private

Function to take an int representing a column and move a piece to the next available slot in that column.

bool ConnectFour::fourInRow ( const Square &  current ) const

private

Function to get the max amount of pieces in a line around the piece added returns weather or not the number is greater than 3, signifying a win.

bool ConnectFour::getMove ( )

privatevirtual

Function to request a move from the user and read it in Pass move to executeMove().

Implements Game.

int ConnectFour::getOpposition ( ) const

private

Returns the opposition.

int ConnectFour::getPoint ( const string  message, const int  range  ) const

private

Prompts with message to get a point between 0 and range.

bool ConnectFour::isDraw ( ) const

private

Functions to test if the game has ended in a draw.

bool ConnectFour::isLegal ( const Square &  current, int  yOffset, int  xOffset  ) const

private

Function to test if the next square is legal.

int ConnectFour::isOver ( )

privatevirtual

Overloaded function to to return weather or not the game is over.

Implements Game.

int ConnectFour::isOver ( const Square &  current ) const

private

Member Data Documentation

vector<int> ConnectFour::columnHeight

private

Vector to hold how much pieces lie in each column.

int ConnectFour::state

private

Int to store the current state of the game.

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

• ConnectFour.h
• ConnectFour.cpp