org.vizzini.game.search
Class AbstractTranspositionKeyCreator

java.lang.Object
  org.vizzini.game.search.AbstractTranspositionKeyCreator

All Implemented Interfaces:

ITranspositionKeyCreator

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultTranspositionKeyCreator, GridBoardTranspositionKeyCreator

public abstract class AbstractTranspositionKeyCreator
extends Object
implements ITranspositionKeyCreator

Provides base functionality for a transposition key creator.

Since:

v0.3

Version:

v0.3

Author:

Jeffrey M. Thompson

Constructor Summary

AbstractTranspositionKeyCreator()

Method Summary

protected String	createKeyFromTokens(IEnvironment environment) Create a transposition table key from the team and token names.
protected char	getFirstCharOrBlank(String string) Return the first charactor of the given string or a blank character if it is a null or empty string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.vizzini.game.search.ITranspositionKeyCreator

createKey

Constructor Detail

AbstractTranspositionKeyCreator

public AbstractTranspositionKeyCreator()

Method Detail

createKeyFromTokens

protected String createKeyFromTokens(IEnvironment environment)

Create a transposition table key from the team and token names.

Parameters:

environment - Environment.

Since:

v0.3

getFirstCharOrBlank

protected char getFirstCharOrBlank(String string)

Return the first charactor of the given string or a blank character if it is a null or empty string.

Parameters:

string - String.

Since:

v0.3