ictk.boardgame.ui
Interface BoardDisplay

All Superinterfaces:

BoardListener, java.util.EventListener

All Known Subinterfaces:

CLIBoardDisplay, CLIChessBoardDisplay

All Known Implementing Classes:

TxChessBoardDisplay

public interface BoardDisplay

extends BoardListener

This is a visual representation of a board. The interface can be extended by both GUI (Graphic) and CLI (command line) classes.

Method Summary

Board	getBoard() returns the Board that this Display is using as a model.
void	setBoard(Board board) set the Board that this Display will use as a model.
void	update() this refreshes the board display.

Methods inherited from interface ictk.boardgame.BoardListener

boardUpdate

Method Detail

setBoard

public void setBoard(Board board)

set the Board that this Display will use as a model.

getBoard

public Board getBoard()

returns the Board that this Display is using as a model.

update

public void update()

this refreshes the board display. Depending on what kind of display the implementing class is, this might do any number of different things from printing a board to System.out in the case of a CLI or refreshing the screen in the case of a GUI.