Interface PuzzleView

All Known Implementing Classes:

PuzzleApplet, PuzzleGui

public interface PuzzleView

The basic interface for a generic view of a PuzzleModel. Adding other methods here will force views to implement the methods

Method Summary

void	setEnabledUndo(boolean value) Enable/disable the undo move command.
void	showGrid(int[] list) Show a grid/board, where list is the values between 0 and size*size-1 representing locations of square-elements.
void	showText(java.lang.String text) Shows text in some view-specific way, e.g., in a textfield for information.

Method Detail

showText

public void showText(java.lang.String text)

Shows text in some view-specific way, e.g., in a textfield for information.

Parameters:

text - is the text to display

setEnabledUndo

public void setEnabledUndo(boolean value)

Enable/disable the undo move command. The controller should enable undo when undos are possible and disable undo when no moves have been made that are undoable

Parameters:

value - determines whether undo is enabled(true) or disabled (false)

showGrid

public void showGrid(int[] list)

Show a grid/board, where list is the values between 0 and size*size-1 representing locations of square-elements. If list[3] = 7 then square 7 is in location 3 (zero/first row, column 3 if there are more than 3 elements per side.

Parameters:

list - is the elements to be shown