eliot/game/move.h

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#ifndef MOVE_H_
#define MOVE_H_

#include <string>

#include "round.h"
#include "logging.h"

class PlayedRack;
using std::wstring;


/**
 * A Move is what a player can do during the game:
 *  - play a valid word
 *  - play an invalid or misplaced word
 *  - pass the turn (freegame only)
 *  - change letters (freegame only)
 *  - play nothing (timeout, for example)
 *
 * Moves are useful to record what happened, even if the board doesn't keep
 * a trace of the move (e.g.: an invalid move which was rejected will still
 * be remembered in the player history).
 */
class Move
{
    DEFINE_LOGGER();

    public:
        /**
         * Default constructor, corresponding to no move
         */
        Move();

        /**
         * Constructor taking a (valid) round
         */
        explicit Move(const Round &iRound);

        /**
         * Constructor taking a word and its coordinates, corresponding
         * to an invalid move by the player (invalid word, invalid coordinates,
         * letters not corresponding to the rack, ...)
         * Note: the invalid word must be given in the display form.
         */
        Move(const wstring &iWord, const wstring &iCoord);

        /**
         * Constructor taking letters to change.
         * An empty string means that the player simply passes without
         * changing any letter.
         * The given letters must have been already validated for correctness.
         */
        Move(const wstring &iLetters);

        enum Type
        {
            VALID_ROUND,
            INVALID_WORD,
            PASS,
            CHANGE_LETTERS,
            NO_MOVE,
        };

        /// Return the type of move
        Type getType() const { return m_type; }

        /// Get the score of this move (0 unless the round is valid)
        int getScore() const { return m_score; }

        /**
         * Return the round associated with the move, or throw an exception
         * if this move was not constructed from a valid round
         */
        const Round & getRound() const;

        /**
         * Return the word played at this move associated with the move, or
         * throw an exception if this move was not constructed from an invalid
         * pair (word, coord)
         */
        const wstring & getBadWord() const;

        /**
         * Return the coordinates of the (incorrect) word played at this move,
         * or throw an exception if this move was not constructed from an
         * invalid pair (cord, coord)
         */
        const wstring & getBadCoord() const;

        /**
         * Return the changed letters (possibly an empty string if the player
         * simply wanted to pass the turn), or throw an exception if this move
         * does not correspond to a passed turn
         */
        const wstring & getChangedLetters() const;

        /**
         * Return the rack obtained from the given one, after playing the
         * given move.
         * The move is supposed to be possible for the given rack.
         */
        static PlayedRack ComputeRackForMove(const PlayedRack &iOldRack,
                                             const Move &iMove);

        /// To help debugging
        wstring toString() const;

    private:
        /// Type of move
        Type m_type;

        /// Score associated with this move
        int m_score;

        /// Round played at this turn
        Round m_round;

        /// Word played (incorrectly)
        wstring m_word;

        /// Coordinates of the word played (incorrectly)
        wstring m_coord;

        /// Changed letters (or empty string for passed turn)
        wstring m_letters;
};

#endif