eliot/dic/tile.h

/*****************************************************************************
 * Eliot
 * Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Olivier Teulière & Antoine Fraboulet
 * Authors: Olivier Teulière <ipkiss @@ gmail.com>
 *          Antoine Fraboulet <antoine.fraboulet @@ free.fr>
 *
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 *****************************************************************************/

#ifndef _TILE_H_
#define _TILE_H_

#include <list>
#include <vector>

using namespace std;

class Header;


/*************************
 * A Tile is the internal representation
 * used within the game library to
 * handle letters
 *************************/

class Tile
{
    friend class Dictionary;
public:

    // a lowercase character is always a joker
    // - this permits to detect joker in already played games
    // - we need to pay attention when inserting characters taken
    //   from user input

    Tile(wchar_t c = kTILE_DUMMY);

    bool isEmpty() const        { return m_char == kTILE_DUMMY; }
    bool isJoker() const        { return m_joker; }
    bool isPureJoker() const    { return m_char == kTILE_JOKER; }
    bool isVowel() const;
    bool isConsonant() const;
    unsigned int maxNumber() const;
    unsigned int getPoints() const;
    wchar_t toChar() const;
    unsigned int toCode() const;

    static const Tile &Joker()  { return m_TheJoker; }

    bool operator <(const Tile &iOther) const;
    bool operator ==(const Tile &iOther) const;
    bool operator !=(const Tile &iOther) const;

private:
    wchar_t m_char;
    bool m_joker;

    /**
     * Internal code, used in the dictionary to represent the letter.
     * It is mainly used by the Cross class.
     */
    int m_code;

    static const wchar_t kTILE_DUMMY = L'%';
    static const wchar_t kTILE_JOKER = L'?';

    // Special tiles are declared static
    static Tile m_TheJoker;

    /// Dictionary header
    static const Header *m_header;

    /// Update the dictionary header
    static void SetHeader(const Header &iHeader) { m_header = &iHeader; }
};

#endif