/*****************************************************************************
 * Copyright (C) 1999-2005 Eliot
 * Authors: Antoine Fraboulet <antoine.fraboulet@free.fr>
 *          Olivier Teuliere  <ipkiss@via.ecp.fr>
 *
 * $Id: results.h,v 1.4 2005/03/27 17:30:48 ipkiss Exp $
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#ifndef _RESULTS_H_
#define _RESULTS_H_

#include <vector>
#include "round.h"

using namespace std;

class Board;
class Rack;
typedef struct _Dictionary * Dictionary;


/**
 * This class allows to perform a search on the board for a given rack,
 * and it offers accessors to the resulting rounds.
 * The rounds are sorted by decreasing number of points (but there is no
 * other ordering between 2 rounds with the same number of points).
 */
class Results
{
public:
    Results() {}
    virtual ~Results() {}

    int size() const    { return m_rounds.size(); }
    void clear()        { m_rounds.clear(); }
    const Round & get(int) const;

    // Perform a search on the board
    void search(const Dictionary &iDic, Board &iBoard,
                const Rack &iRack, int iTurn);

    // FIXME: These methods are used to fill the container with the rounds,
    // but they should not be part of the public interface
    void sort();
    void add(const Round &iRound)   { m_rounds.push_back(iRound); }

private:
    vector<Round> m_rounds;
};

#endif