/* Eliot                                                                     */
/* Copyright (C) 1999  Antoine Fraboulet                                     */
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/**
 *  \file   history.h
 *  \brief  Game history system
 *  \author Antoine Fraboulet
 *  \date   2005
 */

#ifndef _HISTORY_H
#define _HISTORY_H

#include <vector>

class Turn;
class PlayedRack;
class Round;

/**
 * History stores all the turns that have been played
 * This class is used many times in the game
 *  - one for the complete game
 *  - one for each of the players
 *
 * A History is never empty (getSize() can be used as the is the current turn
 * number for the complete game history). The top of the history is an empty
 * Turn until it has been filled and game is up to a new round.
 * 
 * getCurrentRack() can/should be used to store the current played rack. 
 * setCurrentRack must be called whenever the current played rack is
 * modified.
 * 
 * History owns the turns that it stores. Do not delete a turn referenced by History
 */

class History
{
 public:
    History();
    virtual ~History();

    /// get the size of the history
    int               getSize() const;

    /// Get the (possibly incomplete) rack
    const PlayedRack& getCurrentRack() const;

    /// Set the current rack
    void              setCurrentRack(const PlayedRack &iPld);

    /// Get the previous turn
    const Turn&       getPreviousTurn() const;

    /// Get turn 'n'
    const Turn&       getTurn(unsigned int) const;

    /// Update the "history" with the given round and complete the turn.
    /// A new turn is created with the remaining letters in the rack
    void playRound(int player, int turn, const Round& round);

    /// Remove last turn
    void removeLastTurn();

    /// String handling
    std::string toString() const;

 private:
    std::vector < Turn* > m_history;
};

#endif


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