edu.cuny.cat.server
Class ClockController

java.lang.Object
  edu.cuny.cat.server.ClockController

All Implemented Interfaces:

AuctionEventListener

Direct Known Subclasses:

AutoClockController, EventBasedClockController, SynchronousClockController

public abstract class ClockController
extends java.lang.Object
implements AuctionEventListener

A clock controller controls the game clock. The game controller hands over the control to a clock control after a game is initialized. It is abstract because it is left to child classes to determine when stop() will is called.

Version:

$Revision: 1.4 $

Author:

Jinzhong Niu

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

P_DEF_BASE

Constructor Summary

ClockController()

Method Summary

void	eventOccurred(AuctionEvent event)
protected void	pauseClock()
protected void	quitGame()
protected void	resumeClock()
void	start() starts the game clock, or asks an external source to decide when to start.
protected void	startClock()
void	stop() stops the game clock.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

P_DEF_BASE

public static final java.lang.String P_DEF_BASE

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ClockController

public ClockController()

Method Detail

eventOccurred

public void eventOccurred(AuctionEvent event)

Specified by:

eventOccurred in interface AuctionEventListener

start

public void start()

starts the game clock, or asks an external source to decide when to start.

stop

public void stop()

stops the game clock. When this method will be called is up to the child class that extends this class.

startClock

protected void startClock()

pauseClock

protected void pauseClock()

resumeClock

protected void resumeClock()

quitGame

protected void quitGame()

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object