Chapter 12, Problem 5PP

Program Plan Intro

  A tic-tac-toe game

Program plan:

• In the file “Combination.java”, create a class “Combination”,
  • Declare and initialize necessary variables.
  • Define the constructor to construct a Combination object.
  • Define the method “equals()” to determine if the positions are equal.
  • Define the method “clone()” to clone an object.
  • Define the method “get()” to get the position.
  • Define the method “set()” to set the position.
  • Define the method “getWinner()” to get the winner.
  • Define the method “toString()” to get a string representation of the tictactoe board.
• In the file “Player.java”, create a class “Player”,
  • Declare the variable.
  • Define the method “setMarker()” to set the marker.
  • Define the method “getMarker()” to get the marker.
  • Define the method “gameOver()” to determine if the game is over.
  • Define the method “nextMove()” to get the next move.
• In the file “HumanPlayer.java”, create a class “HumanPlayer”,
  • Declare the “Scanner” variable.
  • Define the constructor to construct a HumanPlayer object.
  • Define the method “nextMove()” to get the next move.
• In the file “RandomPlayer.java”, import necessary package, and create a class “RandomPlayer”,
  • Define the constructor.
  • Define the method “nextMove()” to get the next move.
• In the file “SmartPlayer.java”, create a class “SmartPlayer”,
  • Define the constructor.
  • Define the method “nextMove()” to get the next move.
  • Define the method “gameOver()” to determine if game is over.
  • Define the method “isLoser()” to determine if the player is a loser.
• In the file “TicTacToe.java”, create a class “TicTacToe”,
  • Declare the variables.
  • Define the constructor.
  • Define the method “play()” to play the game.
  • Define the method “showcombination()” to show the combination of moves.
  • Define the method “markerString()” to mark the board.
• In the file “TicTacToeRunner.java”, import necessary packages, and create a class “TicTacToeRunner”,
  • Define the method “main()”,
  • Create “Scanner” object.
  • Create an object for required classes.
  • Execute for true,
    • Get the input command.
    • If the input command is “P”, play the game.
    • Otherwise, if the input command is “Q”, quit the game.