com.anji.tournament
Class DoubleEliminationTournament

java.lang.Object
  com.anji.tournament.DoubleEliminationTournament

All Implemented Interfaces:

Tournament, Configurable

public class DoubleEliminationTournament
extends java.lang.Object
implements Tournament, Configurable

Standard double elimination tournament, except players are re-seeded after every round. Also, in final round if losers bracket champ beats winners bracket champ, another game is played to determine champ.

Author:

Philip Tucker

Constructor Summary

DoubleEliminationTournament()
default ctor; init() should be called before using this object

DoubleEliminationTournament(Game aGame, ScoringWeights aWeights, java.util.Random aRand)
ctor Note: this object overrides aMatch countOpponentResults to true

Method Summary

void	addContestant(Player aContestant)
void	clearContestants() remove all contestants added via addContestant()
int	getMaxEliminationRounds() This isn't precise, but should be greater than or equal to the number of rounds in which players are eliminated from the lsoers bracket.
int	getMaxRounds() This isn't precise, but should be greater than or equal to the number of rounds.
int	getMaxScore()
int	getMinScore()
void	init(Properties props) Note: this object overrides aMatch countOpponentResults to true
java.util.List	playTournament() Play full tournament.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DoubleEliminationTournament

public DoubleEliminationTournament()

default ctor; init() should be called before using this object

DoubleEliminationTournament

public DoubleEliminationTournament(Game aGame,
                                   ScoringWeights aWeights,
                                   java.util.Random aRand)

ctor Note: this object overrides aMatch countOpponentResults to true

Parameters:

aGame -

aWeights -

aRand -

Method Detail

clearContestants

public void clearContestants()

Description copied from interface: Tournament

remove all contestants added via addContestant()

Specified by:

clearContestants in interface Tournament

See Also:

Tournament.clearContestants()

addContestant

public void addContestant(Player aContestant)

Specified by:

addContestant in interface Tournament

Parameters:

aContestant - Player to be added.

See Also:

Tournament.addContestant(com.anji.tournament.Player)

playTournament

public java.util.List playTournament()

Description copied from interface: Tournament

Play full tournament.

Specified by:

playTournament in interface Tournament

Returns:

List contains TournamentPlayerResults objects, sorted in descending order of score

See Also:

Tournament.playTournament()

getMaxRounds

public int getMaxRounds()

This isn't precise, but should be greater than or equal to the number of rounds.

Returns:

number of rounds in tournament; the extra game played at the end if the winners bracket champ loses to the losers bracket champ is not considered a separate round

getMaxEliminationRounds

public int getMaxEliminationRounds()

This isn't precise, but should be greater than or equal to the number of rounds in which players are eliminated from the lsoers bracket.

Returns:

number of elimination rounds in tournament

getMaxScore

public int getMaxScore()

Specified by:

getMaxScore in interface Tournament

Returns:

maximum possible score a contestant can achieve in this tournament; this value may change as contestants are added; refers to TournamentPlayerResults.getTournamentScore() not TournamentPlayerResults.getScore()

See Also:

Tournament.getMaxScore()

getMinScore

public int getMinScore()

Specified by:

getMinScore in interface Tournament

Returns:

minimum possible score a contestant can achieve in this tournament; this value may change as contestants are added; refers to TournamentPlayerResults.getTournamentScore() not TournamentPlayerResults.getScore()

See Also:

Tournament.getMinScore()

init

public void init(Properties props)
          throws java.lang.Exception

Note: this object overrides aMatch countOpponentResults to true

Specified by:

init in interface Configurable

Parameters:

props - configuration parameters

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

See Also:

Configurable.init(com.anji.util.Properties)