Networked Mancala

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Networked Mancala

• XP Agile Methods Team 3
• Stephen Olivier Keith Lee

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Programming Environment

• Side-By-Side Pair Programming
• Eclipse IDE 3.1.2
• Java 1.5
• JUnit 3.8.1
• Minimal Sleep

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Activity Diagram
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Class Structure

• MancalaGame
• Directs traffic and bin choices, applies rules
• MancalaBoard
• Maintains and displays game board state
• RemotePlayer
• Receives bin number from opponent
• MancalaConnectionManager
• Login and game set-up
• Helper Classes for Dialogs, Buttons

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Graphical User Interface

• Choosing A Bin
• Bins are buttons with corresponding numbers
• Current players non-empty bins are enabled
• Event Listeners
• Bin number sent to MancalaGame
• MancalaGame applies game rules
• Notify board display elements and remote player
  program
• Last move and current player highlighted
• Per-User Score Statistics using Box-Plot

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Network Communication Part 1

• Player 1 opens ServerSocket
• Player 2 connects Socket to ServerSocket
• Player 1 spawns Socket from connection
• Player 2 waits to receive player 1s first move
• Game begins

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Network Communication Part 2

• Player Chooses Bin
• Bin number sent through Socket
• If turn changes
• Blocking wait to receive opponents bin choice
• Wait is separate thread to keep GUI responsive
• Player Waits for Bin Choice
• Bin number received through Socket
• If turn changes
• Enable local player to choose bin

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Network Communication Part 3

• Reset Code
• Sent if local player quits
• Received if remote player quits
• Lost Connection
• Current game ends
• Login dialog appears