NAME
Games::Bingo::Card - a helper class for Games::Bingo
SYNOPSIS
use Games::Bingo::Card;
my $b = Games::Bingo-E<gt>new(90);
my $card = Games::Bingo::Card-E<gt>new($b);
my $bingo = Games::Bingo-E<gt>new(90);
$card-E<gt>validate($bingo);
use Games::Bingo::Card;
my $p = Games::Bingo::Card-E<gt>new();
$p-E<gt>populate();DESCRIPTION
The Games::Bingo::Card class suits the simple purpose of being able to generate bingo cards and validating whether they are valid in during a game where a player indicate victory.
It is also used by Games::Bingo::Print to hold the generated bingo cards before they are printed.
METHODS
new
This method generates an object representing a bingo card.
The constructor, takes no arguments.
populate
This method is the main method of the class. It populates the card objects with a predefined number of randomly picked numbers which can be printed using the Games::Bingo::Print class.
_init
Init uses the function in Games::Bingo::Column and Games::Bingo::ColumnCollection, which are use to generate the necessary random numbers to generate the card and set the them in the necessary columns.
_insert
This is the private method which is used to insert numbers onto the card in the Bingo::Games::Card class.
Populate takes to arguments, the row and the number, it resolves the column using _resolve_column.
_resolve_column
Resolve column is method used to resolve where on the card a specified number should go. It takes a number and returns an integer indicating a column.
_integrity_check
This method is a part of the work-around, which was made in the populate method, it checks whether the populated card holds 12 numbers return a boolean value indicating succes or failure.
validate
This method can validate a bingo card against a game. So it easily can be examined whether a player/card has bingo.
The method takes one argument, the Games::Bingo object of the current game.
This method does not hold the same flaw as the method above though.
_print_card
This is the console version of the _print_card version, which is implemented in Games::Bingo::Print.
It prints the generated card with numbers.
_flush
This method can be used to flush the contents of the Card object.
get_all_numbers
Returns all the numbers contained in the _array attribute as an array.
BUGS
This class contains a bug in populate, which is regarded a design flaw. A work-around have implemented. See the BUGS file.
No other bugs are known at the time of writing.
SEE ALSO
- Games::Bingo
- Games::Bingo::Bot
- Games::Bingo::Column
- Games::Bingo::Column::Collection
- Games::Bingo::Constants
- Games::Bingo::Print
TODO
The TODO file contains a complete list for the whole Games::Bingo project.
AUTHOR
Jonas B. Nielsen, (jonasbn) - <jonasbn@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT
Games-Bingo is (C) by Jonas B. Nielsen, (jonasbn) 2003-2015
Games-Bingo is released under the artistic license 2.0