ml.educationallydesigned.thyme.util.scoreboard

Class Scoreboard

java.lang.Object

ml.educationallydesigned.thyme.util.scoreboard.Scoreboard

public class Scoreboard
extends java.lang.Object

Main interface for the scoreboard, handles reading and writing. Time Spent:

• Theodore - 25 min
• Larry - 1.5 hrs

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Scoreboard() Initiates the scoreboard with the database and the id random source.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addScore(Score score) Adds a score to the database.
void	clear() Clears the score database
java.util.List<Score>	getScores(int numberOfItems) Gets the top scores.
int	numScores() Gets the number of scores in the database.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Scoreboard

public Scoreboard()
           throws java.io.IOException

Initiates the scoreboard with the database and the id random source.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

Method Detail

getScores

public java.util.List<Score> getScores(int numberOfItems)
                                throws java.io.IOException

Gets the top scores.

Parameters:

numberOfItems - The maximum number of scores to retrieve

Returns:

The top scores. The length of which will be the minimum of the total number of scores and the numberOfItems.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - when reading the scores file fails

addScore

public void addScore(Score score)
              throws java.io.IOException

Adds a score to the database.

Parameters:

score - the score to add

Throws:

java.io.IOException

numScores

public int numScores()
              throws java.io.IOException

Gets the number of scores in the database.

Returns:

the number of scores

Throws:

java.io.IOException - when reading the scores list fails

clear

public void clear()
           throws java.io.IOException

Clears the score database

Throws:

java.io.IOException - when saving the scores list fails