bill.apps.wordfind
Class WordFindLetter

java.lang.Object
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        +--bill.apps.wordfind.WordFindLetter

public class WordFindLetter

extends Letter

This class is used to contain information about a letter that is available to be a part of a word. This class is specific to the WordFind application.

Fields inherited from class bill.apps.wordutil.Letter

_lastLetter

Constructor Summary

WordFindLetter(WordFind search, char character, int x, int y)
The creator.

Method Summary

CoordinateXY	getNextLetter(int height, int width) Gets the next candidate letter in a word.
int	getX() Indicates the X position of the cube in the playing grid (0 based).
int	getY() Indicates the Y position of the cube in the playing grid (0 based).

Methods inherited from class bill.apps.wordutil.Letter

equals, getCharacter, getIndex, isUsed, setUsed, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

WordFindLetter

public WordFindLetter(WordFind search,
                      char character,
                      int x,
                      int y)

The creator. Sets class variables to and specified values.

Parameters:

search - The WordFind clas that contains the letters.

character - The character represented by this letter

Method Detail

getX

public int getX()

Indicates the X position of the cube in the playing grid (0 based).

Returns:

The X position (i.e. the column)

getY

public int getY()

Indicates the Y position of the cube in the playing grid (0 based).

Returns:

The Y position (i.e. the row)

getNextLetter

public CoordinateXY getNextLetter(int height,
                                  int width)

Gets the next candidate letter in a word. This is done by checking for the next unused letter in the letters adjacent to this one.

Returns:

The letter that was found, or null if one could not be found.