NAME

Games::Board - a parent class for board games

VERSION

version 1.014

SYNOPSIS

  use Games::Board;

  my $board = Games::Board->new;

  $board->add_space(
    id  => 'go',
    dir => { next => 'mediterranean', prev => 'boardwalk' },
    cost => undef
  );

  my $tophat = Games::Board::Piece->new(id => 'tophat')->move(to => 'go');

DESCRIPTION

This module provides a base class for representing board games.

PERL VERSION

This module should work on any version of perl still receiving updates from the Perl 5 Porters. This means it should work on any version of perl released in the last two to three years. (That is, if the most recently released version is v5.40, then this module should work on both v5.40 and v5.38.)

Although it may work on older versions of perl, no guarantee is made that the minimum required version will not be increased. The version may be increased for any reason, and there is no promise that patches will be accepted to lower the minimum required perl.

METHODS

new

This method constructs a new game board and returns it. As constructed it has no spaces or pieces on it.

space

  my $space = $board->space($id);

This method returns the space with the given $id. If no space with that id exists, undef is returned.

add_space

  my $space = $board->add_space(%args);

This method adds a space to the board. It is passed a hash of attributes to use in creating a Games::Board::Space object. The object is created by calling the constructor on the class whose name is returned by the spaceclass method. This class must inherit from Games::Board::Space.

piececlass

This method returns the class used for pieces on this board.

spaceclass

This method returns the class used for spaces on this board.

add_piece

  my $piece = $board->add_piece(%args)

This method adds a piece to the board. It is passed a hash of attributes to use in creating a Games::Board::Piece object. The object is created by calling the constructor on the class whose name is returned by the piececlass method. This class must inherit from Games::Board::Piece.

AUTHOR

Ricardo SIGNES <cpan@semiotic.systems>

CONTRIBUTORS

• Kaycie Goodman <jgoodman1990@gmail.com>

• Ricardo SIGNES <rjbs@codesimply.com>

• Ricardo Signes <rjbs@semiotic.systems>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2003 by Ricardo SIGNES.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.