/* * -------------------------------------
   * AutoPlayer.java
   *
   * A player for the game of Mancala.  The
   * player makes moves from the leftmost pit
   * the contains stones.
   *
   * @author John Paxton
   * @version 1.0
   * --------------------------------------
   */

public class AutoPlayer extends Player
{
	/*  * -----------------------------------------------------------
		* Player (Constructor)
		*
		* @param	b				an instance of the Mancala board
		* @param	name			the player's name
		* @param	playerNumber	used to identify the player
		* @return	an instance of the Player class
		* ------------------------------------------------------------
		*/	
		
	AutoPlayer (Board b, int playerNumber)
	{
		super(b, playerNumber);
	}

	/*	*
		* makeMove
		*
		* Selects the leftmost pit belonging to the player
		* that contains stones and sows the stones from this pit.
		*
		* @return	void
		*
		*/

	public void makeMove ()
	{
		int pitToEmpty = super.startingPit;	// the pit to sow stones from

		// find the leftmost pit that contains stones
		while (super.mancalaBoard.getStones(pitToEmpty) == 0)
		{
			pitToEmpty = (pitToEmpty + 1) % Board.NUMBER_PITS;
		}
		super.lastMove = pitToEmpty;

		super.mancalaBoard.sowStone ( pitToEmpty );
	}

}