/*
 * AttackRandomlyStrategy.java
 *
 * Created on April 14, 2004, 3:39 AM
 */

package simulations.core.strategy.attackStrategy;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import simulations.core.Player;
import simulations.core.history.Turn;

/**
 * This class describes a strategy that attack randomly a player
 * @author  tom
 */
public class AttackRandomlyStrategy extends AttackStrategy {
    
    /** Creates a new instance of AttackRandomlyStrategy */
    public AttackRandomlyStrategy() {
        super();
        name="AttackRandomlyStrategy";
        memoryParam=false;
        abr="3";
    }
        
    /** return the player to attack
     * @param player The attacking player
     * @param playerList The list of <B>avalaible</B> player
     * @return The player to attack
     */    
    public ArrayList getPlayerToAttack(simulations.core.Player player, java.util.ArrayList playerList) {
        playerList.remove(player);
        int size = playerList.size();
        int index=randomGenerator.nextInt(size);
        ArrayList l = new ArrayList();
        l.add(playerList.get(index));
        return l;
    }
    
    /** This method is called by the judge to inform players of the last turn
     * @param turn The turn
     * @param player The owner of the strategy
     * @param remainingPlayers The list of the remaining players
     */    
    public void updateLastTurn(simulations.core.history.Turn turn, simulations.core.Player player, java.util.ArrayList remainingPlayers) {
    }
        
    /** return the description of this attack strategy
     * @return return the description of this attack strategy
     **/
    public String getDescription() {
        return "Attack strategy : \n"+
        "I attack randomly a player in the list\n";
    }
    
    
}