A Tic-Tac-Toe Class

• Author: Graham Mitchell
• Filename: TicTacToeClass.java

A Tic-Tac-Toe Class

Write a class to handle the basics of a two-player game of Tic-Tac-Toe. The required methods are below. If you've done things correctly, save a copy of the files provided below into the same folder as TicTacToeClass.java and compile and run them to play or test your game.

Files Needed

• TicTacToeClass.java - starter code
• TicTacToeRunner.java - a runner to play TicTacToe. Or, write your own for extra credit.
• TicTacToeTester.java - a brutal tester to make sure your isWinner() method is *always* correct
• TicTacToeGUI.java - a different runner

The only tricky part about the game is determining if a given person has won. The more straightforward way to do it takes 8 if statements.

Instance Variables boarda two-dimensional array of chars turnsan integer keeping track of the number of turns played this game Constructors TicTacToeClass()the default constructor, which just creates the two-dimensional array and fills each slot with ' ' (a blank space) and initializes the other attributes Accessors boolean isWinner(char p)returns true if the letter passed in currently has three in a row. That is, isWinner('X') will return true if X has won, and isWinner('O') will return true if O has won boolean isFull()returns true if nine turns have been played and false otherwise boolean isCat()returns true if all nine spaces are filled AND neither X nor O has won boolean isValid( int r, int c )returns true if the given row and column corresponds to a valid space on the board int numTurns()returns the numbers of turns played so far char playerAt( int r, int c )returns the character representing the piece at the given location. Should return either ' ', 'X', or 'O'. void displayBoard()displays the current board on the screen Modifiers void playMove(char p, int r, int c)allows the given player to place their move at the given row and column. The row and column numbers are 0-based, so valid numbers are 0, 1, or 2

(...a game already in progress)

	X   O
	O X X
	  X O
 
'O', choose your location (row, column): 0 1

	X O O
	O X X
	  X O
 
'X', choose your location (row, column): 2 0

	X O O
	O X X
	X X O

The game is a tie.

©2013 Graham Mitchell

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