com.blackledge.david.game.crossword
Class QuizlandCrossword

java.lang.Object
  com.blackledge.david.game.crossword.QuizlandCrossword

All Implemented Interfaces:

CrosswordSource

Direct Known Subclasses:

QuizlandHardCrossword

public class QuizlandCrossword
extends Object
implements CrosswordSource

Interface to download the quizland crossword-of-the-day data and build a CrosswordPuzzle object with that data.

Version:

$Revision: 1.4 $

Constructor Summary

QuizlandCrossword()

Method Summary

CrosswordPuzzle	getGame() Return the game object.
protected URL	getGridURL()
HashMap	getParamMap() All the params of the quizland page
String	getPuzzleId() Returns a unique id (if available) representing the current puzzle.
protected String	getUrlContent(URL _url, String contentTypeSubstring)
void	load() Load the quizland crossword-of-the-day into the game object and validate it.
void	load(String puzzleId) Load the source into the game object and validate it.
static void	main(String[] args) Simple main to show it work and spit it out to the command line.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

QuizlandCrossword

public QuizlandCrossword()

Method Detail

main

public static void main(String[] args)

Simple main to show it work and spit it out to the command line.

Parameters:

args -

getGame

public CrosswordPuzzle getGame()

Return the game object. Called after CrosswordSource.load()

Specified by:

getGame in interface CrosswordSource

Returns:

the game object

See Also:

CrosswordSource.getGame()

getParamMap

public HashMap getParamMap()

All the params of the quizland page

Specified by:

getParamMap in interface CrosswordSource

Returns:

hashmap of name to value

See Also:

CrosswordSource.getParamMap()

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

load

public void load()

Load the quizland crossword-of-the-day into the game object and validate it.

Specified by:

load in interface CrosswordSource

See Also:

CrosswordSource.load()

getGridURL

protected URL getGridURL()
                  throws MalformedURLException,
                         IOException

Throws:

MalformedURLException

IOException

getUrlContent

protected String getUrlContent(URL _url,
                               String contentTypeSubstring)
                        throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

getPuzzleId

public String getPuzzleId()

Description copied from interface: CrosswordSource

Returns a unique id (if available) representing the current puzzle. If passed to CrosswordSource.load(String), this same puzzle will be loaded at that time.

Specified by:

getPuzzleId in interface CrosswordSource

Returns:

a String, or null if one is not available.

load

public void load(String puzzleId)

Description copied from interface: CrosswordSource

Load the source into the game object and validate it.

Specified by:

load in interface CrosswordSource

Parameters:

puzzleId - a string previuosly returned from CrosswordSource.getPuzzleId() for this source.