/**
* Main method to start a new Sudoku game. When the game starts the user is asked if they would
* like to load a premade board from our library, or have a random board made for them. The main
* method only creates a new instance of the class that is needed. If the user request to solve
* the game themselves then a new HumanPlayer instance is created and the methods from that class
* are called. If the user request to have an AI solve the game then a new AIPlayer instance is
* created and methods from that class are called.
*
* @param args command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
Boolean keepPlaying = true;
// repeat while the user wishes to play
while (keepPlaying) {
Sudoku game = new Sudoku();
game.currentState.printBoard();
// keep this here. It ask the user for an AI or Human Player
int playOrSolve = game.playOrSolve();
// case where the user chooses to play themselves
if (playOrSolve == 1) {
HumanPlayer humanPlayer = new HumanPlayer(game.currentState);
humanPlayer.play();
}
// case where the user chooses to have the game solved for them
else {
AIPlayer aiPlayer = new AIPlayer(game.currentState);
aiPlayer.play();
}
// after the user has completed the board or the AI has solved
// it, the user is given the option to play again or quit.
System.out.println("Would you like to play again?");
while (game.scan.hasNext()) {
String input = game.scan.next();
if (input.startsWith("y") || input.startsWith("Y")) {
break;
}
if (input.startsWith("n") || input.startsWith("N")) {
keepPlaying = false;
System.exit(0);
} else {
System.out.println("Please answer with either yes or no.");
}
}
}
}
