public projectedGainForSpace getBestSpaceForOneMoveAlphaBetaMin(
board currentBoard, projectedGainForSpace min, projectedGainForSpace max, String playerName) {
List<space> availableSpaces = currentBoard.getAvailableSpaces(playerName);
if (availableSpaces.isEmpty()) return new projectedGainForSpace(0, null);
int bestPoints = max.gain;
space bestSpace = availableSpaces.get(0);
for (int index = 0; index < availableSpaces.size(); index++) {
space currentSpace = availableSpaces.get(index);
int row = currentSpace.row;
int column = currentSpace.column;
int pointsGained = currentSpace.value;
if (currentBoard.isSpaceDeathBlizable(currentSpace.row, currentSpace.column, playerName))
pointsGained += currentBoard.getPointsGainedFromBlitz(row, column, playerName);
if (pointsGained < bestPoints) {
bestPoints = pointsGained;
bestSpace = currentSpace;
}
if (pointsGained < min.gain) {
return min;
}
}
max.gain = bestPoints;
max.nextSpace = bestSpace;
projectedGainForSpace bestSpaceGain = new projectedGainForSpace(bestPoints, bestSpace);
return bestSpaceGain;
}
