/**
* Updates and starts the new game.
*
* <p>Called in response to a requestLaunch message arriving at the PreGameInputHandler.
*
* <ol>
* <li>Creates the game.
* <li>Sends updated game information to the clients.
* <li>Changes the game state to {@link net.sf.freecol.server.FreeColServer.GameState#IN_GAME}.
* <li>Sends the "startGame"-message to the clients.
* </ol>
*/
public void startGame() throws FreeColException {
final FreeColServer freeColServer = getFreeColServer();
Game game = freeColServer.buildGame();
// Inform the clients.
for (Player player : new ArrayList<Player>(game.getPlayers())) {
if (!player.isAI()) {
player.invalidateCanSeeTiles(); // Send clean copy of the game
Connection conn = ((ServerPlayer) player).getConnection();
Element update = DOMMessage.createMessage("updateGame");
update.appendChild(game.toXMLElement(update.getOwnerDocument(), player));
try {
conn.askDumping(update);
} catch (IOException e) {
logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Unable to updateGame", e);
}
}
}
// Start the game:
freeColServer.setGameState(FreeColServer.GameState.IN_GAME);
try {
freeColServer.updateMetaServer();
} catch (NoRouteToServerException e) {
}
freeColServer.getServer().sendToAll(DOMMessage.createMessage("startGame"));
freeColServer
.getServer()
.setMessageHandlerToAllConnections(freeColServer.getInGameInputHandler());
}
