/** @return the card that is recommended to discard */
private Card discardCard() {
group = new Groups(this, getHand());
int index = -1;
Card[] discard = group.recommendDiscard();
boolean search;
do {
search = true;
index++;
searching: // continue searching looks at the next card, until a good one is found
while (search) {
if (index >= discard.length) { // if it has looked through every card
return discard[0];
}
if (discard[index].getValue() == Configuration.SKIP_VALUE) // automatically return a skip
return discard[index];
if (difficulty > 70) { // don't lay down cards the opponent has picked up
for (Card p : pickedUpCards) {
if (discard[index].getValue() == p.getValue()) {
index++;
continue searching;
}
}
}
if (difficulty > 30
&& nextPlayer
.hasLaidDownPhase()) { // don't give an opponent something they can lay down
for (Card l : cardsThatCanBeLaidDown()) {
if (discard[index].getValue() == l.getValue()) {
index++;
continue searching;
}
}
}
if (difficulty > 30
&& group.getCompletePhaseGroups()
!= null) { // don't lay down a card part of a completed phaseGroup
for (PhaseGroup g : group.getCompletePhaseGroups()) {
for (int x = 0; x < g.getNumberOfCards(); x++) {
if (g.getCard(x) == discard[index]) {
index++;
continue searching;
}
}
}
}
search = false; // if the card has passed all these test, it can exit the search
}
} while (!bestChoice(BEST_CHOICE_AT_FIFTY));
return discard[index];
}
/**
* @return an ArrayList of all the type of the cards that can be laid down. If it's the number
* that's important the card will be black. If it's the color that's important the card will
* have a value of Configuration.WILD_VALUE
*/
ArrayList<Card> cardsThatCanBeLaidDown() {
ArrayList<Card> layDownAble = new ArrayList<Card>();
layDownAble.add(new WildCard()); // a wild can always be laid down
for (int x = 0; x < getGame().getNumberOfPlayers(); x++) {
Player current = getGame().getPlayer(x);
if (current.hasLaidDownPhase()) {
for (int y = 0;
y < current.getNumberOfPhaseGroups();
y++) { // go through each person's phase groups who has laid down their phase
PhaseGroup temp = current.getPhaseGroup(y);
if (temp.getType()
== Configuration
.RUN_PHASE) { // for a run, add one less than the first card's value and one more
// than the last
if (temp.getCard(0).getValue()
== Configuration.WILD_VALUE) // look at the hidden value if its wild
layDownAble.add(new Card(((WildCard) temp.getCard(0)).getHiddenValue() - 1));
else layDownAble.add(new Card(temp.getCard(0).getValue() - 1));
if (temp.getCard(temp.getNumberOfCards() - 1).getValue() == Configuration.WILD_VALUE)
layDownAble.add(
new Card(
((WildCard) temp.getCard(temp.getNumberOfCards() - 1)).getHiddenValue() + 1));
else
layDownAble.add(new Card(temp.getCard(temp.getNumberOfCards() - 1).getValue() + 1));
} else if (temp.getType()
== Configuration.SET_PHASE) { // for set, add a card equal to the card value
if (temp.getCard(0).getValue() != Configuration.WILD_VALUE)
layDownAble.add(new Card(temp.getCard(0).getValue()));
else layDownAble.add(new Card(((WildCard) temp.getCard(0)).getHiddenValue()));
} else {
layDownAble.add(new Card(temp.getCard(0).getColor(), Configuration.WILD_VALUE));
}
}
}
}
return layDownAble;
}