@Override
public void start() {
// save the number of characters in the game to a local int variable
numCharactersInGame = allCharacters.size();
/*store a local copy of the shared Random instance from the Utils class
we will use this to decide who is attacking and who is defending on each turn of the game*/
Random sharedRandomGen = Utils.getSharedRandomGen();
Utils.printSystemMessage(
"How many turns to you want to give characters playing the game? \n\tEnter a number.");
if (userInputScanner.hasNext()) {
userInput = userInputScanner.next();
}
// use a try-catch block to catch any errors that occur with user input
try {
// try to parse the number from the user input string
setNumTurns(Integer.parseInt(userInput));
} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
// this error block will execute if the user does not enter a number
Utils.printSystemMessage("Error! You were supposed to enter a number ...");
// show yourself the error so you can find and fix it during development
e.printStackTrace();
Utils.printSystemMessage(
"ConsoleGame will startInConsole with "
+ DEFAULT_NUM_TURNS_TO_TAKE
+ " turns for the characters to interact.");
// but, let the user continue with a default number of turns
setNumTurns(1000);
}
play(numTurnsToTake);
}
