de.spieleck.app.turn.splitting
Class Zoff

java.lang.Object
  de.spieleck.app.turn.splitting.BaseSplitter
      de.spieleck.app.turn.splitting.Zoff

All Implemented Interfaces:

LineSourceInited, SplittingMode

public class Zoff
extends BaseSplitter

A SplittingMode for Zoff im Zoo aka Frank's Zoo.
Playable with 4, 5 or 6 players. 5 Players is optimal.

$URL: https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/jtourney/src/de/spieleck/app/turn/splitting/Zoff.java $

Version:

$Revision: 2 $ $Date: 2006-03-20 14:33:27 +0100 (Mo, 20 Mrz 2006) $ $Author: nestefan $

Author:

Frank S. Nestel, $Author: nestefan $

Constructor Summary

Zoff()

Method Summary

int	optimal() Return optimal playing number.
int[]	split(int total) Return a split.

Methods inherited from class de.spieleck.app.turn.splitting.BaseSplitter

init, toString, transposeSplit

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Zoff

public Zoff()

Method Detail

optimal

public int optimal()

Description copied from interface: SplittingMode

Return optimal playing number.
This can be used e.g. for determining a final round of the top-n participants.

split

public int[] split(int total)

Description copied from interface: SplittingMode

Return a split.
That is a[i] is the number of groups of size i. This must satisfy the condition sum(a[i]*i) = total; Well actually sum(a[i]*i) < total is allowed and means that players have to sit out!
Example: Consider 25 players for a game which works with 4 or 5 players. The splitting might either be [0,0,0,0,0,5] suggesting 5 tables with 5 players. But if the game plays better with 4 players, the splitting might better be [0,0,0,0,5,1], that is suggest to distribute the 25 players to 5 tables of 4 players and to 1 table of 5 players.