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Java

Lukas Baumgartner
Lukas Baumgartner
14,817 Points
Posted by Lukas Baumgartner
Lukas Baumgartner
14,817 Points

MVC-Pattern

Hey, I'd like to practice the MVC-Pattern and therefore I'm coding a simple TicTacToe app.

Now I just started and bumped into the first Question: Does a getter in my model conform with the MVC-Pattern? Am I allowed to do it or do I have to do it differently to apply to the rules of this pattern?

Here's my code so far:

model:

public class GameBoard {
    public static final int SIZE = 3;
    public static final int TURNS = SIZE * SIZE;

    private Stone grid[][] = new Stone[SIZE][SIZE];

    //Fill the new GameBoard with NONE(" ") Stones
    public GameBoard(){
        for(int r = 0; r < SIZE; r++){
            for(int c = 0; c < SIZE; c++){
                grid[r][c] = Stone.NONE;
            }
        }
    }
    //is this allowed?
    public Stone getStone(int row, int col) { 
        return grid[row][col];
    }
}

public enum Stone {
        X("X"), O("O"), NONE(" ");

        private final String stone;

        Stone(String stone){
            this.stone = stone;
        }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return stone;
    }
}

view:

public class GameFieldView {
    public void printGameField(GameBoard board){
        System.out.println("  1|2|3|");
        for(int row = 0; row < GameBoard.SIZE; row++){
            System.out.print(row);
            for(int col = 0; col < GameBoard.SIZE; col++){
                System.out.print("|");
                System.out.print(board.getStone(row, col)); //is this a problem?
            }
            System.out.println("|");
        }

    }
}

controller:

public class GameController {
    public void play(GameBoard model, GameFieldView view) {
        view.printGameField(model);
    }
}