Interface IPackFinder

All Known Implementing Classes:

AllBeastsPack

public interface IPackFinder

Pack finders help find information about a beast's pack. Every class implementing IPackFinder should include a constructor that takes an IBeastProvider. It should then find the pack from the universe of beasts provided by the IBeastProvider.

Author:

CPSC 111 instructors

Method Summary

BeastInfo	getLeader(BeastInfo beast) Get the leader of the provided beast's pack (or null if no leader exists).
BeastInfo[]	getPack(BeastInfo beast) Get the pack of the provided beast.

Method Detail

getPack

BeastInfo[] getPack(BeastInfo beast)

Get the pack of the provided beast.

Parameters:

beast - info about the beast whose pack we're constructing

Returns:

a non-null (but possibly empty) list of non-null BeastInfo objects for the beasts in the given beast's pack. Note: the pack may or may not contain the provided beast.

getLeader

BeastInfo getLeader(BeastInfo beast)

Get the leader of the provided beast's pack (or null if no leader exists).

Parameters:

beast - info about the beast whose pack leader we're finding

Returns:

the leader of the given beast's pack, or null if no leader was found. Note: the leader may or may not be the provided beast.