Engine Class Reference

Collaboration diagram for Engine:

Public Member Functions
	Engine ()
	~Engine ()
void	run ()
void	ponder (bool b)
void	startSearch (Side s, int minD, int maxD)
void	stopSearch ()
bool	searchComplete () volatile
Move	getMove ()
void	move (Move m)
void	printMoveList ()

Static Public Member Functions
static void *	threadTramp (void *ptr)

Public Attributes
BoardState	state

Private Attributes
SearchAlgorithm *	search
volatile bool	doSearch
volatile Side	side
volatile int	minDepth
volatile int	maxDepth
MoveList	moveList
long	heuristic

Detailed Description

Definition at line 29 of file Engine.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Engine::Engine

(

)

Creates an engine, spawning a new thread and having that call run().

Definition at line 32 of file Engine.cc.

References doSearch, minDepth, search, and threadTramp().

Engine::~Engine

(

)

Destroys an engine, killing the thread.

Definition at line 46 of file Engine.cc.

Member Function Documentation

Move Engine::getMove

(

)

Get the move the search recommends.

Definition at line 104 of file Engine.cc.

References moveList.

void Engine::move

(

Move

m

)

Used to update the board position with either our or an opponent's move.

Definition at line 109 of file Engine.cc.

void Engine::ponder

(

bool

b

)

Enables or disables pondering.

Definition at line 82 of file Engine.cc.

void Engine::printMoveList

(

)

For debug purposes.

Definition at line 113 of file Engine.cc.

References moveList, and search.

Referenced by run().

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void Engine::run

(

)

Main runloop. Called solely by the spawned thread from Engine().

Definition at line 50 of file Engine.cc.

References doSearch, moveList, printMoveList(), search, side, and state.

Referenced by threadTramp().

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bool Engine::searchComplete

(

)

volatile

Is the search complete?

Definition at line 99 of file Engine.cc.

References doSearch.

void Engine::startSearch	(	Side	s,
		int	minD,
		int	maxD
	)

Starts a new search, given the current board state.

Definition at line 86 of file Engine.cc.

References doSearch, minDepth, and side.

void Engine::stopSearch

(

)

Force an exit of the current search.

Definition at line 94 of file Engine.cc.

References doSearch.

void * Engine::threadTramp ( void *  ptr )

static

Trampoline.

Definition at line 127 of file Engine.cc.

References run().

Referenced by Engine().

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Member Data Documentation

volatile bool Engine::doSearch

private

Should the worker thread be searching?

Definition at line 105 of file Engine.h.

Referenced by Engine(), run(), searchComplete(), startSearch(), and stopSearch().

volatile int Engine::minDepth

private

The maximum and minimum depths to search to.

Definition at line 115 of file Engine.h.

Referenced by Engine(), and startSearch().

MoveList Engine::moveList

private

The move list that the engine found.

Definition at line 120 of file Engine.h.

Referenced by getMove(), printMoveList(), and run().

SearchAlgorithm* Engine::search

private

The opening book that we can query. The algorithm that does the brunt work for us.

Definition at line 100 of file Engine.h.

Referenced by Engine(), printMoveList(), and run().

volatile Side Engine::side

private

The side to search for a move for.

Definition at line 110 of file Engine.h.

Referenced by run(), and startSearch().

BoardState Engine::state

The current state of the board.

Definition at line 90 of file Engine.h.

Referenced by run().

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• Engine.h
• Engine.cc