itsd-project-code/app/structures/basic/AIPlayer.java

package structures.basic;

// import basic commands for notifications
import commands.BasicCommands;
import structures.GameState;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;

import actors.GameActor;
import akka.actor.ActorRef;

public class AIPlayer extends Player {
    private GameActor gameActor;

    public AIPlayer() {
        super();
    }

    public AIPlayer(GameActor gameActor) {
        super();
        this.gameActor = gameActor;
    }
    public void takeTurn(ActorRef out, GameState gameState) {
        // addPlayer2Notification
        BasicCommands.addPlayer2Notification(out, "My turn!", 2);
        // addPlayer2Notification
        BasicCommands.addPlayer2Notification(out, "Ending turn", 2);
        // send "endTurnClicked" message to GameActor
        // NOTE: #query -- how do we get the GameActor reference?
        // #hack way- we add a reference to the GameActor in GameState
        // first create the "endTurnClicked" message:
        JsonNode message = new ObjectMapper().createObjectNode();
        ((ObjectNode) message).put("messageType", "endTurnClicked");
        // add some content to say it is the AI player who 'clicked' end turn:
        ((ObjectNode) message).put("player", "AI");
        // then send it to the GameActor:
        try {
            this.gameActor.processMessage("endturnclicked", message);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    }

}