gametimer.java

一个java做的国际象棋小游戏

/*
  GameTimer - A interfac to define a game timer.

  Copyright (C) 2003 The Java-Chess team <[e-mail]>

  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
  as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
  of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  GNU General Public License for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
*/ 

package de.java_chess.javaChess.timer;


/**
 * A interface to define a game timer.
 */
public interface GameTimer {

    // Methods

    /**
     * Start the entire timer.
     */
    void start();

    /**
     * Toggle from one player to the other.
     */
    void toggle();

    /**
     * Stop the entire timer.
     */
    void stop();

    /**
     * Check if the timer is actually running.
     *
     * @return true, if the timer is active, false otherwise.
     */
    boolean isRunning();
}