school/cs240/src/hangman/EvilHangmanGame.java

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package hangman;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.Set;
public interface EvilHangmanGame {
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
public static class GuessAlreadyMadeException extends Exception {
}
/**
* Starts a new game of evil hangman using words from <code>dictionary</code>
* with length <code>wordLength</code>
*
* @param dictionary Dictionary of words to use for the game
* @param wordLength Number of characters in the word to guess
*/
public void startGame(File dictionary, int wordLength);
/**
* Make a guess in the current game.
*
* @param guess The character being guessed
* @return The set of strings that satisfy all the guesses made so far
* in the game, including the guess made in this call. The game could claim
* that any of these words had been the secret word for the whole game.
*
* @throws GuessAlreadyMadeException If the character <code>guess</code>
* has already been guessed in this game.
*/
public Set<String> makeGuess(char guess) throws GuessAlreadyMadeException;
}