package client

import "hackerbots.us/server"

// Player is the interface that defines a player's behavior.
//
// The general case will be to implement a Player type that contains the magic
// required to slay other robots quickly while staying alive for a long time.
type Player interface {

	// GetStats returns a map with an entry for each robot the player will control
	// containing the desired stats for that robot
	GetStats() map[string]server.StatsRequest

	// SetIDs is called from the client once the server
	// has accepted the robots supplied in GetStats and validated
	// their config, the data passed into SetIDs is a mapping of
	// bot name to server side bot ID that is used in all bot
	// dats sent from the server
	SetIDs(map[string]string)

	// Update is called on reciept of a board state packet and the response is
	// the instructions for each robot in a map of robot id to instructions
	Update(bs *server.Boardstate) map[string]server.Instruction
}