import java.awt.*;

/**
  *This class specializes the concept of a Game to that of
  *a Brickles Game. It produces the correct type of PlayingField
  *and the correct type of Match.
  *@author John D. McGregor
  *@version 1.0
  */  
public class BricklesGame extends ArcadeGame{
		protected BricklesView _theView;

	/**
	  *The constructor sets the Model class to have a reference to the
        *single View class. Since only one View is possible there is no need
	  *for a more general facility.
	  *@param theView This is the reference to the View object.
	  *pre:  An instance of the BricklesView class has been created
	  *post: A new instance of BricklesGame exists
	  */ 
	public BricklesGame(BricklesView theView){
		super("Brickles");
		_theView = theView;
		_match = new BricklesMatch(this);
	}
	
	/**
	  *This method propogates the start message
	  *Specific implementation of the GameControl interface
	  *pre:  none
	  *post: The match is in the running state
	  */
	public void start(){
		_match.start();	
	}

	/**
	  *This method is a simple accessor to obtain the View reference
	  *pre:  The reference to a View has been initialized
	  *post: no state changed
	  *@return returns the current View reference
	  */
	public BricklesView getView(){
		return _theView;
	}

	/**
	  *Factory method that produces the correct PlayingField
	  *pre:  An instance of ArcadeGameMatch exists
	  *post: new instance of BricklesPlayingField exists
	  *@param aMatch is the current Match
	  *@return the new instance of BricklesPlayingField
	  */
	public PlayingField newPlayingField(ArcadeGameMatch aMatch){
		return new BricklesPlayingField(this);
	}
	
	/**
	  *This method is called when the Player has lost
	  *pre:  none
	  *post: A modal dialog window has been spawned.
	  */
      public void lost(){
		GameOverDialog lostDialog = new GameOverDialog(new Frame(), "You Lost!", false);
      }
 
};