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/*
 * MegaMek - Copyright (C) 2004 Ben Mazur (bmazur@sev.org)
 * 
 *  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.
 */

/*
 * Roll.java
 *
 * Created on July 20, 2004, 4:21 PM
 */

package megamek.common;

/**
 * Encapsulate all information known about a requested roll. This information
 * can be logged for full statistical analysis and auditing, so hopefully people
 * will <b>finally</b> stop questioning whether the RNG is any good.
 * 
 * @author Suvarov454
 */
public abstract class Roll {

    /**
     * Make sure that all rolls are uniquely identified.
     */
    private static long nextId = 1;

    /**
     * Get the next unique identifier.
     * 
     * @return the next unique <code>long</code> identifier.
     */
    private static long getNextId() {
        return nextId++;
    }

    /**
     * No one should call the default constructor.
     
    private Roll() {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
                "Default Roll constructor called.");
    }*/

    /**
     * The unique identifier for this roll.
     */
    protected final long id;

    /**
     * The number of faces on each virtual die.
     */
    protected final int faces;

    /**
     * The lowest value on each virtual die.
     */
    protected final int min;

    /**
     * Store the configuration information for this roll.
     * 
     * @param count - the <code>int</code> number of results possible on each
     *            virtual die.
     * @param start - the <code>int</code> value that is the start of the
     *            value set of each virtual die.
     */
    protected Roll(int count, int start) {
        this.id = Roll.getNextId();
        this.faces = count;
        this.min = start;
    }

    /**
     * Get the value of the roll. This is the total of each of the rolls of each
     * virtual die.
     * 
     * @return the <code>int</code> value of the roll.
     */
    public abstract int getIntValue();

    /**
     * Get a <code>String</code> containing the roll for each of the virtual
     * dice.
     * 
     * @return the <code>String</code> value of the roll.
     */
    @Override
    public abstract String toString();

    /**
     * Get a <code>String</code> report that can be parsed to analyse the
     * roll.
     * 
     * @return the <code>String</code> details of the roll.
     */
    public abstract String getReport();

    /**
     * Formats <code>Roll</code> output for test harnesses.
     * 
     * @param roll - the <code>Roll</code> to be reported.
     */
    protected static void output(Roll roll) {
        System.out.print("The integer total is ");
        System.out.print(roll.getIntValue());
        System.out.println(".");
        System.out.print("The string total is ");
        System.out.print(roll.toString());
        System.out.println(".");
        System.out.print("The string report is ");
        System.out.print(roll.getReport());
        System.out.println(".");
    }
}
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