AbMove README

The AbMove C++ library has the goal of easing implementation of Abalone playing programs, by providing several common functions:

• Basic Abalone classes: a Board, a Move, a Game
• A framework for implementing the Abalone Engine Protocol
• Simple log file facilities

Modules

The library has the following modules, each module has its own header files

• Trace
• Haliotis
• AEWrap

Haliotis Classes

These classes are the basics you need to implement move generation.

#include <Board2D.hpp>

• Board2D - A simple board that can generate moves.
• Board2D::Move - movement of marbles, e.g. a1a2 for an inline move
• Board2D::Pos - a position on a board, e.g. a1
• Game - A starting position and a tree of moves. Can be saved to and loaded from a file

Trace macros

The trace module is fairly simple.

#include <Trace.hpp>

• TRACE(x) x is a streaming expression as if you would write cout << x;
• TRACE_ASSERT(a) a is an assertion expression. If false, it will log the expression and its value

AEWrap

Abalone Engine Wrapper code. This is primarily a single baseclass that you should extend to implement various virtual methods needed.

#include <AEWrap.hpp>
using namespace AbaloneEngineProtocol;

• class InputHandler - Interface for processing input during search.
• class Engine - Interface that must be implemented by engine. The AEPWrapper will use it to issue commands.
• class Option - Parse command line options
• int Play(Engine& player) - Drive engine through the abalone engine protocol (AEP)