//putShip method is called with createShip() after taking each player's names.
private void putShips(string playerName, Board board, ShipType type)
{
Console.Clear();
PlaceShipRequest request = new PlaceShipRequest();
while (true)
{
//tell the user to place ship and what ship they are placing.
//based on the ship eunm.
Console.WriteLine($"{playerName} place your " + type);
Coordinate coordinate = ci.AskCoordinate(playerName);
ShipDirection direction = ci.AskShipDirection(playerName);
request.ShipType = type;
//call the coordinate method and the direction method for each ship placement
request.Coordinate = coordinate;
request.Direction = direction;
//using the ship placement enum in a switch statement to tell the user ship placement ok or not
//if not keep asking until a valid input is made.
ShipPlacement sp = board.PlaceShip(request);
switch (sp)
{
case ShipPlacement.Ok:
return;
case ShipPlacement.Overlap:
Console.WriteLine($"{playerName}, space taken. Please re-try");
break;
case ShipPlacement.NotEnoughSpace:
Console.WriteLine($"{playerName}, not enough space. Please re-try ");
break;
default:
Console.WriteLine("What happened?");
break;
}
}
}
