//Default constructor, for testing purposes.
public Player()
{
playerNumber = 1;
playerBox = new PlayerBox();
db = null;
hand = new Dictionary<string, Card>();
hand.Add("card", new Card(new Vector2(375, 0)));
}
//Parameter: int playerNumber - the number assigned to the player
//Parameter: DatabaseLink db - the class that possesses the
//link to the database for card loading purposes.
public Player(int playerNumber, DatabaseLink db)
{
this.playerNumber = playerNumber;
playerBox = new PlayerBox(playerNumber, health);
//Chooses the location of the player's hand.
Vector2 position = (this.playerNumber == 1) ? new Vector2(375, 0) : new Vector2(375, 550);
this.db = db;
//"Select" in the DatabaseLink class returns an array of lists of strings.
//We here parse the list of strings into its component database entries
//and add those to the player's hand.
List<string>[] availableCards = db.Select(playerNumber);
hand = new Dictionary<string, Card>();
List<string> names = availableCards[0];
List<string> powers = availableCards[1];
int i = 0;
foreach (string name in names)
{
string power = powers[i++];
hand.Add(name, new Card(position, name, Int32.Parse(power)));
}
}