public override Decision Decide(IEntityRecord opponent)
{
Decision trick = Decision.Undecided;
Outcome outcome = Outcome.Unknown;
int retries = 0;
int maxRetries = 5;
while (outcome == Outcome.Unknown || outcome == Outcome.Loss) {
// pick any hand and use it to see how opponent would react
// > note that it must have some amount of influence to be considered a real decision
trick = Decision.Next(1);
Decision reaction = new Decision();
foreach (Behavior behavior in opponent.GetComponents().OfType<Behavior>()) {
reaction += behavior.React(Record, trick);
}
outcome = trick.DetermineOutcome(reaction);
if (retries++ > maxRetries) {
break;
}
}
// > note that we do not use Decision.Counter on the reaction that resulted in a win, because
// it was actually the trick hand that caused the win
return Decision.Distribute(
trick.MostInfluencedHand, Influence);
}
