// Copyright (c) James Raftery <james@now.ie>, 1997-2000 2002.
// a class to represent a player of the Snakes and Ladders applet
public class Player {

// two attributes:
private int location;
private String name;

// constructor, initialse a new player, starting at location 0
// with supplied name
public Player (String s) {

        location = 0;
        name = s;
}

// return the player's location on the board
public int getLocation () {

        return location;
}

// set the player's location to an arbitrary value
public void setLocation (int newLocation) {

        location = newLocation;

	// ensure player doesn't drop off the end of the board
        if (location >= 24) {
                location = 24;
        }
}       

// move the player forward by specified number of squares
public void advanceBy (int diceRoll) {

        location += diceRoll;

	// ensure player doesn't drop off the end of the board
        if (location >= 24) {
                location = 24;
        }

}

// return the player's name
public String getName () {

        return name;
}

}