- cleaned up networking stuff

- added a state machine to the game
- added a status label

src/de/itsblue/ConnectFour/ConnectFour.java

@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
 package de.itsblue.ConnectFour;
 
 import java.awt.*;
-import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.awt.event.*;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringReader;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
 
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ import de.itsblue.ConnectFour.Plate.PlateType;
 import de.itsblue.ConnectFour.player.Player;
 import de.itsblue.ConnectFour.player.*;
 
-public class ConnectFour extends JFrame implements PlayerMoveListener {
+public class ConnectFour extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
     /**
      *
      */
@@ -40,6 +42,10 @@ public class ConnectFour extends JFrame implements PlayerMoveListener {
     private ControllRow controllRow;
 
     private int player = 0;
+    private JLabel statusLabel;
+
+    private int currentPlayer = -1;
+    private int winnerPlayer = -1;
 
     private Player players[] = new Player[2];
 
@@ -49,6 +55,12 @@ public class ConnectFour extends JFrame implements PlayerMoveListener {
         Local, RemoteServer, RemoteClient
     }
 
+    private GameState gameState = GameState.Idle;
+
+    enum GameState {
+        Idle, Waiting, Running, Over
+    }
+
     /**
      * Constructor
      */
@@ -65,12 +77,14 @@ public class ConnectFour extends JFrame implements PlayerMoveListener {
 
         // initialize GameBoard
         this.gameBoard = new GameBoard();
+        this.gameBoard.addActionListener(this);
 
         // initialize ButtonRow
         this.buttonRow = new ButtonRow(this.gameBoard.getColumns());
 
         // initialize ContollRow
         this.controllRow = new ControllRow(this.gameBoard.getColumns());
+        this.statusLabel = new JLabel();
 
         // add components to window
         c.gridx = 0;
@@ -85,64 +99,165 @@ public class ConnectFour extends JFrame implements PlayerMoveListener {
         c.gridy = 1;
         this.add(gameBoard, c);
 
+        c.gridy = 2;
+        this.add(this.statusLabel, c);
+
         // finish up
         this.pack();
         this.setVisible(true);
     }
 
     public void startNewGame(GameType type) {
+        if (this.gameState != GameState.Idle)
+            return;
+
         this.gameType = type;
+
+        this.setGameState(GameState.Waiting);
         switch (type) {
             case Local: {
                 this.players[0] = new LocalPlayer(this.buttonRow, PlateType.O);
-                this.players[0].addMoveListener(this);
                 this.players[1] = new LocalPlayer(this.buttonRow, PlateType.X);
-                this.players[1].addMoveListener(this);
 
-                this.player = 0;
+                this.players[0].addActionListener(this);
-                this.players[player].setIsMyTurn(true);
+                this.players[1].addActionListener(this);
+
+                this.currentPlayer = 0;
+                this.players[this.currentPlayer].setIsMyTurn(true);
                 break;
             }
 
             case RemoteClient: {
                 this.players[0] = new LocalPlayer(this.buttonRow, null);
-                this.players[1] = new RemotePlayerClient(this.buttonRow, "localhost", this.players[0]);
 
-                this.players[0].addMoveListener(this);
+                try {
-                this.players[1].addMoveListener(this);
+                    this.players[1] = new RemotePlayerClient(this.buttonRow, "localhost", this.players[0]);
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                }
+
+                this.players[0].addActionListener(this);
+                this.players[1].addActionListener(this);
 
                 break;
             }
 
             case RemoteServer: {
                 this.players[0] = new LocalPlayer(this.buttonRow, PlateType.O);
+
+                try {
                     this.players[1] = new RemotePlayerServer(this.buttonRow, PlateType.X, this.players[0]);
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                }
 
-                this.players[0].addMoveListener(this);
+                this.players[0].addActionListener(this);
-                this.players[1].addMoveListener(this);
+                this.players[1].addActionListener(this);
 
-                this.player = 0;
+                this.currentPlayer = 0;
-                this.players[player].setIsMyTurn(true);
+                this.players[0].setIsMyTurn(true);
                 this.players[1].setIsMyTurn(false);
 
                 break;
             }
         }
+
+        this.setGameState(GameState.Running);
+    }
+
+    private void gameOver(String gameOverType) {
+        if (gameOverType.equals("draw")) {
+            this.winnerPlayer = -1;
+            this.statusLabel.setText("Game over. This was a draw!");
+        } else {
+            PlateType winnerPlateType = PlateType.valueOf(gameOverType);
+            this.winnerPlayer = this.players[0].getUsedPlateType().equals(winnerPlateType) ? 0 : 1;
+            if(!this.gameType.equals(GameType.Local) && this.players[this.winnerPlayer] instanceof LocalPlayer)
+            this.statusLabel.setText("Game over. You won the game!");
+            else    
+            this.statusLabel.setText("Game over. " + this.players[this.winnerPlayer].getName() + " won the game!");
+        }
+
+        this.setGameState(GameState.Over);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Function to switch the player
+     * Function to switch the current player
      */
     private void switchPlayer() {
-        this.players[player].setIsMyTurn(false);
+        this.players[this.currentPlayer].setIsMyTurn(false);
 
-        if (player == 0) {
+        if (this.currentPlayer == 0) {
-            player = 1;
+            this.currentPlayer = 1;
         } else {
-            player = 0;
+            this.currentPlayer = 0;
         }
 
-        this.players[player].setIsMyTurn(true);
+        this.players[this.currentPlayer].setIsMyTurn(true);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
+
+        // catch player moves
+        if (e.getSource() instanceof Player) {
+            Player src = (Player) e.getSource();
+            if (e.getActionCommand().startsWith("doMove")
+                    && (this.gameType == GameType.RemoteClient || this.players[this.currentPlayer].equals(src))) {
+
+                boolean res = this.gameBoard.insertPlate(new Plate(src.getUsedPlateType()),
+                        Integer.parseInt(e.getActionCommand().split(" ")[1]));
+
+                if (!res) {
+                    // beep in case of error
+                    Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().beep();
+                }
+
+                if (this.gameType != GameType.RemoteClient && this.gameState.equals(GameState.Running))
+                    switchPlayer();
+            } else if (e.getActionCommand().startsWith("isMyTurnChanged")) {
+                if(e.getActionCommand().split(" ")[1].equals("true")) {
+                    if(!this.gameType.equals(GameType.Local) && src instanceof LocalPlayer)
+                    this.statusLabel.setText("Running, it's your turn!'");
+                    else
+                    this.statusLabel.setText("Running, it's " + src.getName() + "'s turn!'");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // catch board events
+        if (e.getSource() instanceof GameBoard) {
+            if (e.getActionCommand().startsWith("gameOver")) {
+                this.gameOver(e.getActionCommand().split(" ")[1]);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void setGameState(GameState newState) {
+        this.gameState = newState;
+
+        switch (this.gameState) {
+            case Idle:
+                this.statusLabel.setText("IDLE");
+                this.buttonRow.setEnabled(false);
+                break;
+
+            case Waiting:
+                this.statusLabel.setText("Waiting for opponent to connect");
+                this.buttonRow.setEnabled(false);
+                break;
+
+            case Running:
+                this.buttonRow.setEnabled(true);
+                break;
+
+            case Over:
+                this.buttonRow.setEnabled(false);
+                break;
+
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -155,29 +270,6 @@ public class ConnectFour extends JFrame implements PlayerMoveListener {
         return this.getSize().height < this.getSize().width;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Catch player moves
-     */
-    @Override
-    public void movePerformed(int column, Player src) {
-        if (this.players[this.player].equals(src) || this.gameType == GameType.RemoteClient) {
-            String res;
-
-            res = this.gameBoard.insertPlate(new Plate(src.usingPlateType), column);
-
-            if (res == "err") {
-                // beep in case of error
-                Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().beep();
-            } else if (res != "ok" && res != "err") {
-                PlateType winnerType = PlateType.valueOf(res);
-                System.out.println("A player won: " + winnerType);
-            }
-
-            if (this.gameType != GameType.RemoteClient)
-                switchPlayer();
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Override validate in order to resacle the components when the window is
      * rescaled
@@ -206,9 +298,6 @@ public class ConnectFour extends JFrame implements PlayerMoveListener {
         ConnectFour game;
         System.out.println(game = new ConnectFour());
 
-        System.out.println("argc: " + args.length);
-        System.out.println("args[0]: " + args[0]);
-
         if (args.length <= 0)
             game.startNewGame(GameType.Local);
         else if (args[0].equals("server"))

src/de/itsblue/ConnectFour/GameBoard.java

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ package de.itsblue.ConnectFour;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.*;
+import java.awt.event.*;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 import de.itsblue.ConnectFour.Plate.PlateType;
 
@@ -58,6 +60,16 @@ public class GameBoard extends JPanel {
      */
     private boolean boardLocked = false;
 
+    /**
+     * An array containing all action listeners
+     */
+    private ArrayList<ActionListener> playerActionListeners = new ArrayList<ActionListener>();
+
+    /**
+     * The current action id
+     */
+    private int currentActionId = 0;
+
     /**
      * Constructor
      */
@@ -85,11 +97,11 @@ public class GameBoard extends JPanel {
      * @return "ok" if the inserton was successfull, "err" if the column is full,
      *         PlateType as string if a plate type has won
      */
-    public String insertPlate(Plate plate, int column) {
+    public boolean insertPlate(Plate plate, int column) {
 
         // check if the column is out of range
         if (column > boardColumns - 1 || this.boardLocked)
-            return "err";
+            return false;
 
         // search for an empty row
         for (int i = boardRows - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
@@ -97,16 +109,13 @@ public class GameBoard extends JPanel {
                 // if the container is empty -> add the plate
                 this.BoardContainers[column][i].insertPlate(plate);
 
-                PlateType winCheckResult = this.checkForWin();
+                this.checkForResult();
 
-                if (winCheckResult == null)
+                return true;
-                    return "ok";
-
-                return winCheckResult.toString();
             }
         }
 
-        return "err";
+        return false;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -169,18 +178,40 @@ public class GameBoard extends JPanel {
      * @return <code>null</code> if there was no matching chain; otherwise the
      *         PlateType of the chain that was found
      */
-    public PlateType checkForWin() {
+    public PlateType checkForResult() {
         for (int c = 0; c < this.boardColumns; c++) {
             for (int r = 0; r < this.boardRows; r++) {
                 PlateType res = this.checkContainerForWin(c, r);
-                if (res != null)
+                if (res != null) {
+                    this.fireActionListeners("gameOver " + res.toString());
                     return res;
                 }
             }
+        }
+
+        if(this.isFull()) {
+            this.boardLocked = true;
+            this.fireActionListeners("gameOver draw");
+        }
 
         return null;
     }
 
+    public boolean isFull() {
+        boolean allContainersOccupied = true;
+
+        for (int c = 0; c < this.boardColumns; c++) {
+            for (int r = 0; r < this.boardRows; r++) {
+                if(!this.getPlateContainer(c, r).containsPlate()) {
+                    allContainersOccupied = false;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return allContainersOccupied;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Function to check if a certain container is the beginning of a four plate log
      * chain of plates of the same type what would indicate the end of the game. If
@@ -325,6 +356,38 @@ public class GameBoard extends JPanel {
         return this.boardRows;
     }
 
+        /**
+     * Function to fire all actionListeners with a given action command
+     * 
+     * @param actionCommand The action command to fire the listeners with
+     */
+    protected void fireActionListeners(String actionCommand) {
+        for (ActionListener playerActionListener : playerActionListeners) {
+            ActionEvent e = new ActionEvent(this, this.currentActionId, actionCommand);
+            playerActionListener.actionPerformed(e);
+            this.currentActionId++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Function to add an ActionListener
+     * 
+     * @param listener the listener to add
+     */
+    public void addActionListener(ActionListener listener) {
+        this.playerActionListeners.add(listener);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Function to remove an ActionListener
+     * 
+     * @param listener the listener to remove
+     */
+    public void removeMoveListener(ActionListener listener) {
+        if (this.playerActionListeners.contains(listener))
+            this.playerActionListeners.remove(listener);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Override paint function to rescale all containers on every repaint
      */

src/de/itsblue/ConnectFour/player/Player.java

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ package de.itsblue.ConnectFour.player;
 import de.itsblue.ConnectFour.Plate.*;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.awt.event.*;
+import java.awt.*;
 
 import de.itsblue.ConnectFour.*;
 
@@ -35,22 +37,27 @@ public abstract class Player {
     /**
      * The button row used to control the game.
      */
-    public ButtonRow gameControllingButtonRow;
+    protected ButtonRow gameControllingButtonRow;
 
     /**
      * The type of plate the player is using.
      */
-    public PlateType usingPlateType;
+    protected PlateType usingPlateType;
 
     /**
-     * An array containing all move listeners
+     * An array containing all action listeners
      */
-    ArrayList<PlayerMoveListener> playerMoveListeners = new ArrayList<PlayerMoveListener>();
+    private ArrayList<ActionListener> playerActionListeners = new ArrayList<ActionListener>();
+
+    /**
+     * The current action id
+     */
+    private int currentActionId = 0;
 
     /**
      * Whether it is this player's turn
      */
-    public boolean isMyTurn = false;
+    protected boolean isMyTurn = false;
 
     /**
      * Constructor
@@ -72,6 +79,7 @@ public abstract class Player {
         if (isMyTurn)
             this.gameControllingButtonRow.setColor(Plate.getColor(this.usingPlateType));
 
+        this.fireActionListeners("isMyTurnChanged " + (isMyTurn ? "true" : "false"));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -79,31 +87,60 @@ public abstract class Player {
      * 
      * @param column the column to insert the plate into
      */
-    public void doMove(int column) {
+    protected void doMove(int column) {
         if (this.isMyTurn) {
-            System.out.println("[LOG] " + Plate.getColor(this.usingPlateType) + " is doing a move in col: " + column);
+            this.fireActionListeners("doMove " + column);
-            for (PlayerMoveListener playerMoveListener : playerMoveListeners) {
-                playerMoveListener.movePerformed(column, this);
-            }
         }
     }
 
     /**
-     * Function to add a move listener
+     * Function to get the plate type used by the player
+     * 
+     * @return used plate type
+     */
+    public PlateType getUsedPlateType() {
+        return this.usingPlateType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Function to get the name of the player
+     * 
+     * @return player name
+     */
+    public String getName() {
+        Color winnerColor = Plate.getColor(this.usingPlateType);
+        return winnerColor.equals(Color.BLACK) ? "Black":"Red";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Function to fire all actionListeners with a given action command
+     * 
+     * @param actionCommand The action command to fire the listeners with
+     */
+    protected void fireActionListeners(String actionCommand) {
+        for (ActionListener playerActionListener : playerActionListeners) {
+            ActionEvent e = new ActionEvent(this, this.currentActionId, actionCommand);
+            playerActionListener.actionPerformed(e);
+            this.currentActionId++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Function to add an ActionListener
      * 
      * @param listener the listener to add
      */
-    public void addMoveListener(PlayerMoveListener listener) {
+    public void addActionListener(ActionListener listener) {
-        this.playerMoveListeners.add(listener);
+        this.playerActionListeners.add(listener);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Function to remove a move listener
+     * Function to remove an ActionListener
      * 
      * @param listener the listener to remove
      */
-    public void removeMoveListener(PlayerMoveListener listener) {
+    public void removeMoveListener(ActionListener listener) {
-        if(this.playerMoveListeners.contains(listener))
+        if (this.playerActionListeners.contains(listener))
-        this.playerMoveListeners.remove(listener);
+            this.playerActionListeners.remove(listener);
     }
 }

src/de/itsblue/ConnectFour/player/PlayerMoveListener.java

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-package de.itsblue.ConnectFour.player;
-
-public abstract interface PlayerMoveListener {
-    public abstract void movePerformed(int column, Player src);
-}

src/de/itsblue/ConnectFour/player/RemotePlayer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/*
+    Connect four - written in java
+    Copyright (C) 2020 Oliver Schappacher and Dorian Zedler
+
+    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+package de.itsblue.ConnectFour.player;
+
+import de.itsblue.ConnectFour.Plate.*;
+
+import java.awt.event.*;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.net.Socket;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+
+import de.itsblue.ConnectFour.*;
+
+/**
+ * Player is an abstract class meant for usage with de.itsblue.ConnectFour. It
+ * is a template for a connect four player.
+ * 
+ * @author Dorian Zedler
+ */
+public abstract class RemotePlayer extends Player implements ActionListener {
+
+    protected Socket socket;
+    protected Scanner in;
+    protected PrintWriter out;
+
+    protected Player opponent;
+
+    public RemotePlayer(ButtonRow gameControllingButtonRow, PlateType usingPlateType, Player opponent) {
+        super(gameControllingButtonRow, usingPlateType);
+        this.opponent = opponent;
+        opponent.addActionListener(this);
+    }
+
+    protected void startListening() {
+            // listen to the socket
+            ExecutorService pool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(200);
+            pool.execute(this.new SocketListener(this.in, this));
+    }
+
+    protected abstract void handleResponse(String response);
+
+        /**
+     * Function to set wether it is this player's turn
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void setIsMyTurn(boolean isMyTurn) {
+        super.setIsMyTurn(isMyTurn);
+
+        if (isMyTurn)
+            this.gameControllingButtonRow.setEnabled(false);
+        else
+            this.gameControllingButtonRow.setEnabled(true);
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
+
+        if(!(e.getSource() instanceof Player))
+        return;
+
+        if (e.getActionCommand().startsWith("doMove")) {
+            int column = Integer.parseInt(e.getActionCommand().split(" ")[1]);
+            try {
+                this.out.println("movePerformed " + column);
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                ex.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class SocketListener implements Runnable {
+        RemotePlayer parent;
+        Scanner in;
+
+        public SocketListener(Scanner in, RemotePlayer parent) {
+            this.parent = parent;
+            this.in = in;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+            // listen to the socket
+            try {
+                while (in.hasNextLine()) {
+                    String response = in.nextLine();
+    
+                    this.parent.handleResponse(response);
+    
+                }
+                out.println("QUIT");
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

src/de/itsblue/ConnectFour/player/RemotePlayerClient.java

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 package de.itsblue.ConnectFour.player;
 
-import java.awt.event.*;
 import java.util.Scanner;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
@@ -35,114 +34,39 @@ import de.itsblue.ConnectFour.*;
  * 
  * @author Dorian Zedler
  */
-public class RemotePlayerClient extends Player implements PlayerMoveListener {
+public class RemotePlayerClient extends RemotePlayer {
-
-    private Socket socket;
-    private Scanner in;
-    private PrintWriter out;
-
-    private Player opponent;
 
     /**
      * Constructor
      * 
      * @param controlledByButtonRow The button row used to control the player.
      */
-    public RemotePlayerClient(ButtonRow gameControllingButtonRow, String serverAddress, Player opponent) {
+    public RemotePlayerClient(ButtonRow gameControllingButtonRow, String serverAddress, Player opponent)
-        super(gameControllingButtonRow, null);
+            throws IOException {
+        super(gameControllingButtonRow, null, opponent);
 
-        this.opponent = opponent;
+        // initialize the socket
-        opponent.addMoveListener(this);
-
-        try {
         socket = new Socket(serverAddress, 4444);
         in = new Scanner(socket.getInputStream());
         out = new PrintWriter(socket.getOutputStream(), true);
         System.out.println("Connected to Connect4 server");
 
-            // get our plate type
+        this.startListening();
-            String response = in.nextLine();
-            if (response.split(" ")[0].equals("setUsingPlateType")) {
-                this.usingPlateType = PlateType.valueOf(response.split(" ")[1]);
-                this.opponent.usingPlateType = this.usingPlateType.equals(PlateType.O) ? PlateType.X : PlateType.O;
-            }
-
-            // check if it is out turn
-            response = in.nextLine();
-            if (response.split(" ")[0].equals("setIsMyTurn")) {
-                this.setIsMyTurn(response.split(" ")[1].equals("true"));
-                opponent.setIsMyTurn(response.split(" ")[1].equals("false"));
-            }
-
-            // listen to the socket
-            ExecutorService pool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(200);
-            pool.execute(this.new ClientListener(in, this));
-
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
 
     }
 
     public void handleResponse(String response) {
-        System.out.println("[CLIENT]GOT: " + response);
+        if (response.startsWith("setUsingPlateType")) {
-
+            // handle PlateType change
-        if(response.startsWith("setIsMyTurn")) {
+            this.usingPlateType = PlateType.valueOf(response.split(" ")[1]);
+            this.opponent.usingPlateType = this.usingPlateType == PlateType.O ? PlateType.X : PlateType.O;
+        } else if (response.startsWith("setIsMyTurn")) {
+            // handle turn change
             this.setIsMyTurn(response.split(" ")[1].equals("true"));
             opponent.setIsMyTurn(response.split(" ")[1].equals("false"));
         } else if (response.startsWith("movePerformed")) {
+            // handle move performed
             this.doMove(Integer.parseInt(response.split(" ")[1]));
         }
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Function to set wether it is this player's turn
-     */
-    @Override
-    public void setIsMyTurn(boolean isMyTurn) {
-        super.setIsMyTurn(isMyTurn);
-
-        if (isMyTurn)
-            this.gameControllingButtonRow.setEnabled(false);
-        else
-            this.gameControllingButtonRow.setEnabled(true);
-
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void movePerformed(int column, Player src) {
-        try {
-            this.out.println("movePerformed " + column);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
-    }
-
-    class ClientListener implements Runnable {
-
-        RemotePlayerClient parent;
-        Scanner in;
-
-        public ClientListener(Scanner in, RemotePlayerClient parent) {
-            this.parent = parent;
-            this.in = in;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void run() {
-            // listen to the socket
-            try {
-                while (in.hasNextLine()) {
-                    String response = in.nextLine();
-    
-                    this.parent.handleResponse(response);
-    
-                }
-                out.println("QUIT");
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                e.printStackTrace();
-            }
-        }
-
-    }
 }

src/de/itsblue/ConnectFour/player/RemotePlayerServer.java

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 package de.itsblue.ConnectFour.player;
 
+import java.awt.event.*;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.net.ServerSocket;
@@ -36,14 +38,9 @@ import de.itsblue.ConnectFour.*;
  * 
  * @author Dorian Zedler
  */
-public class RemotePlayerServer extends Player implements PlayerMoveListener {
+public class RemotePlayerServer extends RemotePlayer {
 
-    private ServerSocket listener;
+    private ServerSocket serverSocket;
-    private Socket clientSocket;
-    private Scanner in;
-    private PrintWriter out;
-
-    private Player opponent;
 
     /**
      * Constructor
@@ -51,90 +48,41 @@ public class RemotePlayerServer extends Player implements PlayerMoveListener {
      * @param controlledByButtonRow The button row used to control the player.
      * @param usingPlateType        The type of plate the player is using.
      */
-    public RemotePlayerServer(ButtonRow gameControllingButtonRow, PlateType usingPlateType, Player opponent) {
+    public RemotePlayerServer(ButtonRow gameControllingButtonRow, PlateType usingPlateType, Player opponent)
-        super(gameControllingButtonRow, usingPlateType);
+            throws Exception {
+        super(gameControllingButtonRow, usingPlateType, opponent);
 
-        this.opponent = opponent;
+        this.serverSocket = new ServerSocket(4444);
-        opponent.addMoveListener(this);
-
-        try {
-            this.listener = new ServerSocket(4444);
         System.out.println("Connect4 Server is Running...");
 
-            this.clientSocket = listener.accept();
+        this.socket = serverSocket.accept(); // gets stuck here until someone connects
-            this.in = new Scanner(this.clientSocket.getInputStream());
+        this.in = new Scanner(this.socket.getInputStream());
-            this.out = new PrintWriter(this.clientSocket.getOutputStream(), true);
+        this.out = new PrintWriter(this.socket.getOutputStream(), true);
 
         System.out.println("Client connected");
 
         out.println("setUsingPlateType " + this.opponent.usingPlateType.name());
         out.println("setIsMyTurn " + (this.opponent.isMyTurn ? "true" : "false"));
 
-            ExecutorService pool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(200);
+        this.startListening();
-            pool.execute(this.new ServerListener(in, this));
-
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
     }
 
     public void handleResponse(String response) {
-        System.out.println("GOT: " + response);
         if (response.startsWith("movePerformed")) {
             this.doMove(Integer.parseInt(response.split(" ")[1]));
         }
     }
 
     /**
-     * Function to set wether it is this player's turn
+     * Catch actions of opponent and forward them to client
      */
     @Override
-    public void setIsMyTurn(boolean isMyTurn) {
+    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
-        super.setIsMyTurn(isMyTurn);
 
-        if(isMyTurn)
+        super.actionPerformed(e);
-        this.gameControllingButtonRow.setEnabled(false);
-        else
-        this.gameControllingButtonRow.setEnabled(true);
 
-        out.println("setIsMyTurn " + (this.isMyTurn ? "false":"true"));
+        if (e.getActionCommand().startsWith("isMyTurnChanged")) {
-    }
+            out.println("setIsMyTurn " + (e.getActionCommand().split(" ")[1]));
-
-	@Override
-	public void movePerformed(int column, Player src) {
-        System.out.println("movePerformed");
-		try {
-            this.out.println("movePerformed " + column);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
         }
     }
-
-    class ServerListener implements Runnable {
-
-        RemotePlayerServer parent;
-        Scanner in;
-
-        public ServerListener(Scanner in, RemotePlayerServer parent) {
-            this.parent = parent;
-            this.in = in;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void run() {
-            // listen to the socket
-            try {
-                while (in.hasNextLine()) {
-                    String response = in.nextLine();
-    
-                    this.parent.handleResponse(response);
-    
-                }
-                out.println("QUIT");
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                e.printStackTrace();
-            }
-        }
-
-    }
 }