minor fixes and improvements

src/de/itsblue/ConnectFour/ConnectFour.java

@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ public class ConnectFour extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
 
     private GameType gameType;
     
+    String serverIp;
+
     enum GameType {
         Local, RemoteServer, RemoteClient
     }
@@ -133,13 +135,13 @@ public class ConnectFour extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
                 this.players[0] = new LocalPlayer(this.buttonRow, null);
 
                 try {
-                    this.players[1] = new RemotePlayerClient(this.buttonRow, "localhost", this.players[0]);
+                    this.players[1] = new RemotePlayerClient(this.buttonRow, this.serverIp, this.players[0]);
                 } catch (IOException e) {
                     e.printStackTrace();
                 }
 
                 // do not add the listener of the local player here, as the client player will
-                // handle its moves in order to make shure they are legal
+                // handle its moves in order to make sure they are legal
                 this.players[1].addActionListener(this);
 
                 break;
@@ -246,6 +248,7 @@ public class ConnectFour extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
                 if (!res) {
                     // beep in case of error
                     Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().beep();
+                    return;
                 }
 
                 if (this.gameType != GameType.RemoteClient && this.gameState.equals(GameState.Running))
@@ -349,8 +352,10 @@ public class ConnectFour extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
             game.startNewGame(GameType.Local);
         else if (args[0].equals("server"))
             game.startNewGame(GameType.RemoteServer);
-        else if (args[0].equals("client"))
+        else if (args[0].equals("client")) {
+            game.serverIp = args[1];
             game.startNewGame(GameType.RemoteClient);
+        }
         else
             System.out.println("Usage: java ConnectFour.java [server|client]");
     }

src/de/itsblue/ConnectFour/Plate.java

@@ -70,6 +70,33 @@ public class Plate {
         return Plate.getValue(this.type);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Function to get the type of the plate as string
+     * 
+     * @return "yellow" or "red"
+     */
+    public String getName() {
+        return Plate.getName(this.type);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Function to get the type of the plate as string
+     * 
+     * @param type plate type
+     * 
+     * @return "yellow" or "red"
+     */
+    public static String getName(PlateType type) {
+        switch (type) {
+            case O:
+                return "yellow";
+            case X:
+                return "red";
+            default:
+                return "";
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Function to get a PlateType as int
      * 

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

@@ -108,8 +108,7 @@ public abstract class Player {
      * @return player name
      */
     public String getName() {
-        Color thisColor = Plate.getColor(this.usingPlateType);
-        return thisColor.equals(Color.BLACK) ? "Black":"Red";
+        return Plate.getName(this.usingPlateType);
     }
 
     /**