Caffeine4J follows in the footsteps of Caffeine's vision of improving and simplifying the process of learning A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)

While the original project was developed in C++ and Qt, this project differs in the following areas and for the following reasons:

A brand new code base. The original code base was developed on a very aggressive schedule and with minimal testing The original code base was buggy at the end of our development window and rumors indicate it isn't better now  Developed on the Java Platform Free and easy to setup Already cross-platform Has a very attractive tool set You aren't limited to the Java language, which leads to some interesting ideas.  Utilize existing Java technologies or products Examples: Replace Caffeine's messaging system with JMS (Java Messaging Service) Replace Caffeine's "application server" with a COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) product Replace the client side modules, possibly with Eclipse plugins

The project's goals are as follows:

Help fully realize Caffeine's vision  Replace the original Caffeine product with one that is  Stable  Easy to maintain  Easy to expand and enhance (including new games)  Easy to deploy  In the future provide this as an FOSS project for students utilizing the product to maintain.