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# Job Board
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A job board is a class whos main function
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is a map from pawns (IWorkers?) to jobs (IWorkables)
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the intention is that a pawn or job does not know, itself
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what its doing, but contacts the job board each frame
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to get what its current job is.
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when a IWorkable begins to have work, it may post itself
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to the board, and when it is finished it will remove itself
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from the board, by sending messages to the board.
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IWorkers on the other hand, are able to request a job
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from the board, and once they have it, will wimply ask
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the board for its current job each from, to attempt to do
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work. at some point, the board will simply start returning
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null instead of the IWorker's current job. to is when the
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worker knows it can move on to another action.
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A Worker may also tell a job board, that it no longer
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wishes to do work, and the job will be released.
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