Hangman Java class: Hangman (3 of 3)

package org.inksaver.java;
/*
    Hangman console version Java
    You will need all 3 class files:
    Main.java       http://pastebin.com/nbuy3y90
    Hangman.java        http://pastebin.com/chsL0dbY
    Dictionary.java     http://pastebin.com/BKkvSap3
    get dictionary.txt from github or elsewhere call it "dictionary.txt" in same folder as src
    https://github.com/dmcguinness/Hangman/blob/master/dictionary.txt
    The methods used here may not be the most efficient, but have been chosen to
    match as far as possible the code used in the Lua and Python versions,
    so they can be directly compared and contrasted.
*/
import java.util.Arrays;

public class Hangman {
    int stage = 0;
    String lettersAvailable = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
    String lettersChosen = ""; // add letters to this string as player chooses them
    String progress = ""; //string of hyphens as placeholders for letters
    boolean completed = false;
    boolean fail = false;
    String word = "";

    String[][] row = new String[9][12];{
        /* full finished graphic:
                    0_________________
                    1|    _________  |
                    2|    | /     |  |
                    3|    |/      O  |
                    4|    |      /|\ |
                    5|    |       |  |
                    6|    |      / \ |
                    7| ___|___       |
                    8|_______________|
         */

        //stage 0 - new game
        row[0][0] = "_________________";
        row[1][0] = "|               |";
        row[2][0] = "|               |";
        row[3][0] = "|               |";
        row[4][0] = "|               |";
        row[5][0] = "|               |";
        row[6][0] = "|               |";
        row[7][0] = "|               |";
        row[8][0] = "|_______________|";

        //stage 1 - 1 mistake
        row[0][1] = "_________________";
        row[1][1] = "|               |";
        row[2][1] = "|               |";
        row[3][1] = "|               |";
        row[4][1] = "|               |";
        row[5][1] = "|               |";
        row[6][1] = "|               |";
        row[7][1] = "| _______       |";
        row[8][1] = "|_______________|";

        row[0][2] = "_________________";
        row[1][2] = "|               |";
        row[2][2] = "|    |          |";
        row[3][2] = "|    |          |";
        row[4][2] = "|    |          |";
        row[5][2] = "|    |          |";
        row[6][2] = "|    |          |";
        row[7][2] = "| ___|___       |";
        row[8][2] = "|_______________|";

        row[0][3] = "_________________";
        row[1][3] = "|    _________  |";
        row[2][3] = "|    | /        |";
        row[3][3] = "|    |/         |";
        row[4][3] = "|    |          |";
        row[5][3] = "|    |          |";
        row[6][3] = "|    |          |";
        row[7][3] = "|    |          |";
        row[8][3] = "|_______________|";

        row[0][4] = "_________________";
        row[1][4] = "|    _________  |";
        row[2][4] = "|    | /     |  |";
        row[3][4] = "|    |/         |";
        row[4][4] = "|    |          |";
        row[5][4] = "|    |          |";
        row[6][4] = "|    |          |";
        row[7][4] = "| ___|___       |";
        row[8][4] = "|_______________|";

        row[0][5] = "_________________";
        row[1][5] = "|    _________  |";
        row[2][5] = "|    | /     |  |";
        row[3][5] = "|    |/      O  |";
        row[4][5] = "|    |          |";
        row[5][5] = "|    |          |";
        row[6][5] = "|    |          |";
        row[7][5] = "| ___|___       |";
        row[8][5] = "|_______________|";

        row[0][6] = "_________________";
        row[1][6] = "|    _________  |";
        row[2][6] = "|    | /     |  |";
        row[3][6] = "|    |/      O  |";
        row[4][6] = "|    |      /   |";
        row[5][6] = "|    |          |";
        row[6][6] = "|    |          |";
        row[7][6] = "| ___|___       |";
        row[8][6] = "|_______________|";

        row[0][7] = "_________________";
        row[1][7] = "|    _________  |";
        row[2][7] = "|    | /     |  |";
        row[3][7] = "|    |/      O  |";
        row[4][7] = "|    |      /|  |";
        row[5][7] = "|    |          |";
        row[6][7] = "|    |          |";
        row[7][7] = "| ___|___       |";
        row[8][7] = "|_______________|";

        row[0][8] = "_________________";
        row[1][8] = "|    _________  |";
        row[2][8] = "|    | /     |  |";
        row[3][8] = "|    |/      O  |";
        row[4][8] = "|    |      /|" + (char)92 + " |"; // backspace causes printing errors so use ascii code
        row[5][8] = "|    |          |";
        row[6][8] = "|    |          |";
        row[7][8] = "| ___|___       |";
        row[8][8] = "|_______________|";

        row[0][9] = "_________________";
        row[1][9] = "|    _________  |";
        row[2][9] = "|    | /     |  |";
        row[3][9] = "|    |/      O  |";
        row[4][9] = "|    |      /|" + (char)92 + " |";
        row[5][9] = "|    |       |  |";
        row[6][9] = "|    |          |";
        row[7][9] = "| ___|___       |";
        row[8][9] = "|_______________|" ;

        row[0][10] =    "_________________";
        row[1][10] =    "|    _________  |";
        row[2][10] =    "|    | /     |  |";
        row[3][10] =    "|    |/      O  |";
        row[4][10] =    "|    |      /|" + (char)92 + " |";
        row[5][10] =    "|    |       |  |";
        row[6][10] =    "|    |      /   |";
        row[7][10] =    "| ___|___       |";
        row[8][10] =    "|_______________|";

        row[0][11] =    "_________________";
        row[1][11] =    "|    _________  |";
        row[2][11] =    "|    | /     |  |";
        row[3][11] =    "|    |/      O  |";
        row[4][11] =    "|    |      /|" + (char)92 + " |";
        row[5][11] =    "|    |       |  |";
        row[6][11] =    "|    |      / " + (char)92 + " |";
        row[7][11] =    "| ___|___       |";
        row[8][11] =    "|_______________|";
    };

    public void printStage(){ // method: print graphics for current stage
        for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++){
            System.out.println(row[i][stage]);
            }
        String wordOut = "";
        //display word with spaces between letters
        for (int i = 0; i < progress.length(); i++){
            wordOut = wordOut + " " + progress.charAt(i);
        }
        System.out.println(wordOut);
    }

    public void setWord(String newWord){ // property set: use word from clsDictionary object
        word = newWord;
        progress = "";
        for (int i = 0; i < newWord.length(); i++){ // create a string of hyphens as placeholders for letters
            progress = progress + "-";
        }
    }

    public String getWord(){ // property get: current word used in game
        return word;
    }

    public int getWordLength(){ // property get: current word used in game
        return word.length();
    }

    public String getLettersAvailable(){ // property get: list of letters mot yet tried
        return lettersAvailable;
    }

    public String getLettersChosen(){ // property get: list of letters already tried
        return lettersChosen;
    }

    public boolean getCompleted(){ // property get: game complete, either pass or fail
        return completed;
    }

    public boolean getFail(){ // property get: game over with fail :(
        return fail;
    }

    public void checkGuess(String guess){ // method: check letter entered by user (already converted to upper case)
        int position = -1;
        String front = "";
        String middle = "";
        String end = "";
        // example: word = "HELLO", guess = "L", lettersChosen = "A", progress  = "-----"
        if (!lettersChosen.contains(guess)){ // letter not used before ("L" is not in "A")
            position = word.indexOf(guess); // 0 = beginning, -1 not found: (L = 2)
            if (position >= 0){ // letter is in game word! (L is in HELLO)
                //add letter to progress (replace underscore characters with letters)
                while (position >= 0){ // (position = 2)
                    if (position == 0){ // first letter of word, so substitute letter for first underscore
                        front = guess;
                        middle = "";
                        end = progress.substring(1);
                    }
                    else{ // not first letter, calculate new string with letter in place of underscore
                        front = progress.substring(0, position); //(progress = "-----", front = "--")
                        middle = guess; //middle = "L"
                        if (position == word.length() - 1){ // last letter. length() is larger by 1, and position starts at 0, so -2 needed
                            end = "";
                        }
                        else{
                            end = progress.substring(position + 1, progress.length());//(end = "--")
                        }
                    }
                    progress = front + middle + end; //("--" + "L" + "--")
                    position = word.indexOf(guess, position + 1);//-1 if not found (word = "HELLO", position = 3 so loop again)
                }
                if (!progress.contains("-")){ // game completed as all hyphens are gone
                    completed = true;
                }
            }
            else{
                //draw next stage of Hangman
                if (stage == 10){ // game over, word not found
                    fail = true;
                    completed = true;
                }
                stage++; // make sure next / final graphic is drawn
            }

            // add last letter to list, sort list and return
            lettersChosen = lettersChosen + guess;
            char[] chars = lettersChosen.toCharArray();
            Arrays.sort(chars);
            lettersChosen = new String(chars);
            position = lettersAvailable.indexOf(guess); // remove last letter from list of available letters
            if (position == lettersAvailable.length() - 1){ //last letter in string
                lettersAvailable = lettersAvailable.substring(0, position);
            }
            else{
                lettersAvailable = lettersAvailable.substring(0, position) + lettersAvailable.substring(position + 1, lettersAvailable.length());
            }
        }
    }
}