RuleOfElimination (dev.hcf.ball:ball-game API 3.0.20.20251111 API)

java.lang.Object
- ball.game.sudoku.Rule
- - ball.game.sudoku.RuleOfElimination

Direct Known Subclasses:

RuleOfNIdenticalCellsOfSizeN, RuleOfSums, RuleOfUniqueness
```
@ServiceProviderFor(Rule.class)
public class RuleOfElimination
extends Rule
```
Sudoku "rule-of-elimination" Rule implementation. If a digit is the solution to a Cell then it cannot be the solution to any other Cell in the row, column, or 3x3 nonet.

Author:

Allen D. Ball

- Constructor Summary
  
  Constructors
  Constructor Description
  
  RuleOfElimination()
- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  boolean applyTo(Puzzle puzzle)
  Method to apply this Rule to the argument Puzzle.
  - Methods inherited from class ball.game.sudoku.Rule
    count, solved, sum
  - Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
    clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - RuleOfElimination
```
public RuleOfElimination()
```
- Method Detail
  - applyTo
```
public boolean applyTo(Puzzle puzzle)
```
    Description copied from class: Rule
    
    Method to apply this Rule to the argument Puzzle.
    
    Specified by:
    
    applyTo in class Rule
    
    Parameters:
    
    puzzle - The Puzzle to solve.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this Puzzle is modified; false otherwise.