ball.game.life

Class Automata

java.lang.Object

ball.game.life.Automata

public class Automata
extends Object

Life Automata.

Version:

$Revision: 7215 $

Author:

Allen D. Ball

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Automata(int height, int width)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	get(BigInteger state, int y, int x) Method to get the value of a cell at a specified (y, x) coordinate fron the argument state.
int	getHeight() Method to get the height of the board.
int	getWidth() Method to get the width of the board.
BigInteger	next(BigInteger current) Given the current state, calculate the next state.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Automata

@ConstructorProperties(value={"height","width"})
public Automata(int height,
                                                                 int width)

Parameters:

height - The extent of the y-axis.

width - The extent of the x-axis.

Method Detail

getHeight

public int getHeight()

Method to get the height of the board.

Returns:

The height.

getWidth

public int getWidth()

Method to get the width of the board.

Returns:

The width.

next

public BigInteger next(BigInteger current)

Given the current state, calculate the next state.

Parameters:

current - The current state.

Returns:

The next state.

get

public boolean get(BigInteger state,
                   int y,
                   int x)

Method to get the value of a cell at a specified (y, x) coordinate fron the argument state.

Parameters:

state - The Automata state.

y - The y coordinate.

x - The x coordinate.

Returns:

true if the (y, x) coordinate is valid and if the specified cell is "alive;" false otherwise.