/// <summary>
/// Creates an <c>IntersectionMatrix</c> with the same elements as
/// <c>other</c>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="other">An <c>IntersectionMatrix</c> to copy.</param>
public IntersectionMatrix(IntersectionMatrix other) : this()
{
matrix[(int)Locations.Interior, (int)Locations.Interior] = other.matrix[(int)Locations.Interior, (int)Locations.Interior];
matrix[(int)Locations.Interior, (int)Locations.Boundary] = other.matrix[(int)Locations.Interior, (int)Locations.Boundary];
matrix[(int)Locations.Interior, (int)Locations.Exterior] = other.matrix[(int)Locations.Interior, (int)Locations.Exterior];
matrix[(int)Locations.Boundary, (int)Locations.Interior] = other.matrix[(int)Locations.Boundary, (int)Locations.Interior];
matrix[(int)Locations.Boundary, (int)Locations.Boundary] = other.matrix[(int)Locations.Boundary, (int)Locations.Boundary];
matrix[(int)Locations.Boundary, (int)Locations.Exterior] = other.matrix[(int)Locations.Boundary, (int)Locations.Exterior];
matrix[(int)Locations.Exterior, (int)Locations.Interior] = other.matrix[(int)Locations.Exterior, (int)Locations.Interior];
matrix[(int)Locations.Exterior, (int)Locations.Boundary] = other.matrix[(int)Locations.Exterior, (int)Locations.Boundary];
matrix[(int)Locations.Exterior, (int)Locations.Exterior] = other.matrix[(int)Locations.Exterior, (int)Locations.Exterior];
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns true if each of the actual dimension symbols satisfies the
/// corresponding required dimension symbol.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="actualDimensionSymbols">
/// Nine dimension symbols to validate.
/// Possible values are <c>T, F, * , 0, 1, 2</c>.
/// </param>
/// <param name="requiredDimensionSymbols">
/// Nine dimension symbols to validate
/// against. Possible values are <c>T, F, * , 0, 1, 2</c>.
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// True if each of the required dimension
/// symbols encompass the corresponding actual dimension symbol.
/// </returns>
public static bool Matches(string actualDimensionSymbols, string requiredDimensionSymbols)
{
IntersectionMatrix m = new IntersectionMatrix(actualDimensionSymbols);
return(m.Matches(requiredDimensionSymbols));
}
