//calculate the cell value by looking at the neighbouring cells
private Cell calculateCell(Cell current, Cell left, Cell right)
{
Cell c = new Cell();
//rule 1: if both of the neighbouring cells have a state equal to the
// next state, then the cell is changed to the previous state.
if (left.getState == current.getNextState && right.getState == current.getNextState)
{
c.setState(c.getPreviousState);
}
//rule 2: if only one of the neighbouring cells has a state equal to
// the next state, then the cell is changed to the next state.
else if (left.getState == current.getNextState || right.getState == current.getNextState)
{
c.setState(current.getNextState);
}
//rule 3: if both neighbours have the same state as the current cell, then
// the current cell is changed to the next state.
else if (current.getState == left.getState && current.getState == right.getState)
{
c.setState(current.getNextState);
}
//rule 4: if none of the above rules apply, leave the cell unchanged.
else
{
return c;
}
return c;
}
//scramble every cell in the cells array using a random integer
public void scrambleCells(int number)
{
generation++;
Random r = new Random(number);
int move;
for (int i = 0; i < GRIDSIZE; i++)
{
move = r.Next(3);
cells[i] = new Cell(move);
}
}
public String name(Cell c) // return the value of the cell
{
return c.name();
}