/// <summary>
/// Applies rules to a pattern and returns the next generation
/// </summary>
/// <param name="cells">current </param>
/// <returns>the next generation pattern after applying Life rules</returns>
public async Task <LifeBoardInt> GetNextGeneration(LifeBoardInt cells)
{
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
await JsonSerializer.SerializeAsync <LifeBoardInt>(ms, cells).ConfigureAwait(false);
ms.Position = 0;
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(ms))
{
var str = sr.ReadToEnd();
using (StringContent body = new StringContent(str, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json"))
{
var response = await _httpClient.PostAsync(new Uri("conwaylife", UriKind.Relative), body).ConfigureAwait(false);
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
using (var responseStream
= await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync().ConfigureAwait(false))
{
return(await JsonSerializer.DeserializeAsync
<LifeBoardInt>(responseStream).ConfigureAwait(false));
}
}
}
}
}
static public ILifeBoard FromPattern(IEnumerable <string> initialRows)
{
if (initialRows == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(initialRows));
}
if (initialRows.Any(l => l == null))
{
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(initialRows));
}
int rowCount = initialRows.Count();
if (rowCount == 0)
{
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(initialRows));
}
int colCount = initialRows.Max(l => l.Length);
if (colCount == 0)
{
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(initialRows));
}
if (rowCount > GetMaxRows() || colCount > GetMaxColumns())
{
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(initialRows));
}
ILifeBoard cells = new LifeBoardInt(rowCount, colCount, 0, null);
int rowNum = 0;
foreach (var row in initialRows)
{
var l = row;
if (l.Length < colCount)
{
l = l + new string('0', colCount - l.Length);
}
for (int c = 0; c < colCount; c++)
{
cells[rowNum, c] = l[c] == '1' || l[c] == 'X';
}
rowNum++;
}
return(cells);
}