/// <summary>
/// Initialises the view model, user interface and data binding from the view model
/// to the interface.
/// </summary>
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
generationViewModel = new GenerationViewModel(
ConwaysGameOfLife.Properties.Settings.Default.UniverseSize
);
BuildGridUI(generationViewModel);
DataContext = generationViewModel;
}
/// <summary>
/// Builds the game of life user interface.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="generationViewModel">Generation view model.</param>
private void BuildGridUI(GenerationViewModel generationViewModel)
{
for (int row = 0; row < generationViewModel.UniverseSize; row++)
{
UniverseGrid.RowDefinitions.Add(new RowDefinition());
for (int column = 0; column < generationViewModel.UniverseSize; column++)
{
if (row == 0)
UniverseGrid.ColumnDefinitions.Add(new ColumnDefinition());
// Let's use a TextBlock to visually represent a cell
TextBlock cellTextBlock = CreateCellTextBlock(generationViewModel.GetCell(row, column));
// Position the "cell" in the grid
Grid.SetRow(cellTextBlock, row);
Grid.SetColumn(cellTextBlock, column);
UniverseGrid.Children.Add(cellTextBlock);
}
}
}