// Copy constructor
public Component(Component previousComponent)
{
ID_ = previousComponent.ID_;
x_ = previousComponent.x_;
y_ = previousComponent.y_;
links_ = previousComponent.links_;
}
// Swap the coordinates of two components
public Component permutation(Component other)
{
Component tmp = new Component(other);
tmp.x_ = this.x_;
tmp.y_ = this.y_;
this.x_ = other.x_;
this.y_ = other.y_;
return tmp;
}
// Compute the Manhattan length between two components
static int manhattan(Component a, Component b)
{
return (Math.Abs(a.x_ - b.x_) + Math.Abs(a.y_ - b.y_));
}
