public PuzzleNine LoadSavedPuzzle()
{
List <int[, ]> puzzlesToLoad = null;
PuzzleNine userAnswers = new PuzzleNine(1);
try
{
DataAccessor dataAccessor = new DataAccessor();
puzzlesToLoad = dataAccessor.RetrieveSaveSolAndSetup();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw new ApplicationException("Data not availiable.", ex);
}
if (puzzlesToLoad != null)
{
// save data contains a solution, a setup, and user answers
puzzleSolution = new PuzzleNine();
puzzleSolution._puzzle = puzzlesToLoad[0];
setupPuzzle = puzzleSolution.CopyPuzzle();
//basically the same as the buildPuzzle method
setupPuzzle._puzzle = puzzlesToLoad[1];
UpdateCanidates();
userAnswers._puzzle = puzzlesToLoad[2];
}
return(userAnswers);
}
public Solver(PuzzleNine puzzle)
{
// make sure that it is creating a new object and not passing a reference
_puzzleObject = puzzle.CopyPuzzle();
_puzzleObject.ResetCoordinates();
_puzzleObject.UpdateCoordinates();
findPossibleAnswers();
SinglePosition();
}
public SetupPuzzle(int difficultySelection)
{
puzzleSolution = new PuzzleNine();
//copy the puzzle
setupPuzzle = puzzleSolution.CopyPuzzle();
// take numbers out of the puzzle
buildPuzzle(difficultySelection);
setupPuzzle.UpdateCoordinates();
}