/*
* Having received the whole information saved in the file as to what
* elements the game has, now this method is parsing it from string
* and populating a new game object which could be returned to the main game and
* take over the flow of information.
*/
public static Game parseFromFile(String info)
{
//define deliminator of new line
string [] delim = new string[1];
delim[0]= (string)(System.Environment.NewLine);
//split the text by new lines
string[] splitText = info.Split(delim,System.StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
//get size from the string
int size = Convert.ToInt32(splitText[0]);
//get rate from the string
int rate = Convert.ToInt32(splitText[1]);
//create a new game object with the new size and rate
Game theGame = new Game(size, rate);
//set new deliminator
delim[0] = ",";
//start splitting each row into seperate values - for each value check if it is a zero or one and populate the cell
for (int x = 2; x < splitText.Length; x++)
{
//split row into characters by the comma
string[] array = splitText[x].Split(delim, System.StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
//for each of the characters check one or zero and set the value at row and column index to proper cell value
for (int y = 0; y < array.Length; y++)
{
//(x-2) is the row index because the 0th and the 1st element in the array for the rows (whose index is x) where size and rate
if (array[y] == "1") theGame.setValueAt(x - 2, y, true);
else theGame.setValueAt(x - 2, y, false);
}
}
return theGame;
}