/// <summary>
/// API method that takes in the sudoku board request from client and
/// returns sudoku board response with appropriate status code and error message (if any).
/// </summary>
/// <param name="request"></param>
/// <returns>SudokuSolverResponse</returns>
public SudokuSolverResponse Solve(SudokuSolverRequest request)
{
var response = new SudokuSolverResponse {
Board = request.Board
};
try
{
if (sudokuSolver.Solve(request.Board))
{
response.Status = SudokuSolverResponseStatus.Success;
}
else
{
response.Status = SudokuSolverResponseStatus.NotSolved;
response.ErrorMessage = "Board could not be solved with the given inputs.";
}
}
catch (BoardInvalidException ex)
{
response.Status = SudokuSolverResponseStatus.Error;
response.ErrorMessage = ex.Message;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
logger.Error(ex);
response.Status = SudokuSolverResponseStatus.Error;
response.ErrorMessage = "Something unexpected happened. Please try again and if error persists contact admin.";
}
return(response);
}
/// <summary>
/// Generates the UI viewmodel from the response received from the sudokusolver service.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="response"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static SudokuSolverViewModel ToViewModel(this SudokuSolverResponse response)
{
return(new SudokuSolverViewModel
{
Board = response.Board.ToStringBoard(),
ErrorMessage = response.ErrorMessage
});
}