/// <summary>
/// Animals may listen, to detect which direction the loudest sound is
/// coming from. This method works by examining the SoundLevels in the air
/// in all immediately-surrounding cells and picking the one that has the greatest
/// sound level.
///
/// If a number of directions have equal SoundLevels, any one of them may be returned.
///
/// But in the special case when all the SoundLevels are zero, null is returned.
/// </summary>
/// <returns> the Direction of the loudest sound, or null if all the SoundLevels are zero. </returns>
public Direction Listen()
{
int loudestSound = 0;
Direction loudestSoundDirection = Direction.NORTH;
for (int i = 0; i < Direction.NUMBER_POSSIBLE; i++)
{
Direction direction = Direction.GetAdjacentCellDirection(i);
Cell adjacentCell = Cell.GetAdjacentCell(direction);
if (adjacentCell != null)
{
Air adjacentAir = adjacentCell.Air;
int adjacentSoundLevel = adjacentAir.SoundLevel;
if (loudestSound < adjacentSoundLevel)
{
loudestSound = adjacentSoundLevel;
loudestSoundDirection = direction;
}
}
}
if (loudestSound == 0) //0 being default value
{
return(null);
}
else
{
return(loudestSoundDirection);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// This method is available to all Things that wish to make a sound in the
/// pigWorld. Calling this method starts a chain reaction in which this air
/// object sends a TransmitSound message to all surrounding air objects,
/// and each of those in turn send a TransmitSound message to their own
/// surrounding air objects, until the sound dies out or reaches a dead-end.
///
/// Sound does not pass THROUGH walls, but it will propagate AROUND a wall
/// whenever there is a path from one Cell to another.
///
/// Each time sound is transmitted to surrounding air objects, the
/// passed-on soundLevel is decreased by one.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="soundLevel"> the intensity of sound to transmit to this particular
/// piece of air. </param>
public void TransmitSound(int soundLevel)
{
if (soundLevel <= this.soundLevel)
{
return;
}
this.soundLevel = soundLevel;
cell.AirChanged();
for (int i = 0; i < Direction.NUMBER_POSSIBLE; i++)
{
Direction direction = Direction.GetAdjacentCellDirection(i);
Cell adjacentCell = Cell.GetAdjacentCell(direction);
if (adjacentCell != null)
{
Air adjacentAir = adjacentCell.Air;
adjacentAir.TransmitSound(soundLevel - 1);
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Constructs a new Cell.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="pigWorld"></param>
/// <param name="position"></param>
public Cell(PigWorld pigWorld, Position position)
{
this.pigWorld = pigWorld;
this.position = position;
air = new Air(this);
}