/*
* Static method that can be utilised with 'Grid'/'GridInterface' objects to provide a
* deep copy of a 'GridInterface' object.
*/
public static GridInterface <CellInterface> getDeepCopy(this GridInterface <CellInterface> grid)
{
var gridCopy = new Grid(grid.noOfRows, grid.noOfColumns);
foreach (var cell in grid.Cells)
{
var cellCopy = new Cell {
rowIndex = cell.rowIndex, columnIndex = cell.columnIndex, isAlive = cell.isAlive
};
gridCopy.addCell(cellCopy);
}
return(gridCopy);
}
/// <summary>
/// Takes individual cells and returns a formatted
/// string representing the grid.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="grid"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string toConsoleFormattedString(this GridInterface <CellInterface> grid)
{
var builder = new StringBuilder();
for (var rowIndex = 0; rowIndex < grid.noOfRows; rowIndex++)
{
for (int columnIndex = 0; columnIndex < grid.noOfColumns; columnIndex++)
{
builder.Append(grid.getCellByIndex(rowIndex, columnIndex).isAlive ? LiveCell : DeadCell);
builder.Append(Separator);
}
builder.Append(Environment.NewLine);
}
return(builder.ToString());
}
public void Execute(GridInterface <CellInterface> currentGrid)
{
var gridCopy = currentGrid.getDeepCopy();
_neighbourCalculator.Grid = gridCopy;
_gameRules.LiveCellRule.Grid = gridCopy;
_gameRules.DeadCellRule.Grid = gridCopy;
foreach (var cell in currentGrid.Cells)
{
if (cell.isAlive)
{
_gameRules.LiveCellRule.Execute(cell);
}
else
{
_gameRules.DeadCellRule.Execute(cell);
}
}
}
private bool TakeLiveCellsFromUser()
{
Console.WriteLine(
"Enter live cells in the format: rowIndex,colIndex : rowIndex,colIndex.\nfollowed by Enter key");
var userInput = Console.ReadLine();
var result = false;
try
{
_userGrid = _gridRowColumnParser.ParseGrid(userInput, _numberOfRows, _numberOfColumns);
result = true;
}
catch (ArgumentException exception)
{
Console.WriteLine("Following error occurred : " + exception.Message);
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
Console.WriteLine("Unknown error occurred : " + exception.Message);
}
return(result);
}