// Redraws all the items without creating new rectangle objects
// Essentially just sets their fill and border colors to match their current state (alive/dead)
public static void RedrawGameBoard(Canvas surface, GameState givenGame)
{
for (int i = 0; i < givenGame.Length(); i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < givenGame.Length(); j++)
{
int surfaceChildIndex = (i * givenGame.Length()) + j;
if (surface.Children[surfaceChildIndex] is Rectangle)
{
RedrawCell((surface.Children[surfaceChildIndex] as Rectangle), givenGame.GameStatus()[i, j]);
}
else
{
throw new NotSupportedException("Children in " + surface.Name + " is not a Rectangle item"); // item in children is not a rectangle, throw exception
}
}
}
}
// Fills the canvas with new and equally sized rectangles representing the cells of the Game of Life
public static void DrawGameBoard(Canvas surface, GameState givenGame)
{
var canvasLength = surface.ActualWidth;
var cellPixelLength = canvasLength / givenGame.Length();
surface.Children.Clear(); // resets surface
for (int i = 0; i < givenGame.Length(); i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < givenGame.Length(); j++)
{
DrawCell(surface, cellPixelLength, cellPixelLength, j * cellPixelLength, i * cellPixelLength, givenGame.GameStatus()[i, j]);
}
}
}