/// <summary>
/// Shares food between ants.
/// Also calculates the food closest to their own colonies if both ants have knowledge of different food.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="locA">Passes in the ant object</param>
private void ShareFood(Ant locA)
{
int totDiff = 0;
int compDiff = 0;
//If this ant doesn't know where food is and the other ant does then ask where to get food
if (FoodLeft == false && locA.FoodLeft)
{
if (FoodSource != locA.FoodSource)
{
LearnFood(locA);
}
else
{
locA.FoodLeft = false;
}
} //If this ant knows where food is and the other ant does not then tell it where to get food
else if (FoodLeft && locA.FoodLeft == false)
{
if (FoodSource != locA.FoodSource)
{
TeachFood(locA);
}
else
{
FoodLeft = false;
}
} //Both ants know where food is and they are different calculate closest to their nest
else if (FoodLeft && locA.FoodLeft && FoodSource != locA.FoodSource)
{
totDiff = CalculateStepDistance(FoodX, NestX, FoodY, NestY);
compDiff = CalculateStepDistance(locA.FoodX, NestX, locA.FoodY, NestY);
if (totDiff > compDiff)
{
LearnFood(locA);
}
else
{
TeachFood(locA);
}
}
}