org.bitstorm.gameoflife
Class Cell

java.lang.Object
  org.bitstorm.gameoflife.Cell

public class Cell

extends java.lang.Object

Every cell in the grid is a Cell-object. So it must be as small as possible. Because every cell is pre-generated, no cells have to be generated when the Game Of Life playw. Whether a cell is alive or not, is not part of the Cell-object.

Author:

Edwin Martin

Field Summary

short	col
private int	HASHFACTOR HASHFACTOR must be larger than the maximum number of columns (that is: the max width of a monitor in pixels).
byte	neighbour Number of neighbours of this cell.
short	row

Constructor Summary

Cell(int col, int row)
Constructor

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Compare cell-objects for use in hashtables
int	hashCode() Calculate hash for use in hashtables
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

col

public final short col

row

public final short row

neighbour

public byte neighbour

Number of neighbours of this cell. Determines the next state.

HASHFACTOR

private final int HASHFACTOR

HASHFACTOR must be larger than the maximum number of columns (that is: the max width of a monitor in pixels). It should also be smaller than 65536. (sqrt(MAXINT)).

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Cell

public Cell(int col,
            int row)

Constructor

Parameters:

col - column of cell

row - row or cell

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Compare cell-objects for use in hashtables

See Also:

Object.equals(java.lang.Object)

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Calculate hash for use in hashtables

See Also:

Object.hashCode()

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

See Also:

Object.toString()