org.bitstorm.gameoflife
Interface CellGrid

All Known Implementing Classes:

GameOfLifeGrid

public interface CellGrid

Interface between GameOfLifeCanvas and GameOfLife. This way GameOfLifeCanvas is generic, independent of GameOfLife. It contains generic methods to operate on a cell grid.

Author:

Edwin Martin

Method Summary

void	clear() Clears grid.
boolean	getCell(int col, int row) Get status of cell (alive or dead).
java.awt.Dimension	getDimension() Get dimension of cellgrid.
java.util.Enumeration	getEnum() Get cell-enumerator.
void	resize(int col, int row) Resize the cell grid.
void	setCell(int col, int row, boolean cell) Set status of cell (alive or dead).

Method Detail

getCell

public boolean getCell(int col,
                       int row)

Get status of cell (alive or dead).

Parameters:

col - x-position

row - y-position

Returns:

living or not

setCell

public void setCell(int col,
                    int row,
                    boolean cell)

Set status of cell (alive or dead).

Parameters:

col - x-position

row - y-position

cell - living or not

getDimension

public java.awt.Dimension getDimension()

Get dimension of cellgrid.

Returns:

dimension

resize

public void resize(int col,
                   int row)

Resize the cell grid.

Parameters:

col - new number of columns.

row - new number of rows.

getEnum

public java.util.Enumeration getEnum()

Get cell-enumerator. Enumerates over all living cells (type Cell).

Returns:

Enumerator over Cell.

See Also:

Cell

clear

public void clear()

Clears grid.