org.metasyntactic.games.life
Interface Life

All Known Implementing Classes:

FiniteUniverse

public interface Life

Method Summary

int	getColumns()
int	getRows()
boolean	isLive(int row, int column) Returns true if and only if the cell is live in that row and column.
int	livingNeighbors(int row, int column) Returns the number of cells that are alive in the 8 cells surrounding the cell in (row,column).
void	setLive(int row, int column, boolean live)
void	simulate()
void	simulate(int steps)

Method Detail

isLive

public boolean isLive(int row,
                      int column)

Returns true if and only if the cell is live in that row and column.

setLive

public void setLive(int row,
                    int column,
                    boolean live)

getRows

public int getRows()

getColumns

public int getColumns()

livingNeighbors

public int livingNeighbors(int row,
                           int column)

Returns the number of cells that are alive in the 8 cells surrounding the cell in (row,column). Note: it is implementation specific how boundary conditions will be handled.

simulate

public void simulate(int steps)

simulate

public void simulate()