Description
NOTE: "Start" and "Stop"
don't do anything yet. I need to get around to implementing the threads
code. However, manually advancing
the generations using the "Next" button (or Ctrl+N) works fine.
JavaLife is a swing application that i wrote as extra credit for a
Java Programming class that i'm taking this semester.
Probably the only reason i actually coded any of this is becuase of Eclipse,
which is one hell of an IDE. ;-)
When writing this, i used a "Delegator" approach
(its probably got some more official name than what i call it).
Basically, the main "JavaLife" class is simply a dumb shell that
delegates calls to the different components of the application -
Namely the "Engine" and "Field".
The field contains all the cells, and the engine knows how to progress from one generation to the next (the engine is also where i'm going to put in the Threads code so that you can have the simulation advance by itself).
What does it look like?
Overview of Classes in JavaLife
JavaLife.java:
The main class, instantiates the MainFrame, LifeField and
LifeEngine classes.
LifeField.java:
This is the "field", which basically is responsible for
setting up a 2D array of rows and cols and then stuffing
that full of LifeCell objects. It does *not* compute
generations.
LifeCell.java:
A single cell. The cell keeps track of its own state and
has a list of its neighbors (to make computing each generation
very easy). LifeCell extends JLabel becuase i'm lazy and
needed something simple that could draw itself and
support a coloured background. (If you know of a more
elegant way of doing this, let me know.)
LifeEngine.java:
The "simulation engine" that knows how to compute from one
generation to another.
LifeEngine.java:
The "simulation engine" that knows how to compute from one
generation to another.
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v0.1 alpha - May 04, 2004
