org.drools.examples.conway.patterns
Interface ConwayPattern

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

Border, Hi, Pentadecathalon, Pulsar, SimpleGlider

public interface ConwayPattern
extends Serializable

A ConwayPattern describes the state of a conway grid. ConwayPattern objects are useful for persisting grid states for recall later.

Method Summary

boolean[][]	getPattern() This method should return a 2 dimensional array of boolean that represent a conway grid, with true values in the positions where cells are alive
String	getPatternName()

Method Detail

getPattern

boolean[][] getPattern()

This method should return a 2 dimensional array of boolean that represent a conway grid, with true values in the positions where cells are alive

Returns:

array representing a conway grid

getPatternName

String getPatternName()

Returns:

the name of this pattern