org.opensourcephysics.sip.ch14.ca
Class LifeApp

java.lang.Object
  org.opensourcephysics.controls.AbstractAnimation
      org.opensourcephysics.controls.AbstractSimulation
          org.opensourcephysics.sip.ch14.ca.LifeApp

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable, Animation, Simulation

public class LifeApp
extends AbstractSimulation

LifeApp implements the "Game of Life" invented by John Conway and popularized by Martin Gardner in his Mathemtatical Recreations column in Scientific American. (October 1970)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.opensourcephysics.controls.AbstractSimulation

control, showStepsPerDisplay, stepCounter, stepsPerDisplay

Fields inherited from class org.opensourcephysics.controls.AbstractAnimation

animationThread, decimalFormat, delayTime, mainFrame

Constructor Summary

LifeApp()
Constructs the LifeApp.

Method Summary

void	clear() Clears all cells.
void	doStep() Step the Lattice by one generation.
void	initCells(int size) Initialzie the game of life.
void	initialize() Set the default parameters in the control.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)
void	reset() Sets the default parameters in the control.

Methods inherited from class org.opensourcephysics.controls.AbstractSimulation

enableStepsPerDisplay, getControl, getLoader, getStepCounter, getStepsPerDisplay, initializeAnimation, resetAnimation, run, setControl, setStepsPerDisplay, start, startAnimation, startRunning, startSimulation, stepAnimation, stop, stopAnimation, stopRunning, stopSimulation

Methods inherited from class org.opensourcephysics.controls.AbstractAnimation

addChildFrame, clearChildFrames, getChildFrames, getDelayTime, getMainFrame, getOSPApp, isRunning, setDelayTime

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.opensourcephysics.controls.Simulation

isRunning

Constructor Detail

LifeApp

public LifeApp()

Constructs the LifeApp.

Method Detail

initCells

public void initCells(int size)

Initialzie the game of life.

clear

public void clear()

Clears all cells.

reset

public void reset()

Sets the default parameters in the control.

Overrides:

reset in class AbstractSimulation

initialize

public void initialize()

Set the default parameters in the control.

Overrides:

initialize in class AbstractSimulation

doStep

public void doStep()

Step the Lattice by one generation.

Specified by:

doStep in class AbstractAnimation

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)