GameOfLifeAssignment/src/Life.java

public class Life implements ILife {

  private final int x_value = 10;
  private final int y_value = 10;

  public enum CellValue {Dead, Alive}
  private final CellValue[][] cells = new CellValue[x_value][y_value];

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Life l = new Life(new String[] {  "     ",
            "     ",
            " *** ",
            "     ",
            "     " }
    );
    l.print();
    l = (Life) l.nextGeneration();
    l.print();
  }

  public Life() {
    nukeAll();
  }

  public Life(String[] setup) {
    this();
    for (int y = 0; y < y_value; y ++)
      for (int x = 0; x < x_value; x ++)
        if (setup[y].charAt(x) != ' ')
          setAlive(x, y);
  }


  @Override
  public void nukeAll() {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    for( int y = 0; y < y_value; y ++){
      for( int x = 0; x < x_value; x ++){
        setDead(x,y);
      }
    }
  }

  @Override
  public void setAlive(int x, int y) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    cells[x][y] = CellValue.Alive;
  }

  @Override
  public void setDead(int x, int y) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    cells[x][y] = CellValue.Dead;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean isAlive(int x, int y) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    return cells[x][y] == CellValue.Alive;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean isDead(int x, int y) {
    return cells[x][y] == CellValue.Dead;
  }

  @Override
  public ILife nextGeneration() {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    Life newGeneration = new Life();
    for (int y = 0; y < y_value; y ++) {
      for(int x = 0; x < x_value; x ++) {
        int neighborsAlive = calculateNeighborsAlive(x,y);
        if(neighborsAlive == 3) {
          newGeneration.setAlive(x,y);
        }
        if(neighborsAlive < 2){
          newGeneration.setDead(x,y);
        }
        if(isAlive(x,y) && (neighborsAlive == 2 || neighborsAlive == 3)){
          newGeneration.setAlive(x,y);
        }
        if(isAlive(x,y) && neighborsAlive > 3) {
          newGeneration.setDead(x,y);
        }
      }
    }
    return newGeneration;
  }

  public void print() {
    for(int x= 0; x < x_value; x ++) {
      for(int y = 0; y < y_value; y ++) {
        if(cells[x][y] == CellValue.Alive) {
          System.out.print("*");
        }else{
          System.out.print(" ");
        }
      }
      System.out.print("\n");
    }
  }

  public int calculateNeighborsAlive( int x, int y) {
    int min_X = x - 1;
    int max_X = x + 1;
    int min_Y = y - 1;
    int max_Y = y + 1;

    if( min_X < 0) min_X=0;
    if( max_X >= x_value) max_X=x_value - 1;
    if( min_Y < 0) min_Y=0;
    if( max_Y >= x_value) max_Y=y_value - 1;

    int sum = 0;
    for(int dx = min_X; dx <= max_X; dx++){
      for(int dy = min_Y; dy <= max_Y; dy++){
        if(dx != x || dy != y) {
          if(cells[dx][dy] == CellValue.Alive ){
            sum++;
          }
        }
      }
    }
    return sum;
  }
}