critter
Class MySim

java.lang.Object
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public class MySim

extends java.lang.Object

Field Summary

critter.World

myWorld

Constructor Summary

MySim()
Constructs a simulation by initializing a world.

Method Summary

void	newGeneration() Creates a new population of critters.
boolean	updateGeneration() Is called for updating the simulation details when the "Step generation" has been pressed.
boolean	updateTimestep() Is called for updating the simulation details when the "Step timestep" has been pressed.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

myWorld

public critter.World myWorld

Constructor Detail

MySim

public MySim()

Constructs a simulation by initializing a world. The population is generated separately.

Method Detail

newGeneration

public void newGeneration()

Creates a new population of critters. Is called when the simulation is constructed and whenever the max lifetime of the critters has run out.

updateTimestep

public boolean updateTimestep()

Is called for updating the simulation details when the "Step timestep" has been pressed.

Returns:

boolean true if the timestep is still within the boundaries of the max lifetime, false otherwise.

updateGeneration

public boolean updateGeneration()

Is called for updating the simulation details when the "Step generation" has been pressed. Continues the life until the max lifetime has been reached.

Returns:

boolean success of completing the generation.