uk.co.keang.sudoku.solver
Class KnownValueSolver

java.lang.Object
  extended by uk.co.keang.sudoku.solver.AbstractSolver
      extended by uk.co.keang.sudoku.solver.KnownValueSolver

public class KnownValueSolver
extends AbstractSolver

Provides resolution by simply looking along row, column and block and for each cell removing all known values in the row, column or block. Because of the basic nature of this solver scans the whole grid before returning

Author:
A.G.Docherty

Nested Class Summary
 
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class uk.co.keang.sudoku.solver.AbstractSolver
AbstractSolver.SolverDifficulty
 
Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class uk.co.keang.sudoku.solver.AbstractSolver
found, hGrid, puzzle
 
Constructor Summary
KnownValueSolver(Puzzle grid)
           
 
Method Summary
 int findSolutions()
          Runs the solver once to try to resolve individual squares
 
Methods inherited from class uk.co.keang.sudoku.solver.AbstractSolver
addSolverListener, fireSolutionEvent, getDifficultyFactor, getSolverDifficulty, hasSolverListeners, removeAllFromSet, removeAllSolverListeners, removeSolverListener, retainAllInSet
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

KnownValueSolver

public KnownValueSolver(Puzzle grid)
Method Detail

findSolutions

public int findSolutions()
                  throws IllegalGridException
Description copied from class: AbstractSolver
Runs the solver once to try to resolve individual squares

Specified by:
findSolutions in class AbstractSolver
Returns:
the number of solutions found
Throws:
IllegalGridException