ball.game.sudoku

Class RuleOfSums

java.lang.Object

ball.game.sudoku.Rule

ball.game.sudoku.RuleOfElimination

ball.game.sudoku.RuleOfSums

@ServiceProviderFor(value=Rule.class)
public class RuleOfSums
extends RuleOfElimination

Sudoku simple "rule-of-sums" Rule implementation. Calculates the minimum maximum possible value for any cell and removes any greater numbers from consideration.

Version:

$Revision: 5285 $

Author:

Allen D. Ball

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RuleOfSums()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	applyTo(Puzzle puzzle) Method to apply this Rule to the argument Puzzle.
protected int	max(Iterable<Cell> iterable)

Methods inherited from class ball.game.sudoku.Rule

count, solved, sum

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RuleOfSums

public RuleOfSums()

Method Detail

applyTo

public boolean applyTo(Puzzle puzzle)

Description copied from class: Rule

Method to apply this Rule to the argument Puzzle.

Overrides:

applyTo in class RuleOfElimination

Parameters:

puzzle - The Puzzle to solve.

Returns:

true if this Puzzle is modified; false otherwise.

max

protected int max(Iterable<Cell> iterable)