Read Me

Release notes:
		- Overall design
		- Executes the default 4 rules of the game
		- Generates next generation in the universe
		- Tested with Toad pattern alongwith some random testing

Future Release Plans (in priority)
		- Implement all the junits
		- Test Controller with more patterns
		- Bug fixes and code cleanup
		- Integrate with Web UI
		- Integrate with Spring IoC
		- Save the generations in Universe
		- Optimize the reproduction rule as currently it take O(n power 2)


Running the game

Environment setup:
maven, SVN client, Java1.5 and above

Steps
1. Do svn checkout 

svn co https://jcgameoflife.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/jcgameoflife  gameoflife 

2. Build application through maven
cd gameoflife
mvn clean install

This will test all the test cases.

3. To run Controller test
mvn test -Dtest=GameControllerTest

4. To browse the code
mvn eclipse:eclipse
This will create an eclipse project. Import the project in your eclipse IDE.



If you do not have maven, svn client then download the source code in zip format from http://sourceforge.net/projects/jcgameoflife/. Unzip and setup your IDE. The project will need junit 4.0 and above in the classpath.