gistfile1.txt

	private boolean networkParser(int playerColor) {
		//find piece on left side and right side
		boolean hasLeft,hasRight,hasTop,hasBottom;
		Piece[] networkTop, networkBottom, networkLeft, networkRight;
		
		if (playerColor == 0){
			hasTop = false;
			hasBottom = false;
			networkTop = new Piece[8];
			networkBottom = new Piece[8];
			for (int x = 0;x<8;x++){
				if (!(pieces[x][0] instanceof NullPiece) && pieces[x][0].getColor() == playerColor){
					networkTop[nonNullLength(networkTop)]  = pieces[x][0];
					if (hasTop == false){
						hasTop = true;
					}
				}
				if (!(pieces[x][7] instanceof NullPiece) && pieces[x][7].getColor() == playerColor){
					networkBottom[nonNullLength(networkBottom)]  = pieces[x][7];
					if (hasBottom == false){
						hasBottom = true;
					}
				}
			}
			if (hasTop&&hasBottom){
				Piece[] network;
				for (Piece startPiece : networkTop){
					Piece[] start = new Piece[10];
					start[0] = startPiece;
					network = networkSearch(start,1,networkBottom);
					if (network.length != 1){
						return true;
					}
				}
			}
		}else{
			hasLeft = false;
			hasRight = false;
			networkLeft = new Piece[8];
			networkRight = new Piece[8];
			for (int y = 0;y<8;y++){
				if (!(pieces[0][y] instanceof NullPiece) && pieces[0][y].getColor() == playerColor){
					networkLeft[nonNullLength(networkLeft)]  = pieces[0][y];
					if (hasLeft == false){
						hasLeft = true;
					}
				}
				if (!(pieces[7][y] instanceof NullPiece) && pieces[7][y].getColor() == playerColor){
					networkRight[nonNullLength(networkRight)]  = pieces[7][y];
					if (hasRight == false){
						hasRight = true;
					}
				}
			}
			if (hasLeft&&hasRight){
				Piece[] network;
				for (Piece startPiece : networkLeft){
					Piece[] start = new Piece[10];
					start[0] = startPiece;
					network = networkSearch(start,1,networkRight);
					if (network.length != 1){
						return true;
					}
				}
			}
		}
		
		
		return false;
	}
	
	private Piece[] networkSearch (Piece[] currentConnections,int curConnections,Piece[] endPoints){
		if (curConnections<10){
			for(int x = 0; x<9; x++){
				if (!(currentConnections[curConnections-1].getSameConnection(x) instanceof NullPiece) && 
					!(pieceInArray(currentConnections[curConnections-1].getSameConnection(x),currentConnections))){
					
					Piece[] updatedConnections = currentConnections;
					updatedConnections[curConnections] = currentConnections[curConnections-1].getSameConnection(x);
					Piece[] checkCompleteNetwork = networkSearch(updatedConnections,curConnections+1,endPoints);
					
					if (pieceInArray(checkCompleteNetwork[nonNullLength(checkCompleteNetwork)-1],endPoints)){
						return checkCompleteNetwork;
					}
					
					return new Piece[1];
				}
			}
		}
		return new Piece[1];
	}
	
	private boolean pieceInArray(Piece p, Piece[] pArray){
		for (Piece check : pArray){
			if (p.getx() == check.getx() && p.gety() == check.gety() && p.getColor() == check.getColor()){
				return true;
			}
		}
		return false;
	}
	
	private int nonNullLength(Piece[] p){
		int length = 0;
		while (p[length] != null){
			length ++;
		}
		return length;
	}