5dplomacy/MultiversalDiplomacy/Model/Season.cs

namespace MultiversalDiplomacy.Model;

/// <summary>
/// Represents a state of the map produced by a set of move orders on a previous season.
/// </summary>
public class Season
{
    /// <summary>
    /// The first turn number.
    /// </summary>
    public const int FIRST_TURN = 0;

    /// <summary>
    /// The designation of the season immediately preceding this season.
    /// If this season is an alternate timeline root, the past is from the origin timeline.
    /// The initial season does not have a past.
    /// </summary>
    public string? Past { get; }

    /// <summary>
    /// The current turn, beginning at 0. Each season (spring and fall) is one turn.
    /// Phases that only occur after the fall phase occur when Turn % 2 == 1.
    /// The current year is (Turn / 2) + 1901.
    /// </summary>
    public int Turn { get; }

    /// <summary>
    /// The timeline to which this season belongs.
    /// </summary>
    public string Timeline { get; }

    /// <summary>
    /// The season's spatial location as a timeline-turn tuple.
    /// </summary>
    public (string Timeline, int Turn) Coord => (this.Timeline, this.Turn);

    /// <summary>
    /// The shared timeline number generator.
    /// </summary>
    private TimelineFactory Timelines { get; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Future seasons created directly from this season.
    /// </summary>
    public IEnumerable<Season> Futures => this.FutureList;
    private List<Season> FutureList { get; }

    private Season(Season? past, int turn, string timeline, TimelineFactory factory)
    {
        this.Past = past?.ToString();
        this.Turn = turn;
        this.Timeline = timeline;
        this.Timelines = factory;
        this.FutureList = [];

        past?.FutureList.Add(this);
    }

    public override string ToString()
    {
        return $"{this.Timeline}{this.Turn}";
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Create a root season at the beginning of time.
    /// </summary>
    public static Season MakeRoot()
    {
        TimelineFactory factory = new TimelineFactory();
        return new Season(
            past: null,
            turn: FIRST_TURN,
            timeline: factory.NextTimeline(),
            factory: factory);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Create a season immediately after this one in the same timeline.
    /// </summary>
    public Season MakeNext()
        => new(this, Turn + 1, Timeline, Timelines);

    /// <summary>
    /// Create a season immediately after this one in a new timeline.
    /// </summary>
    public Season MakeFork()
        => new(this, Turn + 1, Timelines.NextTimeline(), Timelines);
}