rubix-solver

Solves Rubix Cubes!

Use

This application consists of a command line application that takes the following parameters:

• --inputJson (-i) : Json-formatted string representing the cube to be solved
• --inputJsonFile (-j) : Path to the json-formatted file containing the representation of the cube to solve
• --output (-o) : Path specifying a text file for outputting the list of instructions to solve the cube.

Only one of --inputJson and --inputJsonFile needs be specfied. At the moment, the rubix-solver works assuming a particular orientation for the cube:

• Front: White
• Back: Yellow
• Left: Red
• Right: Orange
• Top: Green
• Bottom: Blue

If an invalid cube (i.e. unsolvable) cube is entered the application will either crash or end up in an infinite loop...

Example JSON input

{
  "frontFace": {
    "topRow": {
      "leftColumn": {
        "top": "white",
        "front": "red",
        "left": "green"
      },
      "middleColumn": {
        "top": "yellow",
        "front": "red"
      },
      "rightColumn": {
        "top": "orange",
        "front": "yellow",
        "right": "green"
      }
    },
    "middleRow": {
      "leftColumn": {
        "front": "orange",
        "left": "white"
      },
      "middleColumn": {
        "front": "white"
      },
      "rightColumn": {
        "front": "orange",
        "right": "green"
      }
    },
    "bottomRow": {
      "leftColumn": {
        "bottom": "white",
        "front": "blue",
        "left": "orange"
      },
      "middleColumn": {
        "bottom": "blue",
        "front": "orange"
      },
      "rightColumn": {
        "bottom": "red",
        "front": "yellow",
        "right": "green"
      }
    }
  },
  "middleFace": {
    "topRow": {
      "leftColumn": {
        "top": "blue",
        "left": "yellow"
      },
      "middleColumn": {
        "top": "green"
      },
      "rightColumn": {
        "top": "blue",
        "right": "white"
      }
    },
    "middleRow": {
      "leftColumn": {
        "left": "red"
      },
      "middleColumn": {
      },
      "rightColumn": {
        "right": "orange"
      }
    },
    "bottomRow": {
      "leftColumn": {
        "bottom": "red",
        "left": "white"
      },
      "middleColumn": {
        "bottom": "blue"
      },
      "rightColumn": {
        "bottom": "white",
        "right": "green"
      }
    }
  },
  "backFace": {
    "topRow": {
      "leftColumn": {
        "top": "white",
        "back": "orange",
        "left": "green"
      },
      "middleColumn": {
        "top": "yellow",
        "back": "orange"
      },
      "rightColumn": {
        "top": "yellow",
        "back": "blue",
        "right": "orange"
      }
    },
    "middleRow": {
      "leftColumn": {
        "back": "blue",
        "left": "red"
      },
      "middleColumn": {
        "back": "yellow"
      },
      "rightColumn": {
        "back": "red",
        "right": "green"
      }
    },
    "bottomRow": {
      "leftColumn": {
        "bottom": "red",
        "back": "white",
        "left": "blue"
      },
      "middleColumn": {
        "bottom": "yellow",
        "back": "green"
      },
      "rightColumn": {
        "bottom": "red",
        "back": "yellow",
        "right": "blue"
      }
    }
  }
}