added ability to generate map array from strings

core/src/netwerkprog/game/client/map/Map.java

@@ -10,6 +10,25 @@ public class Map {
         this(size,size);
     }
 
+    public Map(String[] strings) {
+        if (strings == null) {
+            throw new NullPointerException("The array of strings given cannot be null!");
+        }
+
+        int width = 0;
+        //get max width in string array
+        for (String s : strings) {
+            if (s.length() > width) {
+                width = s.length();
+            }
+        }
+        char[][] res = new char[strings.length][width];
+        for (int i = 0; i < strings.length; i++) {
+            res[i] = strings[i].toCharArray();
+        }
+        this.map = res;
+    }
+
     public Map(int width, int height) {
         this.map = new char[height][width];
     }

core/src/test/java/MapTest.java

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ public class MapTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testNull() {
-        Map map = new Map(null);
+        Map map = new Map((char[][]) null);
 
         Assert.assertEquals(-1,map.getHeight());
         Assert.assertEquals(-1,map.getWidth());
@@ -42,4 +42,28 @@ public class MapTest {
         Assert.assertEquals(Character.MIN_VALUE,map.get(4,2));
         Assert.assertEquals(Character.MIN_VALUE,map.get(4,8));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testStringArray() {
+        String[] strings = new String[]{
+                "####",
+                "#  #",
+                "####"
+        };
+
+        char[][] testArr = new char[][]{
+          strings[0].toCharArray(),
+          strings[1].toCharArray(),
+          strings[2].toCharArray()
+        };
+
+        Map map = new Map(strings);
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(4,map.getWidth());
+        Assert.assertEquals(3,map.getHeight());
+        Assert.assertEquals('#',map.get(0,0));
+        Assert.assertEquals(' ',map.get(1,1));
+        Assert.assertArrayEquals(testArr,map.get());
+
+    }
 }