SudokuGenerator.java

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Random;

public class SudokuGenerator {

    public Board generate() {
        
        Board board = new Board();
                
        fillBoard(board);
            
        makeSolvable(board, 50); 
                  
        return board;
    }
    
    private void fillBoard(Board board){
        BoardManager bm = new BoardManager();
        
        Random r = new Random();
        
        bm.setBoard(board);       

        int fieldsToFill = Field.POSSIBILITIES * Field.POSSIBILITIES;
        
        //set all fields with random numbers if possible
        //try to solve, if not possible remove one number and try again...
        
        for(int i=0; i< fieldsToFill; i++){

            int row = r.nextInt(Field.POSSIBILITIES);
            int fieldIndex = r.nextInt(Field.POSSIBILITIES);
            
            List remainingPos = bm.getField(Structure.ROW, 
                row, fieldIndex).getRemainingPos();

            if(remainingPos.size()>0){
                int value = (Integer)remainingPos.get(r.nextInt(remainingPos.size()));
             
                boolean result = bm.trySetFieldPrivate(Structure.ROW, row, fieldIndex, new Field(value, true));
        
                if (!result) {
                    bm.undo();
                }  

            } else {
                bm.undo();
            }
                
        }
        
        
    }
    
    private boolean makeSolvable(Board board, int steps){
        BoardManager bm = new BoardManager();
        bm.setBoard(board);
        Random r = new Random();
        int k = steps;
        
        try{
        
        //board filled, check solution
        List solutions = bm.solve((Board) board.clone());
        boolean solvable = !solutions.isEmpty();
        while(k>0){
            //remove random number and try again
            board.removeRandomSetField();

            solutions = bm.solve((Board) board.clone());
            if(!solutions.isEmpty()){
                return true;
            }
            k--;             
        }
        
        } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {

        }
        return false;
    }
       
}