Matteo Pettenò

^*Descriptions of the solutions for this edition are mostly AI generated due to lack of time.

The implementation of the Python solver consists of two main components.

Solver Class

Base class that defines the structure for solving the challenges. Abstract methods:

• parse_input(): A method to parse the input data.
• solve_first_part(parsed_input): A method to solve the first part of the challenge.
• solve_second_part(parsed_input): A method to solve the second part of the challenge.

Actual solution modules define this class by implementing the abstract methods for input parsing and solving the challenge.

Dynamic Module Loading

When the solver is executed by the web server runner, the main method uses the Python library importlib to dynamically import the solution module for the specified year and day:

• The module is loaded from a specific path (../editions/{year}/day{day}/solution.py) corresponding to the selected AoC edition year and day.
• The script expects each solution module to define a class named Solution, which implements the logic for solving the challenge.
• The solution module is dynamically imported using importlib.util, and once imported, the script creates an instance of the Solution class, passing the input data to it.
• After the solution module is loaded, the run() method of the Solver class (or its subclass Solution) is called to execute the challenge solution, handling parts 1 and 2, or both, based on the provided arguments.