vooga.engine.player.control
Class Control

java.lang.Object
  vooga.engine.player.control.Control

public class Control
extends java.lang.Object

Control class which can be used to create control schemes. Can also be extended to create alternate schemes (for AI, control pads, etc) Control takes one or more Players and registers actions that those Players will perform if an event occurs from some predetermined input device. If the programmer is just trying to use the keyboard and mouse listening capabilties, they can do: Control shipControl = new Control(this); //this is inside of a Player class. shipControl.setParams(new Class[]{int.class}); //Tells Control to expect a single int parameter. shipControl.addInput("KEYBOARD", "left", "rotateLeft", "Ship", 10); //Registers the left key to trigger rotateLeft with a parameter of 10. shipControl.act(); //Within Player's act method. Tells Control to check the registered events and see if any have occurred.

Field Summary

protected java.util.List<GameEntitySprite>	entities
protected Game	myGame
protected java.lang.Class<?>[]	paramTypes

Constructor Summary

Control()
Default Control Constructor

Control(java.util.ArrayList<GameEntitySprite> players, Game game)
Constructor that can add multiple players initially

Control(Game game)
Control Constructor with only a Game declared

Control(GameEntitySprite initialPlayer, Game game)
Constructor which can add an intial player to the scheme

Method Summary

void	addInput(int listen, java.lang.String method, java.lang.String classname, java.lang.Object... paramVals) Create keyset to map input to method.
void	initializeMappings()
void	setParams(java.lang.Class<?>... parameterTypes) Sets the parameter types that need to be used for the next method
void	update() Invoke methods here.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

entities

protected java.util.List<GameEntitySprite> entities

paramTypes

protected java.lang.Class<?>[] paramTypes

myGame

protected Game myGame

Constructor Detail

Control

public Control()

Default Control Constructor

Control

public Control(Game game)

Control Constructor with only a Game declared

Parameters:

game - The game which this Control object is a part of

Control

public Control(GameEntitySprite initialPlayer,
               Game game)

Constructor which can add an intial player to the scheme

Parameters:

initialPlayer - First player to add to use this control scheme

game - The game which this Control object is a part of

Control

public Control(java.util.ArrayList<GameEntitySprite> players,
               Game game)

Constructor that can add multiple players initially

Parameters:

players - Initial players to use this scheme

game - The game which this Control object is a part of

Method Detail

setParams

public void setParams(java.lang.Class<?>... parameterTypes)

Sets the parameter types that need to be used for the next method

Parameters:

parameterTypes - The types of parameters that need to be used. Need to be implemented in the form setParams(new Class[]{Class cls}) eg. player.setParams(new Class[]{int.class, double.class})

update

public void update()

Invoke methods here. Call method each time through game loop

addInput

public void addInput(int listen,
                     java.lang.String method,
                     java.lang.String classname,
                     java.lang.Object... paramVals)

Create keyset to map input to method. Can be overwritten to create new control scheme

Parameters:

listen - Use an Integer version of what to listen to (eg. Java.awt.event.KeyEvent constants for "KEYBOARD" or Java.awt.event.MouseEvent constants for "MOUSE")

method - Name of method to map to (do not include brackets)

classname - Name of class that wants to use this (eg. "Player" or "Game") NOTE: You must put the class's fully qualified name (including its package) For example: if a class is called Test and is in the package cps108.games.example then the String here must be "cps108.games.example.Test"

paramVals - Value of the parameters that the method has NOTE: If you want to use this parameter with something other than 'null', you must use setParams first.

initializeMappings

public void initializeMappings()