vooga.gameEngine.controller
Class TimingController

java.lang.Object
  vooga.gameEngine.game.GameRelatedObject
      vooga.gameEngine.controller.GameRelatedController
          vooga.gameEngine.controller.TimingController

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class TimingController
extends GameRelatedController

Class TimingController keeps track of the current time elapsed in a game or level.

Author:

Justin C. Klaassen, Scott Brothers

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

TimingController()

Method Summary

void	addTime(long dt) Adds the change in time, dt to the time.
long	getGameTime() Gives the current game time.
long	getTimeSinceLastFrame() Gives the time between frames.
long	getTotalGameTime() Gives the total game time since the game was started.
long	getTotalLevelTime() Gives the time since level start.
void	pauseTime() Marks the time in which a pause occurred.
void	resumeTime() Determines the length of the pause, and adds that amount to the total paused time for the overall game and the specific level.
void	startLevel() Starts a new level timer by setting the level start time to the current time.
void	startTime() Starts the timing with a start time of 0.
void	startTime(long startTime) Starts the timing with a given startTime.
void	TimeController() Creates a new time object with all values set to 0.
void	updateTime() Updates the time to the current time by adding the time elapsed since the last update was called.
void	updateTime(long time) Updates the time to the given time.

Methods inherited from class vooga.gameEngine.game.GameRelatedObject

addEventListener, clearListeners, equals, fire, fire, fire, getEventListeners, getID, getListenerCount, removeEventListener

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TimingController

public TimingController()

Method Detail

TimeController

public void TimeController()

Creates a new time object with all values set to 0.

startTime

public void startTime()

Starts the timing with a start time of 0.

startTime

public void startTime(long startTime)

Starts the timing with a given startTime.

Parameters:

startTime - in milliseconds

updateTime

public void updateTime()

Updates the time to the current time by adding the time elapsed since the last update was called.

updateTime

public void updateTime(long time)

Updates the time to the given time.

Parameters:

time - to be changed to

addTime

public void addTime(long dt)

Adds the change in time, dt to the time.

Parameters:

dt - milliseconds to add

startLevel

public void startLevel()

Starts a new level timer by setting the level start time to the current time.

getTimeSinceLastFrame

public long getTimeSinceLastFrame()

Gives the time between frames.

Returns:

milliseconds since last updateTime() was called

getTotalLevelTime

public long getTotalLevelTime()

Gives the time since level start.

Returns:

milliseconds since startLevel() was called

getGameTime

public long getGameTime()

Gives the current game time.

Returns:

milliseconds representing current game time

getTotalGameTime

public long getTotalGameTime()

Gives the total game time since the game was started.

Returns:

milliseconds since the specified time at construction

pauseTime

public void pauseTime()

Marks the time in which a pause occurred.

resumeTime

public void resumeTime()

Determines the length of the pause, and adds that amount to the total paused time for the overall game and the specific level.