visual.dynamic.described
Class RuleBasedSprite

java.lang.Object
  visual.dynamic.described.AbstractSprite
      visual.dynamic.described.RuleBasedSprite

All Implemented Interfaces:

MetronomeListener, Sprite, SimpleContent, TransformableContent

public abstract class RuleBasedSprite
extends AbstractSprite

An abstract rule-based Sprite Note: Concrete descendents must implement the handleTick() method

See Also:

"The Design and Implementation of Multimedia Software © 2011"

Field Summary

protected java.util.ArrayList<Sprite>	antagonists
protected TransformableContent	content

Fields inherited from class visual.dynamic.described.AbstractSprite

angle, rotationPoint, rotationX, rotationY, scaleX, scaleY, visible, x, y

Constructor Summary

RuleBasedSprite(TransformableContent content)
Explicit Value Constructor

Method Summary

void	addAntagonist(Sprite antagonist) Add a "antagonist" Sprite to this Sprite
TransformableContent	getContent() Get the visual content associated with this Sprite (required by Sprite)
abstract void	handleTick(int time) Handle a tick event (required by MetronomeListener)
void	removeAntagonist(Sprite antagonist) Remove a "antagonist" Sprite from the collection of "antagonists" this Sprite is concerned with

Methods inherited from class visual.dynamic.described.AbstractSprite

getBounds2D, getBounds2D, intersects, reinitialize, render, setLocation, setRotation, setRotation, setScale, setScale, setVisible

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

antagonists

protected java.util.ArrayList<Sprite> antagonists

content

protected TransformableContent content

Constructor Detail

RuleBasedSprite

public RuleBasedSprite(TransformableContent content)

Explicit Value Constructor

Parameters:

content - The static visual content

Method Detail

addAntagonist

public void addAntagonist(Sprite antagonist)

Add a "antagonist" Sprite to this Sprite

Parameters:

antagonist - The "antagonist" Sprite to add

getContent

public TransformableContent getContent()

Get the visual content associated with this Sprite (required by Sprite)

Specified by:

getContent in class AbstractSprite

handleTick

public abstract void handleTick(int time)

Handle a tick event (required by MetronomeListener)

Specified by:

handleTick in interface MetronomeListener

Specified by:

handleTick in class AbstractSprite

Parameters:

time - The current time (in milliseconds)

removeAntagonist

public void removeAntagonist(Sprite antagonist)

Remove a "antagonist" Sprite from the collection of "antagonists" this Sprite is concerned with

Parameters:

antagonist - The "antagonist" Sprite to remove