com.jonathan.survivor.managers

Class GameObjectManager

java.lang.Object

com.jonathan.survivor.managers.GameObjectManager

public class GameObjectManager
extends java.lang.Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GameObjectManager(Profile profile) Accepts the player's profile to re-create some GameObjects using save data.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> void	freeGameObject(GameObject gameObject, java.lang.Class<T> goClass) Frees a gameObject back inside the manager's internal GameObject pools.
<T> T	getGameObject(java.lang.Class<T> goClass) Gets a tree GameObject of the given class cached inside one of the Manager's pools.
Player	getPlayer() Returns the Player GameObject being managed by the manager.
Earthquake	spawnEarthquake(float x, float y, Human.Direction direction) Spawns an Earthquake instance at the given bottom-center (x,y) position.
ItemObject	spawnItemObject(float x, float y, float velocityMultiplier, Human.Direction direction) Spawns an ItemObject at the given position.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GameObjectManager

public GameObjectManager(Profile profile)

Accepts the player's profile to re-create some GameObjects using save data.

Method Detail

getPlayer

public Player getPlayer()

Returns the Player GameObject being managed by the manager.

spawnItemObject

public ItemObject spawnItemObject(float x,
                         float y,
                         float velocityMultiplier,
                         Human.Direction direction)

Spawns an ItemObject at the given position. The (x,y) position is the bottom-center of the position where the ItemObject is spawned.

Parameters:

velocityMultiplier - Multiplier which allows certain items to fly further or closer when spawned.

direction - Specifies the direction in which the item will fly when spawned.

spawnEarthquake

public Earthquake spawnEarthquake(float x,
                         float y,
                         Human.Direction direction)

Spawns an Earthquake instance at the given bottom-center (x,y) position. The earthquake will move in the given direction passed as an argument.

getGameObject

public <T> T getGameObject(java.lang.Class<T> goClass)

Gets a tree GameObject of the given class cached inside one of the Manager's pools. No same GameObject will be returned twice until it is freed using freeGameObject().

Type Parameters:

T - The type of GameObject that wants to be retrieved.

Returns:

A GameObject of the given class

freeGameObject

public <T> void freeGameObject(GameObject gameObject,
                      java.lang.Class<T> goClass)

Frees a gameObject back inside the manager's internal GameObject pools. Tells the manager that the GameObject is no longer in use, and that the it can be returned when getGameObject() is called.