edu.trinity.cs.gamecore
Interface Player<B extends Block<B,E>,E extends GameEntity<B,E>>

All Superinterfaces:

GameEntity<B,E>, java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicPlayer, EditorPlayer, StickPlayer

public interface Player<B extends Block<B,E>,E extends GameEntity<B,E>>
extends GameEntity<B,E>

This interface will be implemented for any class that should represent a player in the game.

This class is a generic that takes the general block type and the general entity type for each game.

Field Summary

static int	EAST_PANEL
static int	GAME_RUNNING
static int	GAME_SUCCESS
static int	NORTH_PANEL
static int	PLAYER_DEAD
static int	SOUTH_PANEL
static int	WEST_PANEL

Method Summary

int	gameStatus() Returns one of the three constants above telling what the status of the game is.
java.awt.Container	getGameStatusPanel(int loc) This method returns a GUI container that shows extra information in your game.

Methods inherited from interface edu.trinity.cs.gamecore.GameEntity

followLinks, getEditPropertiesPanel, getImage, getLocation, getUpdateTime, partialSizeX, partialSizeY, setLocation, update

Field Detail

GAME_RUNNING

static final int GAME_RUNNING

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PLAYER_DEAD

static final int PLAYER_DEAD

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GAME_SUCCESS

static final int GAME_SUCCESS

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NORTH_PANEL

static final int NORTH_PANEL

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EAST_PANEL

static final int EAST_PANEL

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SOUTH_PANEL

static final int SOUTH_PANEL

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WEST_PANEL

static final int WEST_PANEL

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Method Detail

gameStatus

int gameStatus()

Returns one of the three constants above telling what the status of the game is.

getGameStatusPanel

java.awt.Container getGameStatusPanel(int loc)

This method returns a GUI container that shows extra information in your game. For example, this might be where you display the score to the user. I recommend that you use a JPanel here, but it should work with any form of java.awt.Container. This region can be interactive as well if it has elements in it that handle events. In some games this might be where you can select options of things like that. It should return null if nothing is to be displayed. The argument says which area this panel is for. It should be one of the constants such as NORTH_PANEL;

Parameters:

loc - This integer specifies which side of the display the panel is being requested for.

Returns:

The panel that should go at that location or null if none.