de.gurkenlabs.litiengine.environment

Class EntitySpawner<T extends IEntity>

java.lang.Object

de.gurkenlabs.litiengine.environment.EntitySpawner<T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

IEntitySpawner<T>, IUpdateable

public abstract class EntitySpawner<T extends IEntity>
extends java.lang.Object
implements IEntitySpawner<T>

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface de.gurkenlabs.litiengine.environment.IEntitySpawner

IEntitySpawner.SpawnMode

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
EntitySpawner(java.util.List<Spawnpoint> spawnpoints, int interval, int amount) Instantiates a new entity spawner.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getSpawnAmount() Gets the amount of Entities that are spawned in each wave.
int	getSpawnDelay() Gets the delay between spawning individual Entities of one wave.
int	getSpawnInterval() Gets the interval between spawn waves.
IEntitySpawner.SpawnMode	getSpawnMode() Gets the spawn mode for an EntitySpawner.
java.util.List<Spawnpoint>	getSpawnPoints() Gets the list of SpawnPoints that a EntitySpawner uses.
void	setSpawnAmount(int amount) Sets the amount of Entities that spawn in each wave.
void	setSpawnDelay(int delay) Gets the delay in milliseconds between spawning individual Entities of one wave.
void	setSpawnInterval(int interval) Sets the interval in milliseconds between each spawn wave.
void	setSpawnMode(IEntitySpawner.SpawnMode mode) Sets the spawn mode.
protected void	spawnNewEntities() Spawn new entities, depending on the SpawnMode, spawnAmount, spawnDelay, and spawnInterval of an EntitySpawner.
void	update() This method is called by the game loop on all objects that are attached to the loop.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface de.gurkenlabs.litiengine.environment.IEntitySpawner

createNew

Constructor Detail

EntitySpawner

public EntitySpawner(java.util.List<Spawnpoint> spawnpoints,
                     int interval,
                     int amount)

Instantiates a new entity spawner.

Parameters:

spawnpoints - the spawnpoints

interval - the interval

amount - the amount

Method Detail

getSpawnAmount

public int getSpawnAmount()

Description copied from interface: IEntitySpawner

Gets the amount of Entities that are spawned in each wave.

Specified by:

getSpawnAmount in interface IEntitySpawner<T extends IEntity>

Returns:

the spawn amount

getSpawnInterval

public int getSpawnInterval()

Description copied from interface: IEntitySpawner

Gets the interval between spawn waves.

Specified by:

getSpawnInterval in interface IEntitySpawner<T extends IEntity>

Returns:

the spawn interval

getSpawnDelay

public int getSpawnDelay()

Description copied from interface: IEntitySpawner

Gets the delay between spawning individual Entities of one wave.

Specified by:

getSpawnDelay in interface IEntitySpawner<T extends IEntity>

Returns:

the spawn delay

getSpawnMode

public IEntitySpawner.SpawnMode getSpawnMode()

Description copied from interface: IEntitySpawner

Gets the spawn mode for an EntitySpawner.

Specified by:

getSpawnMode in interface IEntitySpawner<T extends IEntity>

Returns:

the spawn mode

See Also:

IEntitySpawner.SpawnMode

getSpawnPoints

public java.util.List<Spawnpoint> getSpawnPoints()

Description copied from interface: IEntitySpawner

Gets the list of SpawnPoints that a EntitySpawner uses.

Specified by:

getSpawnPoints in interface IEntitySpawner<T extends IEntity>

Returns:

the spawn points

setSpawnAmount

public void setSpawnAmount(int amount)

Description copied from interface: IEntitySpawner

Sets the amount of Entities that spawn in each wave.

Specified by:

setSpawnAmount in interface IEntitySpawner<T extends IEntity>

Parameters:

amount - the new amount

setSpawnInterval

public void setSpawnInterval(int interval)

Description copied from interface: IEntitySpawner

Sets the interval in milliseconds between each spawn wave.

Specified by:

setSpawnInterval in interface IEntitySpawner<T extends IEntity>

Parameters:

interval - the new interval

setSpawnDelay

public void setSpawnDelay(int delay)

Description copied from interface: IEntitySpawner

Gets the delay in milliseconds between spawning individual Entities of one wave.

Specified by:

setSpawnDelay in interface IEntitySpawner<T extends IEntity>

Parameters:

delay - the new spawn delay

setSpawnMode

public void setSpawnMode(IEntitySpawner.SpawnMode mode)

Description copied from interface: IEntitySpawner

Sets the spawn mode.

Specified by:

setSpawnMode in interface IEntitySpawner<T extends IEntity>

Parameters:

mode - the new spawn mode

See Also:

IEntitySpawner.SpawnMode

update

public void update()

Description copied from interface: IUpdateable

This method is called by the game loop on all objects that are attached to the loop. It's called on every tick of the loop and the frequency can be configured using the ClientConfiguration.

Specified by:

update in interface IUpdateable

See Also:

ClientConfiguration.setMaxFps(int)

spawnNewEntities

protected void spawnNewEntities()

Spawn new entities, depending on the SpawnMode, spawnAmount, spawnDelay, and spawnInterval of an EntitySpawner.

See Also:

SpawnMode