Package de.gurkenlabs.litiengine

Interface ITimeToLive

All Known Implementing Classes:
CreatureShadowImageEffect, EllipseParticle, Emitter, EntityEmitter, EntityRotationImageEffect, ImageEffect, LineParticle, OverlayPixelsImageEffect, Particle, PolygonParticle, RectangleParticle, RotationImageEffect, ShapeParticle, SpriteParticle, TextParticle
public interface ITimeToLive
The ITimeToLive interface defines methods for instances the have a limited time to live.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    long
    getAliveTime()
    Gets the time this instance is alive.
    int
    getTimeToLive()
    Gets the total time to live of this instance.
    boolean
    timeToLiveReached()
    Determines whether this instance has exceeded its time to live.

  • Method Details

    • getAliveTime

      long getAliveTime()
      Gets the time this instance is alive.
      Returns:
      Returns how long this instance is alive.

    • getTimeToLive

      int getTimeToLive()
      Gets the total time to live of this instance.
      Returns:
      The total time to live.

    • timeToLiveReached

      boolean timeToLiveReached()
      Determines whether this instance has exceeded its time to live.
      Returns:
      True if the time to live was reached; otherwise false.