Package de.gurkenlabs.litiengine.environment

Interface IEntitySpawner<T extends IEntity>

All Superinterfaces:
IUpdateable
All Known Implementing Classes:
EntitySpawner
public interface IEntitySpawner<T extends IEntity> extends IUpdateable

  • Nested Class Summary

    Nested Classes
    Modifier and Type
    Interface
    Description
    static enum 
    IEntitySpawner.SpawnMode
    SpawnMode specifies the behaviour of the EntitySpawner: ALLSPAWNPOINTS: the specified spawnAmount is spawned at each of the SpawnPoints individually ONERANDOMSPAWNPOINT: the specified spawnAmount is spawned at one random SpawnPoint RANDOMSPAWNPOINTS: the specified spawnAmount is distributed equally to all of the SpawnPoints

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    T
    createNew()
    Creates a new instance of the provided Entity type.
    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.
    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.

    Methods inherited from interface de.gurkenlabs.litiengine.IUpdateable

    update

  • Method Details

    • createNew

      T createNew()
      Creates a new instance of the provided Entity type.
      Returns:
      the Entity instance which will be spawned

    • getSpawnAmount

      int getSpawnAmount()
      Gets the amount of Entities that are spawned in each wave.
      Returns:
      the spawn amount

    • getSpawnInterval

      int getSpawnInterval()
      Gets the interval between spawn waves.
      Returns:
      the spawn interval

    • getSpawnDelay

      int getSpawnDelay()
      Gets the delay between spawning individual Entities of one wave.
      Returns:
      the spawn delay

    • getSpawnMode

      IEntitySpawner.SpawnMode getSpawnMode()
      Gets the spawn mode for an EntitySpawner.
      Returns:
      the spawn mode
      See Also:

    • getSpawnPoints

      List<Spawnpoint> getSpawnPoints()
      Gets the list of SpawnPoints that a EntitySpawner uses.
      Returns:
      the spawn points

    • setSpawnAmount

      void setSpawnAmount(int amount)
      Sets the amount of Entities that spawn in each wave.
      Parameters:
      amount - the new amount

    • setSpawnInterval

      void setSpawnInterval(int interval)
      Sets the interval in milliseconds between each spawn wave.
      Parameters:
      interval - the new interval

    • setSpawnDelay

      void setSpawnDelay(int delay)
      Gets the delay in milliseconds between spawning individual Entities of one wave.
      Parameters:
      delay - the new spawn delay

    • setSpawnMode

      void setSpawnMode(IEntitySpawner.SpawnMode mode)
      Sets the spawn mode.
      Parameters:
      mode - the new spawn mode
      See Also: