edu.gatech.cs2335.lemmings.engine
Class PrettySprite

java.lang.Object
  edu.gatech.cs2335.lemmings.physics.PhysicsObject
      edu.gatech.cs2335.lemmings.engine.PrettySprite

All Implemented Interfaces:

ICleanable

Direct Known Subclasses:

LemmingDrown, LemmingSplat, LemmingsSoul, Particle, SavedLemming

public abstract class PrettySprite

extends PhysicsObject

implements ICleanable

Class PrettySprite: This is basically an eye-candy sprite. These will be things that happen to lemmings, for instance, or maybe some other effects, like a random bird flying by.

 Revision History:
     v1.0 (Apr. 11, 2004) - Created the PrettySprite class
 

Version:

Version 1.0, Apr. 11, 2004

Author:

Vladimir Urazov

Constructor Summary

PrettySprite(java.lang.String animType)
Creates a new PrettySprite instance.

Method Summary

protected abstract boolean	canKillSelf() Should return true when the sprite is ready to kill self.
void	cleanUp() Cleans up all references for the garbage collector.
AnimatedSprite	getAnimation() Access method for the animation property.
Level	getLevel() Describe getLevel method here.
void	setAnimation(java.lang.String type) Describe setAnimation method here.
void	setLevel(Level l) Describe setLevel method here.
void	updateSprite() Should be called at every frame to update the sprite.

Methods inherited from class edu.gatech.cs2335.lemmings.physics.PhysicsObject

accelerate, getGravityUpdates, getPosition, getVelocity, isFalling, setGravityUpdates, setPosition, setPosition, setVelocity, toString, updatePosition, updatePosition, updateVelocity

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PrettySprite

public PrettySprite(java.lang.String animType)

Creates a new PrettySprite instance.

Parameters:

animType - anime

Method Detail

getAnimation

public AnimatedSprite getAnimation()

Access method for the animation property.

Returns:

the current value of the animation property

setAnimation

public final void setAnimation(java.lang.String type)

Describe setAnimation method here.

Parameters:

type - a String value

updateSprite

public final void updateSprite()

Should be called at every frame to update the sprite.

getLevel

public final Level getLevel()

Describe getLevel method here.

Returns:

a Level value

setLevel

public final void setLevel(Level l)

Describe setLevel method here.

Parameters:

l - a Level value

cleanUp

public void cleanUp()

Cleans up all references for the garbage collector.

Specified by:

cleanUp in interface ICleanable

canKillSelf

protected abstract boolean canKillSelf()

Should return true when the sprite is ready to kill self.

Returns:

a boolean value