edu.gatech.cs2335.lemmings.graphics
Class TileSetManager

java.lang.Object
  edu.gatech.cs2335.lemmings.graphics.TileSetManager

public class TileSetManager

extends java.lang.Object

Class TileSetManager: This guy will allow us to manage tilesets in such a fashion that every tileset is only loaded once.

 Revision History:
     v1.0 (Mar. 12, 2004) - Created the TileSetManager class
 

Version:

Version 1.0, Mar. 12, 2004

Author:

Vladimir Urazov

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

RESOURCE_MAP_FILE The name of the file, where the mappings between the resource names and their paths reside.

Method Summary

static TileSetManager	getInstance() Singleton Implementation.
TileSet	getTileSet(java.lang.String name) Returns the tileset with the specified name.
boolean	loadResource(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String path) Loads the resource if needed.
boolean	tileSetLoaded(java.lang.String name) Returns true if the tileset is loaded and false if it is not.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

RESOURCE_MAP_FILE

public static final java.lang.String RESOURCE_MAP_FILE

The name of the file, where the mappings between the resource names and their paths reside.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getInstance

public static TileSetManager getInstance()

Singleton Implementation.

Returns:

a TileSetManager value

loadResource

public boolean loadResource(java.lang.String name,
                            java.lang.String path)

Loads the resource if needed.

Parameters:

name - a String value

path - a String value

Returns:

a boolean value

tileSetLoaded

public boolean tileSetLoaded(java.lang.String name)

Returns true if the tileset is loaded and false if it is not.

Parameters:

name - a String value

Returns:

a boolean value

getTileSet

public TileSet getTileSet(java.lang.String name)

Returns the tileset with the specified name. Loads it if necessary.

Parameters:

name - a String value

Returns:

a TileSet value