nankin.zheng.gatem.controller
Class Controller

java.lang.Object
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public class Controller

extends java.lang.Object

Controller gets user input (in real-time mode) and sends it to all its listeners.

It has two parts: MouseController and KeyController. MouseController gets mouse events, and KeyController gets key events. Controller works as the listener of both MouseController and KeyController. Whenever a user input happens, Controller will be informed immediately by MouseController or KeyController, and then it will send it to all its listeners.

Field Summary

private java.util.Vector

listeners GameInputEventListener list.

Constructor Summary

Controller(KeyController key, MouseController mouse)
Constructor, register itself to a MouseController and a KeyController.

Method Summary

void	receiveGameInputEvent(GameInputEvent ievt) Listener method while registering to KeyController and MouseController.
void	registerInputEventListener(GameInputEventListener listener) Register a GameInputEventListener to its listener list.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

listeners

private java.util.Vector listeners

GameInputEventListener list.

Constructor Detail

Controller

public Controller(KeyController key,
                  MouseController mouse)

Constructor, register itself to a MouseController and a KeyController.

Parameters:

key - KeyController object. Null means that this controller does not care about key events.

mouse - MouseController object. Null means that this controller does not care about mouse events.

Method Detail

receiveGameInputEvent

public void receiveGameInputEvent(GameInputEvent ievt)

Listener method while registering to KeyController and MouseController.

This method will be called by MouseController or KeyController in order to notify a user input event. And inside this method, it will broadcast what it receives to all its listeners.

Parameters:

ievt - GameInputEvent, containing user input information.

registerInputEventListener

public void registerInputEventListener(GameInputEventListener listener)

Register a GameInputEventListener to its listener list.

Parameters:

listener - GameInputEventListener object.