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 and Description
static class	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 and 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.
java.util.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 Detail

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:

IEntitySpawner.SpawnMode

getSpawnPoints

java.util.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:

IEntitySpawner.SpawnMode