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Interface ITimeToLive

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnimationEmitter, CreatureShadowImageEffect, CustomEmitter, CustomEntityEmitter, EllipseOutlineParticle, EllipseParticle, Emitter, EntityEmitter, EntityRotationImageEffect, ImageEffect, LeftLineParticle, LightParticle, OutlineParticle, OverlayPixelsImageEffect, Particle, RectangleFillParticle, RectangleOutlineParticle, RightLineParticle, RotationImageEffect, ShapeParticle, ShimmerParticle, SpriteParticle, SpritesheetEmitter, SpritesheetEntityEmitter, TextParticle

public interface ITimeToLive

The ITimeToLive interface defines methods for instances the have a limited time to live.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	getAliveTime() Gets the time this instance is alive.
int	getTimeToLive() Gets the total time to live of this instance.
boolean	timeToLiveReached() Determines whether this instance has exceeded its time to live.

Method Detail

getAliveTime

long getAliveTime()

Gets the time this instance is alive.

Returns:

Returns how long this instance is alive.

getTimeToLive

int getTimeToLive()

Gets the total time to live of this instance.

Returns:

The total time to live.

timeToLiveReached

boolean timeToLiveReached()

Determines whether this instance has exceeded its time to live.

Returns:

True if the time to live was reached; otherwise false.