de.gurkenlabs.litiengine.input

Class Input

java.lang.Object

de.gurkenlabs.litiengine.input.Input

public final class Input
extends java.lang.Object

The static Input class is the LITIengine's access point to devices that capture physical player input. It manages input from different devices, i.e. keyboard, mouse or gamepad, and provides a unified API to access this information.

See Also:

mouse(), keyboard(), gamepads()

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	Input.InputGameAdapter

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static GamepadManager	gamepads() Gets the manager for all gamepad input devices.
static IKeyboard	keyboard() Gets the keyboard input device.
static IMouse	mouse() Gets the mouse input device.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

gamepads

public static GamepadManager gamepads()

Gets the manager for all gamepad input devices.

The manager provides easy access to the default controller as well as access by gamepad index for mulitplayer games. Gamepads don't need to be added explicitly, the manager supports hot-plugging at runtime and will auto-detect any added/removed gamepads.

This returns null if Game.config().input().isGamepadSupport() is set to false.

Returns:

The gamepad manager.

See Also:

GamepadManager.current(), GamepadManager.get(int)

keyboard

public static IKeyboard keyboard()

Gets the keyboard input device.

Returns:

The keyboard input device.

mouse

public static IMouse mouse()

Gets the mouse input device.

Returns:

The mouse input device.