Package role

Class TextModel

java.lang.Object

role.EntityModel

role.TextModel

All Implemented Interfaces:

Configuration, Cloneable, Comparable<EntityModel>

public abstract class TextModel
extends EntityModel
implements Configuration

This class represents text-based entities. The representations are in UNICODE. The visual representation of these entities are rendered graphically.

Author:

Krish Pillai

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface common.Configuration

Configuration.Direction

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface common.Configuration

AUDIO_DIR, DEFAULT_FRAME_RATE, DRAWABLE_DIR, GAMELOGGER, setViewCallChain

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TextModel(int x, int y)	Constructor taking the coordinates of the center of the text entity.
TextModel(int x, int y, int layer)	Constructor taking the coordinates of the center of the text entity and the layer for z-axis.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Color	getColor()	Returns the color setting for this text
void	modifyMessage(String message)	Change the message contained in this text entity without creating a new object.

Methods inherited from class role.EntityModel

clone, collidesWith, compareTo, dispose, equals, getBearingDegrees, getBearingRadians, getCoefficientOfRestitution, getCollisionBounds, getCollisionRange, getHitboxHeight, getHitboxWidth, getID, getLayer, getMass, getName, getScaleX, getScaleY, getSpeed, getTimeToLive, getX, getXAcceleration, getXLocation, getXVelocity, getY, getYAcceleration, getYLocation, getYVelocity, hashCode, isActive, isAnimated, isDisposed, isGhost, isShowBounds, isVisible, isWrappedMode, poachState, resetCollisionBounds, resetEntityState, setActive, setAnimation, setCoefficientOfRestitution, setCollisionBounds, setCollisionBounds, setGhost, setLayer, setLocation, setMass, setName, setScale, setScale, setShowBounds, setTimeToLive, setVelocityDegrees, setVelocityRadians, setVisible, setWrappedMode, setXAcceleration, setXLocation, setXVelocity, setYAcceleration, setYLocation, setYVelocity, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

TextModel

public TextModel(int x,
 int y)

Constructor taking the coordinates of the center of the text entity. The origin is at the top left corner of the canvas.

Parameters:

x - X coordinate

y - Y coordinate

TextModel

public TextModel(int x,
 int y,
 int layer)

Constructor taking the coordinates of the center of the text entity and the layer for z-axis. The origin is at the top left corner of the canvas. Lower layer numbers are overlaid by higher ones.

Parameters:

x - X coordinate

y - Y coordinate

layer - The layer number [greater than or equal to zero]

Method Details

getColor

public Color getColor()

Returns the color setting for this text

Returns:

the current color

modifyMessage

public void modifyMessage(String message)

Change the message contained in this text entity without creating a new object. This call will generate a new view for the entity.

Parameters:

message - the new message to be displayed