Package view

Class TextView

java.lang.Object

view.EntityView

view.TextView

All Implemented Interfaces:

Configuration

public class TextView
extends EntityView

The text view class provides a view for the TextEntity class. If presents a text message, rendered in a specific font, using a specific color. The default font is "Courier New", in bold with a point size of 12 pixels. The default color is white.

Author:

Krish Pillai

See Also:

• Font
• Color

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
TextView(String message)	Constructor using default setting
TextView(String message, Color color)	Constructor using default font with the specified color
TextView(String message, Font font, Color color)	Constructor creates a text view with the specified font and color.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Dimension	getBounds()	Returns the dimensions for the rendered text for the font and point size.
Color	getColor()	Returns the color for this rendering
Font	getFont()	Returns the font in use
int	getHeight()	The height of the scaled visual representation for this entity.
int	getWidth()	The width of the scaled visual representation for this entity.
ViewIterator	iterator()
void	modifyMessage(String message)	Changes the current text to the specified message.

Methods inherited from class view.EntityView

draw, drawBounds, getAnimation, getDimension, getScaleX, getScaleY, isWrappedView, setAnimation, setScaleFactor, setWrappedView

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

TextView

public TextView(String message,
 Font font,
 Color color)

Constructor creates a text view with the specified font and color. The width and height are computed based on the font selected.

Parameters:

message - The text message

font - The font type specifying name, style, and point size.

color - The color of the font

See Also:

• DEFAULT_FONT
• DEFAULT_COLOR

TextView

public TextView(String message,
 Color color)

Constructor using default font with the specified color

Parameters:

message - the displayed text

color - font color

TextView

public TextView(String message)

Constructor using default setting

Parameters:

message - The text to be rendered

Method Details

getFont

public Font getFont()

Returns the font in use

Returns:

f The font used to render text

getColor

public Color getColor()

Returns the color for this rendering

Returns:

color The color setting

getBounds

public Dimension getBounds()

Returns the dimensions for the rendered text for the font and point size.

Returns:

dim The dimension defining the width and height of the rendered text

modifyMessage

public void modifyMessage(String message)

Changes the current text to the specified message. The width, the height, and the appearance of the text is modified as needed.

Parameters:

message - The new message

iterator

public ViewIterator iterator()

getWidth

public int getWidth()

Description copied from class: EntityView

The width of the scaled visual representation for this entity.

Specified by:

getWidth in class EntityView

Returns:

width

getHeight

public int getHeight()

Description copied from class: EntityView

The height of the scaled visual representation for this entity.

Specified by:

getHeight in class EntityView

Returns:

height