noope.input
Class EntityLoader

java.lang.Object
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  +--noope.input.EntityLoader

Direct Known Subclasses:

DynamicEntityLoader, HardCodedEntityLoader

public abstract class EntityLoader

extends java.lang.Object

Objects of this class provide to Entities a means of creating new instances of Entity classes with a given name. These classes can be dynamically loaded or hard-coded into the LawLoader (e.g. for an Applet that isn't allowed by the SecurityManager to access the constructor of a dynamically loaded class).

Version:

28-Apr-2001

Author:

Miklos Reiter

Constructor Summary

EntityLoader()

Method Summary

abstract Entity

createEntity(java.lang.String className, BlockReaderLocation brL, BlockReader br, Physics phys) This method should create a new Entity object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

EntityLoader

public EntityLoader()

Method Detail

createEntity

public abstract Entity createEntity(java.lang.String className,
                                    BlockReaderLocation brL,
                                    BlockReader br,
                                    Physics phys)
                             throws BRLoadingException

This method should create a new Entity object. The arguments, except for className and brL are passed on to the constructor, so the class has to have a constructor of this form.