hermes
Class HObject

java.lang.Object
  hermes.HObject

All Implemented Interfaces:

KeySubscriber, MouseSubscriber, MouseWheelSubscriber, OscSubscriber

Direct Known Subclasses:

Being

public abstract class HObject
extends java.lang.Object
implements KeySubscriber, MouseSubscriber, MouseWheelSubscriber, OscSubscriber

Basic game object class.

All parts of game are represented as HObjects.

For most uses, extend the Being class

Extend HObject directly when you want to represent something more abstract, like game state.

Constructor Summary

protected

HObject()

Method Summary

protected void	addToGroup(GenericGroup group) adds the HObject to the group
protected void	delete() removes the HObject from all containing groups
protected java.util.Iterator<GenericGroup>	getGroups() Returns an iterator over all the groups the object is a member of.
boolean	needsMoreSamples() Used for multisampling -- if true the object needs to be sampled more on the current update.
void	receive(KeyMessage m) Override if you want your Being to handle Key messages
void	receive(MouseMessage m) Override if you want your Being to handle Mouse messages
void	receive(MouseWheelMessage m) Override if you want your Being to handle Mouse Wheel messages
void	receive(OscMessage m) Override if you want your Being to handle OSC messages
protected void	removeFromGroup(GenericGroup group) removes the HObject from this group

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HObject

protected HObject()

Method Detail

addToGroup

protected void addToGroup(GenericGroup group)

adds the HObject to the group

Parameters:

group - the group to add to

removeFromGroup

protected void removeFromGroup(GenericGroup group)

removes the HObject from this group

Parameters:

group - the group to remove from

delete

protected void delete()

removes the HObject from all containing groups

getGroups

protected java.util.Iterator<GenericGroup> getGroups()

Returns an iterator over all the groups the object is a member of.

Returns:

iterators over the groups containing this object

needsMoreSamples

public boolean needsMoreSamples()

Used for multisampling -- if true the object needs to be sampled more on the current update.

Returns:

whether the object needs more samples this update

receive

public void receive(KeyMessage m)

Override if you want your Being to handle Key messages

Specified by:

receive in interface KeySubscriber

Parameters:

m - the message sent by the PostOffice

receive

public void receive(MouseMessage m)

Override if you want your Being to handle Mouse messages

Specified by:

receive in interface MouseSubscriber

Parameters:

m - the message sent by the PostOffice

receive

public void receive(MouseWheelMessage m)

Override if you want your Being to handle Mouse Wheel messages

Specified by:

receive in interface MouseWheelSubscriber

Parameters:

m - the message sent by the PostOffice

receive

public void receive(OscMessage m)

Override if you want your Being to handle OSC messages

Specified by:

receive in interface OscSubscriber

Parameters:

m - the message sent by the PostOffice