simogl.gamecore
Class Updater

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.lang.Thread
      extended by simogl.gamecore.Updater
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.lang.Runnable

public class Updater
extends java.lang.Thread

This class is used to update all the game objects. It is a special thread that calls all neccessary update()-methods. You will only need one obect of this class

Author:
Frank Bruns

Nested Class Summary
 
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Thread
java.lang.Thread.State, java.lang.Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler
 
Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread
MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY
 
Constructor Summary
Updater()
          Creates a new Updater object
 
Method Summary
 void pause()
          Pauses the Updater.
 void restart()
          Starts/Resumes the Updater.
 void run()
          run()-method of the Updater thread.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread
activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getAllStackTraces, getContextClassLoader, getDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, getId, getName, getPriority, getStackTrace, getState, getThreadGroup, getUncaughtExceptionHandler, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, setName, setPriority, setUncaughtExceptionHandler, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

Updater

public Updater()
Creates a new Updater object

Method Detail

pause

public void pause()
Pauses the Updater. Is equal to pausing the game.


restart

public void restart()
Starts/Resumes the Updater. Is equal to starting/resuming the game.


run

public void run()
run()-method of the Updater thread. Place all actions here.

Specified by:
run in interface java.lang.Runnable
Overrides:
run in class java.lang.Thread