simogl.gamecore
Class Updater

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Thread
      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