org.globalse.arena.frag.util
Class Timer

java.lang.Object
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public class Timer

extends java.lang.Thread

implements EventSource

The Timer class sends a TimerEvent, a subclass of ObjectActionEvent, in fixed time steps to a certain object. $Id: Timer.html,v 1.1 2003/02/12 18:06:20 schoecke Exp $

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

 

Constructor Summary

Timer()

 

Method Summary
void	disable()           Disables (stops) the timer.
void	enable(int interval)           Starts the timer.
EventDistributor	eventDistributor()           Returns the EventDistributor instance.
java.lang.String	getGameName()           Returns the name of the game.
int	getInterval()           Returns the interval between the time steps.
java.lang.String	getObjectName()           Returns the name of the current object.
java.lang.String	getTimerName()           Returns the name of the timer.
void	run()           The run method for the thread, which startes the timer.
void	setGameName(java.lang.String gameName)           Sets the name of the game to the given parameter, if the timer is started.
void	setObjectName(java.lang.String objectName)           Sets the name of the current object to the given parameter, if the timer is started
void	setTimerName(java.lang.String timerName)           Sets the name of the timer to the given parameter, if the timer is started.

 

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getContextClassLoader, getName, getPriority, getThreadGroup, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setName, setPriority, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

 

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

 

Constructor Detail

Timer

public Timer()

getInterval

public int getInterval()

Returns the interval between the time steps.

Returns:

the interval between the steps.

getGameName

public java.lang.String getGameName()

Returns the name of the game.

Returns:

the name of the game

setGameName

public void setGameName(java.lang.String gameName)

Sets the name of the game to the given parameter, if the timer is started.

Parameters:

gameName - the new name of the game

getObjectName

public java.lang.String getObjectName()

Returns the name of the current object.

Returns:

the name of the current object

setObjectName

public void setObjectName(java.lang.String objectName)

Sets the name of the current object to the given parameter, if the timer is started

Parameters:

objectName - String sets the object name

getTimerName

public java.lang.String getTimerName()

Returns the name of the timer.

Returns:

the name of the timer

setTimerName

public void setTimerName(java.lang.String timerName)

Sets the name of the timer to the given parameter, if the timer is started.

Parameters:

timerName - the new name of the timer

enable

public void enable(int interval)

Starts the timer.

Parameters:

interval - int value for the timer

disable

public void disable()

Disables (stops) the timer.

run

public void run()

The run method for the thread, which startes the timer. Sends a TimerEvent after each step.

Overrides:

run in class java.lang.Thread

eventDistributor

public EventDistributor eventDistributor()

Returns the EventDistributor instance.

Specified by:

eventDistributor in interface EventSource

Returns:

the event distributor