breakout
Class World

java.lang.Object
  breakout.World

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public class World

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.lang.Runnable

World controls Breakout's clock, and manages the different phases of calculation that occur during each unit of time. Once World has been started up, a tick proceeds as follows:

1. Call update() on the list of all BreakoutComponents obtained from Board.
2. Call resolveBounces(Iterator it) on the list of all Rebounding components obtained from Board.
3. Call diedWhileRebounding() on the list of all Rebounding components to clear out any that died during the rebound phase.
4. Decide if the game meets a win/lose condition or not.
5. Redraw the board and sleep until time for the next batch of calculations.

Field Summary

static int

TICK_LENGTH Time to sleep at the end of each tick

Constructor Summary

World(Board aBoard, BreakoutUI bui)
Creates a new World with the specified Board and BreakoutUI.

Method Summary

Board	getBoard() Gets the Board associated with this World.
void	run() Runs continuously while game is in progress.
void	start() Starts the game, and disables the autolayout "add" method in Board.
void	stop() Stops the game.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

TICK_LENGTH

public static final int TICK_LENGTH

Time to sleep at the end of each tick

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

World

public World(Board aBoard,
             BreakoutUI bui)

Creates a new World with the specified Board and BreakoutUI.

Method Detail

start

public void start()

Starts the game, and disables the autolayout "add" method in Board.

stop

public void stop()

Stops the game.

run

public void run()

Runs continuously while game is in progress.

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

getBoard

public Board getBoard()

Gets the Board associated with this World.