rle.core.board
Class Creature

java.lang.Object
  rle.core.vm.PlugInBase
      rle.core.board.Thing
          rle.core.board.Creature

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, RuntimeDataListener, PlugIn

Direct Known Subclasses:

Monster, Player

public class Creature
extends Thing

A creature. Superclass for Monsters, NPCs, Players. Note that a Creature can be configured by information from the Variant Manager because it implements PlugIn.

Field Summary

protected CreatureAi	ai
protected int	energy
protected java.util.HashMap<java.lang.String,ItemContainer>	itemContainers

Fields inherited from class rle.core.board.Thing

attributes, data, enclosed, enclosing, locator, temporaryCharms

Fields inherited from class rle.core.vm.PlugInBase

config, context, parameters

Constructor Summary

Creature()

Method Summary

void	addItemContainer(java.lang.String key, ItemContainer container) Add a location for storing items.
CreatureAi	getAi() Returns the AI Object controlling this creature.
int	getEnergy()
ItemContainer	getItemContainer(java.lang.String key) Finds an item storage location.
java.util.Set<java.lang.String>	itemContainerKeys() The set of keys for the available item locations.
void	removeItemContainer(java.lang.String key) Remove an item storage location.
void	setAi(CreatureAi ai)
void	setEnergy(int energy)

Methods inherited from class rle.core.board.Thing

addThingListener, attributeKeySet, attributeMap, checkAttribute, clone, dataChange, enclosingObject, fireLocationChange, getAttribute, getId, getRuntimeData, getSize, getTemporaryCharm, locator, putAttribute, putTemporaryCharm, removeAttribute, removeTemporaryCharm, removeThingListener, setConfig, setEnclosingObject, setRuntimeData, setSize, temporaryCharmKeySet, toString

Methods inherited from class rle.core.vm.PlugInBase

config, getContext, getParameters, paramMap, setParameters

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ai

protected CreatureAi ai

energy

protected int energy

itemContainers

protected java.util.HashMap<java.lang.String,ItemContainer> itemContainers

Constructor Detail

Creature

public Creature()

Method Detail

getEnergy

public int getEnergy()

setEnergy

public void setEnergy(int energy)

getAi

public CreatureAi getAi()

Returns the AI Object controlling this creature. This may be null, especially for the (non-borg) player. Note, however, it is possible to assign an AI to the player, allowing for "auto-play" features to be implemented. It is also possible to implement features like running and repeating commands via an AI.

setAi

public void setAi(CreatureAi ai)

addItemContainer

public void addItemContainer(java.lang.String key,
                             ItemContainer container)

Add a location for storing items.

removeItemContainer

public void removeItemContainer(java.lang.String key)

Remove an item storage location.

getItemContainer

public ItemContainer getItemContainer(java.lang.String key)

Finds an item storage location. If not found, throws IllegalArgumentException.

itemContainerKeys

public java.util.Set<java.lang.String> itemContainerKeys()

The set of keys for the available item locations.