com.sun.sgs.example.hack.server.ai

Class AICharacterManager

java.lang.Object

com.sun.sgs.example.hack.server.BasicCharacterManager

com.sun.sgs.example.hack.server.ai.AICharacterManager

All Implemented Interfaces:

com.sun.sgs.app.ManagedObject, com.sun.sgs.app.Task, CharacterManager, Serializable

public class AICharacterManager
extends BasicCharacterManager
implements com.sun.sgs.app.Task

This implementation of CharacterManager is used for all AI creatures. It adds the ability to do regular invocations of AI characters and handle their death and re-generation.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	broadcastUpdates(Collection<BoardSpace> updates) Sends space updates to this AI creature.
Character	getCurrentCharacter() Returns the current character being played through this manager.
static AICharacterManager	newInstance() Returns a reference to a new instance of AICharacterManager that is registered correctly.
void	notifyCharacterDied() Notify the manager that its character has died.
void	run() Tells the AI creature that it's their turn to take some action.
void	sendBoard(Board board) Sends the given board to this AI creature.
void	setCharacter(AICharacter character) Sets the character for this manager.

Methods inherited from class com.sun.sgs.example.hack.server.BasicCharacterManager

equals, getCurrentLevel, getLevelXPos, getLevelYPos, hashCode, setCurrentLevel, setLevelPosition, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

newInstance

public static AICharacterManager newInstance()

Returns a reference to a new instance of AICharacterManager that is registered correctly. After calling this you still need to call setCharacter to give this manager a character.

Returns:

a new manager

getCurrentCharacter

public Character getCurrentCharacter()

Returns the current character being played through this manager. Since AICharacterManagers only have one character that they manage, the current character is always the same.

Specified by:

getCurrentCharacter in interface CharacterManager

Returns:

the current character

setCharacter

public void setCharacter(AICharacter character)

Sets the character for this manager.

Parameters:

character - the character to manage

run

public void run()
         throws Exception

Tells the AI creature that it's their turn to take some action.

Specified by:

run in interface com.sun.sgs.app.Task

Throws:

Exception

notifyCharacterDied

public void notifyCharacterDied()

Notify the manager that its character has died. This will typically result in re-generation of the character after some period of time.

sendBoard

public void sendBoard(Board board)

Sends the given board to this AI creature. Many AIs will ignore this message, but some use it to construct a view of the world

Specified by:

sendBoard in interface CharacterManager

Parameters:

board - the board to send

broadcastUpdates

public void broadcastUpdates(Collection<BoardSpace> updates)

Sends space updates to this AI creature. Many AIs will ignore this message, but some use it to construct a view of the world

Specified by:

broadcastUpdates in interface CharacterManager

Parameters:

updates - the updates to send