tools

Class LevelMapping

java.lang.Object

tools.LevelMapping

public class LevelMapping
extends java.lang.Object

Helps to construct a HashMap> easily

Author:

Ahmed A Khalifa

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LevelMapping(GameDescription game) construct level mapping object for the current game
LevelMapping(GameDescription game, java.util.HashMap<java.lang.Character,java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String>> charMapping) Initialize the level mapping object for the current game using a starting level mapping

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addCharacterMapping(java.lang.Character c, java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String> list) add a character for a list of sprite names
void	clearLevelMapping() clear all recorded mapping
java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String>	fixArrayList(java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String> data) Remove useless entities in the list
java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String>	getArrayList(java.lang.Character data) get arraylist of sprite names that correspond to a certain character
java.lang.Character	getCharacter(java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String> data) get character corresponding to a certain arraylist of strings
java.util.HashMap<java.lang.Character,java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String>>	getCharMapping() get a hashmap of characters and the corresponding sprite names

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LevelMapping

public LevelMapping(GameDescription game)

construct level mapping object for the current game

Parameters:

game - current game description object

LevelMapping

public LevelMapping(GameDescription game,
                    java.util.HashMap<java.lang.Character,java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String>> charMapping)

Initialize the level mapping object for the current game using a starting level mapping

Parameters:

game - current game description object

charMapping - starting level mapping

Method Detail

clearLevelMapping

public void clearLevelMapping()

clear all recorded mapping

addCharacterMapping

public void addCharacterMapping(java.lang.Character c,
                                java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String> list)

add a character for a list of sprite names

Parameters:

c - character assigned to the list of sprite names

list - list of sprite names to be inserted in the level mapping

fixArrayList

public java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String> fixArrayList(java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String> data)

Remove useless entities in the list

Parameters:

data - list of objects

Returns:

fixed list of objects after removing empty elements

getCharacter

public java.lang.Character getCharacter(java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String> data)

get character corresponding to a certain arraylist of strings

Parameters:

data - list of sprite names

Returns:

character corresponding to the list

getArrayList

public java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String> getArrayList(java.lang.Character data)

get arraylist of sprite names that correspond to a certain character

Parameters:

data - character required to be checked

Returns:

list of sprite names corresponding to input character

getCharMapping

public java.util.HashMap<java.lang.Character,java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String>> getCharMapping()

get a hashmap of characters and the corresponding sprite names

Returns:

hashmap of characters and the corresponding sprite names