unc.cdva.graphics.animations
Class TextureAnimationHandler

java.lang.Object
  unc.cdva.graphics.animations.TextureAnimationHandler

Direct Known Subclasses:

PathwayEndHandler, PathwayHandler, ReticleHandler

public abstract class TextureAnimationHandler
extends java.lang.Object

Super class for texture animation handler objects. The contructor of this class will load the textures for the child class, the child simply needs to define the name of the texture file, and the number of texture files associated with that name. See constructor comments for more details.

Author:

Guillaume Conte, Dan Van Atta

Field Summary

protected java.util.Vector<com.sun.opengl.util.texture.Texture>

textures Stores the texture objects.

Constructor Summary

TextureAnimationHandler(java.lang.String texturePath, int numTextures)
Instantiates the pathway end handler, loads textures from file.

Method Summary

abstract com.sun.opengl.util.texture.Texture

handle(int state) Returns a texture corresponding to the objects state.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

textures

protected java.util.Vector<com.sun.opengl.util.texture.Texture> textures

Stores the texture objects.

Constructor Detail

TextureAnimationHandler

public TextureAnimationHandler(java.lang.String texturePath,
                               int numTextures)

Instantiates the pathway end handler, loads textures from file. Texture files have a standard naming convention. They start with a name, then have a number, then a .tga. This allows for multiple animations per object.

Parameters:

texturePath - Simply specify the path and name of the texture file (do NOT include the number or .tga extendsion).

numTextures - The number of texture files to be loaded.

Method Detail

handle

public abstract com.sun.opengl.util.texture.Texture handle(int state)

Returns a texture corresponding to the objects state.

Parameters:

state - The objects state which we are interested in.

Returns:

A texture corresponding to the state indicated by the state parameter.