Package com.csse3200.game.entities

Class EntitySpawner

java.lang.Object

com.csse3200.game.entities.EntitySpawner

public class EntitySpawner
extends Object

Handles periodic spawning of one entity

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
EntitySpawner(int maxSpawnCount, UnaryOperator<Entity> spawner, int growthRate, int initialSpawnCount, int spawnHour, int randomRange, int daysBetweenSpawns)	Constructor for EntitySpawner

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	hourUpdate()	Handles each hour trigger - responsible for calling spawnNPC() at correct time
void	setGameArea(GameArea gameArea)	Set GameArea
void	spawnEntities()	Spawns entities onto the GameArea
void	startSpawner()	Begin periodic spawning

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

EntitySpawner

public EntitySpawner(int maxSpawnCount,
 UnaryOperator<Entity> spawner,
 int growthRate,
 int initialSpawnCount,
 int spawnHour,
 int randomRange,
 int daysBetweenSpawns)

Constructor for EntitySpawner

Parameters:

maxSpawnCount - maximum number of entities that can be spawned in one cycle

spawner - method that creates the entity

growthRate - linear growth rate of number of entities spawned each spawn cycle

initialSpawnCount - the initial number of entities to be spawned

spawnHour - the hour that the entities will be spawned or the hour after which a randomGoal will be determined.

randomRange - max number of hours that the entity may spawn after spawnHour

daysBetweenSpawns - minimum number of times spawnHour must occur between spawns

Method Details

setGameArea

public void setGameArea(GameArea gameArea)

Set GameArea

Parameters:

gameArea - GameArea to spawn entities

startSpawner

public void startSpawner()

Begin periodic spawning

hourUpdate

public void hourUpdate()

Handles each hour trigger - responsible for calling spawnNPC() at correct time

spawnEntities

public void spawnEntities()

Spawns entities onto the GameArea