lane.sente
Class RobotController

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

Direct Known Subclasses:

DumbBot, LaneBot

public abstract class RobotController

extends java.lang.Thread

This is

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String	theName
protected Robot	theRobot

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

RobotController()
Nice old fashioned empty constructor.

Method Summary

abstract void	AnimateGameElementSighting(AnimateGameElement e) called when a robot sights an AnimateGameElement
abstract void	elementCollision(Location otherLoc) called when a robot collides with an element at the passed location
abstract java.lang.String	getRobotName() allows users to be creative and assign a name to thier robot
abstract void	InanimateGameElementSighting(InanimateGameElement e) called when Robot sights an InAnimate Game Element
abstract void	run() run method defined by user programmed robots More or less, the "Meat" of the robots, make it good
void	setRobot(Robot r) method used to set which robot this is controlling
void	start(Robot r) method to start running and cotrolling the robot
abstract void	xCollision() called when robot makes a collision with the wall on the x axis
abstract void	yCollision() called when robot makes a collision with the wall on the y axis
abstract void	zCollision() called when robot makes a collision with the wall on the z axis

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getContextClassLoader, getName, getPriority, getThreadGroup, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setName, setPriority, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

theRobot

protected Robot theRobot

theName

protected java.lang.String theName

Constructor Detail

RobotController

public RobotController()

Nice old fashioned empty constructor.

Method Detail

start

public void start(Robot r)

method to start running and cotrolling the robot

Parameters:

r - The robot to controll

setRobot

public void setRobot(Robot r)

method used to set which robot this is controlling

Parameters:

r - The robot to controll

run

public abstract void run()

run method defined by user programmed robots More or less, the "Meat" of the robots, make it good

Overrides:

run in class java.lang.Thread

getRobotName

public abstract java.lang.String getRobotName()

allows users to be creative and assign a name to thier robot

Returns:

the Robot Name (string)

elementCollision

public abstract void elementCollision(Location otherLoc)

called when a robot collides with an element at the passed location

Parameters:

otherLoc - The location of the other element

InanimateGameElementSighting

public abstract void InanimateGameElementSighting(InanimateGameElement e)

called when Robot sights an InAnimate Game Element

Parameters:

e - The sighted Inanimate Game Element

AnimateGameElementSighting

public abstract void AnimateGameElementSighting(AnimateGameElement e)

called when a robot sights an AnimateGameElement

Parameters:

e - The sighted animategame element

xCollision

public abstract void xCollision()

called when robot makes a collision with the wall on the x axis

yCollision

public abstract void yCollision()

called when robot makes a collision with the wall on the y axis

zCollision

public abstract void zCollision()

called when robot makes a collision with the wall on the z axis