tripleplay.particle

Class Particles

java.lang.Object

tripleplay.particle.Particles

All Implemented Interfaces:

Paintable

public class Particles
extends Object
implements Paintable

Manages all particle emitters.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Particles()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	clear() Clears the resources used by the custom shader that renders particles.
Emitter	createEmitter(int maxParticles, Image image) Creates an emitter that supports up to maxParticles particles at any one time.
Emitter	createEmitter(int maxParticles, Image image, GroupLayer onLayer) Creates an emitter that supports up to maxParticles particles at any one time.
void	paint(Clock clock) Updates all registered emitters.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Particles

public Particles()

Method Detail

createEmitter

public Emitter createEmitter(int maxParticles,
                             Image image)

Creates an emitter that supports up to maxParticles particles at any one time. The emitter is added to the root layer.

Parameters:

image - the image to use for each particle.

createEmitter

public Emitter createEmitter(int maxParticles,
                             Image image,
                             GroupLayer onLayer)

Creates an emitter that supports up to maxParticles particles at any one time.

Parameters:

image - the image to use for each particle.

onLayer - the layer to which to add the layer which will render the particles.

paint

public void paint(Clock clock)

Updates all registered emitters. Call this from Game.paint or similar.

Specified by:

paint in interface Paintable

Parameters:

clock - an up-to-date frame clock.

clear

public void clear()

Clears the resources used by the custom shader that renders particles.