Package edu.ucsb.cs56.projects.games.pacman

Class GhostHouse

java.lang.Object

edu.ucsb.cs56.projects.games.pacman.GhostHouse

public class GhostHouse
extends java.lang.Object

This is a class to represent a Ghost House which holds ghost starting coordinates and tracks when ghosts are released onto the map to chase Pacman

Author:

Wei Tung Chen, Nicholas Duncan

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
GhostHouse(Location topLeft, int width, int blockSize)	Constructor for a ghosthouse object note that location must matched with the level map data that is created

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addGhost(Ghost ghost)	Method to add a ghost to a ghost house object Ghosts in ghost house will properly spawn and respawn
void	addGhosts(java.util.List<Ghost> ghosts)	returns the top left location of the ghost house Method to add ghosts to a ghost house object Ghosts in ghost house will properly spawn and respawn
java.util.Queue<Ghost>	getGhosts()	returns the ghosts list
Location	getTopLeft()	returns the top left location of the ghost house
int	getWidth()	returns the width of the ghost house
void	resetTimer()	Resets the timer on the ghost house must wait a full time interval before the next ghost is released
void	update()	This method updates the timer on the ghost house so that ghosts are released at proper intervals - call this in the logic updating loops

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GhostHouse

public GhostHouse(Location topLeft,
                  int width,
                  int blockSize)

Constructor for a ghosthouse object note that location must matched with the level map data that is created

Parameters:

topLeft - Location of the top left corner of the ghost house

width - how many "blocks" the house encompasses (typically 1 block per ghost)

blockSize - the size of each block as defined by the board class (must pass this in)

Method Detail

addGhost

public void addGhost(Ghost ghost)

Method to add a ghost to a ghost house object Ghosts in ghost house will properly spawn and respawn

Parameters:

ghost - the ghost desired to be put into the ghost house

addGhosts

public void addGhosts(java.util.List<Ghost> ghosts)

returns the top left location of the ghost house Method to add ghosts to a ghost house object Ghosts in ghost house will properly spawn and respawn

Parameters:

ghosts - the ghosts desired to be put into the ghost house

getTopLeft

public Location getTopLeft()

returns the top left location of the ghost house

getWidth

public int getWidth()

returns the width of the ghost house

getGhosts

public java.util.Queue<Ghost> getGhosts()

returns the ghosts list

update

public void update()

This method updates the timer on the ghost house so that ghosts are released at proper intervals - call this in the logic updating loops

resetTimer

public void resetTimer()

Resets the timer on the ghost house must wait a full time interval before the next ghost is released