jalse.entities

Interface EntityProxyFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultEntityProxyFactory

public interface EntityProxyFactory

This defines a factory for creating Entity proxies. Making a proxy of an Entity subclass allows the InvocationHandler to translate the method calls into Entity methods. This makes the subclasses more customisable for specific problems.

See Also:

DefaultEntityProxyFactory, EntityFunctionResolver

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isProxyEntity(Entity e) Checks whether the supplied entity is a proxy.
<T extends Entity> T	proxyOfEntity(Entity e, java.lang.Class<T> type) Creates a proxy of the entity subclass.
void	validateType(java.lang.Class<? extends Entity> type) Validates the type can be proxied.

Method Detail

isProxyEntity

boolean isProxyEntity(Entity e)

Checks whether the supplied entity is a proxy.

Parameters:

e - Entity to check.

Returns:

Whether the entity was a proxy.

proxyOfEntity

<T extends Entity> T proxyOfEntity(Entity e,
                                   java.lang.Class<T> type)

Creates a proxy of the entity subclass.

Parameters:

e - Entity to proxy for.

type - Type to proxy as.

Returns:

The proxy.

validateType

void validateType(java.lang.Class<? extends Entity> type)

Validates the type can be proxied.

Parameters:

type - Type to validate.