org.newdawn.slick.state
Interface GameState

All Superinterfaces:

ControlledInputReciever, ControllerListener, InputListener, KeyListener, MouseListener

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicGameState, TestState1, TestState2, TestState3

public interface GameState
extends InputListener

A single state building up part of the game. The state include rendering, logic and input handling for the state.

Author:

kevin

Method Summary

void	enter(GameContainer container, StateBasedGame game) Notification that we've entered this game state
int	getID() Get the ID of this state
void	init(GameContainer container, StateBasedGame game) Initialise the state.
void	leave(GameContainer container, StateBasedGame game) Notification that we're leaving this game state
void	render(GameContainer container, StateBasedGame game, Graphics g) Render this state to the game's graphics context
void	update(GameContainer container, StateBasedGame game, int delta) Update the state's logic based on the amount of time thats passed

Methods inherited from interface org.newdawn.slick.MouseListener

mouseClicked, mouseDragged, mouseMoved, mousePressed, mouseReleased, mouseWheelMoved

Methods inherited from interface org.newdawn.slick.KeyListener

keyPressed, keyReleased

Methods inherited from interface org.newdawn.slick.ControllerListener

controllerButtonPressed, controllerButtonReleased, controllerDownPressed, controllerDownReleased, controllerLeftPressed, controllerLeftReleased, controllerRightPressed, controllerRightReleased, controllerUpPressed, controllerUpReleased

Methods inherited from interface org.newdawn.slick.ControlledInputReciever

inputEnded, inputStarted, isAcceptingInput, setInput

Method Detail

getID

int getID()

Get the ID of this state

Returns:

The game unique ID of this state

init

void init(GameContainer container,
          StateBasedGame game)
          throws SlickException

Initialise the state. It should load any resources it needs at this stage

Parameters:

container - The container holding the game

game - The game holding this state

Throws:

SlickException - Indicates a failure to initialise a resource for this state

render

void render(GameContainer container,
            StateBasedGame game,
            Graphics g)
            throws SlickException

Render this state to the game's graphics context

Parameters:

container - The container holding the game

game - The game holding this state

g - The graphics context to render to

Throws:

SlickException - Indicates a failure to render an artifact

update

void update(GameContainer container,
            StateBasedGame game,
            int delta)
            throws SlickException

Update the state's logic based on the amount of time thats passed

Parameters:

container - The container holding the game

game - The game holding this state

delta - The amount of time thats passed in millisecond since last update

Throws:

SlickException - Indicates an internal error that will be reported through the standard framework mechanism

enter

void enter(GameContainer container,
           StateBasedGame game)
           throws SlickException

Notification that we've entered this game state

Parameters:

container - The container holding the game

game - The game holding this state

Throws:

SlickException - Indicates an internal error that will be reported through the standard framework mechanism

leave

void leave(GameContainer container,
           StateBasedGame game)
           throws SlickException

Notification that we're leaving this game state

Parameters:

container - The container holding the game

game - The game holding this state

Throws:

SlickException - Indicates an internal error that will be reported through the standard framework mechanism