netwar.settings
Class GameSettings

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class GameSettings

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

STRUCT style class used for network coordination. Contains a single GlobalSettings, plus one PlayerSettings per player. When a setting is changed, it is submitted to the server, and propogated to all clients.

The proper way to change a player's PlayerSettings, for example, is to alter Netwar.netwar.pset (a PlayerSettings maintained for just this purpose) and then call: Netwar.nc.clientBroadcastSettings(Netwar.nc.playerNumber, Netwar.netwar.pset, null);

Author:

Group N2 - Project Netwar, Daniel Grund

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static GameSettings	currentSettings The current collection of settings.
GlobalSettings	global The GlobalSettings, which contains initialization data not specific to any one player.
int	playerCount The number of players currently connected to the game.
PlayerSettings[]	players The PlayerSettings array, which contains the player-specific initialization data for each player.

Constructor Summary

GameSettings()
Creates a new instance of GameSettings

Method Summary

void	reviseSettings(int pNumber, PlayerSettings pset, GlobalSettings gset) Alters this GameSettings by replacing player pNumber's settings, or if pNumber == 0, replaces the GlobalSettings.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

currentSettings

public static GameSettings currentSettings

The current collection of settings. This is updated by the server.

playerCount

public int playerCount

The number of players currently connected to the game. This is subject to change until startGame() is called.

global

public GlobalSettings global

The GlobalSettings, which contains initialization data not specific to any one player.

players

public PlayerSettings[] players

The PlayerSettings array, which contains the player-specific initialization data for each player.

Constructor Detail

GameSettings

public GameSettings()

Creates a new instance of GameSettings

Method Detail

reviseSettings

public void reviseSettings(int pNumber,
                           PlayerSettings pset,
                           GlobalSettings gset)

Alters this GameSettings by replacing player pNumber's settings, or if pNumber == 0, replaces the GlobalSettings. This should only be called by the NetworkServer. This is part a thread-safing technique made necessary by the fact that all players will alter GameSettings.currentSettings at least once.