de.adom.jade.startup.chargen
Class CharacterGenerator

java.lang.Object
  de.adom.jade.startup.chargen.CharacterGenerator

Direct Known Subclasses:

BasicCharacterGenerator

public abstract class CharacterGenerator

extends java.lang.Object

Implements the default interface a character generator must have to confirm to the UI. All character generaqtors must fulfill the following conditions:

• The call to getGeneratedData must block until a consistent character has been generated and confirmed by the player (and then return the appropriate data structure) or until the player aborts his attempt (and then return a null reference).

Constructor Summary

CharacterGenerator()

Method Summary

static CharacterGenerator	getCharacterGenerator() Returns an instance of the currently selected character generator.
abstract CharacterData	getGeneratedData() Returns a freshly generated character.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CharacterGenerator

public CharacterGenerator()

Method Detail

getGeneratedData

public abstract CharacterData getGeneratedData()

Returns a freshly generated character. This method call is responsible for everything - from setting up the character generator UI to generating the actual character data.

Returns:

the data for a freshly generated character or null if the attempt was aborted

getCharacterGenerator

public static CharacterGenerator getCharacterGenerator()

Returns an instance of the currently selected character generator.

Returns:

the currently selected character generator