org.j3d.geom.particle
Class ParticleSystemManager

java.lang.Object
  org.j3d.geom.particle.ParticleSystemManager

public class ParticleSystemManager

extends java.lang.Object

The ParticleSystemManager is a simple manager that controls all of the available particle systems as a single set of updates.

The manager needs to have a clock ticking it to drive the updates of the managed particles. It has a List of registered ParticleSystems and calls the update method on each whenever it is triggered.

Version:

$Revision: 2.1 $

Author:

Daniel Selman

Field Summary

protected ErrorReporter

errorReporter Local reporter to put errors in

Constructor Summary

ParticleSystemManager()
Create a new manager, with no systems registered.

Method Summary

void	addParticleSystem(ParticleSystem system) Add a new particle system to this manager.
void	removeParticleSystem(ParticleSystem system) Remove a system from this manager.
void	setErrorReporter(ErrorReporter reporter) Register an error reporter with the object so that any errors generated by the object can be reported in a nice, pretty fashion.
void	update() Update the registered particle systems now.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

errorReporter

protected ErrorReporter errorReporter

Local reporter to put errors in

Constructor Detail

ParticleSystemManager

public ParticleSystemManager()

Create a new manager, with no systems registered.

Method Detail

setErrorReporter

public void setErrorReporter(ErrorReporter reporter)

Register an error reporter with the object so that any errors generated by the object can be reported in a nice, pretty fashion. Setting a value of null will clear the currently set reporter. If one is already set, the new value replaces the old.

Parameters:

reporter - The instance to use or null

update

public void update()

Update the registered particle systems now. If any registered systems have completed their function, they will be automatically removed.

addParticleSystem

public void addParticleSystem(ParticleSystem system)

Add a new particle system to this manager. No checks are made for duplications.

Parameters:

system - The new system to add to the manager

removeParticleSystem

public void removeParticleSystem(ParticleSystem system)

Remove a system from this manager. If the system is not currently registered, the request is silently ignored.

Parameters:

system - The system instance to remove