org.j3d.renderer.java3d.overlay
Interface UpdateManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

UpdateControlBehavior

public interface UpdateManager

A representation of a manager that processes updates.

The manager interface does not present methods for adding and removing updatable entities as implementations may choose to do this in a number of different ways. For example a manager may only work with one item, while others might collect a bunch together.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Will Holcomb

Method Summary

boolean	isUpdating() Check to see if the manager is making updates right now.
void	setUpdating(boolean updating) Instruct the system to start or stop the update process.
void	updateRequested(UpdatableEntity ue) Request that the manager update this item.

Method Detail

updateRequested

public void updateRequested(UpdatableEntity ue)

Request that the manager update this item. This will be scheduled to happen as soon as possible, but won't necessarily happen immediately.

Parameters:

ue - The entity to be updated

isUpdating

public boolean isUpdating()

Check to see if the manager is making updates right now.

Returns:

true if the update process is currently happening

setUpdating

public void setUpdating(boolean updating)

Instruct the system to start or stop the update process. This is used to control the whole threaded update system rather than interact with a single update request.

Parameters:

updating - true to set the update to happen, false to stop