ui.properties

Interface GridScreen

All Known Subinterfaces:

EncircleScreen, LabyrinthUserInterface, LifeUserInterface, OthelloReplayUserInterface, OthelloUserInterface, SnakeUserInterface

public interface GridScreen

Interfaces that implement this property provides a grid, with the posibility to place a different image in each of its cells. The methods of this interfaces facilitate the changing of the image in each of the cells

Author:

Atze van der Ploeg (Code), Jan Stienstra (Documentation)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	clear() Clears the entire screen.
void	place(int x, int y, int type) Changes the image in a cell.
void	placeTranslucent(int x, int y, int type) Changes the image in a cell and makes it translucent.
void	showChanges() Shows all the changes made to the screen.

Method Detail

clear

void clear()

Clears the entire screen.

Note: the screen is only changed after showChanges() has been called.

place

void place(int x,
         int y,
         int type)

Changes the image in a cell.

Note: the screen is only changed after showChanges() has been called.

Parameters:

x - The horizontal position of the cell, starting at 0.

y - The vertical position of the cell, starting at 0.

type - The image to be placed in the cell, for example: OthelloReplayUserInterface.WHITE and OthelloReplayUserInterface.EMPTY.

placeTranslucent

void placeTranslucent(int x,
                    int y,
                    int type)

Changes the image in a cell and makes it translucent.

This method works exactly the same as place.

Note: the screen is only changed after showChanges() has been called.

showChanges

void showChanges()

Shows all the changes made to the screen.