org.haphazard.system.action
Class Action

java.lang.Object
  org.haphazard.XML.MessageHandler
      org.haphazard.system.action.Action

Direct Known Subclasses:

CharacterAction

public class Action

extends MessageHandler

General class for handling an action in the world

Field Summary

protected java.util.Observer	mController
protected long	mExecutionTime
protected long	mTimeStarted

Fields inherited from class org.haphazard.XML.MessageHandler

mMessageBuffer

Constructor Summary

Action()
Creates a new instance of Action

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object object) Tests if this action equals another action
boolean	perform() Performs the action
void	start(long time) Starts the action

Methods inherited from class org.haphazard.XML.MessageHandler

addMessage, getNextMessage, hasMessage

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

mController

protected java.util.Observer mController

mTimeStarted

protected long mTimeStarted

mExecutionTime

protected long mExecutionTime

Constructor Detail

Action

public Action()

Creates a new instance of Action

Method Detail

start

public void start(long time)

Starts the action

Parameters:

time - The time the action is considered to be started

perform

public boolean perform()

Performs the action

Returns:

true if terminated for whatever reason

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object object)

Tests if this action equals another action

Parameters:

object - The object to test against