/**
* Loads from an external resource file a new GameEntity object for use within the game. This
* method will parse the given XML file and instantiate a new GameEntity object, returning it to
* the calling context.
*
* @param file
* @return The newly created GameEntity
*/
public GameEntity loadEntity(String file) {
XMLParser entityFile = new XMLParser(file);
GameEntity entity = new GameEntity();
entity.setFile(file);
for (Node entityEl : entityFile.root.children) {
for (Node el : entityEl.children) {
if (el.name.equals("position")) entity.setPosition(el.readFloatArray());
else if (el.name.equals("width")) entity.setWidth(el.readInt());
else if (el.name.equals("height")) entity.setHeight(el.readInt());
else if (el.name.equals("mass")) entity.setMass(el.readFloat());
else if (el.name.equals("animationFile")) {
entity.setAnimationFile(el.readString());
} else if (el.name.equals("scriptFile")) {
entity.setScriptFile(el.readString());
} else if (el.name.equals("lightRadius")) entity.setLightRadius(el.readFloat());
}
}
return entity;
}
/**
* Loads from an external file a new GameMap object for use within the game. A GameMap is the
* primary object which house each MapCanvas object (that is, each elevation level in the map) and
* in turn, each MapTile object (that is, each unique texture block).
*
* @param file
* @return The newly created GameMap
*/
public void loadMap(String file) {
XMLParser mapFile = new XMLParser(file);
for (Node mapEl : mapFile.root.children) {
for (Node el : mapEl.children) {
if (el.name.equals("tileDimensions")) GameMap.MAP.setTileDimension(el.readInt());
else if (el.name.equals("lightLevel")) GameMap.MAP.setLightLevel(el.readFloat());
else if (el.name.equals("tile")) {
MapTile mt = new MapTile();
for (Node tileChild : el.children) {
if (tileChild.name.equals("id")) mt.id = tileChild.readInt();
else if (tileChild.name.equals("file")) mt.loadTexture(tileChild.readString());
else if (tileChild.name.equals("collidable")) mt.collidable = tileChild.readBoolean();
}
mt.width = mt.height = GameMap.MAP.tileDimensions;
GameMap.MAP.tiles.put(mt.id, mt);
} else if (el.name.equals("canvas")) GameMap.MAP.parseCanvas(el.data);
else if (el.name.equals("entity")) {
GameEntity entity = null;
for (Node entityEl : el.children) {
if (entityEl.name.equals("file")) {
entity = loadEntity(entityEl.readString());
} else if (entityEl.name.equals("position"))
entity.setPosition(entityEl.readFloatArray());
}
addEntity(entity);
} else if (el.name.equals("player")) {
for (Node playerNode : el.children) {
if (playerNode.name.equals("position"))
MANAGER.playerFocusEntity.setPosition(playerNode.readFloatArray());
}
}
}
}
}