// Explicit implementation of readObject, but called implicitly as a result of recursive calls to
// readObject() based on Serializable interface
private void readObject(ObjectInputStream in) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
name = new SimpleStringProperty((String) in.readObject());
strength = new SimpleDoubleProperty(in.readDouble());
health = new SimpleDoubleProperty(in.readDouble());
speed = new SimpleDoubleProperty(in.readDouble());
createAvatar();
getAvatar().setTranslateX(in.readDouble());
getAvatar().setTranslateY(in.readDouble());
tooltip = new Tooltip(toString());
Tooltip.install(getAvatar(), tooltip);
resetAvatarAttributes();
} // end readObject() to support serialization
/**
* <i>Actor</i> constructor is used when building <i>Actor</i> objects automatically:
* <i>strength</i>, <i>health</i>, <i>speed</i> fields are given randomly generated values within
* their range; <i>name</i> is given a sequentially numbered name: <i>Auto:<b>n</b></i> where
* <i><b>n</b></i> is the sequence number. The <i>name</i> can be edited to create an unique
* <i>Actor</i>.
*
* @param subclassCount used to support automatic naming (which includes a unique serial number).
* @param armyAllegiance used to support the <i>Army</i>-specific <i>DropShadow</i> glow around
* this Actor object.
*/
public Actor(int subclassCount, Army armyAllegiance) {
this.armyAllegiance = armyAllegiance;
++actorSerialNumber; // static class-oriented variable. There is one-and-only-one instance of
// this variable regardless of the number of Actor objects in existence
// (from none to infinity).
setName(
String.format(
"%d:%s:%d:",
actorSerialNumber,
getClass().getSimpleName(),
subclassCount)); // An alternate way to assemble a String to use as a name. Because of
// polymorphism "getClass().getName()" will return the subclass name
// when they exist.
setStrength(SingletonRandom.instance.getNormalDistribution(MIN_STRENGTH, MAX_STRENGTH, 2.0));
setHealth(SingletonRandom.instance.getNormalDistribution(MIN_HEALTH, MAX_HEALTH, 2.0));
setSpeed(SingletonRandom.instance.getNormalDistribution(MIN_SPEED, MAX_SPEED, 2.0));
createAvatar();
tooltip = new Tooltip(toString());
Tooltip.install(getAvatar(), tooltip);
tt = new TranslateTransition();
tt.setNode(getAvatar()); // reuse
} // end Actor constructor