wyvern.lib.properties
Interface Movable

All Known Subinterfaces:

Weapon

All Known Implementing Classes:

Missile, WeaponImpl

public interface Movable

Interface for items that can be thrown or moved with a Projectile. Used for Weapons (which can be thrown) or missiles (which can be fired).

Version:

1.0, Jul 05, 2002

Author:

Steve Yegge

Method Summary

boolean

shouldStop(Point p) Function called on every move for a thrown/fired weapon or missile.

Method Detail

shouldStop

public boolean shouldStop(Point p)

Function called on every move for a thrown/fired weapon or missile. Checks if it should stop moving at this square. If so, possibly damages a monster or object there.

Parameters:

p - the point the object currently occupies

Returns:

true if it should stop moving, either because it it something, or it ran out of steam and fell. If it's stopping, the weapon should handle any stop cases here, such as hitting a monster and doing damage.