com.huguesjohnson.tiamat
Class AdventureGameUtilities

java.lang.Object
  com.huguesjohnson.tiamat.AdventureGameUtilities

public abstract class AdventureGameUtilities
extends java.lang.Object

AdventureGameUtilities - abstract class containing utility (public static) functions used by an adventure style game.

Author:

Hugues Johnson

Constructor Summary

AdventureGameUtilities()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	createGameInProgressDataDirectory(java.lang.String basePath) Creates a directory for a new game.
static void	saveGame(java.lang.String sourcePath, java.lang.String destinationFilePath) Saves a game.
static void	unpackSavedGame(java.lang.String sourceFilePath, java.lang.String destinationPath) Unpacks a saved game to a folder.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AdventureGameUtilities

public AdventureGameUtilities()

Method Detail

createGameInProgressDataDirectory

public static final java.lang.String createGameInProgressDataDirectory(java.lang.String basePath)

Creates a directory for a new game.

Parameters:

basePath - Path to source game state files.

Returns:

Path to the directory that was created.

saveGame

public static final void saveGame(java.lang.String sourcePath,
                                  java.lang.String destinationFilePath)

Saves a game.

Parameters:

sourcePath - The path to the directory containing the game files to save.

destinationFilePath - The path to the file to create. TODO ISSUE.. WITH THIS WE CAN ONLY SAVE ONE LEVEL DEEP TODO SAVING MAY TAKE A WHILE.. CONSIDER ADDING PROGRESS

unpackSavedGame

public static final void unpackSavedGame(java.lang.String sourceFilePath,
                                         java.lang.String destinationPath)

Unpacks a saved game to a folder.

Parameters:

sourceFilePath - The source file to unpack.

destinationPath - The path to the destination directory. TODO NEED SOME ERROR HANDLING IF A BAD SAVE FILE IS OPENED