net.glowstone.io.entity

Class EntityStorage

java.lang.Object

net.glowstone.io.entity.EntityStorage

public final class EntityStorage
extends Object

The class responsible for mapping entity types to their storage methods and reading and writing entity data using those storage methods.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <T extends GlowEntity> void	bind(EntityStore<T> store) Binds a store by adding entries for it to the tables.
static <T extends GlowEntity> T	create(Class<T> clazz, org.bukkit.Location location) Creates an entity of the given Glowstone class, by deserializing an empty tag.
static void	load(GlowEntity entity, CompoundTag compound) Load an entity's data from the given compound tag.
static GlowEntity	loadEntity(GlowWorld world, CompoundTag compound) Load a new entity in the given world from the given data tag.
static void	save(GlowEntity entity, CompoundTag compound) Save an entity's data to the given compound tag.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

create

public static <T extends GlowEntity> T create(Class<T> clazz,
                                              org.bukkit.Location location)

Creates an entity of the given Glowstone class, by deserializing an empty tag.

Type Parameters:

T - the type of entity

Parameters:

clazz - the type of entity

location - the entity's initial location

bind

public static <T extends GlowEntity> void bind(EntityStore<T> store)

Binds a store by adding entries for it to the tables.

Type Parameters:

T - The type of entity.

Parameters:

store - The store object.

loadEntity

public static GlowEntity loadEntity(GlowWorld world,
                                    CompoundTag compound)

Load a new entity in the given world from the given data tag.

Parameters:

world - The target world.

compound - The tag to load from.

Returns:

The newly constructed entity.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if there is an error in the data.

save

public static void save(GlowEntity entity,
                        CompoundTag compound)

Save an entity's data to the given compound tag.

Parameters:

entity - The entity to save.

compound - The target tag.

load

public static void load(GlowEntity entity,
                        CompoundTag compound)

Load an entity's data from the given compound tag.

Parameters:

entity - The target entity.

compound - The tag to load from.