org.achtern.AchternEngine.core.resource.loader

Class BinaryLoader<T,C>

java.lang.Object

org.achtern.AchternEngine.core.resource.loader.BinaryLoader<T,C>

Type Parameters:

T - Type of object which can be loaded by the Loader

C - Type of object that is cached.

All Implemented Interfaces:

Loader<T,InputStream>

Direct Known Subclasses:

AudioSourceLoader, TextureLoader

public abstract class BinaryLoader<T,C>
extends Object
implements Loader<T,InputStream>

A BinaryLoader is able to read an Object from an InputStream. Technically, this could also read a text-file, but in this case the AsciiFileLoader is better suited. The cached object should be a data object, otherwise the ResourceLoader would turn into a singelton container. Caching is still handled in the ResourceLoader

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BinaryLoader()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected void	cache(C cache) Caches the value.
abstract T	fromCache(C value) This method should construct the object from a cached value provided by the ResourceLoader
C	getCache() Returns a generated cache item.
abstract Class<C>	getCacheType() Returns the Type of the Cache data.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.achtern.AchternEngine.core.resource.loader.Loader

get, load

Constructor Detail

BinaryLoader

public BinaryLoader()

Method Detail

fromCache

public abstract T fromCache(C value)
                     throws Exception

This method should construct the object from a cached value provided by the ResourceLoader

Parameters:

value - Cache

Returns:

Object

Throws:

Exception - could be anything (from loading over parsing to memory errors)

getCacheType

public abstract Class<C> getCacheType()

Returns the Type of the Cache data.

Returns:

data type

getCache

public C getCache()

Returns a generated cache item. This cache value should be set in Loader.get()

Returns:

Cache

cache

protected void cache(C cache)

Caches the value. Should be called from within Loader.get()

Parameters:

cache - value to cache