package com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.core.interfaces;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Behaviors.interfaces.Behavior;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Common.interfaces.ScriptingEngine;
/*
Copyright 2000-2010 Bo Zimmerman
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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*/
/**
*
* Something that can behave -- means almost everything!
* @author Bo Zimmerman
*
*/
public interface Behavable {
/**
* Add a new behavior to this object. After calling this method,
* recoverEnvStats() should be called next in case this behavior object modifies the stats.
* A Behavior with a given ID() can only be added once per object.
* @see com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Behaviors.interfaces.Behavior
* @see com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.core.interfaces.Environmental#recoverEnvStats()
* @param to The behavior object to add.
*/
public void addBehavior(Behavior to);
/**
* Delete a behavior from this object. After calling this method,
* recoverEnvStats() should be called next in case this behavior object modified the stats.
* @see com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Behaviors.interfaces.Behavior
* @see com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.core.interfaces.Environmental#recoverEnvStats()
* @param to The behavior object to remove.
*/
public void delBehavior(Behavior to);
/**
* The number of behaviors this object has.
* @see com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Behaviors.interfaces.Behavior
* @return the number of behaviors
*/
public int numBehaviors();
/**
* Returns a behavior object on this object. May return null even if the index
* is correct to mark a race condition.
* @see com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Behaviors.interfaces.Behavior
* @see com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.core.interfaces.Environmental#numBehaviors()
* @param index which object to return
* @return the behavior object
*/
public Behavior fetchBehavior(int index);
/**
* Returns a behavior object listed on this object. The object will
* be the one with the same ID() string as passed in.
* @see com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Behaviors.interfaces.Behavior
* @see CMObject#ID()
* @return the behavior object
*/
public Behavior fetchBehavior(String ID);
/**
* Add a new runnable script to this object. Objects which are
* not mobs or areas will gain a temporary tick service for
* this script.
* @see com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Common.interfaces.ScriptingEngine
* @param s the scripting engine, fully populated, to add
*/
public void addScript(ScriptingEngine s);
/**
* Remove a running script from this object.
* @see com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Common.interfaces.ScriptingEngine
* @param s the specific scripting engine to remove
*/
public void delScript(ScriptingEngine s);
/**
* Return the number of scripts running on this object
* @return number of scripts
*/
public int numScripts();
/**
* Retreive one of the enumerated scripts running on this
* object
* @see com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Common.interfaces.ScriptingEngine
* @param x which script to return
* @return the scripting engine
*/
public ScriptingEngine fetchScript(int x);
}
