package com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.core.interfaces;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.core.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.core.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Abilities.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Areas.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Behaviors.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.CharClasses.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Commands.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Common.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Exits.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Items.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Locales.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.MOBS.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Races.interfaces.*;
/**
* This class represents a thread, consisting of a group of Tickable objects receiving periodic calls
* to their tick(Tickable,int) methods by this thread object
* @see Tickable
* @see Tickable#tick(Tickable, int)
* @author Bo Zimmerman
*
*/
public interface TickableGroup
{
/** the maximum number of ticking objects which can be handled by a single thread */
public final static int MAX_TICK_CLIENTS=128;
/**
* Returns the current or last Tickable object which this thread made a tick(Tickable,int) method
* call to.
* @see Tickable
* @see Tickable#tick(Tickable, int)
* @return the Tickable object last accessed
*/
public Tickable lastTicked();
}