I am programming an RPG, and I want the Character object to create objects that control their "powers"
Each charcter has a String variable powerOne, PowerTwo etc. Ex. powerOne = "Attack"
I need a way to do this:
"powerOne" powerOne = new "powerOne"
(Need the computer to use string in place of the actual power because they are replaced once characters learn new ones.)
That way, I can always reference the power in the rest of the code as powerOne. Ex. powerOne.dealDamage()
String powerOne = new String("");
when they learn their new 'power',
powerOne = "Attack".
Although you're rather unclear as to what powerOne is. Is it a String or it's own class poweredOne? If it is a class, why not make a setName function or something along those lines! although I'd suggest making a Power class in this case. Try to make your code look something like this...
Power powerOne = new Power("Attack!",10); // assuming you construct it with the String //name, and int Damage.
Feel free to ask any questions I'm more than happy to help.
Sounds like your 'powers' are objects, not strings.
Make an interface:
public interface Power {
void dealDamage();
}
Then make all your individual power classes such as Attack, etc implement the Power interface.
Then in your Character, you can have a List of objects that derive from the Power interface.
You should use an interface called CharacterPower containing a method called dealDamage into it.
Yould could keep the name of the power into a String variable and then query a CharacterPowerFactory that would get you the right instance of CharacterPower using its name.
Someting like:
String powerOne = "Attack";
CharacterPower power = CharacterPowerFactory.getInstance().createPower(powerOne);
power.dealDamage();
/**
* Your factory creating powers based on names.
*/
public class CharacterPowerFactory {
private static final CharacterPowerFactory SELF = new CharacterPowerFactory();
private CharacterPowerFactory(){}
public static CharacterPowerFactory getInstance() {return SELF;}
public CharacterPower createPower(String powerName) {
if("Attack".compareTo(powerName) == 0) {
return new AttackPower();
}
return null;
}
}
/**
* Your Attack power implementation
*/
public class AttackPower implements CharacterPower {
public void dealDamage(){
// Dealing the damage
}
}
/**
* Your interface definition
*/
public interface CharacterPower {
void dealDamage();
}
