AbstractSorter

java.lang.Object
- com.bombinggames.wurfelengine.core.sorting.AbstractSorter

All Implemented Interfaces:

com.badlogic.gdx.ai.msg.Telegraph

Direct Known Subclasses:

DepthValueSort, NoSort, TopologicalSort
```
public abstract class AbstractSorter
extends java.lang.Object
implements com.badlogic.gdx.ai.msg.Telegraph
```
Fills the camera content with blocks and entities into a list and sorts it in the order of the rendering, called the "depthlist". This is done every frame.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

protected Camera camera

protected GameView gameView

protected java.util.LinkedList<RenderCell> iteratorCache

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

AbstractSorter(Camera camera)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected void`	`bakeIteratorCache()`	rebuilds the reference list for fields which will be called for the depthsorting.
`abstract void`	`createDepthList(java.util.LinkedList<AbstractGameObject> depthlist)`	Sorts the list of game objects.
`protected int`	`getTopLevel()`	get the topmost z level which should be rendered
`boolean`	`handleMessage(com.badlogic.gdx.ai.msg.Telegram msg)`
`abstract void`	`renderSorted()`	Renders in sorted order
`void`	`updateCacheIfOutdated()`	updates the iterator cache.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - camera
```
protected final Camera camera
```
  - iteratorCache
```
protected final java.util.LinkedList<RenderCell> iteratorCache
```
  - gameView
```
protected final GameView gameView
```
- Constructor Detail
  - AbstractSorter
```
public AbstractSorter(Camera camera)
```
- Method Detail
  - createDepthList
```
public abstract void createDepthList(java.util.LinkedList<AbstractGameObject> depthlist)
```
    Sorts the list of game objects.
    
    Parameters:
    
    depthlist -
  - renderSorted
```
public abstract void renderSorted()
```
    Renders in sorted order
  - handleMessage
```
public boolean handleMessage(com.badlogic.gdx.ai.msg.Telegram msg)
```
    Specified by:
    
    handleMessage in interface com.badlogic.gdx.ai.msg.Telegraph
  - updateCacheIfOutdated
```
public void updateCacheIfOutdated()
```
    updates the iterator cache. Gets called when the center of the camera changed.
    
    See Also:
    
    bakeIteratorCache()
  - bakeIteratorCache
```
protected void bakeIteratorCache()
```
    rebuilds the reference list for fields which will be called for the depthsorting.
  - getTopLevel
```
protected int getTopLevel()
```
    get the topmost z level which should be rendered
    
    Returns: