So I wanted to learn how to create an event driven framework, as I assume it’ll be a useful thing to know and to have in my game.
This may be too an advanced topic for me at the moment, I don’t know.
Anyways, after googling, I came across a site that explains it nicely, it also provides example code, however, I don’t really understand the code.
Links to the explanation:
http://www.giocc.com/fundamental-components-of-an-event-driven-architecture.html
http://www.giocc.com/writing-an-event-driven-framework-with-java.html
Things I don’t understand:
[icode]Queue events = new LinkedList();[/icode]
What is Queue and LinkedList?
Event is a class that contains a Char type, String data and a constructor.
public interface Message {
public Class<? extends Message> getType();
}
I understand that a class can extend another class, but what does adding the [icode]<? extends Message>[/icode] mean exactly, I mean doesn’t the class have to be an interface in order to extend an interface, or is that what the extra stuff is for?
public interface Channel<E extends Message> {
public void dispatch(E message);
}
No idea what “E” is.
And more <…> stuff.
public interface DynamicRouter<E extends Message> {
public void registerChannel(Class<? extends E> contentType,
Channel<? extends E> channel);
public abstract void dispatch(E content);
}
Wut?
An explanation or advice would be really appreciated.
