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Controller.javaAPI DocExample3609Mon Apr 06 18:10:20 BST 1998c07.controller

Controller.java

//: Controller.java
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// Along with Event, the generic
// framework for all control systems:
package c07.controller;

// This is just a way to hold Event objects.
class EventSet {
  private Event[] events = new Event[100];
  private int index = 0;
  private int next = 0;
  public void add(Event e) {
    if(index >= events.length)
      return; // (In real life, throw exception)
    events[index++] = e;
  }
  public Event getNext() {
    boolean looped = false;
    int start = next;
    do {
      next = (next + 1) % events.length;
      // See if it has looped to the beginning:
      if(start == next) looped = true;
      // If it loops past start, the list 
      // is empty:
      if((next == (start + 1) % events.length)
         && looped)
        return null;
    } while(events[next] == null);
    return events[next];
  }
  public void removeCurrent() {
    events[next] = null;
  }
}

public class Controller {
  private EventSet es = new EventSet();
  public void addEvent(Event c) { es.add(c); }
  public void run() {
    Event e;
    while((e = es.getNext()) != null) {
      if(e.ready()) {
        e.action();
        System.out.println(e.description());
        es.removeCurrent();
      }
    }
  }
} ///:~