WatorWorld
Class Fish

java.lang.Object
  WatorWorld.Actor
      WatorWorld.Fish

public class Fish
extends Actor

A class to model a Fish in the Wator simulation.

Constructor Summary

Fish()
Create a new Fish.

Method Summary

void	act() Act to move if possible and then breed if time.
static int	getBreedTime()
char	getChar() Return the character for Fish.
static int	getNumFish() Return the total number of fish that exist.
static Color	getStandardFishColor() Get the standard Fish Color.
boolean	isEdible() Return if edible, which for fish is true.
void	removeSelfFromGrid() Remove my self from the grid and decrement the total number of fish.
static void	resetNumFish() Reset number of fish to zero.
static void	setBreedTime(int newBreedTime) Change the number of turns before a fish can breed.

Methods inherited from class WatorWorld.Actor

getColor, getDirection, getGrid, getLocation, moveTo, putSelfInGrid, setColor, setDirection, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Fish

public Fish()

Create a new Fish. Increment the total number of fish.

Method Detail

setBreedTime

public static void setBreedTime(int newBreedTime)

Change the number of turns before a fish can breed.

Parameters:

newBreedTime - parmater must be greater than 0.

getNumFish

public static int getNumFish()

Return the total number of fish that exist.

Returns:

The total number of fish that exist.

resetNumFish

public static void resetNumFish()

Reset number of fish to zero.

getStandardFishColor

public static Color getStandardFishColor()

Get the standard Fish Color.

Returns:

The standard Color for Fish.

getBreedTime

public static int getBreedTime()

act

public void act()

Act to move if possible and then breed if time. Fish act by first checking to see if they can move. If they can they move to a random location. Then they check to see if it is time to breed. If so then they create an offspring in the location they just left.

Overrides:

act in class Actor

getChar

public char getChar()

Return the character for Fish.

Overrides:

getChar in class Actor

Returns:

the character representation of this SeaCreature

removeSelfFromGrid

public void removeSelfFromGrid()

Remove my self from the grid and decrement the total number of fish.

Overrides:

removeSelfFromGrid in class Actor

isEdible

public boolean isEdible()

Return if edible, which for fish is true.

Overrides:

isEdible in class Actor

Returns:

false. Expected to be overriden by child classes