void BotRecycler::recycleBot(wstring botType, Bot* botToRecycle)
{
if (isRegisteredBotType(botType))
{
list<Bot *> *recycleBots = recyclableBots[botType];
recycleBots->push_back(botToRecycle);
}
}
/*
It is assumed that a game will have many different types of Bots, thinking
in different ways, some of them even custom bots defined by the game app rather
than by this framework. So, in order to make these bots recyclable, we have to
register them with this recycler so that this recycler knows how to make new
ones as needed.
*/
void BotRecycler::registerBotType(wstring botType, Bot *sampleBot)
{
// FIRST MAKE SURE WE DON'T ALREADY HAVE A BUNCH OF RECYCLABLE
// BOTS FOR THIS TYPE. TO DO THIS, WE USE SOME C++ WEIRDNESS.
if (!isRegisteredBotType(botType))
{
// REGISTER THE BOT
registeredBotTypes[botType] = sampleBot;
}
}
/*
It is assumed that a game will have many different types of Bots, thinking
in different ways, some of them even custom bots defined by the game app rather
than by this framework. So, in order to make these bots recyclable, we have to
register them with this recycler so that this recycler knows how to make new
ones as needed.
*/
void BotRecycler::registerBotType(wstring botType, Bot *firstBot)
{
// FIRST MAKE SURE WE DON'T ALREADY HAVE A BUNCH OF RECYCLABLE
// BOTS FOR THIS TYPE. TO DO THIS, WE USE SOME C++ WEIRDNESS.
if (!isRegisteredBotType(botType))
{
// REGISTER THE BOT
registeredBotTypes[botType] = firstBot;
recyclableBots[botType] = new list<Bot*>();
addMoreBots(botType, RECYCLABLE_BOT_INCREMENT - 1);
}
}
Bot* BotRecycler::retrieveBot(wstring botType)
{
// FIRST MAKE SURE THIS IS A REGISTERED BOT TYPE,
// IF IT IS NOT, WE NEED TO RETURN NULL
if (!isRegisteredBotType(botType))
{
return nullptr;
}
else
{
// GET THE CORRECT LIST OF BOT TYPES
list<Bot *> *botsOfTypeWeNeed = recyclableBots[botType];
// MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT OUT OF THIS TYPE OF BOT
if(botsOfTypeWeNeed->size() == 0)
addMoreBots(botType, RECYCLABLE_BOT_INCREMENT);
// NOW GET THE LAST ELEMENT
Bot* botToReturn = botsOfTypeWeNeed->back();
botsOfTypeWeNeed->pop_back();
return botToReturn;
}
}
