Class ImageCache

java.lang.Object

ImageCache

public class ImageCache
extends java.lang.Object

A class to hold images and insure they aren't pulled off the hard drive (or the internet) more than once

Author:

Tim Bahls

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected static ImageGetter	imageMaster

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ImageCache()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.awt.Image	getIm(java.lang.String fileName) Gets the image described by the fileName.
static void	setExtension(java.lang.String ex) Change the extension to add onto filenames
static void	setImageGetter(ImageGetter _imageMaster) Set the ImageGetter so that we may start loading images

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

imageMaster

protected static ImageGetter imageMaster

Constructor Detail

ImageCache

public ImageCache()

Method Detail

getIm

public static java.awt.Image getIm(java.lang.String fileName)

Gets the image described by the fileName. If it isn't cached, we get it from file and add it to the cache.

Parameters:

fileName - the fileName of the image

Returns:

the Image

setImageGetter

public static void setImageGetter(ImageGetter _imageMaster)

Set the ImageGetter so that we may start loading images

Parameters:

_imageMaster - The ImageGetter

setExtension

public static void setExtension(java.lang.String ex)

Change the extension to add onto filenames

Parameters:

ex - the new extension