Abstracted character-sprite-related activity to the cast package in

preparation for character component compositing and other
character-related antics.


git-svn-id: svn+ssh://src.earth.threerings.net/narya/trunk@575 542714f4-19e9-0310-aa3c-eee0fc999fb1

src/java/com/threerings/cast/CharacterDescriptor.java

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+//
+// $Id: CharacterDescriptor.java,v 1.1 2001/10/26 01:17:21 shaper Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.cast;
+
+import com.samskivert.util.StringUtil;
+
+/**
+ * The character descriptor object contains all necessary information
+ * on the character components that are composited together to create
+ * a character image.
+ */
+public class CharacterDescriptor
+{
+    /**
+     * Constructs the character descriptor. 
+     */
+    public CharacterDescriptor (int components[])
+    {
+        _components = components;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a list of the component identifiers comprising the
+     * character described by this descriptor.
+     */
+    public int[] getComponents ()
+    {
+        return _components;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a string representation of this character descriptor.
+     */
+    public String toString ()
+    {
+        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
+        buf.append("[").append(StringUtil.toString(_components));
+        return buf.append("]").toString();
+    }
+
+    /** The array of component identifiers. */
+    protected int _components[];
+}