//
// $Id$
//
// Nenya library - tools for developing networked games
// Copyright (C) 2002-2010 Three Rings Design, Inc., All Rights Reserved
// http://www.threerings.net/code/nenya/
//
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package com.threerings.media.util;

import java.awt.Rectangle;

import com.threerings.util.DirectionCodes;

/**
 * Used in conjunction with a {@link Path}.
 */
public interface Pathable
{
    /**
     * Returns the pathable's current x coordinate.
     */
    public int getX ();

    /**
     * Returns the pathable's current y coordinate.
     */
    public int getY ();

    /**
     * Returns the rectangle that bounds the pathable.
     */
    public Rectangle getBounds ();

    /**
     * Updates the pathable's current coordinates.
     */
    public void setLocation (int x, int y);

    /**
     * Will be called by a path when it moves the pathable in the
     * specified direction. Pathables that wish to face in the direction
     * they are moving can take advantage of this callback.
     *
     * @see DirectionCodes
     */
    public void setOrientation (int orient);

    /**
     * Should return the orientation of the pathable, or {@link
     * DirectionCodes#NONE} if the pathable does not support orientation.
     */
    public int getOrientation ();

    /**
     * Called by a path when this pathable is made to start along a path.
     */
    public void pathBeginning ();

    /**
     * Called by a path when this pathable finishes moving along its path.
     */
    public void pathCompleted (long timestamp);
}
