GameObject.java

/**
 * eAdventure (formerly <e-Adventure> and <e-Game>) is a research project of the
 *    <e-UCM> research group.
 *
 *    Copyright 2005-2010 <e-UCM> research group.
 *
 *    You can access a list of all the contributors to eAdventure at:
 *          http://e-adventure.e-ucm.es/contributors
 *
 *    <e-UCM> is a research group of the Department of Software Engineering
 *          and Artificial Intelligence at the Complutense University of Madrid
 *          (School of Computer Science).
 *
 *          C Profesor Jose Garcia Santesmases sn,
 *          28040 Madrid (Madrid), Spain.
 *
 *          For more info please visit:  <http://e-adventure.e-ucm.es> or
 *          <http://www.e-ucm.es>
 *
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 *
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 */

package es.eucm.ead.engine.gameobjects;

/**
 * A game object
 * 
 * @param <T>
 *            The type of element represented by the game object
 */
public interface GameObject<T> {

	/**
	 * Set the element of the game object
	 * 
	 * @param element
	 */
	void setElement(T element);

	/**
	 * Returns the represented element by this game object
	 * 
	 * @return the represented element by this game object
	 */
	T getElement();

	/**
	 * Updates game object
	 * 
	 * @param delta
	 *            TODO
	 */
	void act(float delta);

	/**
	 * This method is called when the game object is returned to the objects
	 * pool.
	 */
	void release();

}