/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Maarten's Mud, WWW-based MUD using MYSQL
Copyright (C) 1998 Maarten van Leunen
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
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Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
Maarten van Leunen
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Europe
maarten_l@yahoo.com
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package mmud.races;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
/**
* Enumerated type for the male/female thing:
*/
public final class RaceFactory
{
private static final Race theRaces[] =
{ new Buggie(),
new Chipmunk(),
new Deity(),
new Dragon(),
new Duck(),
new Dwarf(),
new Elf(),
new Fox(),
new Human(),
new Ooze(),
new Orc(),
new Rabbit(),
new Ropegnaw(),
new Slug(),
new Spider(),
new Troll(),
new Turtle(),
new Wolf(),
new Wyvern(),
new Zombie() };
/**
* Little factory method for creating a Race object.
* @param aString string describing the race object
* to be created: "wolf" or "elf" or something.
* @return Race object
* @throws RuntimeException if the race is unknown.
* In this case we do not know what to do.
*/
public static Race createFromString(String aString)
{
Logger.getLogger("mmud").finer("aString=" + aString);
int i = 0;
while (i < theRaces.length)
{
if (theRaces[i].toString().equals(aString))
{
Logger.getLogger("mmud").finer("returns " + theRaces[i]);
return theRaces[i];
}
i++;
}
throw new RuntimeException("Illegal race for character!!!");
}
}