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package com.shavenpuppy.jglib.sprites;

import com.shavenpuppy.jglib.Resource;

/**
 * An animation command.
 */
public abstract class Command extends Resource {

	/** Used for shorter names - there are a LOT of Commands in a game, and the long string names they get by default waste much memory... */
	private static int counter;

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

	/**
	 * Constructor for Command.
	 */
	public Command() {
		super("_c"+(counter++));
		setSubResource(true);
	}

	/**
	 * Executes this command. The command may have a 0 duration, in which
	 * case the next command should be executed. In this case, execute() returns
	 * true to indicate that the next command should execute.
	 * @param target The target Animated thing
	 * @return true If the next command should be immediately executed.
	 */
	public abstract boolean execute(Sprite target);

}