Core: Quill Class

The feather class is the equivalent of a node. It is the basis for every object in our application. Feathers are recursive and nest inside themselves to "feather" our application. Feathers also use an instance of the Quill class. Quill's contain and manage all components attached to the feather.

Constructors

Quill()

Creates an object with the optional quill parameter.

Properties

feather -> Feather

The feather this quill is attached too.

components -> List<Component>

The list of components attached to this quill.

Methods

init() -> void

Initializes all components.

destroy() -> void

Destroys all components, followed by nested feathers.

load() -> void

Loads all components, followed by nested feathers.

unload() -> void

Unloads all components.

input(Event event) -> void

Handles input for all components.

update(Time time) -> void

Updates all components.

render(Context context) -> void

Renders all components.

addComponent(T component) -> T extends Component

Adds a component by class name using . This method will also return the newly added Component.

removeComponent() -> void

Remove a component by .

getComponent() -> T extends Component

Returns if it exists.

setFeather(Feather feather) -> void

Sets the feather.