Rogue: Savage Rats, a retro-themed dungeon crawler
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rogue-savage-rats/src/mightypork/utils/math/constraints/vect/Digestable.java

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package mightypork.utils.math.constraints.vect;
import mightypork.gamecore.control.timing.Pollable;
/**
* <p>
* Interface for constraints that support digests. Digest is a small data object
* with final fields, typically primitive, used for procesing (such as rendering
* or other very frequent operations).
* </p>
* <p>
* Taking a digest is expensive, so if it needs to be done often and the value
* changes are deterministic (such as, triggered by timing event or screen
* resize), it's useful to cache the last digest and reuse it until such an
* event occurs again.
* </p>
*
* @author MightyPork
* @param <D> digest class
*/
public interface Digestable<D> extends Pollable {
/**
* Take a digest. If digest caching is enabled and a digest is already
* cached, it should be reused instead of making a new one.
*
* @return digest
*/
public D digest();
/**
* <p>
* Toggle digest caching.
* </p>
* <p>
* To trigger update of the cache, call the <code>poll()</code> method.
* </p>
*
* @param yes
*/
void enableDigestCaching(boolean yes);
/**
* @return true if digest caching is enabled.
*/
boolean isDigestCachingEnabled();
/**
* If digest caching is enabled, query for a new digest and store it in a
* cache variable. This method shall only be called when the constraint is
* expected to have changed.
*/
@Override
void poll();
}