Class InitializationMethodManager

Singleton class that uses reflection to manage all initialization methods, providing an interface to access their names and parameters and to execute them to initialize the system.

Inheritance

object

InitializationMethodManager

Namespace: AS2

Assembly: .dll

Syntax

public class InitializationMethodManager

Constructors

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InitializationMethodManager()

Declaration

public InitializationMethodManager()

Fields

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GenerationMethodName

Declaration

private static readonly string GenerationMethodName

Field Value

Type	Description
string

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algorithms

Declaration

private Dictionary<string, InitializationMethodManager.AlgorithmInfo> algorithms

Field Value

Type	Description
Dictionary<string, InitializationMethodManager.AlgorithmInfo>

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instance

Declaration

private static InitializationMethodManager instance

Field Value

Type	Description
InitializationMethodManager

Properties

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Instance

The singleton instance of this class.

Declaration

public static InitializationMethodManager Instance { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
InitializationMethodManager

Methods

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FindAlgorithm(string)

Tries to get the generation method with the given name.

Declaration

private InitializationMethodManager.AlgorithmInfo FindAlgorithm(string name)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	name	The string ID of the generation method.

Returns

Type	Description
InitializationMethodManager.AlgorithmInfo	The record of the generation method with name `name` if it exists, otherwise `null`.

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GenerateSystem(ParticleSystem, string)

Calls the specified generation method to initialize the given system with no parameters.

Declaration

public bool GenerateSystem(ParticleSystem system, string algorithmName)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ParticleSystem	system	The system to initialize.
string	algorithmName	The string ID of the generation method.

Returns

Type	Description
bool	`true` if and only if the generation method was executed successfully.

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GenerateSystem(ParticleSystem, string, object[])

Calls the specified generation method to initialize the given system with the given parameters.

Declaration

public bool GenerateSystem(ParticleSystem system, string algorithmName, object[] parameters)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ParticleSystem	system	The system to initialize.
string	algorithmName	The string ID of the generation method.
object[]	parameters	The parameters to be forwarded to the generation method.

Returns

Type	Description
bool	`true` if and only if the generation method was executed successfully.

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GetAlgorithmNames()

Gets a list of all known generation method names.

Declaration

public List<string> GetAlgorithmNames()

Returns

Type	Description
List<string>	A list containing the names of all generation methods.

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GetAlgorithmParameters(string)

Gets the parameters of the generation method.

Declaration

public ParameterInfo[] GetAlgorithmParameters(string algorithmName)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	algorithmName	The string ID of the generation method.

Returns

Type	Description
ParameterInfo[]	An array containing the parameters of the generation method, if the algorithm exists and it implements this method, otherwise `null`.

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IsAlgorithmKnown(string)

Checks if the given generation method name is known.

Declaration

public bool IsAlgorithmKnown(string name)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	name	The string ID to check.

Returns

Type	Description
bool	`true` if and only if a generation method with the given name is registered.