Package dd.util

Various utility classes to help in simulation building.

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Description

Interface Summary

Chat	A simple client-server chat interface.
DLUGUI	Methods that the DLUG user interface must support.
FishbanksConstants	Contains useful constants for the Fishbanks game.
TimedActionListener	A simple class template.
UI	A simple class template.

Class Summary

AttributeHelper	Provides support for attribute maps.
CountdownTimer	A simple class template.
DebugReader	A utility for debugging reading.
DelimReader	Reader that stops at user-defined delimeters.
FishbanksSupport	Support utlities for the Fishbanks game.
FreewaySupport	Support utilities for the Freeway game.
HelpPageMaker
HexCoordinate
InstructorSupport
Logger	Provides support for logging and error messages.
MapMaker	A command-line utility for creating maps.
Registry	A storage container for SimObjects.
SimXMLReader	Reads SimObjects from XML descriptions.
SimXMLWriter	Writes SimObjects into XML descriptions.
StringUtils	Adds helper functions for dealing with strings.
SwikiLineFormatter
SwikiStarFormatter
TimedAction	A simple class template.
XMLHelper	Utility class for parsing XML.

Package dd.util Description

Various utility classes to help in simulation building. This package contains several helper classes. These helper classes provide support functionality and convenience functions for the simulation implemented elsewhere.

Some of the utilities provided in this class include

• Reading and writing of attribute dictionaries
• Generic support for XML I/O
• Logging support
• Running the simulation engine
• High-level game logic

and so on. Most of these classes are comprised of static methods and routines that can largely stand alone.