/// <summary>
/// Shows the current screen state
/// TODO: make the draw functions return the differences, and add an enum so there can be different ways to show
/// </summary>
/// <param name="compareWithLast">Should it compare to the last screen to improve performance</param>
public void Show(bool compareWithLast = true)
{
// If the the flag was left on
if (compareWithLast)
{
// Gets the differences from the current and last map state
List <Tuple <int, int> > differenceList = ConsoleBlockMap.Differences(_Map, _LastMap);
int index;
// Iterates through each difference
foreach (Tuple <int, int> difference in differenceList)
{
for (index = difference.Item1; index < difference.Item2; index++)
{
// And updates only the different blocks from the screen
Console.SetCursorPosition(index % _Map.Width, index / _Map.Width);
_Map[index].Show();
}
}
}
// If it was NOT
else
{
// Then get yourself ready
Console.SetCursorPosition(0, 0);
// For the lag
_Map.Show();
}
// Updates the last map state
_LastMap.CopyFrom(_Map);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a new console screen manager
/// </summary>
/// <param name="width">Screen width</param>
/// <param name="height">Screen height</param>
public ConsoleScreen(int width, int height)
{
// Increases the height to avoid annoying screen scrollings
// TODO: figure out a way to avoid screen scrolling without having to do this
++height;
// Sets the screen size
Console.SetWindowSize(width, height);
Console.SetBufferSize(width, height);
// Hides the ugly cursor
Console.CursorVisible = false;
// Restores the given height
--height;
// Creates a map for drawing
_Map = new ConsoleBlockMap(width, height);
_LastMap = _Map.Clone;
// Prints it entirely on the console
Show(false);
}
/// <summary>
/// Draws a map on the screen
/// </summary>
/// <param name="offsetX">Horizontal offset</param>
/// <param name="offsetY">Vertical offset</param>
/// <param name="map">Map to be drawn</param>
/// <param name="function">Function that merges the blocks</param>
public void DrawMap(
int offsetX,
int offsetY,
ConsoleBlockMap map,
Func <
int,
int,
int,
ConsoleBlock,
int,
int,
int,
ConsoleBlock,
ConsoleBlock
> function = null
)
{
if (function == null)
{
function = Utils.BlockJustReplaceIfNotEmpty;
}
_Map.Merge(offsetX, offsetY, map, function);
}
/// <summary>
/// Clears the screen with a given background
/// </summary>
/// <param name="background">Background</param>
public void Clear(ConsoleBlockMap background)
{
_Map.CopyFrom(background);
}
/// <summary>
/// Turns a string into a console block map
/// </summary>
/// <param name="input">Source string</param>
/// <param name="function">Function that generates the blocks</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static ConsoleBlockMap FromString(
string input,
Func <
int, // Line character index
int, // Line index
int, // Map index
char, // Line character
bool, // Is this character a padding character
ConsoleBlock // Generated block
> function
)
{
// Saves the string length for later use
int inputLength = input.Length;
// It's necessary to check if the source string is not empty
if (inputLength == 0)
{
// Because if it is, it's not possible to create a map out of it
throw new ArgumentException();
}
// Get some more variables declared for later use
char inputChar;
StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
string line;
List <string> lineList = new List <string>();
int lineLength = 0;
int x;
int y;
int mapWidth = 0;
int mapHeight = 0;
ConsoleBlockMap output;
// To avoid having the same exact code at two spots, an action was declared to make the code pretty
Action endLine = () =>
{
// This function basically gets the completely built line
line = stringBuilder.ToString();
// And if it's size is bigger than the biggest one
if (lineLength > mapWidth)
{
// Updates the map width
mapWidth = lineLength;
}
// Increases the map height, so there's space for the next line
++mapHeight;
// Saves the built line to the list
lineList.Add(line);
// Clears the buffer from the builder
stringBuilder.Clear();
};
// Iterates through the text
for (x = 0; x < inputLength; x++)
{
// Gets the current text character
inputChar = input[x];
// If it's a "break line" character
if (inputChar == '\n')
{
// Then just go to the next line
endLine();
// Resets the line length to 0
lineLength = 0;
}
// If it's not a "break line"
else
{
// Then build the line
stringBuilder.Append(inputChar);
// And increases the line length
++lineLength;
}
}
// It may happen that a line goes all the way to the end, so the action is called again to make sure nothing is missing
endLine();
// Now that the required map size is known, creates it
output = new ConsoleBlockMap(mapWidth, mapHeight);
// And start filling it
for (y = 0; y < mapHeight; y++)
{
// Goes through each line and get their length
line = lineList[y];
lineLength = line.Length;
// Goes through each character of each line
for (x = 0; x < mapWidth; x++)
{
// Not all line shave the same size, so if the current character index is in the line length limit
if (x < lineLength)
{
// Then just generate a block normally
output[x, y] = function(x, y, x + y * mapWidth, line[x], false);
}
// If it's beyond that limit
else
{
// Then just generate a padding block
output[x, y] = function(x, y, x + y * mapWidth, ' ', true);
}
}
}
// Returns the completely filled console block map
return(output);
}