//class responsible for constructing an item from the name sent, can be Weapon, Armor, or Consumable
public Item itemFactory(string itemName, ItemsMasterList itemMasterList)
{
Item toReturn;
//find the index of our item by Name
int indexOf = itemMasterList.itemListNames.IndexOf(itemName);
if (indexOf == -1)
{
Debug.Log("ITEM.itemFactory, item was not found in list");
return(null);
}
//Debug.Log(itemMasterList);
//Debug.Log(itemMasterList.itemListNames[0]);
//Debug.Log(itemMasterList.itemListNames[1]);
//Debug.Log(indexOf);
//if our item is a Weapon, construct weapon class
if (itemMasterList.itemListTypes[indexOf] == "Weapon")
{
return(toReturn = new Weapon(itemMasterList.itemListNames[indexOf], itemMasterList.itemListWeights[indexOf], itemMasterList.itemListPrices[indexOf]));
}
//if our item is a Consumable
else if (itemMasterList.itemListTypes[indexOf] == "Consumable")
{
return(toReturn = new Consumable(itemMasterList.itemListNames[indexOf], itemMasterList.itemListWeights[indexOf], itemMasterList.itemListPrices[indexOf]));
}
//if our item is armor
else if (itemMasterList.itemListTypes[indexOf] == "Armor")
{
return(toReturn = new Armor(itemMasterList.itemListNames[indexOf], itemMasterList.itemListWeights[indexOf], itemMasterList.itemListPrices[indexOf]));
}
return(toReturn = new Item()); //satisfy compiler, we should never get here
}
public void addItemToPlayerInventory(string itemName, ItemsMasterList itemsMasterList)
{
//adds item to our inventory, gets item by calling to the itemFactory, which will construct our item to add.
//this allows us to add items, by only knowing their name, it will be populated.
inventory.addItem(itemReference.itemFactory(itemName, itemsMasterList));
}
