Term::A...::Entity(3)

okay so bestie, this is the Term::A...::Entity(3) page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation — yes, the title is literally truncated like that, and we're just rolling with it. It's all about Term::Animation::Entity, a sprite object for Term::Animation, and I'm obsessed already. 💅✨

NAME 🌸

Term::Animation::Entity

SYNOPSIS ✨

use Term::Animation::Entity;

# Constructor
my $entity = Term::Animation::Entity->new(
    shape         => ';-)',
    position      => [ 1, 2, 3 ],
    callback_args => [ 0, 1, 0, 0 ],
);

ABSTRACT 🦋

A sprite object for use with Term::Animation — short, sweet, iconic.

DESCRIPTION 🎀

Term::Animation::Entity is used by Term::Animation to represent a single sprite on the screen. That's the whole vibe: one entity, one little sprite moment, slay.

PARAMETERS 💛

• name < SCALAR > — A string uniquely identifying this object.
• shape < REF > — The ASCII art for this object. It can be provided as:
  • 1) A single multi-line text string (no animation)
  • 2) An array of multi-line text strings, where each element is a single animation frame
  • 3) An array of 2D arrays. Each element in the outer array is a single animation frame.

If you provide an array, each element is a single frame of animation. If you provide either 1) or 2), a single newline will be stripped off of the beginning of each string. 3) is what the module uses internally.

• auto_trans < BOOLEAN > — Whether to automatically make whitespace at the beginning of each line transparent. Default: 0.
• position < ARRAY_REF > — A list specifying initial x,y and z coordinates. Default: [ 0, 0, 0 ].
• callback < SUBROUTINE_REF > — Callback routine for this entity. Default: move_entity(); the original page wrote that as I<move_entity()> with POD italic markup, bestie.
• callback_args < REF > — Arguments to the callback routine.
• curr_frame < INTEGER > — Animation frame to begin with. Default: 0.
• wrap < BOOLEAN > — Whether this entity should wrap around the edge of the screen. Default: 0.
• transparent < SCALAR > — Character used to indicate transparency. Default: ?.
• die_offscreen < BOOLEAN > — Whether this entity should be killed if it goes off the screen. Default: 0.
• die_entity < ENTITY > — Specifies an entity (ref or name). When the named entity dies, this entity should die as well. Default: undef.
• die_time < INTEGER > — The time at which this entity should be killed. This should be a UNIX epoch time, as returned by time (shown as I<time> in the original POD). Default: undef.
• die_frame < INTEGER > — Specifies the number of frames that should be displayed before this entity is killed. Default: undef.
• death_cb < SUBROUTINE_REF > — Callback routine used when this entity dies.
• dcb_args < REF > — Arguments to the entity death callback routine.
• color — Color mask. This follows the same format as 'shape'. See the 'COLOR' section below for more details.
• default_color < SCALAR > — A default color to use for the entity. See the 'COLOR' section for more details.
• data < REF > — Store some data about this entity. It is not used by the module. You can use it to store state information about this entity.

METHODS 🪄

✨ new

my $entity = Term::Animation::Entity->new(
    shape         => ';-)',
    position      => [ 1, 2, 3 ],
    callback_args => [ 0, 1, 0, 0 ],
);

Create a Term::Animation::Entity instance. See the PARAMETERS section for details.

✨ physical

$entity->physical( 1 );
$state = $entity->physical();

Enables or disabled collision detection for this entity — yes, the original really says “disabled” there, and we're respecting the typo 😭💀.

✨ auto_trans

$entity->auto_trans( 1 );
$state = $entity->auto_trans();

Enables or disables automatic transparency for this entity's sprite. This will only affect subsequent calls to shape, the current sprite will be unchanged.

✨ transparent

$entity->transparent( '*' );
$trans_char = $entity->transparent();

Gets or sets the transparent character for this entity's sprite. This will only affect subsequent calls to shape, the current sprite will be unchanged.

✨ wrap

$entity->wrap( 1 );
$wrap = $entity->wrap;

Gets or sets the boolean that indicates whether this entity should wrap around when it gets to an edge of the screen.

✨ data

$entity->data( $stuff );
$data = $entity->data();

Get or set the 'data' associated with the entity. It should be a single scalar or ref. This can be whatever you want, it is not used by the module and is provided for convenience.

✨ name

$name = $entity->name();

Returns the name of the entity.

✨ type

$entity->type( 'this_type' );
$type = $entity->type();

Get or set the 'type' of the entity. The type can be any string, and is not used by the animation itself.

✨ frame

$entity->frame( 3 );
$current_frame = $entity->frame();

Gets or sets the current animation frame of the entity.

✨ width

my $width = $entity->width();

Returns the width (columns) of the entity.

✨ height

my $height = $entity->height();

Returns the height (rows) of the entity.

✨ depth

my $depth = $entity->depth();

Returns the depth of the entity.

✨ size

my ($width, $height, $depth) = $entity->size();

Returns the X / Y / Z dimensions of the entity.

✨ position

my ($x, $y, $z) = $entity->position();
$entity->position($x, $y, $z);

Gets or sets the X / Y / Z coordinates of the entity. You can also access each coordinate individually.

my $x = $entity->x;
$entity->x(5);

Note that you should normally position an entity using its callback routine, instead of calling one of these methods.

✨ callback_args

$entity->callback_args( $args );
$args = $entity->callback_args();

Get or set the arguments to the entity's callback routine. This should be either a single scalar or a single ref.

✨ callback

$entity->callback( \&callback_routine );
$callback_routine = $entity->callback();

Get or set the callback routine for the entity.

✨ death_cb

$entity->death_cb( \&death_callback_routine );
$death_callback_routine = $entity->death_cb();

Get or set the callback routine that is called when the entity dies. Set to undef if you do not want anything to be called.

✨ die_offscreen

$entity->die_offscreen( 1 );
$die_offscreen = $entity->die_offscreen;

Get or set the flag that indicates whether this entity should die when it is entirely off the screen.

✨ die_frame

$entity->die_frame( 1 );
$die_frame = $entity->die_frame;

Get or set the frame number in which this entity should die, counting from the time when die_frame is called. Set to undef to disable.

✨ die_time

$entity->die_time( time() + 20 );
$die_time = $entity->die_time;

Get or set the time at which this entity should die. The time is a UNIX epoch time. Set to undef to disable.

✨ die_entity

$entity->die_entity( $other_entity );
$other_entity = $entity->die_entity;

Get or set an entity whose death will cause the death of this entity. Either an entity name or Term::Animation::Entity reference are accepted, but an entity name is always returned. Set to undef to disable.

✨ shape

$entity->shape($new_shape);

Set the sprite image for the entity. See the "shape" argument to new for details.

✨ collisions

$collisions = $entity->collisions();

Returns a reference to a list of entities that this entity collided with during this animation cycle.

✨ animation

$entity->animation( $anim );
$anim = $entity->animation();

Get or set the Term::Animation object that this entity is part of.

✨ default_color

$entity->default_color( 'blue' );
$def_color = $entity->default_color();

Get or set the default color for the entity. The color can be either a single character or the full name of the color.

✨ color_mask

$entity->color_mask( $mask );

Set the color mask for the entity. See the Term::Animation/COLOR section of Term::Animation for details.

✨ move_entity

The default callback. You can also call this from your own callback to do the work of moving and animating the entity after you have done whatever other processing you want to do.

sub my_callback {
  my ($entity, $animation) = @_;

  # do something here

  return $entity->move_object($animation);

}

bestie, yes, the example calls move_object($animation) and not move_entity — that's exactly what the page says, so we're not fixing it, we're respecting it 💀✨

✨ kill

$entity->kill();

Remove this entity from the animation. This is equivilent to — original spelling, iconic:

$animation->del_entity($entity);

This does not destroy the object, so you can still readd it later (or put it in a different animation) as long as you have a reference to it.

AUTHOR 🫶

Kirk Baucom <kbaucom@schizoid.com>

SEE ALSO 🌈

Term::Animation

POD ERRORS 💀

Hey! The above document had some coding errors, which are explained below: Around line 622: alternative text 'Term::Animation/COLOR' contains non-escaped | or /

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💖 That's a wrap, bestie! This iconic page is from perl v5.42.2, dated 2023-07-03, and it lives under the Term::A...::Entity(3) banner. Mwah! 💋✨