jeu-de-combat/src/gameplay/input/InputBuffer.java

package gameplay.input;

import engine.input.GamepadInput;

public class InputBuffer {

	/**
	 * The number of past frames to check for a certain input pas another one.
	 * For example, if you need to input DOWN, then FORWARD, and we know FORWARD has been input on frame 25,
	 * this indicates that you need to check for DOWN on frames 20 to 24
	 */
	private static final int pastFramesToCheck = 5;
	
	/**
	 * a list of various inputs being recorded, such as inputs pressed at each frame
	 * Each element is a tab where each element represent a possible input 
	 * (UP, Down, Right, Left, A, B, C, D)
	 * if the value at the corresponding index is true, then the input is pressed
	 * By default, no input is pressed. 
	 */
	private Inputs[] inputList;
	
	/*
	 * the size of the input buffer
	 */
	private int size;
	
	/*
	 * the current position in the tab of the last newest input recorded
	 * This should never bee accessed outside of this class.
	 */
	private int pos;
	
	
	/**
	 * base constructor of the InputBuffer. Creates a buffer of size 1, with every input empty
	 */
	public InputBuffer() {
		this.size = 1;
		this.pos = 0;
		this.inputList = new Inputs[1];
	}
	
	public InputBuffer(int size) {
		this.size = size;
		this.pos = 0;
		this.inputList = new Inputs[this.size];
		
		for(int i = 0; i < this.size; i++) {
			this.inputList[i] = new Inputs();
		}
	}
	

	
	/**
	 * @return the latest added inputs
	 */
	public Inputs getLatestInputs() {
		return this.inputList[this.pos];
	}
	
	
	/**
	 * Sets the last input without moving the current position
	 * @param inputs
	 */
	private void setLatestInputs(Inputs inputs) {
		this.inputList[pos] = inputs;
	}
	
	/**
	 * advances the current position to the next one (goes back to the first if at the end
	 */
	private void nextPos() {
		this.pos++;
		if(this.pos == size) {this.pos = 0;}
	}
	
	/**
	 * record a new input in the 
	 * @param inputs a size 8 tab of inputs
	 */
	public void recordInputs(Inputs inputs) {
		this.nextPos();
		this.setLatestInputs(inputs);
	}

	/**
	 * records the new Inputs from a gamepad in the gamepad buffer
	 * @param pad the gamepad to record
	 * @param facesRight whether the character faces right or not, to know which way is forward
	 */
	public void recordInputsFromGamepad(GamepadInput pad, boolean facesRight) {
		Inputs in = new Inputs();
		in.recordFromGamepad(pad, facesRight);
		this.recordInputs(in);
	}

	/**
	 * Checks for a command to be recognized. The last input of the command has to have been input on the current frame
	 * @param command
	 * @return true if the command is recognized,false if not
	 */
	public boolean commandRecognized(ButtonIG[][] command) {
		boolean ret = true;
		int backCounter;
		int startFrameCount = this.pos;
		int frameToCheck;
		try {
			ret = this.inputList[pos].containsButtonTab(command[command.length - 1]);
		} catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e ) {
			return false;
		}
		for(int i = command.length - 2; i >= 0 && ret; i--) {
			backCounter = 1;
			if(startFrameCount - backCounter < 0) {frameToCheck = this.size - (backCounter - startFrameCount);}
			else {frameToCheck = startFrameCount - backCounter;}
			boolean search = true;
			while(ret && search) {
				if(this.inputList[frameToCheck].equalsButtonTab(command[i])) {
					ret = true;
					search = false;
				} else {
					if(backCounter >= pastFramesToCheck) {
						ret = false;
						search = false;
					}
					else {
						backCounter++;
						if(startFrameCount - backCounter < 0) {frameToCheck = this.size - (backCounter - startFrameCount);}
						else {frameToCheck = startFrameCount - backCounter;}
					}
				}

			}
			startFrameCount = frameToCheck;
		}

		return ret;
	}

	/**
	 * Resets the inputbuffer. Clears every recorded input and puts the position back to 0.
	 */
	public void clear(){
		for(int i = 0; i < this.size; i++) {
			this.inputList[i].clear();
		}
		this.pos = 0;
	}
}