Meteor Class Reference

Models a single meteor. More...

#include <Meteor.hpp>

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	Meteor (const StelCore *, double v)
	Create a Meteor object.
bool	update (double deltaTime)
	Updates the position of the meteor, and expires it if necessary.
void	draw (const StelCore *core, StelPainter &sPainter)
	Draws the meteor.
bool	isAlive (void)
	Determine if a meteor is alive or has burned out.

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Detailed Description

Models a single meteor.

Control of the meteor rate is performed in the MeteorMgr class. Once created, a meteor object only lasts for some amount of time, and then "dies", after which, the update() member returns false. The live/dead status of a meteor may also be determined using the isAlive member.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Meteor::Meteor	(	const StelCore *	,
		double	v
	)

Create a Meteor object.

Parameters:

v

the velocity of the meteor in km/s.

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Member Function Documentation

void Meteor::draw	(	const StelCore *	core,
		StelPainter &	sPainter
	)

Draws the meteor.

bool Meteor::isAlive

(

void

)

Determine if a meteor is alive or has burned out.

Returns:

true if alive, else false.

bool Meteor::update

(

double

deltaTime

)

Updates the position of the meteor, and expires it if necessary.

Returns:

true of the meteor is still alive, else false.