Pseudocode for J2ME game components

[kiran770]

I am writing a documentation for a J2ME game project and I am in need to some pseudocodes to explain the J2ME game components. So could anyone please help me with pseudocode for game canvas, collision detection and other game components of J2ME? I would appreciate it very much.
Thank you

[peterblazejewicz]

hi,

according to common definition its just plain code but without maintaining java language specification in details:

get graphics context
move sprite to new direction
draw sprite using graphics context

Grahpics g = getGraphics();
mySprite.move(newX, newY);
mySprite.paint(g);

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudocode

if you are using decent IDE (like NetBeans+MobilitPack) you can fill JavaDoc comments/tags for documentation just like in real midp docs:
Sprite.collidesWith(....)

regards,
Peter

[kiran770]

Hi Peter;

Thank you so much for your reply. It would be even better if you could put it in a layman term (pretty much like English language) for gamecanvas, sprites, tiled layer, collison detection etc.

I checked in wikipedia, and one of the examples they have given is:

if credit card number is valid
execute transaction based on number and order
else
show a generic failure message
end if

Is it possible to express the game components in J2ME in a similar manner? My lecturer wants me to put it this way to show my understanding of the components but I am really stuck.

Could you please help me out?

Thank you so much once again.

Kiran

[peterblazejewicz]

hi,

you know that api encapsulates what is exacty under-the-hood in canvas/gamecanvas/titedlayer/sprite from us, so I'm not sure how I would describe what is done within a method like collision check or move method, etc, they are exposed methods for use in implementation/inharitance,
for me it would be more natural to provide pseudocode for details of implementation of such api, that is like I posted: part of game code which uses Sprite/Grahpics object in implementation I think,
regards,
Peter