Can mousePressed be defined within a class? - processing

Question

I am trying to create a class called InputManager to handle mouse events. This requires that mousePressed be contained within the InputManager class.
like so
class InputManager{
void mousePressed(){
print(hit);
}
}
problem is, that doesn't work. mousePressed() only seems to work when it's outside the class.
How can I get these functions nicely contained in a class?

Answer 1

Try this:
in main sketch:
InputManager im;
void setup() {
im = new InputManager(this);
registerMethod("mouseEvent", im);
}
in InputManager Class:
class InputManager {
void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
// mousepressed handling code here...
}
void mouseEvent(MouseEvent e) {
switch(e.getAction()) {
case (MouseEvent.PRESS) :
mousePressed();
break;
case (MouseEvent.CLICK) :
mouseClicked();
break;
// other mouse events cases here...
}
}
}
Once you registered InputManger mouseEvent in PApplet you don't need to call it and it will be called each loop at the end of draw().

Answer 2

Most certainly, but you are responsible for ensuring it gets called:
interface P5EventClass {
void mousePressed();
void mouseMoved();
// ...
}
class InputManager implements P5EventClass {
// we MUST implement mousePressed, and any other interface method
void mousePressed() {
// do things here
}
}
// we're going to hand off all events to things in this list
ArrayList<P5EventClass> eventlisteners = new ArrayList<P5EventClass>();
void setup() {
// bind at least one input manager, but maybe more later on.
eventlisteners.add(new InputManager());
}
void draw() {
// ...
}
void mousePressed() {
// instead of handling input globally, we let
// the event handling obejct(s) take care of it
for(P5EventClass p5ec: eventlisteners) {
p5ec.mousePressed();
}
}
I would personally make it a bit tighter by also passing the event variables explicitly, so "void mousePressed(int x, int y);" in the interface and then calling "p5ec.mousePressed(mouseX, mouseY);" in the sketch body, simply because relying on globals rather than local variables makes your code prone to concurrency bugs.

Answer 3

The easiest way to do so would be:
class InputManager{
void mousePressed(){
print(hit);
}
}
InputManager im = new InputManager();
void setup() {
// ...
}
void draw() {
// ...
}
void mousePressed() {
im.mousePressed();
}
This should solve any problems you were having with variable scoping in your class.
Note: In the class, it doesn't even have to be named mousePressed, you can name it anything you wish, as long as you call it inside of the main mousePressed method.