-Worked on loading of drones into the game at runtime

Signed-off-by: Tony Grosinger <github2@grosinger.net>

src/net/grosinger/nomads/InitializeGame.java

@@ -1,40 +1,124 @@
 package net.grosinger.nomads;
 
-/*
- * Various methods used when first setting up the game and loading everything into the world.
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLClassLoader;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.jar.JarEntry;
+import java.util.jar.JarFile;
+
+/**
+ * Various methods used when first setting up the game and loading everything
+ * into the world.
  */
 public class InitializeGame {
 
 	/**
 	 * Search through ___ directory for any drone classes Load them, find the
-	 * name, and return a linkedlist with all the drones
+	 * name, and return a linked-list with all the drones
 	 * 
 	 * Must set Nomads.firstDrone and Nomads.allTeams
 	 * 
 	 * Each drone type will be a new DroneTeam
+	 * 
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 * @throws ClassNotFoundException
 	 */
-	public static void initializeDrones() {
+	public static void initializeDrones() throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException {
 		if (Nomads.DEBUGSTATUS)
 			System.out.println("Loading the drones into world...");
 		/*
 		 * Steps
 		 */
 
-		// Discover a new Drone
+		// Obtain the class loader
+		ClassLoader classLoader = InitializeGame.class.getClassLoader();
 
-		// Create a DroneListItem with proper previous and next depending on its
-		// position
+		// Obtain a list of the classes that exist in the directory
+		String[] classesToLoad = generateList();
+
+		// Loop through the list of filenames
+		for (int i = 0; i < classesToLoad.length; i++) {
+			String filename = classesToLoad[i];
+
+			// Load the class
+			if (Nomads.DEBUGSTATUS)
+				System.out.println("Loading " + filename);
+			String className = filename.substring(0, filename.length() - 4);
+
+			File file = new File(System.getProperty("user.dir") + "/drones/" + filename);
+
+			URLClassLoader clazzLoader = URLClassLoader.newInstance(new URL[] { file.toURI().toURL() });
+			// System.class.getClassLoader()
+
+			JarFile jarFile = new JarFile(file);
+			Enumeration<JarEntry> entries = jarFile.entries();
+
+			while (entries.hasMoreElements()) {
+				JarEntry element = entries.nextElement();
+				if (element.getName().endsWith(".class")) {
+					try {
+						Class c = clazzLoader.loadClass(element.getName().replaceAll(".class", "").replaceAll("/", "."));
+						System.out.println("Class loaded sucessfully");
+					} catch (Exception e) {
+						e.printStackTrace();
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			// Create an object from it
+
+			// Create a DroneListItem with proper previous and next depending on
+			// its position
+
+			// Create a new DroneTeam which will automatically add it as the
+			// first and last drone.
+
+		}
 
-		// Create a new DroneTeam which will automatically add it as the first
-		// and last drone.
 		if (Nomads.DEBUGSTATUS)
 			System.out.println("Drone loading complete");
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Buildings to create: Town Hall, Repair Shop, Upgrade Shop, Police Station
+	/**
+	 * Creates a list of drones that are in the "drones" directory If directory
+	 * does not exist it will create it
+	 * 
+	 * @return <code>String[]</code> of all the file names
+	 */
+	private static String[] generateList() {
+		File dir = new File("drones");
+
+		// if the directory does not exist, create it
+		if (!dir.exists()) {
+			if (Nomads.DEBUGINITIALIZE)
+				System.out.println("creating directory: drones");
+			boolean result = dir.mkdir();
+			if (result && Nomads.DEBUGINITIALIZE) {
+				System.out.println("DIR created");
+			}
+		}
+
+		String[] children = dir.list();
+		if (children == null) {
+			// Either directory does not exist or is not a directory
+			return null;
+		} else {
+			return children;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Generates and places required buildings in the world
+	 * 
+	 * @param awesomeWorld
+	 *            Main world the game uses
 	 */
 	public static void initializeBuildngs(World awesomeWorld) {
+		// Buildings to create: Town Hall, Repair Shop, Upgrade Shop, Police
+		// Station
 		if (Nomads.DEBUGSTATUS)
 			System.out.println("Generating and placing required buildings...");
 

src/net/grosinger/nomads/Nomads.java

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-//TODO - I think most of the comments before methods will have to be reformatted to fit in with how the API tool works.  I will have to check
-
 package net.grosinger.nomads;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 public class Nomads {
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ public class Nomads {
 
 	// Debugging Modes
 	public static final boolean DEBUGSTATUS = true;
+	public static final boolean DEBUGINITIALIZE = true;
 	public static final boolean DEBUGMOVES = true;
 	public static final boolean DEBUGDEATHS = true;
 	public static final boolean DEBUGCREATIONS = true;
@@ -26,7 +26,14 @@ public class Nomads {
 
 		// Initialize and save all the drones
 		// This will update firstDrone and allTeams
-		InitializeGame.initializeDrones();
+		try {
+			InitializeGame.initializeDrones();
+		} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
 
 		// Generate and place all required buildings into world
 		if (DEBUGSTATUS)