// Simple Particle System // Daniel Shiffman // A class to describe a group of Particles // An ArrayList is used to manage the list of Particles class ParticleSystem { ArrayList particles; // An arraylist for all the particles PVector origin; // An origin point for where particles are birthed ParticleSystem(int num, PVector v) { particles = new ArrayList(); // Initialize the arraylist origin = v.get(); // Store the origin point // Add an initial group of particles to the ArrayList for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) { if (random(1) < 0.6) { particles.add(new Particle(origin)); } else { // There is a 40% chance we will add a "crazy particle" into the system particles.add(new CrazyParticle(origin)); } } } void run() { // Cycle through the ArrayList backwards b/c we are deleting for (int i = particles.size()-1; i >= 0; i--) { Particle p = (Particle) particles.get(i); p.run(); if (p.dead()) { particles.remove(i); } } } void addParticle() { particles.add(new Particle(origin)); } void addParticle(Particle p) { particles.add(p); } // A method to test if the particle system still has particles boolean dead() { if (particles.isEmpty()) { return true; } else { return false; } } }