There's several reasons for this change:
- Try to make ComputerCraft.java less monolithic by moving
functionality into separate module-specific classes.
- Hopefully make the core class less Minecraft dependent, meaning
emulators are a little less dependent on anything outside of /core.
Note we still need /some/ methods in the main ComputerCraft class in
order to maintain backwards compatibility with Plethora and
Computronics.
The API is composed of three primary classes:
- IWiredElement: Represents some physical entity in the network. This
will generally be a block (such as a cable or modem), but it is not
required to be.
Each element can provide a series of peripherals, which will be
exposed to other elements on the network.
- IWiredNode: Every wired element has a unique wired node. This acts
as a thread-safe proxy for communicating with the rest of the
network (such as sending packets). Each node is also its own packet
network.
- IWiredNetwork: This is responsible for keeping track of nodes and
peripherals in the network. It provides methods for forming and
breaking connections, correctly joining and splitting networks where
needed.
Tiles which wish to be part of a wired network should implement
IWiredElementTile or register a custom IWiredProvider. When loaded into
the world, it should connect to adjacent nodes. Similarly, when removed
(either due to being broken or chunk unloads), it should break those
connections.
There is no method to query the layout of the network, as that offers
greater flexibility in changing or extending the implementation later
on.
ILuaAPI has been moved to dan200.computercraft.api.lua. One creates
a new API by registering an instance of ILuaAPIFactory. This takes an
instance of IComputerSystem and returns such an API.
IComputerSystem is an extension of IComputerAccess, with methods to
access additional information about the the computer, such as its label
and filesystem.
Updated the source code to the version shipped as the 1.80pr0 alpha
release. Also removed some unnecessary files from the LuaJ subfolder
which were bulking up the repository.
