Entity (Introduction Course Game Engine 2.3.9-Snapshot API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

CollectableEntity, SolidEntity

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicEntity, GreedyEntity, MovableEntity
```
public interface Entity
```
The interface for an entity in the simulation of the ICGE.

Author:

Tim Neumann

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Drawable`	`getDrawInformation()`
`Position`	`getPosition()`
`void`	`initOnPlayfield(Playfield playfield)`	Method to initialize this entity after being added to the playfield.

- Method Detail
  - getPosition
```
Position getPosition()
```
    Returns:
    
    the position of this entity
  - getDrawInformation
```
Drawable getDrawInformation()
```
    Returns:
    
    the information required to draw this entity; must not be null
  - initOnPlayfield
```
void initOnPlayfield(Playfield playfield)
```
    Method to initialize this entity after being added to the playfield.
    This method should not be called from anywhere other than the playfield implementation.
    
    This method needs to be called by the playfield directly before adding the entity to the field.
    
    Parameters:
    
    playfield - The playfield this entity was added to; must not be null
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if the given playfield is null
    
    EntityOnAnotherFieldException - if the entity is already on a field