[JAVA][Beginning Java 8 Games Development]

Chapter 10 ■ Directing the Cast of Actors: Creating a Casting Director Engine and Creating the Bagel Actor Class
the comma delimited List using the .asList() method called off the Arrays class reference, again passing the Actor...
comma delimited list named actors into the method. This is done using the following Java method seen in Figure 10-4:
public void removeCurrentCast(Actor... actors) {
CURRENT_CAST.removeAll( Arrays.asList(actors) );
}
Now all you have left to code is a simple .resetCurrentCast() method, which invokes the .clear() method call:
public void resetCurrentCast() {
CURRENT_CAST.clear();
}
Next let’s take a look at one more issue in our CastingDirector.java code thus far, and then we can move on.
NetBeans Optimization Suggestions: Making a List Data Store Object Final
As you can see in Figure 10-5, your code is error-free, but is not warning free, so let’s take a look at what NetBeans
wants us to do to the code that relates to our CURRENT_CAST List data store object. I used the mouse-over
work process, and popped up the pale yellow hints message, which informed me that the CURRENT_CAST data
field (variable, which is an object) can be marked as final, using the Java final keyword. If we were to do this, the
basic Java 8 syntax for the new declaration and instantiation statement for the CURRENT_CAST object will be
written as follows:
private final List CURRENT_CAST = new ArrayList();
Figure 10-5. Mouse-over yellow warning highlight under CURRENT_CAST, and use the Alt-Enter dialog to fix problem
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