1 /**
2 * Copyright 2006 Matthew Purland (m.purland@gmail.com)
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16
17 package net.sf.mud4j.ability;
18
19 /**
20 * Ability interface to create basic interface for abilities that may be used by
21 * commands, or other abilities. An ability is a runnable independent command
22 * that acts upon a target (Character, Location, Item, etc).
23 *
24 * @author Matthew Purland
25 */
26 public interface Ability {
27 /**
28 * Run the ability.
29 *
30 * @throws AbilityException in case the ability encounters a problem or
31 * cannot continue.
32 */
33 public void run() throws AbilityException;
34 }