note
	description: "[
		Top container class of the classes that decompose the numourous
		VITP widgets into more managable groups.
		This class keeps track of widgets, allowing a {VITP_WIDGET}
		to add/remove a widget to/from its world.
		]"
	author:    "Jimmy J. Johnson"
	date:      "5/15/24"
	copyright: "Copyright (c) 2024, Jimmy J. Johnson"
	license:   "Eiffel Forum v2 (http://www.eiffel.com/licensing/forum.txt)"

class
	WIDGET_FACTORY

create
	make

feature {NONE} -- Initialization

	make (a_game: like game)
			-- Create an instance
		do
			print ("WIDGET_FACTORY.make %N")
			game := a_game
			make_widgets
			extend_widgets
			pair_widgets
			fill_widgets
			print ("%T end  WIDGET_FACTORY.make %N")
		end

	make_widgets
			-- Create widgets for the corresponding game item
		do
			create widgets.make (100)
		end

feature -- Access

	game: VITP_GAME
			-- The game for which the widgets are created

	widgets:  VITP_WIDGET_TABLE [VITP_WIDGET, VITP_ITEM]
			-- Container to keep track of all widgets

feature -- Element change

	set_game (a_game: like game)
			-- Associate `a_game' with Current.
		do
			game := a_game
				-- Add widgets to the table only once, because
				-- the widgets don't change
			if widgets.is_empty then
				extend_widgets
			end
			pair_widgets
			fill_widgets
		end

feature -- Basic operations

	extend_widgets
			-- Put each widget into a list.
		do
		end

	pair_widgets
			-- Associate each widget with a unit
		do
		end

	fill_widgets
			-- Called by `set_target' to place each item into
			-- its associated widget.
		do
		end

end