1. Overview
2. Important Methods

• shapeClass
• relationship
• Custom Behavior Methods

Overview

The MhSnapperSpawner class is responsible for creating and populating MhSnappers with their MhSnapperShape and MhBehaviors. MhSnapperSpawners are used by the library to insert MhSnappers into the drawing, as well as by the MhEngine and its MhSystemEngineFunctions to generate MhSnappers automatically.

Important Methods

shapeClass

Provides the class of the MhSnapperShape to be used by the MhSnapper that the MhSnapperSpawner creates. This is used to instantiate the MhSnapperShape and provide it to the MhSnapper.

    ...
    public Class shapeClass() {
        //Use custom shape here
        return MhSnapperShape;
    }
    ...

relationship

The realationship method on MhSnapperSpawner is used to provide the SnapperRelationship for the MhSnapper that the MhSnapperSpawner creates. The SnapperRelationship is used to determine the specifics of Snapper adoption.

    ...
    public SnapperRelationship relationship() {
        //Use custom relationship here if needed
        return SnapperRelationship;
    }
    ...

Custom Behavior Methods

MhSnapperSpawner provides many methods which can be overridden to add custom behaviors to the MhSnapper that it creates. These methods are split into categories based on the type of behavior they add. The methods are as follows:

• customGfxBehavior: Behaviors to add graphics
• customPartBehavior: Behaviors for parts
• customEngineBehavior: Add custom engine behaviors (For Engine Entries)
• customAnimationBehavior: Behaviors for custom animations (Insert, Drag, Stretch, etc.)
• customConfigBehavior: Custom behavior for defining configuration equivalency
• customArrowbehavior: Custom behavior for animation arrows
• customOtherBehavior: Any other custom behaviors