resonant-induction/APIs/universalelectricity/prefab/tile/TileEntityAdvanced.java

package universalelectricity.prefab.tile;

import net.minecraft.block.Block;
import net.minecraft.tileentity.TileEntity;

/** A TileEntity with some pre-added functionalities.
 *
 * @author Calclavia */
public abstract class TileEntityAdvanced extends TileEntity
{
    protected long ticks = 0;

    @Override
    public void updateEntity()
    {
        if (this.ticks == 0)
        {
            this.initiate();
        }

        if (this.ticks >= Long.MAX_VALUE)
        {
            this.ticks = 1;
        }

        this.ticks++;
    }

    /** Called on the TileEntity's first tick. */
    public void initiate()
    {
    }

    @Override
    public int getBlockMetadata()
    {
        if (this.worldObj == null)
        {
            return 0;
        }
        else if (this.blockMetadata == -1)
        {
            this.blockMetadata = this.worldObj.getBlockMetadata(this.xCoord, this.yCoord, this.zCoord);
        }

        return this.blockMetadata;
    }

    @Override
    public Block getBlockType()
    {
        if (this.blockType == null)
        {
            this.blockType = Block.blocksList[this.worldObj.getBlockId(this.xCoord, this.yCoord, this.zCoord)];
        }

        return this.blockType;
    }
}