/*!
    @file weapon.h
  *  a weapon that a player can use

    A Player has a list of weapons, that can be choosen to shoot projectiles
    (projectiles.{cc,h}) at enemies. These weapons can be shooted sequentially
    or (if able) combined. Therefore you can choose the weapon mode = choose
    a weapon.

    A weapon is characterized by:
     o firing-rate: the initial firing rate of a weapon (1/s = Herz)
     o slowdown-factor: this is a factor d: exp(-d*x), d is element of all positive R. it determines how fast the firing-rate will slow down. if no slowdown: d=0, the bigger d is, the faster the weapon will slow down!
     o energy-consumption: this determines the energy that has to be used to produce this projectile = costs per projectile

    Furthermore there are some other attributes, that will help to represent a firing
    weapon in this world:
     o sound file/ressource: this is a pointer to the sound-file/ressource. however it may be represented
     o shooting animation

*/


#ifndef _LASER_CANNON_H
#define _LASER_CANNON_H

#include "weapon.h"


class LaserCannon : public Weapon
  {
    ObjectListDeclaration(LaserCannon);
    public:
    LaserCannon (const TiXmlElement* root = NULL);
    virtual ~LaserCannon ();

    void init();
    virtual void loadParams(const TiXmlElement* root);

    virtual void activate();
    virtual void deactivate();

    virtual void fire();

  private:
    PNode* objectComponent1;         //<! the gun is made of multiple parts, these PNodes represent their location and orientation
  };

#endif /* _LASER_CANNON_H */