Package de.bsommerfeld.pathetic.api.pathing.processing

package de.bsommerfeld.pathetic.api.pathing.processing

Provides interfaces and classes for extending the core pathfinding logic of "pathetic" through a customizable processor pipeline.

The processor system allows users to inject custom logic for:

• Node Validation (ValidationProcessor): Determining whether a PathPosition is traversable or meets specific criteria. Users are responsible for implementing validators for fundamental checks like basic traversability (e.g., using a NavigationPointProvider) and world boundaries, as the core engine is designed to be highly generic.
• Cost Calculation (CostProcessor): Modifying the cost of traversing to a node, allowing for terrain-specific penalties, incentives, or other dynamic cost adjustments.

Processors operate within a defined lifecycle (see Processor) and are provided with contextual information for the current search (SearchContext) and the specific node being evaluated (EvaluationContext).

Users can configure a list of validators and cost calculators via the PathfinderConfiguration. The engine will execute these processors in the provided order.

Since:

5.0.0

Related Packages

Package	Description
de.bsommerfeld.pathetic.api.pathing
de.bsommerfeld.pathetic.api.pathing.processing.context

Class	Description
Cost	Represents a cost value used in pathfinding.
CostProcessor	A processor that calculates a specific cost contribution for traversing to a node (PathPosition).
Processor	Base interface for pathfinding processors.
ValidationProcessor	A processor that validates whether a node (PathPosition) or the transition to it is permissible during pathfinding.
Validators	Utility class for creating and combining ValidationProcessor instances.