get rid of two dynamic_casts and use qgraphicitem_cast which is A LOT faster (it makes use of static casts)

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pacman-c++/gameentity.h b/pacman-c++/gameentity.h
index 2fde095..92b485e 100644
--- a/pacman-c++/gameentity.h
+++ b/pacman-c++/gameentity.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "constants.h"
 #include "pixmapitem.h"
 #include <QtGlobal>
+#include <QDebug>
 
 class Actor;
 
@@ -14,6 +15,12 @@ class GameEntity
   : public PixmapItem
 {
 public:
+  enum
+  {
+    Type = UserType + 1
+  };
+
+public:
   GameEntity(Color::Color color = Color::none, QGraphicsItem *parent = 0);
   GameEntity(QGraphicsItem *parent);
   virtual ~GameEntity()
@@ -52,7 +59,14 @@ public:
   virtual void onDie(Actor *)
   {};
 
+  /* enable the use of qgraphicsitem_cast with this item */
+  int type() const
+  {
+    return m_type;
+  }
+
 protected:
+  int m_type;
   bool m_eaten;
   Color::Color m_color;
 };