Ye Olde Blah

	public void targetExecutionCode() {

	    /** A.I. targeting execution code!!! */

		/** join the if-s
	    if(Buffer.Player().ai == true && mode == Constant.selectYourTarget) {
	    	if(animationIterator == animationDelay-1) {
	    		contentPane.remove(screen);
*/
	    if((Buffer.Player().ai == true) && (mode == Constant.selectYourTarget)
	    		&& (animationIterator == animationDelay-1)) {
	    	
	    	contentPane.remove(screen);

		
	        
	    	/**
	    	 * a switch replacing the commented if-else structures
	    	 */
	    	switch(attackType) {
	    		
	    		case Constant.normalAttack :
	    			if (Buffer.Player().range > 2) {
	    				attackType = Constant.rangedAttack;
	    			}
		    		battleAnimation = new MeleeSequencePanel(Buffer.Player(),Buffer.getEnt(targets[0]));
		    		battleAnimation.setBounds(0,0,maxX,maxY);
		    		/* TODO: Stop local animation loop? */
		    		contentPane.add(battleAnimation);
	    		break;
	    		
	    		case Constant.rangedAttack :
		    		rangedAnimation = new RangedSequencePanel(Buffer.Player(),Buffer.getEnt(targets[0]));
		    		rangedAnimation.setBounds(0,0,maxX,maxY);
		    			/* TODO: Stop local animation loop? */
	    			contentPane.add(rangedAnimation);
    				
    			break;
    			
    		}// switch
    	} // combined if
	} // end of targetExecutionCode()					
	
	/**
	 * Replaced if-else structure in targetExecutionCode()
	 * 
	 * 	case constant.normalAttack
	 *  
	 *     		if(Buffer.Player().range > 2 && attackType == Constant.normalAttack) { 
		    			attackType = Constant.rangedAttack; 
		    		}

		    		if(attackType == Constant.normalAttack) {
		    			battleAnimation = new MeleeSequencePanel(Buffer.Player(),Buffer.getEnt(targets[0]));
		    			battleAnimation.setBounds(0,0,maxX,maxY);

		    			 TODO: Stop local animation loop? 
		    			contentPane.add(battleAnimation);
		    		}
		    		else if(attackType == Constant.rangedAttack) {
		    			rangedAnimation = new RangedSequencePanel(Buffer.Player(),Buffer.getEnt(targets[0]));
		    			rangedAnimation.setBounds(0,0,maxX,maxY);

		    			 TODO: Stop local animation loop? 
		    			contentPane.add(rangedAnimation);
		    		}
		    		 a complicated way to call repaint()
		    		this.paint(this.getGraphics());
		    		mode = Constant.modeAttack;
		    		 changing the sound
		    		JukeBox.PlayBattleTune(); */

	public static final int overlandWalking = 0; 
	public static final int standardMenuActive = 1; 
	public static final int selectYourTarget = 2; 
	public static final int modeAttack = 5; 
	public static final int statusCheck = 6; 
	public static final int endOfTurn = 7;
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etc...

	private int up = 0;
	private int down = 0;
	private int left = 0;
	private int right = 0;

	/**equals 1 if particular button was once pressed and not released yet.*/
	private int opup = 0;
	private int opdown = 0;
	private int opleft = 0;
	private int opright = 0;

 * 
 * question
 * why is the method tiles.size() not delegated to the getLength() method:
 * 
 *  public int getLength() {
 *  	if (tiles == null) return -1;
 *  	else
 *  		return tiles.size();
 *  }
 * 
 *  ???
 *  
 *  because the getTile(9-method is delegated !

if (selected == "BUY") {
			buyImage = Lib_Image.getImage("interface\\i_buy1.gif");
			sellImage = Lib_Image.getImage("interface\\i_sell2.gif");
		}
             ....