com.jgoodies.animation

Interface Animation

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAnimation, Animations.OneTimeAnimation, BasicTextAnimation, FanAnimation, GlyphAnimation

public interface Animation

This interface describes time based animations. Basically, the #animate method applies an animation effect to an animation target over the animation's duration.

TODO: Consider renaming #animate to #applyEffect, then rename AbstractApplication #applyEffect to something similar that indicates the implementation aspect.

Version:

$Revision: 1.8 $

Author:

Karsten Lentzsch

See Also:

AbstractAnimation, Animations

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addAnimationListener(AnimationListener listener) Adds the given AnimationListener to this animation.
void	animate(long time) Animates for the given time, that is, applies the animation effect to the animation target and fires events when the animation is started, stopped or repeated.
long	duration() Returns this animation's duration.
void	removeAnimationListener(AnimationListener listener) Removes the given AnimationListener from this animation.

Method Detail

duration

long duration()

Returns this animation's duration.

Returns:

this animation duration

animate

void animate(long time)

Animates for the given time, that is, applies the animation effect to the animation target and fires events when the animation is started, stopped or repeated.

Parameters:

time - the time used to determine the animation effect

addAnimationListener

void addAnimationListener(AnimationListener listener)

Adds the given AnimationListener to this animation.

Parameters:

listener - the AnimationListener to add

removeAnimationListener

void removeAnimationListener(AnimationListener listener)

Removes the given AnimationListener from this animation.

Parameters:

listener - the AnimationListener to remove