org.monte.media
Interface Animator

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultAnimator, SynchronousAnimator

public interface Animator
extends java.lang.Runnable

Animator executes multiple Interpolator's on a worker thread.

Version:

3.0 2008-04-28 Turned class into an interface.
2.0 2007-11-15 Upgraded to Java 1.5.
1.1 2007-09-09 Added support for
1.1 2007-08-26 Added support for interpolators which replace interpolators already in the execution queue of the Animator.
1.0.2 2006-10-02 Use 30 frames per second.
1.0.1 2006-02-21 Use 24 frames per second.
1.0 December 22, 2003 Created.

Author:

Werner Randelshofer

Method Summary

void	addChangeListener(javax.swing.event.ChangeListener listener)
void	animateStep()
void	dispatch(Interpolator interpolator) Dispatches an interpolator for the animation thread.
boolean	isActive()
boolean	isSynchronous()
void	removeChangeListener(javax.swing.event.ChangeListener listener)
void	run()
void	setLock(java.lang.Object lock) Set the lock object, on which the animator synchronizes while animating the interpolators.
void	start()
void	stop()

Method Detail

setLock

void setLock(java.lang.Object lock)

Set the lock object, on which the animator synchronizes while animating the interpolators.

isActive

boolean isActive()

start

void start()

stop

void stop()

dispatch

void dispatch(Interpolator interpolator)

Dispatches an interpolator for the animation thread. This will launch the animation thread if it is not already active.

animateStep

void animateStep()

run

void run()

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

addChangeListener

void addChangeListener(javax.swing.event.ChangeListener listener)

removeChangeListener

void removeChangeListener(javax.swing.event.ChangeListener listener)

isSynchronous

boolean isSynchronous()