Animation

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAnimation, AnimatedLabel.BlendOverAnimation, Animations.OffsetAnimation, Animations.OneTimeAnimation, Animations.ParallelAnimation, Animations.PauseAnimation, Animations.RepeatedAnimation, Animations.ReversedAnimation, Animations.SequencedAnimation, BasicTextAnimation, FanAnimation, GlyphAnimation
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public interface Animation
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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 $

See Also:

AbstractAnimation, Animations

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	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
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long duration()
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    Returns this animation's duration.
    
    Returns:
    
    this animation duration
  - animate
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void animate(long time)
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    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
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void addAnimationListener(AnimationListener listener)
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    Adds the given AnimationListener to this animation.
    
    Parameters:
    
    listener - the AnimationListener to add
  - removeAnimationListener
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void removeAnimationListener(AnimationListener listener)
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    Removes the given AnimationListener from this animation.
    
    Parameters:
    
    listener - the AnimationListener to remove