com.swfm.mica.animators
Class MiAnimatingWorker

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Thread
      com.swfm.mica.animators.MiAnimatingWorker

All Implemented Interfaces:

MiiAnimatable, java.lang.Runnable

public class MiAnimatingWorker

extends java.lang.Thread

implements MiiAnimatable

Version:

%I% %G%

Author:

Michael L. Davis

Field Summary

Constructor Summary

MiAnimatingWorker(MiPart somePartInAWindow)

MiAnimatingWorker(MiPart somePartInAWindow, long stepTime, long duration)

Method Summary

void	animate(double startOfStep, double endOfStep) It is safe to call graphics to update animation now.
void	end() Clean up after animation.
void	ready() Call this from a Mica thread to kick animation off.
void	run() This is called by the Thread.
void	start() Initialize before animation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getContextClassLoader, getName, getPriority, getThreadGroup, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setName, setPriority, sleep, sleep, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MiAnimatingWorker

public MiAnimatingWorker(MiPart somePartInAWindow)

MiAnimatingWorker

public MiAnimatingWorker(MiPart somePartInAWindow,
                         long stepTime,
                         long duration)

Method Detail

ready

public void ready()

Call this from a Mica thread to kick animation off. Mica will first call start() and then call animate() until animation is complete.

start

public void start()

Initialize before animation. This starts the Thread. This is called by Mica. Override to do any modifications of Mica (aka animation) and other setup.

Specified by:

start in interface MiiAnimatable

run

public void run()

This is called by the Thread. Override to do any lengthy calculations. It is NOT safe to call Mica from here.

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

animate

public void animate(double startOfStep,
                    double endOfStep)

It is safe to call graphics to update animation now. This is called by Mica. Override to do any modifications of Mica (aka animation)

Specified by:

animate in interface MiiAnimatable

Parameters:

startOfStep - the beginning of the time slice

endOfStep - the end of the time slice

end

public void end()

Clean up after animation. This animator is automatically removed from the MiAnimationManager. This is called by Mica. Override to do any necessary cleanup.

Specified by:

end in interface MiiAnimatable