Package com.jidesoft.swing

Class Animator

java.lang.Object
com.jidesoft.swing.Animator
All Implemented Interfaces:
ActionListener, EventListener
public class Animator extends Object implements ActionListener
An ActionListener with a timer. It is used to simplify the animation of all kind of sliding windows.

  • Field Details

    • _delay

      protected int _delay

    • _initialDelay

      protected int _initialDelay

  • Constructor Details

    • Animator

      public Animator(Component source)
      Creates an animator for source with initDelay 50 ms, each step delays 10 ms and total 10 steps.
      Parameters:
      source - the source for this animator.

    • Animator

      public Animator(Component source, int initDelay, int delay, int totalSteps)
      Creates an animator for source.
      Parameters:
      source - the source for this animator.
      initDelay - the initial delay before timer starts.
      delay - the delay of the timer
      totalSteps - the number of steps. If -1, it means this animator will never stop until stop() is called.

  • Method Details

    • createTimer

      protected Timer createTimer(int initDelay, int delay)

    • createTimer

      protected Timer createTimer(int delay, ActionListener listener)
      Creates the timer.
      Parameters:
      delay - the delay between each step, in ms.
      listener - the action listener associated with the timer.
      Returns:
      the timer

    • addAnimatorListener

      public void addAnimatorListener(AnimatorListener l)
      Adds an AnimatorListener to this Animator.
      Parameters:
      l - the AnimatorListener to be added

    • removeAnimatorListener

      public void removeAnimatorListener(AnimatorListener l)
      Removes an AnimatorListener from this Animator.
      Parameters:
      l - the listener to be removed

    • getAnimatorListeners

      public AnimatorListener[] getAnimatorListeners()
      Returns an array of all the AnimatorListeners added to this Animator with addAnimatorListener().
      Returns:
      all of the AnimatorListeners added or an empty array if no listeners have been added

    • actionPerformed

      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
      Specified by:
      actionPerformed in interface ActionListener

    • start

      public void start()
      Starts the animator.

    • stop

      public void stop()
      Stop the animator and reset the counter.

    • interrupt

      public void interrupt()
      Interrupts the animator. The counter is not reset in this case.

    • isRunning

      public boolean isRunning()
      If the animator is running, returns true. Otherwise, returns false.
      Returns:
      true if animator is running. Otherwise, returns false.

    • setDelay

      public void setDelay(int delay)

    • dispose

      public void dispose()