edu.umd.cs.jazz.animation
Class ZStrokeAnimation

java.lang.Object
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public class ZStrokeAnimation

extends ZAnimation

ZStrokeAnimation animates an object conforming to the ZStroke interface from a source stroke to a destination stroke over time. A ZAlpha class is used to specify the start time, duration, and acceleration time for this animation.

This code demonstrates how to animate the stroke of a rectangle from width 0 to width 5.

 ZRectangle aRect = new ZRectangle(0, 0, 100, 100);
 ZVisualLeaf aLeaf = new ZVisualLeaf(aRect);

 canvas.getLayer().addChild(aLeaf);

 // Create a new ZAlpha that will run from the current time for 1.5 seconds.
 // This alpha will change linearly; see the ZAlpha class to learn how to create
 // slow in slow out animation effects.
 ZAlpha alpha = new ZAlpha(1, 1500);

 // Create the ZTransformAnimation with its source and destination values. Here
 // we choose to animate the target from a stroke with width 0 to a stroke with width 5.
 ZStrokeAnimation aStrokeAnimation = new ZStrokeAnimation(new BasicStroke(0), new BasicStroke(5));

 // Set the target of the animation.
 aStrokeAnimation.setStrokeTarget(aRect);

 // Set the alpha value for the animation. This animation will start immediately,
 // and run for 1.5 seconds.
 aStrokeAnimation.setAlpha(alpha);

 // Start the animation by registering it with the ZAnimationScheduler.
 aStrokeAnimation.play();
 

Author:

Jesse Grosjean

See Also:

ZAlpha

ZStrokeAnimation

public ZStrokeAnimation(java.awt.BasicStroke aSource,
                        java.awt.BasicStroke aDestination)

Construct a new ZStrokeAnimation.

Parameters:

aSource - the source stroke that the animation will start at.

aDestination - the destination stroke that the animation will end at.

getSourceStroke

public java.awt.BasicStroke getSourceStroke()

Return the source stroke, the stroke that the animation will start at.

setSourceStroke

public void setSourceStroke(java.awt.BasicStroke aStroke)

Set the source stroke, the stroke that the animation will start at.

getDestinationStroke

public java.awt.BasicStroke getDestinationStroke()

Return the destination stroke, the stroke that the animation will end at.

setDestinationStroke

public void setDestinationStroke(java.awt.BasicStroke aStroke)

Set the destination stroke, the stroke that the animation will end at.

getStrokeTarget

public ZStroke getStrokeTarget()

Return the target of this stroke animation. This is the object who's setStroke method will be called for each frame of the animation.

setStrokeTarget

public void setStrokeTarget(ZStroke aTarget)

Set the target of this stroke animation. This is the object who's setStroke method will be called for each frame of the animation.

animateFrameForTime

protected void animateFrameForTime(long aTime)

Animate one frame of this animation for the given time. The time paramater is used to generate an alpha value, which is then used to create a new stroke interpolated between the source and destination strokes. The stroke target is then set to this interpolated value.

Overrides:

animateFrameForTime in class ZAnimation