Class Animator

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Thread

common.animation.Animator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Runnable

public class Animator
extends Thread

Created by IntelliJ IDEA. User: orsotronIII This class is a simple thread which only purpose is to update an Animation implementing class, which must be passed as a construction parameter. Modified by Bertoli Marco to terminate correctly.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class Thread

Thread.Builder, Thread.State, Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected Animation	animation	The Animation implementing class that has to be updated to show the animation.

Fields inherited from class Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Animator(double fps, Animation a)	Creates a new instance of Animator with explicit definition of framerate.
Animator(Animation a)	Creates a new instance of Animator.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	run()	Performs update of the handled animation as far as terminate() method has not been called.
void	start()	Starts the handled animation
void	terminate()	Terminates current animation

Methods inherited from class Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, clone, currentThread, dumpStack, enumerate, getAllStackTraces, getContextClassLoader, getDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, getId, getName, getPriority, getStackTrace, getState, getThreadGroup, getUncaughtExceptionHandler, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, isVirtual, join, join, join, join, ofPlatform, ofVirtual, onSpinWait, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, setName, setPriority, setUncaughtExceptionHandler, sleep, sleep, sleep, startVirtualThread, stop, threadId, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Details

animation

protected Animation animation

The Animation implementing class that has to be updated to show the animation.

Constructor Details

Animator

public Animator(Animation a)

Creates a new instance of Animator. Frame rate is set by default at 30 frames per seconds.

Parameters:

a - : Animation to be updated by this animator.

Animator

public Animator(double fps,
 Animation a)

Creates a new instance of Animator with explicit definition of framerate.

Parameters:

fps - : framerate for this animation.

a - : Animation to be updated by this animator.

Method Details

start

public void start()

Starts the handled animation

Overrides:

start in class Thread

run

public void run()

Performs update of the handled animation as far as terminate() method has not been called.

Specified by:

run in interface Runnable

Overrides:

run in class Thread

terminate

public void terminate()

Terminates current animation