org.xith3d.loop.opscheduler
Interface Animator

All Superinterfaces:

Updatable

All Known Subinterfaces:

OperationScheduler

All Known Implementing Classes:

DummyOperationSchedulerImpl, OperationSchedulerImpl, OperationSchedulerQueue

public interface Animator
extends Updatable

An Animator takes Animatable Nodes and animates them by a constant loop.

See Also:

Animatable

Method Summary

void	addAnimatableObject(Animatable animObj) Adds an animatable object to the set.
void	addAnimatableObject(Animatable animObj, boolean startAnimation) Adds an animatable object to the set.
void	removeAnimatableObject(Animatable animObj) Removes an animatable object from the set.
void	update(long gameTime, long frameTime, UpdatingThread.TimingMode timingMode) Updates this Updatable object.

Method Detail

addAnimatableObject

void addAnimatableObject(Animatable animObj,
                         boolean startAnimation)

Adds an animatable object to the set. And starts rotation if wanted. each rendering-loop-iteration the animate()-method is called.

Parameters:

animObj - the object to animate

startAnimation - if true the startAnimation() method is executed immediately

addAnimatableObject

void addAnimatableObject(Animatable animObj)

Adds an animatable object to the set. each rendering-loop-iteration the animate()-method is called.

Parameters:

animObj - the object to animate

removeAnimatableObject

void removeAnimatableObject(Animatable animObj)

Removes an animatable object from the set.

Parameters:

animObj - the object to remove

update

void update(long gameTime,
            long frameTime,
            UpdatingThread.TimingMode timingMode)

Updates this Updatable object.

Specified by:

update in interface Updatable

Parameters:

gameTime - the gameTime in Milliseconds

frameTime - the frameTime in Milliseconds (needed time for the last frame)

timingMode - the TimingMode to use for frameTime.