Package itumulator.display.animation

Class AnimationFactory

java.lang.Object

itumulator.display.animation.AnimationFactory

public class AnimationFactory
extends Object

The AnimationFactory is used to determine which animations should be used for individual objects. It does so by comparing e (previous entities and their location in World) to e' (latest set of entitites and their location in World). By comparing the individual objects changes in location (and whether they still exist / are in the world) allow us to determine which animations to use.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AnimationFactory(World world)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
List<Callable<BufferedImage>>	getImages(int length)	Generates renders of animation sets for the next simulation step
void	requestUpdate()
void	setDisplayInformation(Class cl, DisplayInformation di)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

AnimationFactory

public AnimationFactory(World world)

Method Details

setDisplayInformation

public void setDisplayInformation(Class cl,
 DisplayInformation di)

requestUpdate

public void requestUpdate()

getImages

public List<Callable<BufferedImage>> getImages(int length)

Generates renders of animation sets for the next simulation step

Parameters:

length - is the amount of images to generate

Returns:

a list of callable bufferedimages, generatable