de.enough.polish.ui
Class AnimationThread

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Thread
      de.enough.polish.ui.AnimationThread

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public class AnimationThread
extends java.lang.Thread

Is used to animate Screens, Backgrounds and Items.

You can specify the animation interval in milliseconds in the variables section of your build.xml script. Example:

sets the interval to 200 ms. When not specified, the default interval of 100 ms will be used.

Copyright Enough Software 2004 - 2008

 history
        15-Mar-2004 - rob creation
 

Author:

Robert Virkus, robert@enough.de

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Thread

java.lang.Thread.State, java.lang.Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler

Field Summary

static int	ANIMATION_INTERVAL
protected static boolean	releaseResourcesOnScreenChange

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

AnimationThread()
Creates a new animation thread.

Method Summary

static void	addAnimationItem(javax.microedition.lcdui.CustomItem item) Adds the given item to list of items that should be animated.
static void	addAnimationItem(Item item) Adds the given item to list of items that should be animated.
static void	removeAnimationItem(javax.microedition.lcdui.CustomItem item) Removes the given item to list of items that should be animated.
static void	removeAnimationItem(Item item) Removes the given item to list of items that should be animated.
void	run() Animates the current screen.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getAllStackTraces, getContextClassLoader, getDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, getId, getName, getPriority, getStackTrace, getState, getThreadGroup, getUncaughtExceptionHandler, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, setName, setPriority, setUncaughtExceptionHandler, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ANIMATION_INTERVAL

public static final int ANIMATION_INTERVAL

See Also:

Constant Field Values

releaseResourcesOnScreenChange

protected static boolean releaseResourcesOnScreenChange

Constructor Detail

AnimationThread

public AnimationThread()

Creates a new animation thread.

Method Detail

run

public void run()

Animates the current screen.

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

Overrides:

run in class java.lang.Thread

addAnimationItem

public static void addAnimationItem(Item item)

Adds the given item to list of items that should be animated. Typically an item adds itself to the list in the showNotify() method and then de-registers itself in the hideNotify() method.

Parameters:

item - the item that needs to be animated regardless of it's focused state etc.

See Also:

removeAnimationItem(Item)

addAnimationItem

public static void addAnimationItem(javax.microedition.lcdui.CustomItem item)

Adds the given item to list of items that should be animated. Typically an item adds itself to the list in the showNotify() method and then de-registers itself in the hideNotify() method.

Parameters:

item - the item that needs to be animated regardless of it's focused state etc.

See Also:

removeAnimationItem(javax.microedition.lcdui.CustomItem)

removeAnimationItem

public static void removeAnimationItem(Item item)

Removes the given item to list of items that should be animated. Typically an item adds itself to the list in the showNotify() method and then de-registers itself in the hideNotify() method.

Parameters:

item - the item that does not need to be animated anymore

See Also:

addAnimationItem(Item)

removeAnimationItem

public static void removeAnimationItem(javax.microedition.lcdui.CustomItem item)

Removes the given item to list of items that should be animated. Typically an item adds itself to the list in the showNotify() method and then de-registers itself in the hideNotify() method.

Parameters:

item - the item that does not need to be animated anymore

See Also:

addAnimationItem(javax.microedition.lcdui.CustomItem)