Interface AnimatingTree

All Superinterfaces:

DrawingTree, Tree

All Known Implementing Classes:

BSTTree

public interface AnimatingTree

extends DrawingTree

The AnimatingTree interface extends DrawingTree because all AnimatingTrees must be drawable.

The interface simply inforces the defining of numerous methods which allow for the animating of the Tree onto a given Graphics2D. The interface also defines many mutator and accesor methods for information concerning the animating of the AnimatingTree

Method Summary

void	addAnimator(Animation a) Adds an animation to the current node.
Animation	getAnimator() Gets the first Animation of the node.
boolean	isNodeAnimating() Returns true if the node is animating.

Methods inherited from interface DrawingTree

drawNode, drawNode, drawNode, drawNodeAndLink, drawNodeAndLink, drawNodeAndLink, getCurrentTransform, getDrawingLevel, getScreenBounds, getSectionHeight, getSettings, setScreenBounds, setSettings

Methods inherited from interface Tree

getChildren, getKey, getLevel, getParentTree, getValue, isEmpty, size

Method Detail

isNodeAnimating

public boolean isNodeAnimating()

Returns true if the node is animating. It simply determines if the list of animators is empty.

Returns:

true if the node is currently animating.

addAnimator

public void addAnimator(Animation a)

Adds an animation to the current node. This method does not add the node to listen for AnimationEvents. That must be performed by the user.

Parameters:

a - the Animation being added to the node.

getAnimator

public Animation getAnimator()

Gets the first Animation of the node.

Returns:

Animation which is the first Animation of the node.