visad.java3d
Class AnimationControlJ3D

java.lang.Object
  visad.Control
      visad.java3d.AVControlJ3D
          visad.java3d.AnimationControlJ3D

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, AnimationControl, AVControl

Direct Known Subclasses:

DownRoundingAnimationControlJ3D

public class AnimationControlJ3D
extends AVControlJ3D
implements AnimationControl

AnimationControlJ3D is the VisAD class for controlling Animation display scalars under Java3D.

WLH - manipulate a list of Switch nodes in scene graph.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class visad.java3d.AVControlJ3D

AVControlJ3D.SwitchSet

Field Summary

protected int

current

Constructor Summary

AnimationControlJ3D(DisplayImplJ3D d, RealType r)

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object o) Indicates whether or not this instance equals an Object
boolean	getComputeSet() Get the flag to automatically compute the animation set if it is null
int	getCurrent()
boolean	getDirection() Get the animation direction.
boolean	getOn() return true if automatic stepping is on
RealType	getRealType()
String	getSaveString() get a String that can be used to reconstruct this AnimationControl later
Set	getSet()
long	getStep() Return the dwell time for the current step
long[]	getSteps() return an array of the dwell times for all the steps.
void	init() actually set Switches (Java3D) or VisADSwitches (Java2D) to child nodes corresponding to current ordinal step number
void	run() Start animating.
void	setComputeSet(boolean compute) Set the flag to automatically compute the animation set if it is null
void	setCurrent(double value) set the current step by the value of the RealType mapped to Display.Animation
void	setCurrent(int c) set the current ordinal step number = c
void	setDirection(boolean dir) Set the animation direction.
void	setOn(boolean o) Set automatic stepping on or off.
void	setSaveString(String save) reconstruct this AnimationControl using the specified save string
void	setSet(Set s) Sets the set of times in this animation control.
void	setSet(Set s, boolean noChange) Sets the set of times in this animation control.
void	setStep(int st) set the dwell time for all steps
void	setSteps(int[] steps) set the dwell time for individual steps.
void	stop() Stop animating.
boolean	subCheckTicks(DataRenderer r, DataDisplayLink link) run checkTicks on any sub-Controls this default for no sub-Controls
boolean	subPeekTicks(DataRenderer r, DataDisplayLink link) run peekTicks on any sub-Controls this default for no sub-Controls
void	subResetTicks() run resetTicks on any sub-Controls this default for no sub-Controls
void	subSetTicks() run setTicks on any sub-Controls; this default for no sub-Controls
void	syncControl(Control rmt) copy the state of a remote control to this control
void	takeStep() advance one step (forward or backward)
void	toggle() toggle automatic stepping between off and on

Methods inherited from class visad.java3d.AVControlJ3D

addPair, clearSwitches, getSwitches, nullControl, selectSwitches, setInterval

Methods inherited from class visad.Control

addControlListener, animation_string, changeControl, checkTicks, clone, getDisplay, getDisplayRenderer, getInstanceNumber, incTick, peekTicks, removeControlListener, resetTicks, setTicks, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface visad.AVControl

addControlListener, clearSwitches, removeControlListener

Field Detail

current

protected int current

Constructor Detail

AnimationControlJ3D

public AnimationControlJ3D(DisplayImplJ3D d,
                           RealType r)

Method Detail

getCurrent

public int getCurrent()

Specified by:

getCurrent in interface AnimationControl

Returns:

the current ordinal step number

setCurrent

public void setCurrent(int c)
                throws VisADException,
                       RemoteException

set the current ordinal step number = c

Specified by:

setCurrent in interface AnimationControl

Parameters:

c - - value for current ordinal step number

Throws:

VisADException - - a VisAD error occurred

RemoteException - - an RMI error occurred

setCurrent

public void setCurrent(double value)
                throws VisADException,
                       RemoteException

set the current step by the value of the RealType mapped to Display.Animation

Specified by:

setCurrent in interface AnimationControl

Parameters:

value - - RealType value that is converted to an ordinal step number

Throws:

VisADException - - a VisAD error occurred

RemoteException - - an RMI error occurred

setDirection

public void setDirection(boolean dir)
                  throws VisADException,
                         RemoteException

Set the animation direction.

Specified by:

setDirection in interface AnimationControl

Parameters:

dir - true for forward, false for backward

Throws:

VisADException - Couldn't create necessary VisAD object. The direction remains unchanged.

RemoteException - Java RMI exception

getDirection

public boolean getDirection()

Get the animation direction.

Specified by:

getDirection in interface AnimationControl

Returns:

true for forward, false for backward

getStep

public long getStep()

Return the dwell time for the current step

Specified by:

getStep in interface AnimationControl

Returns:

the dwell time for the current step (in ms)

getSteps

public long[] getSteps()

return an array of the dwell times for all the steps.

Specified by:

getSteps in interface AnimationControl

Returns:

an array of the dwell times for all the steps (in ms)

setStep

public void setStep(int st)
             throws VisADException,
                    RemoteException

set the dwell time for all steps

Specified by:

setStep in interface AnimationControl

Parameters:

st - dwell time in milliseconds

Throws:

VisADException - Couldn't create necessary VisAD object. The dwell time remains unchanged.

RemoteException - Java RMI exception

setSteps

public void setSteps(int[] steps)
              throws VisADException,
                     RemoteException

set the dwell time for individual steps.

Specified by:

setSteps in interface AnimationControl

Parameters:

steps - an array of dwell rates for each step in the animation If the length of the array is less than the number of frames in the animation, the subsequent step values will be set to the value of the last step.

Throws:

VisADException - Couldn't create necessary VisAD object. The dwell times remain unchanged.

RemoteException - Java RMI exception

takeStep

public void takeStep()
              throws VisADException,
                     RemoteException

advance one step (forward or backward)

Specified by:

takeStep in interface AnimationControl

Throws:

VisADException - Couldn't create necessary VisAD object. No step is taken.

RemoteException - Java RMI exception

init

public void init()
          throws VisADException

Description copied from interface: AnimationControl

actually set Switches (Java3D) or VisADSwitches (Java2D) to child nodes corresponding to current ordinal step number

Specified by:

init in interface AnimationControl

Specified by:

init in class AVControlJ3D

Throws:

VisADException - - a VisAD error occurred.

getSet

public Set getSet()

Specified by:

getSet in interface AnimationControl

Returns:

Set of RealType values for animation steps, in RealType mapped to Animation

setSet

public void setSet(Set s)
            throws VisADException,
                   RemoteException

Sets the set of times in this animation control. If the argument set is equal to the current set, then nothing is done.

Specified by:

setSet in interface AnimationControl

Parameters:

s - The set of times.

Throws:

VisADException - if a VisAD failure occurs.

RemoteException - if a Java RMI failure occurs.

setSet

public void setSet(Set s,
                   boolean noChange)
            throws VisADException,
                   RemoteException

Sets the set of times in this animation control. If the argument set is equal to the current set, then nothing is done.

Specified by:

setSet in interface AnimationControl

Parameters:

s - The set of times.

noChange - changeControl(!noChange) to not trigger re-transform, used by ScalarMap.setRange

Throws:

VisADException - if a VisAD failure occurs.

RemoteException - if a Java RMI failure occurs.

getOn

public boolean getOn()

return true if automatic stepping is on

Specified by:

getOn in interface AnimationControl

Returns:

true if automatic stepping is on, false otherwise

setOn

public void setOn(boolean o)
           throws VisADException,
                  RemoteException

Set automatic stepping on or off.

Specified by:

setOn in interface AnimationControl

Parameters:

o - true = turn stepping on, false = turn stepping off

Throws:

VisADException - Couldn't create necessary VisAD object. No change in automatic stepping occurs.

RemoteException - Java RMI exception

toggle

public void toggle()
            throws VisADException,
                   RemoteException

toggle automatic stepping between off and on

Specified by:

toggle in interface AnimationControl

Throws:

VisADException - Couldn't create necessary VisAD object. No change in automatic stepping occurs.

RemoteException - Java RMI exception

getRealType

public RealType getRealType()

subSetTicks

public void subSetTicks()

Description copied from class: Control

run setTicks on any sub-Controls; this default for no sub-Controls

Overrides:

subSetTicks in class Control

subCheckTicks

public boolean subCheckTicks(DataRenderer r,
                             DataDisplayLink link)

Description copied from class: Control

run checkTicks on any sub-Controls this default for no sub-Controls

Overrides:

subCheckTicks in class Control

Parameters:

r - DataRenderer to check if changes to this Control require re-transform

link - DataDisplayLink involved in decision whether changes to this Control require re-transform

Returns:

'logical or' of values from checkTicks on sub-Controls

subPeekTicks

public boolean subPeekTicks(DataRenderer r,
                            DataDisplayLink link)

Description copied from class: Control

run peekTicks on any sub-Controls this default for no sub-Controls

Overrides:

subPeekTicks in class Control

Parameters:

r - DataRenderer to check if changes to this Control require re-transform

link - DataDisplayLink involved in decision whether changes to this Control require re-transform

Returns:

'logical or' of values from peekTicks on sub-Controls

subResetTicks

public void subResetTicks()

Description copied from class: Control

run resetTicks on any sub-Controls this default for no sub-Controls

Overrides:

subResetTicks in class Control

getSaveString

public String getSaveString()

get a String that can be used to reconstruct this AnimationControl later

Specified by:

getSaveString in interface AVControl

Specified by:

getSaveString in class Control

Returns:

String representation of this Control

setSaveString

public void setSaveString(String save)
                   throws VisADException,
                          RemoteException

reconstruct this AnimationControl using the specified save string

Specified by:

setSaveString in interface AVControl

Specified by:

setSaveString in class Control

Parameters:

save - - String representation for reconstruction

Throws:

VisADException - if a VisAD error occurs

RemoteException - if an RMI error occurs

syncControl

public void syncControl(Control rmt)
                 throws VisADException

copy the state of a remote control to this control

Specified by:

syncControl in class Control

Parameters:

rmt - remote Control whose state is copied

Throws:

VisADException - if a VisAD error occurs

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Description copied from class: Control

Indicates whether or not this instance equals an Object

Overrides:

equals in class AVControlJ3D

Parameters:

o - an Object

Returns:

true if and only if this instance is equal to o

setComputeSet

public void setComputeSet(boolean compute)

Set the flag to automatically compute the animation set if it is null

Specified by:

setComputeSet in interface AnimationControl

Parameters:

compute - false to allow application to control set computation if set is null.

getComputeSet

public boolean getComputeSet()

Get the flag to automatically compute the animation set if it is null

Specified by:

getComputeSet in interface AnimationControl

Returns:

true if should compute set automatically when null

stop

public void stop()

Stop animating.

Specified by:

stop in interface AnimationControl

run

public void run()

Start animating.

Specified by:

run in interface AnimationControl