Class AnimationPanel

Class AnimationPanel 

AnimationPanel
class AnimationPanel
extends Panel
implements Runnable
A class for containing, laying out and animating a collection of animations. Lays animations out in a 10 by 10 grid, and animates by calling updateNextImage against every animation in its collection.

Constructor Index

o AnimationPanel()
Constructor - Create a Vector for holding the animations, and set us up as with a grid layout 10 by 10.

Method Index

o addAnimation(Animation)
Add an animation to this panel.
o replaceAnimation(int, Animation)
Replace the Animation at the specified index with the supplied Animation.
o run()
Our threads run method - sits in an infinite loop, sleeping for 1/3 of a second, then running through all the Animations in our Vector of Animations setting them to the next image in the sequence and telling them to repaint.

Constructors

o AnimationPanel 
  public AnimationPanel()
Constructor - Create a Vector for holding the animations, and set us up as with a grid layout 10 by 10.

Methods

o addAnimation 
  public int addAnimation(Animation an)
Add an animation to this panel. Adds the Animation Component to this Container, relays-out the Container and adds the Animation to our Vector of Animations. Called only when a new Agent reports in. Agent state changes are handled by replaceAnimation.
Returns:
The number of animations in this Panel.
o replaceAnimation 
  public void replaceAnimation(int index,
                               Animation ani)
Replace the Animation at the specified index with the supplied Animation. Removes the Animations Component from this Container, removes the Animation itself from our Vector of Animations, hides the Component, shows the new Animation and re-lays-out this Container.
o run 
  public void run()
Our threads run method - sits in an infinite loop, sleeping for 1/3 of a second, then running through all the Animations in our Vector of Animations setting them to the next image in the sequence and telling them to repaint.