Source of AnimationApplet.java

Structures and functions

  1: 
  2: import java.awt.*;
  3: 
  4: public abstract class AnimationApplet 
  5:     extends java.applet.Applet 
  6:     implements java.lang.Runnable {
  7:   public void start() {
  8:     animationThread = new Thread(this);
  9:     animationThread.start();
 10:   }    
 11:   public void stop() {
 12:     animationThread = null; 
 13:   }  
 14:   public void run() {
 15:     while (Thread.currentThread() == animationThread) {
 16:       try { 
 17:         Thread.currentThread().sleep(delay); 
 18:       } catch (InterruptedException e){}     
 19:       repaint();
 20:     }
 21:   }
 22:   final public void setDelay(int delay) {
 23:     this.delay = delay; 
 24:   }  
 25:   final public int getDelay() {
 26:     return delay; 
 27:   } 
 28:   /** The animation thread */ 
 29:   protected Thread animationThread;
 30:   /** The interval between two consecutive frames 
 31:       in milliseconds */
 32:   protected int delay = 100;     
 33: }