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+//
+// $Id: AnimationSequencer.java,v 1.1 2002/09/30 06:30:47 shaper Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.media.animation;
+
+import java.awt.Graphics2D;
+import java.awt.Rectangle;
+
+import com.threerings.media.Log;
+
+/**
+ * An animation that provides facilities for adding a sequence of
+ * animations with a standard or per-animation-specifiable delay between
+ * each.
+ */
+public abstract class AnimationSequencer extends Animation
+{
+    /**
+     * Constructs an animation sequencer that adds each of the supplied
+     * animations after regular intervals of the specified time.  Note
+     * that the first animation will be added immediately.
+     */
+    public AnimationSequencer (Animation[] anims, long delta)
+    {
+        super(new Rectangle());
+
+        // save things off
+        _anims = anims;
+        _sdelta = delta;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs an animation sequencer that adds each of the supplied
+     * animations after the time specified for each animation has elapsed.
+     * Note that the first animation will be added immediately, though
+     * (for ease of coding and array indexing) it should have a slot in
+     * the <code>delta</code> array despite the fact that the value
+     * therein will be ignored.
+     */
+    public AnimationSequencer (Animation[] anims, long[] delta)
+    {
+        super(new Rectangle());
+
+        // save things off
+        _anims = anims;
+        _delta = delta;
+    }
+
+    // documentation inherited
+    public void tick (long tickStamp)
+    {
+        if (_start == 0) {
+            // initialize our starting time
+            _start = tickStamp;
+        }
+
+        // TODO: revamp the below to keep track of the mark time for the
+        // next animation to be added rather than recalculating it every
+        // time we're ticked
+
+        // add all animations whose time has come
+        int acount = _anims.length;
+        long mark = _start;
+        for (int ii = 0; ii < acount; ii++) {
+            // calculate the time at which this animation is to be added
+            long delta = (_delta == null) ? _sdelta : _delta[ii];
+            // add in the delta for this animation, or if it's the first
+            // animation, we add it straightaway and ignore its delta
+            mark += ((ii == 0) ? 0 : delta);
+
+            if (_lastidx >= ii) {
+                // we've already added this animation, so move on to the next
+                continue;
+
+            } else if (tickStamp >= mark) {
+                // add the animation
+                // Log.info("Adding animation [ii=" + ii +
+                // ", tickStamp=" + tickStamp + ", mark=" + mark + "].");
+                addAnimation(ii, _anims[ii], tickStamp);
+                _lastidx = ii;
+
+            } else {
+                // it's not time to add this animation, and so all
+                // subsequent animations must surely wait as well
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // we're finished when we've added the last animation
+        _finished = (_lastidx == acount - 1);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Called when the time comes to add an animation.  Derived classes
+     * must implement this method and do whatever they deem necessary in
+     * order to add the given animation to the animation manager and any
+     * other interested parties.
+     *
+     * @param index the index number of the animation in the sequence of
+     * animations to be added by this sequencer.
+     * @param anim the animation to be added.
+     * @param tickStamp the tick stamp provided by the animation manager
+     * when the sequencer animation decided the time had come to add the
+     * animation.
+     */
+    public abstract void addAnimation (
+        int index, Animation anim, long tickStamp);
+
+    // documentation inherited
+    public void paint (Graphics2D gfx)
+    {
+        // don't care
+    }
+
+    // documentation inherited
+    public void fastForward (long timeDelta)
+    {
+        _start += timeDelta;
+    }
+
+    /** The animations to be added in sequence. */
+    protected Animation[] _anims;
+
+    /** The time deltas in milliseconds between adding each animation, if
+     * the time deltas were specified on a per-animation basis. */
+    protected long[] _delta;
+
+    /** The single time delta in milliseconds between adding each
+     * animation, if a single time delta was given for all animations. */
+    protected long _sdelta;
+
+    /** The time at which the sequencer animation started its business. */
+    protected long _start;
+
+    /** The index of the last animation that was added. */
+    protected int _lastidx = -1;
+}