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+//
+// $Id: ScaleAnimation.java 3123 2004-09-18 22:58:39Z mdb $
+
+package com.threerings.media.animation;
+
+import java.awt.AlphaComposite;
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.awt.Composite;
+import java.awt.Graphics2D;
+import java.awt.Image;
+import java.awt.Transparency;
+
+import com.threerings.media.sprite.Sprite;
+import com.threerings.media.sprite.SpriteManager;
+import com.threerings.media.util.LinearTimeFunction;
+import com.threerings.media.util.TimeFunction;
+
+/**
+ * Washes all non-transparent pixels in a sprite with a particular color
+ * (by compositing them with the solid color with progressively higher
+ * alpha values) and then back again.
+ */
+public class ScaleAnimation extends Animation
+{
+    /**
+     * Creates a gleam animation with the supplied sprite. The sprite will
+     * be faded to the specified color and then back again. The sprite may
+     * be already added to the supplied sprite manager or not, but when
+     * the animation is complete, it will have been added.
+     *
+     * @param fadeIn if true, the sprite itself will be faded in as we
+     * fade up to the gleam color and the gleam color will fade out,
+     * leaving just the sprite imagery.
+     */
+    public ScaleAnimation (SpriteManager spmgr, Sprite sprite, Color color,
+                           int upmillis, int downmillis, boolean fadeIn)
+    {
+        super(sprite.getBounds());
+        _spmgr = spmgr;
+        _sprite = sprite;
+        _color = color;
+        _upfunc = new LinearTimeFunction(0, 750, upmillis);
+        _downfunc = new LinearTimeFunction(750, 0, downmillis);
+        _fadeIn = fadeIn;
+    }
+
+    // documentation inherited
+    public void tick (long timestamp)
+    {
+        int alpha;
+        if (_upfunc != null) {
+            if ((alpha = _upfunc.getValue(timestamp)) == 750) {
+                _upfunc = null;
+            }
+        } else if (_downfunc != null) {
+            if ((alpha = _downfunc.getValue(timestamp)) == 0) {
+                _downfunc = null;
+            }
+        } else {
+            _finished = true;
+            _spmgr.addSprite(_sprite);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (_alpha != alpha) {
+            _alpha = alpha;
+            invalidate();
+        }
+    }
+
+    // documentation inherited
+    public void fastForward (long timeDelta)
+    {
+        if (_upfunc != null) {
+            _upfunc.fastForward(timeDelta);
+        } else if (_downfunc != null) {
+            _downfunc.fastForward(timeDelta);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // documentation inherited
+    public void paint (Graphics2D gfx)
+    {
+        // TODO: recreate our off image if the sprite bounds changed; we
+        // also need to change the bounds of our animation which might
+        // require some jockeying (especially if we shrink)
+        if (_offimg == null) {
+            _offimg = gfx.getDeviceConfiguration().createCompatibleImage(
+                _bounds.width, _bounds.height, Transparency.TRANSLUCENT);
+        }
+
+        // create a mask image with our sprite and the appropriate color
+        Graphics2D ogfx = (Graphics2D)_offimg.getGraphics();
+        try {
+            ogfx.setColor(_color);
+            ogfx.fillRect(0, 0, _bounds.width, _bounds.height);
+            ogfx.setComposite(AlphaComposite.DstAtop);
+            ogfx.translate(-_sprite.getX(), -_sprite.getY());
+            _sprite.paint(ogfx);
+        } finally {
+            ogfx.dispose();
+        }
+
+        Composite ocomp = null;
+        Composite ncomp = AlphaComposite.getInstance(
+            AlphaComposite.SRC_OVER, _alpha/1000f);
+
+        // if we're fading the sprite in on the way up, set our alpha
+        // composite before we render the sprite
+        if (_fadeIn && _upfunc != null) {
+            ocomp = gfx.getComposite();
+            gfx.setComposite(ncomp);
+        }
+
+        // next render the sprite
+        _sprite.paint(gfx);
+
+        // if we're not fading in, we still need to alpha the white bits
+        if (ocomp == null) {
+            ocomp = gfx.getComposite();
+            gfx.setComposite(ncomp);
+        }
+
+        // now alpha composite our mask atop the sprite
+        gfx.drawImage(_offimg, _sprite.getX(), _sprite.getY(), null);
+        gfx.setComposite(ocomp);
+    }
+
+    // documentation inherited
+    protected void willStart (long tickStamp)
+    {
+        super.willStart(tickStamp);
+
+        // remove the sprite we're fiddling with from the manager; we'll
+        // add it back when we're done
+        if (_spmgr.isManaged(_sprite)) {
+            _spmgr.removeSprite(_sprite);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected SpriteManager _spmgr;
+    protected Sprite _sprite;
+    protected Color _color;
+    protected Image _offimg;
+    protected boolean _fadeIn;
+
+    protected TimeFunction _upfunc;
+    protected TimeFunction _downfunc;
+    protected int _alpha = -1;
+}