## com.sun.opengl.util
Class Animator

    java.lang.Object
      com.sun.opengl.util.Animator

Direct Known Subclasses:
  FPSAnimator

    public class Animator

extends Object

An Animator can be attached to one or more `GLAutoDrawable`s to drive their display() methods in a loop.

The Animator class creates a background thread in which the calls to `display()` are performed. After each drawable has been redrawn, a brief pause is performed to avoid swamping the CPU, unless `setRunAsFastAsPossible(boolean)` has been called.

Field Summary
`protected boolean` `ignoreExceptions`
`protected boolean` `printExceptions`

Constructor Summary
`Animator()` Creates a new, empty Animator.
`Animator(GLAutoDrawable drawable)` Creates a new Animator for a particular drawable.

Method Summary
`void` `add(GLAutoDrawable drawable)` Adds a drawable to the list managed by this Animator.
`protected void` `display()` Called every frame to cause redrawing of all of the GLAutoDrawables this Animator manages.
`Iterator` `drawableIterator()` Returns an iterator over the drawables managed by this Animator.
`boolean` `isAnimating()` Indicates whether this animator is currently running.
`void` `remove(GLAutoDrawable drawable)` Removes a drawable from the list managed by this Animator.
`void` `setIgnoreExceptions(boolean ignoreExceptions)` Sets a flag causing this Animator to ignore exceptions produced while redrawing the drawables.
`void` `setPrintExceptions(boolean printExceptions)` Sets a flag indicating that when exceptions are being ignored by this Animator (see `setIgnoreExceptions(boolean)`), to print the exceptions' stack traces for diagnostic information.
`void` `setRunAsFastAsPossible(boolean runFast)` Sets a flag in this Animator indicating that it is to run as fast as possible.
`void` `start()` Starts this animator.
`void` `stop()` Stops this animator.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### ignoreExceptions

    protected boolean ignoreExceptions

### printExceptions

    protected boolean printExceptions

Constructor Detail

### Animator

    public Animator()

  Creates a new, empty Animator.

### Animator

    public Animator(GLAutoDrawable drawable)

  Creates a new Animator for a particular drawable.

Method Detail

### add

    public void add(GLAutoDrawable drawable)

  Adds a drawable to the list managed by this Animator.

### remove

    public void remove(GLAutoDrawable drawable)

  Removes a drawable from the list managed by this Animator.

### drawableIterator

    public Iterator drawableIterator()

  Returns an iterator over the drawables managed by this Animator.

### setIgnoreExceptions

    public void setIgnoreExceptions(boolean ignoreExceptions)

  Sets a flag causing this Animator to ignore exceptions produced while redrawing the drawables. By default this flag is set to false, causing any exception thrown to halt the Animator.

### setPrintExceptions

    public void setPrintExceptions(boolean printExceptions)

  Sets a flag indicating that when exceptions are being ignored by this Animator (see `setIgnoreExceptions(boolean)`), to print the exceptions' stack traces for diagnostic information. Defaults to false.

### setRunAsFastAsPossible

    public final void setRunAsFastAsPossible(boolean runFast)

  Sets a flag in this Animator indicating that it is to run as fast as possible. By default there is a brief pause in the animation loop which prevents the CPU from getting swamped. This method may not have an effect on subclasses.

### display

    protected void display()

  Called every frame to cause redrawing of all of the GLAutoDrawables this Animator manages. Subclasses should call this to get the most optimized painting behavior for the set of components this Animator manages, in particular when multiple lightweight widgets are continually being redrawn.

### start

    public void start()

  Starts this animator.

### isAnimating

    public boolean isAnimating()

  Indicates whether this animator is currently running. This should only be used as a heuristic to applications because in some circumstances the Animator may be in the process of shutting down and this method will still return true.

### stop

    public void stop()

  Stops this animator. In most situations this method blocks until completion, except when called from the animation thread itself or in some cases from an implementation-internal thread like the AWT event queue thread.

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