kdelibs/plasma/animator.h

/*
 *   Copyright 2007 Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
 *                 2007 Alexis Ménard <darktears31@gmail.com>
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#ifndef PLASMA_ANIMATOR_H
#define PLASMA_ANIMATOR_H

#include <QtGui/QImage>
#include <QtCore/QObject>
#include <QtCore/QAbstractAnimation>
#include <QtCore/QEasingCurve>

#include <plasma/plasma_export.h>

#include <QGraphicsItem>
#include <QGraphicsWidget>
#include <QTimeLine>

namespace Plasma
{

class AnimatorPrivate;
class Animation;

/**
 * @class Animator plasma/animator.h <Plasma/Animator>
 *
 * @short A system for applying effects to Plasma elements
 */
class PLASMA_EXPORT Animator : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT
    Q_ENUMS(Animation)
    Q_ENUMS(CurveShape)
    Q_ENUMS(Movement)

public:

    enum Animation {
        AppearAnimation = 0, /*<< Animate the appearance of an element */
        DisappearAnimation,  /*<< Animate the disappearance of an element */
        ActivateAnimation,    /*<< When something is activated or launched,
                                such as an app icon being clicked */
        FadeAnimation, /*<< Can be used for both fade in and out */
        GrowAnimation, /*<< Grow animated object geometry */
        PulseAnimation, /*<< Pulse animated object (opacity/geometry/scale) */
        RotationAnimation, /*<< Rotate an animated object */
        RotationStackedAnimation, /*<< for flipping one object with another */
        SlideAnimation, /*<< Move the position of animated object */
        GeometryAnimation, /*<< Geometry animation*/
        ZoomAnimation, /*<<Zoom animation */
        PixmapTransitionAnimation, /*<< Transition between two pixmaps*/
        WaterAnimation /*<< Water animation using ripple effect */,
        LastAnimation = 1024
    };

    enum CurveShape {
        EaseInCurve = 0,
        EaseOutCurve,
        EaseInOutCurve,
        LinearCurve,
        PendularCurve
    };

    enum Movement {
        SlideInMovement = 0,
        SlideOutMovement,
        FastSlideInMovement,
        FastSlideOutMovement
    };

    /**
     * Singleton accessor
     **/

    /**
     * Factory to build new animation objects. To control their behavior,
     * check \ref AbstractAnimation properties.
     * @since 4.4
     **/
    static Plasma::Animation *create(Animator::Animation type, QObject *parent = 0);

    /**
     * Factory to build new animation objects from Javascript files. To control their behavior,
     * check \ref AbstractAnimation properties.
     * @since 4.5
     **/
    static Plasma::Animation *create(const QString &animationName, QObject *parent = 0);

    /**
     * Factory to build new custom easing curves.
     * @since 4.5
     */
    static QEasingCurve create(Animator::CurveShape type);

    /**
     * Starts a standard animation on a QGraphicsItem.
     *
     * @param item the item to animate in some fashion
     * @param anim the type of animation to perform
     * @return the id of the animation
     * @deprecated use new Animator API with Qt Kinetic
     **/

    /**
     * Stops an item animation before the animation is complete.
     * Note that it is not necessary to call
     * this on normal completion of the animation.
     *
     * @param id the id of the animation as returned by animateItem
     * @deprecated use new Animator API with Qt Kinetic
     */

    /**
     * Starts a standard animation on a QGraphicsItem.
     *
     * @param item the item to animate in some fashion
     * @param anim the type of animation to perform
     * @return the id of the animation
     * @deprecated use new Animator API with Qt Kinetic
     **/

    /**
     * Stops an item movement before the animation is complete.
     * Note that it is not necessary to call
     * this on normal completion of the animation.
     *
     * @param id the id of the animation as returned by moveItem
     * @deprecated use new Animator API with Qt Kinetic
     */

    /**
     * Starts a custom animation, preventing the need to create a timeline
     * with its own timer tick.
     *
     * @param frames the number of frames this animation should persist for
     * @param duration the length, in milliseconds, the animation will take
     * @param curve the curve applied to the frame rate
     * @param receive the object that will handle the actual animation
     * @param method the method name of slot to be invoked on each update.
     *             It must take a qreal. So if the slot is animate(qreal),
     *             pass in "animate" as the method parameter.
     *             It has an optional integer paramenter that takes an
     *             integer that reapresents the animation id, useful if
     *             you want to manage multiple animations with a sigle slot
     *
     * @return an id that can be used to identify this animation.
     * @deprecated use new Animator API with Qt Kinetic
     */

    /**
     * Stops a custom animation. Note that it is not necessary to call
     * this on object destruction, as custom animations associated with
     * a given QObject are cleaned up automatically on QObject destruction.
     *
     * @param id the id of the animation as returned by customAnimation
     * @deprecated use new Animator API with Qt Kinetic
     */


    /**
     * Can be used to query if there are other animations happening. This way
     * heavy operations can be delayed until all animations are finished.
     * @return true if there are animations going on.
     * @since 4.1
     * @deprecated use new Animator API with Qt Kinetic
     */

    /**
     * Register a widget as a scrolling widget.
     * This function is deprecated:
     * use a ScrollWidget, with setWidget() as your widget instead.
     *
     * @param widget the widget that offers a scrolling behaviour
     * @since 4.4
     */

    /**
     * unregister the scrolling manager of a certain widget
     * This function is deprecated: use ScrollWidget instead.
     *
     * @param widget the widget we don't want no longer animated
     * @since 4.4
     */

Q_SIGNALS:
    void animationFinished(QGraphicsItem *item, Plasma::Animator::Animation anim);
    void movementFinished(QGraphicsItem *item);
    void elementAnimationFinished(int id);
    void customAnimationFinished(int id);


private:
    Animator();

    friend class AnimatorPrivate;
    AnimatorPrivate * const d;
};

} // namespace Plasma

#endif