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1   /*
2   
3       dsh-piccolo-sprite  Piccolo2D sprite nodes and supporting classes.
4       Copyright (c) 2006-2013 held jointly by the individual authors.
5   
6       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
7       under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
8       by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
9       your option) any later version.
10  
11      This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
12      ANY WARRANTY; with out even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
13      FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public
14      License for more details.
15  
16      You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
17      along with this library;  if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
18      Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307  USA.
19  
20      > http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/lgpl.html
21      > http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.php
22  
23  */
24  package org.dishevelled.piccolo.sprite;
25  
26  import java.awt.Image;
27  
28  /**
29   * One or more images as frames in an animation.
30   *
31   * @author  Michael Heuer
32   * @version $Revision$ $Date$
33   */
34  public interface Animation
35  {
36  
37      /**
38       * Advance this animation one frame.
39       *
40       * @return true if consumers of this animation should schedule a repaint
41       */
42      boolean advance();
43  
44      /**
45       * Return the current frame for this animation.
46       * The current frame will not be null.
47       *
48       * @return the current frame for this animation
49       */
50      Image getCurrentFrame();
51  }