plasma-framework/animations/animation.h

/*
 *   Copyright 2009 Mehmet Ali Akmanalp <makmanalp@wpi.edu>
 *
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/**
 * @file This file contains the abstract base class for all singular
 * animations.
 */

#ifndef PLASMA_ANIMATION_H
#define PLASMA_ANIMATION_H

#include <QGraphicsWidget>
#include <QObject>
#include <QPropertyAnimation>

#include <plasma/animations/abstractanimation.h>
#include <plasma/plasma_export.h>

namespace Plasma
{

class AnimationPrivate;

/**
 * Abstract representation of a single animation.
 */
class PLASMA_EXPORT Animation : public AbstractAnimation
{

    Q_OBJECT

public:

    Animation(QObject* parent = 0);
    virtual ~Animation() = 0;

    /**
     * Start the animation.
     */
    virtual void start();

    /**
     * Take the animation object and turn it into a QPropertyAnimation. Returns
     * NULL on error. This function just does some boilerplate checking and then
     * calls render().
     */
    QAbstractAnimation* toQAbstractAnimation(QObject* parent = 0);

protected:

    /**
     * Change the animation duration. Default is 1000ms.
     * @arg duration The new duration of the animation.
     */
    virtual void setDuration(int duration = 250);

    /**
     * Each individual class must override this function to place their main
     * functionality. This function must take the values from the constructor,
     * do the appropriate calculations, and return a corresponding
     * QPropertyAnimation initialized with the given parent.
     */
    virtual QAbstractAnimation* render(QObject* parent = 0) = 0;

    /**
     * Get the animation duration.
     * @return duration in ms.
     */
    int getDuration();

private:

    AnimationPrivate *d;
};

} //namespace Plasma

#endif