diff -r 000000000000 -r 1450b09d0cfd ginebra2/VisibilityAnimator.cpp
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+++ b/ginebra2/VisibilityAnimator.cpp	Tue May 04 12:39:35 2010 +0300
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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+* All rights reserved.
+* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+* under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
+* which accompanies this distribution, and is available
+* at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
+*
+* Initial Contributors:
+* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
+*
+* Contributors:
+*
+* Description: 
+*
+*/
+
+
+#include "VisibilityAnimator.h"
+#include <QTimeLine>
+
+// NB: These includes go away when plugins are implemented
+
+#include "animators/FadeAnimator.h"
+#include "animators/SlideAnimator.h"
+
+namespace GVA {
+
+VisibilityAnimator::~VisibilityAnimator(){
+  delete m_timeLine;
+}
+
+// NB: Replace factory implementation with hash table populated by plugin discovery
+
+VisibilityAnimator * VisibilityAnimator:: create(const QString & name, ChromeSnippet* snippet){
+  if(name.compare("G_VISIBILITY_SLIDE_ANIMATOR") == 0){
+    return new SlideAnimator(snippet);
+  }
+  if(name.compare("G_VISIBILITY_FADE_ANIMATOR") == 0){
+    return new FadeAnimator(snippet);
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+void VisibilityAnimator::setVisible(bool visible, bool animate){
+  m_visible = visible;
+  if(!animate) {
+    updateVisibility((m_visible)?0.0:1.0);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if(!m_timeLine) {
+    m_timeLine = new QTimeLine(500); //Default to .5 sec
+    connect(m_timeLine, SIGNAL(valueChanged(qreal)),
+	    this, SLOT(updateVisibility(qreal)));
+    connect(m_timeLine, SIGNAL(finished()),
+	    this, SLOT(onFinished()));
+  }
+  else {
+    m_timeLine->stop();
+  }
+  
+  if(!m_visible) {
+    m_timeLine->setDirection(QTimeLine::Forward);
+  }
+  else {
+    m_timeLine->setDirection(QTimeLine::Backward);
+    m_timeLine->setStartFrame(m_timeLine->endFrame());
+  }
+
+  emit started(m_visible);
+  m_timeLine->start();
+}
+  
+void VisibilityAnimator::onFinished()
+{
+  emit finished(m_visible);
+}
+}