Do Transitions really need to be final?

[Michael Heinrichs]

Sorry, I did not notice. I just fixed it.

- Michael


On 19.12.2011, at 14:31, Dr. Michael Paus wrote:

> Am 19.12.2011 13:22, schrieb Michael Heinrichs:
>> Hi Dan,
>> 
>> the Transition classes are final, because they were not designed to be extended.
>> 
>> There is a request in JIRA to add more events to Animation, which would introduce them also in all Transition classes. Can you please take a look and comment on which events you are missing. http://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-14455
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>> The suggested way to add custom transitions is to extend the Transition class (there is an example in the JavaDocs). I have to admit though, that this story is not finished yet, because of the missing events. Hopefully I will be allowed to add them in the 2.1 release.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Michael
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>> 
>> On 17.12.2011, at 08:25, Daniel Zwolenski wrote:
>> 
>>> Hey Guys,
>>> 
>>> Just wondering if there is a reason for the various transition classes
>>> (FadeTransition, PathTransition, etc) being final? I'm guessing it's some
>>> sort of performance thing but I can't really see it.
>>> 
>>> The reason I ask is because I just went to create a FadeTransition that
>>> also implemented a custom interface (in my case EntryTranstion, which has a
>>> setupBeforeAnimation method on it, and a few other things) and discovered I
>>> couldn't.
>>> 
>>> I could also see it being useful to be able to extend transitions to form a
>>> library of transition classes. I could use a factory, but it would seem
>>> more inline with what's there if I could create a CircularPathTransition
>>> that extended PathTransition, etc.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Dan
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