Class Fader

{
     //  Constructors

  public Fader( );
  public Fader( Color bgColor , Color fgColor , int diff , int rest );

     //  Methods

  public void setBackground( Color bgColor );
  public void setForeground( Color fgColor );
  public void setFont( Font font );
  public int setPause( int rest );
  public int Reset( );
  public boolean getFadeCompleted( );
  public int Fade( );
  public void FadeIn( );
  public Color getFadeColor( );
  public void drawFade( Graphics g , int W , int H , String m );
}

The Fader class can be used to handle the fundamentals of text
fading. The class can do the actual drawing to the canvas if you choose,
but it does not support double buffering. You can implement the drawing
to the canvas yourself by using the getFadeColor( ) results, which
will tell you what the current color of the fading message should be.


 Constructors 

 Fader 
  public Fader( );

   This is the default constructor for the Fader class.
   The Background color will be set to black.
   The Foreground color will be set to white.
   The current FadeColor will be set to the Background color.
   The diff value will be set to 5.
   The rest value will be set to 10.

 Fader 
  public Fader( Color bgColor , Color fgColor , int diff , int rest );

   This is the user-defined constructor for the Fader class.

     Parameters: 
       bgColor - the Color for the background of the canvas
       fgColor - the Color for the Fade to complete at
       diff    - the number of steps to move the current FadeColor value
                 along the 255 color values of each R, G, B pair.
       rest    - the number of timer threads to wait between each color shift


 Methods 

 setBackground
  public void setBackground( Color bgColor );

   This is used to set the background color of the canvas

     Parameters: 
      bgColor - the background color of the canvas

 setForeground 
  public void setForeground( Color fgColor );

   This is used to set the color the fading message will climax at

     Parameters: 
      fgColor - the ending fade color

setFont
  public void setFont( Font font );

   This is used to set the Font for the message

     Parameters: 
        font - a Font object

 setPause 
  public void setPause( int rest );

   This is used to set the number of timer threads to pause between each color shift

     Parameters: 
      rest - an integer representing the delay between color shifts

 Reset 
  public void Reset( );

   This will reset the state of the Fader to not completed

 getFadeCompleted 
  public boolean getFadeCompleted( )

   This method will return the current state of the Fader , completed or not completed

 Fade 
  public int Fade( );

   This method will update the current FadeColor, and return a value representing
   the number of timer threads to pause between color shifts. The number of fades will be
   the value of rest during fade shits, 10 * rest at the climax of the fade,
   and 5 * rest at the completion of the fade

      Returns: 
         The number of timer threads to pause

 FadeIn
  public void FadeIn( );

   This method will update the current fade color as above, but it will
   only fade into the fgColor then stop.

 getFadeColor 
  public FadeColor( );

   This method will return the current color value of the fade
   which is in progress.

      Returns: 
         A color object representing the current color of the fading message

drawFade
  public void drawFade( Graphics g , int W , int H , String m );

   This method will draw the fading text to the canvas of the
   applet or application. It does not support double-buffering.
   If you want to implement double-buffering you must use the return
   values of getFadeCompleted( ) and getFadeColor( ).

     Parameters: 
       g - the applet or applications Graphics object
       W - the width of the applet/canvas
       H - the height of the applet/canvas
       m - the message to fade