FLOCKS: PROGRAMMER’S MANUAL

To Compile the Program:

To compile the program, you must type javac Main.java, and all these files must be included:

BouncerFactory.java Animatable.java AnimationCanvas.java Canvas.java

Flock.java AnimationController.java FlockBird.java Bird.java Main.java BirdFactory.java Paintable.java Bouncer.java README

The Program Design:

The way the program currently runs, it implements the classes Canvas and Animateable to create a world in which animated flocks can fly around, created by the help of BirdFactory and Bird/FlockBird/Flock.java, and it the world is held and packed together by Main and another underground class, Paintable.java.

The Program Design(detailed):

Animatable.java : When implemented, supplies functions that actually call for animation.

AnimationCanvas.java: Makes the canvas a world on which flocks can fly.

Canvas.java: The basic canvas for drawing from java.awt.

Flock.java: My attempt to upgrade the flock behavior…in progress…

AnimationController.java: Tells animate function how and when to work when passed

Animatiable objects…

FlockBird.java: A bird that is created for homogenous properties of a flock

Bird.java.: the basic random bird

Main.java: Holds all functions that together run the program

Paintable.java: Provides basic awt draw functions

Interaction:

The main interaction right now is only the mouseclickedevent, which allows a flock to be created.

Features Remaining:

There are many. I still need to create flocks that know more about themselves, that follow more than just the one rule in a effect, radio buttons, a more user friendly interface, more than just flocks that fly across the screen, etc. There is currently much much more to come.