/*
 * Copyright 2016-2021 MicroEJ Corp. All rights reserved.
 * This library is provided in source code for use, modification and test, subject to license terms.
 * Any modification of the source code will break MicroEJ Corp. warranties on the whole library.
 */
package ej.mwt.animation;

/**
 * An animation is responsible for animating a element (usually a visual one).
 */
public interface Animation {

    /**
     * Called regularly by an animator.
     * <p>
     * The given time is based on {@link ej.bon.Util#platformTimeMillis()} which is monotonic.
     * <p>
     * This method is executed in the MicroUI thread.
     *
     * @param platformTimeMillis
     *            the time in milliseconds.
     * @return <code>true</code> if the animation continue, <code>false</code> if the animation must stop.
     */
    boolean tick(long platformTimeMillis);
}