Project goal

The goal of this project is to provide a powerful and extensible animation library for Java applications. It requires Java 6+ at compile and runtime, and is available under BSD license. Use links on the left sidebar to navigate to projects mailing lists, forums, download section, issue tracker and source code repository.

Trident basic concepts

• Hello world
• Interpolating fields
• Timeline life cycle
• Duration fraction and timeline position

Supporting Java UI toolkits

• Special utilities for UI toolkits
• Simple Swing example
• Simple SWT example
• More complex Swing example
• More complex SWT example

Timeline scenarios

• Timeline scenario introduction
• Timeline scenario Swing example

Key frames

• Key frames overview
• Key frames SWT example

Extending the core behavior

• Extension points
• Custom pulse source
• Custom property interpolators
• Supporting additional Java-based UI toolkits

Getting in touch

• If you found an exception in Trident, file a bug report in the project issue tracker
• If you have any questions or suggestions about Trident, the user mailing list is the place