bufferedimage - Animating Frames -

which class should use animate set of frames?i did this.it worked well.that animate picture.which class best?

public jlabel frame; public image[] frames;  public bird() {     frames = new image[5];     frames[0] = gettoolkit().getimage("resources\\bird_swing_up2.png");     frames[1] = gettoolkit().getimage("resources\\bird_swing_up.png");     frames[2] = gettoolkit().getimage("resources\\bird_swing_down.png");     frames[3] = gettoolkit().getimage("resources\\bird_swing_up.png");     frames[4] = gettoolkit().getimage("resources\\bird_swing_up2.png");  } 

i animate in class this?is ok?is method better way do?

private image city; private image ground; private int x = 0; private timer speedcontroller;  private bird bird; private timer timer; int = 0;   public board() {     super();     ground = gettoolkit().getimage("resources\\ground.png");     city = gettoolkit().getimage("resources\\city.png");     speedcontroller = new timer(5, new groundspeed());     speedcontroller.start();      bird = new bird();     timer = new timer(50, new fly());     timer.start(); }  public void paintcomponent(graphics g){     super.paintcomponent(g);     g.drawimage(city, 0, 0, 1082, 450, this);     g.drawimage(ground, x, 372, this);     g.drawimage(ground, x + 350, 372, this);     g.drawimage(bird.frames[i], 100, 100, this);       if(x == -350){         x = 0;     } }  public class groundspeed implements actionlistener{      @override     public void actionperformed(actionevent e) {         x--;         repaint();     }  }   public class fly implements actionlistener {      @override     public void actionperformed(actionevent e) {         //frame = new jlabel(frames[i]);         i++;         if(i == 4){             = 0;         }         repaint();     }  } 

hmm.. unfortunately, there no magical class in java that, meaning have write own animation mechanism.

there 2 main techniques creating animations:

• frame-based animation
• time-based animation

timee-based animation preferable! 1 of best stuff there subject available here. shares jsfiddle examples demonstrating every technique explained in post.

not long ago i translated code c++/qt: