[Publications] [Software Engineering Research Group] [Department of Computer Science] [University of British Columbia]
Reusable Interactions for Animation
Gene S. Lee
In Proceedings of the Fifth
International Conference on Software Reuse (Victoria, British
Columbia, Canada; 2--5 June 1998), IEEE Computer Society Press,
pp. 320--329, 1998.
Abstract
This paper identifies reusable interactions and presents them as an
important construct for development and reuse in computer animation.
A reusable interaction manages the flow of information between components.
Uncommonly discussed in animation and other software disciplines, they are
first-class entities that adapt easily, organize hierarchically, and
operate dynamically. A novel approach for computer animation that
employs reusable interactions is presented in the form of the
RASP toolkit. The toolkit provides tools to manage and to organize
interactions between application components over time. Arranged
in a hierarchy, the tools promote multiple levels of reuse. Each
level introducing greater means to coordinate the interactions
and to reuse them appropriately.
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