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package android.animation;


Interface for use with the ValueAnimator.setEvaluator(TypeEvaluator) function. Evaluators allow developers to create animations on arbitrary property types, by allowing them to supply custom evaluators for types that are not automatically understood and used by the animation system. 
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/**
 * Interface for use with the {@link ValueAnimator#setEvaluator(TypeEvaluator)} function. Evaluators
 * allow developers to create animations on arbitrary property types, by allowing them to supply
 * custom evaluators for types that are not automatically understood and used by the animation
 * system.
 *
 * @see ValueAnimator#setEvaluator(TypeEvaluator)
 */
public interface TypeEvaluator<T> {

    
This function returns the result of linearly interpolating the start and end values, with
fraction representing the proportion between the start and end values. The
calculation is a simple parametric calculation: result = x0 + t * (x1 - x0),
where x0 is startValue, x1 is endValue,
and t is fraction.

Params:
  • fraction –   The fraction from the starting to the ending values
  • startValue – The start value.
  • endValue –   The end value.
Returns:A linear interpolation between the start and end values, given the
        fraction parameter.
/**
     * This function returns the result of linearly interpolating the start and end values, with
     * <code>fraction</code> representing the proportion between the start and end values. The
     * calculation is a simple parametric calculation: <code>result = x0 + t * (x1 - x0)</code>,
     * where <code>x0</code> is <code>startValue</code>, <code>x1</code> is <code>endValue</code>,
     * and <code>t</code> is <code>fraction</code>.
     *
     * @param fraction   The fraction from the starting to the ending values
     * @param startValue The start value.
     * @param endValue   The end value.
     * @return A linear interpolation between the start and end values, given the
     *         <code>fraction</code> parameter.
     */
    public T evaluate(float fraction, T startValue, T endValue);

}