Task: Animation

C: #include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <gtk/gtk.h>

const gchar *hello = "Hello World! ";
gint direction = -1;
gint cx=0;
gint slen=0;

GtkLabel *label;

void change_dir(GtkLayout *o, gpointer d)
{
  direction = -direction;
}

gchar *rotateby(const gchar *t, gint q, gint l)
{
  gint i, cl = l, j;
  gchar *r = malloc(l+1);
  for(i=q, j=0; cl > 0; cl--, i = (i + 1)%l, j++)
    r[j] = t[i];
  r[l] = 0;
  return r;
}

gboolean scroll_it(gpointer data)
{
  if ( direction > 0 )
    cx = (cx + 1) % slen;
  else
    cx = (cx + slen - 1 ) % slen;
  gchar *scrolled = rotateby(hello, cx, slen);
  gtk_label_set_text(label, scrolled);
  free(scrolled);
  return TRUE;
}


int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
  GtkWidget *win;
  GtkButton *button;
  PangoFontDescription *pd;

  gtk_init(&argc, &argv);
  win = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
  gtk_window_set_title(GTK_WINDOW(win), "Basic Animation");
  g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(win), "delete-event", gtk_main_quit, NULL);

  label = (GtkLabel *)gtk_label_new(hello);

  
  
  pd = pango_font_description_new();
  pango_font_description_set_family(pd, "monospace");
  gtk_widget_modify_font(GTK_WIDGET(label), pd);

  button = (GtkButton *)gtk_button_new();
  gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(button), GTK_WIDGET(label));

  gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(win), GTK_WIDGET(button));
  g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(button), "clicked", G_CALLBACK(change_dir), NULL);

  slen = strlen(hello);

  g_timeout_add(125, scroll_it, NULL);
  
  gtk_widget_show_all(GTK_WIDGET(win));
  gtk_main();
  return 0;
}





Java: import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import java.util.Timer;
import java.util.TimerTask;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.WindowConstants;

public class Rotate {

    private static class State {
        private final String text = "Hello World! ";
        private int startIndex = 0;
        private boolean rotateRight = true;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        State state = new State();

        JLabel label = new JLabel(state.text);
        label.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
            @Override
            public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent event) {
                state.rotateRight = !state.rotateRight;
            }
        });

        TimerTask task = new TimerTask() {
            public void run() {
                int delta = state.rotateRight ? 1 : -1;
                state.startIndex = (state.startIndex + state.text.length() + delta) % state.text.length();
                label.setText(rotate(state.text, state.startIndex));
            }
        };
        Timer timer = new Timer(false);
        timer.schedule(task, 0, 500);

        JFrame rot = new JFrame();
        rot.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
        rot.add(label);
        rot.pack();
        rot.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        rot.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
            @Override
            public void windowClosed(WindowEvent e) {
                timer.cancel();
            }
        });
        rot.setVisible(true);
    }

    private static String rotate(String text, int startIdx) {
        char[] rotated = new char[text.length()];
        for (int i = 0; i < text.length(); i++) {
            rotated[i] = text.charAt((i + startIdx) % text.length());
        }
        return String.valueOf(rotated);
    }
}