Adding effect for patienting when waiting for AI answer

src/main/java/avatartranslator/AvatarSignal.java

@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@ public class AvatarSignal extends AvatarMethod {
         }
         return cumul;
 	}*/
-    //fin DG 
+    //fin DG
+
+
 	public AvatarSignal advancedClone(AvatarStateMachineOwner _block) {
 		AvatarSignal as = new AvatarSignal(getName(), getInOut(), getReferenceObject());
 		setAdvancedClone(as, _block);

src/main/java/ui/util/IconManager.java

@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ package ui.util;
 import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
+import java.awt.image.AffineTransformOp;
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
 
 
 /**
@@ -1329,4 +1334,24 @@ public class IconManager {
         imgic8030 = getIcon(icon8030);
     }
 
+
+
+    public static ImageIcon rotateImageIcon(ImageIcon icon, double degrees) {
+        int w = icon.getIconWidth();
+        int h = icon.getIconHeight();
+        int type = BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB;  // Other options
+        BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(h, w, type);
+        Graphics2D g2 = image.createGraphics();
+        double x = (h - w)/2.0;
+        double y = (h - w)/2.0;
+        AffineTransform at = AffineTransform.getTranslateInstance(x, y);
+        at.rotate(Math.toRadians(degrees), w/2.0, h/2.0);
+        g2.setBackground(Color.white);
+        g2.drawImage(icon.getImage(), at, null);
+        g2.dispose();
+        icon = new ImageIcon(image);
+        return icon;
+    }
+
+
 } // Class

src/main/java/ui/window/JFrameAI.java

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
 import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
 import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 
 
 /**
@@ -102,13 +103,13 @@ public class JFrameAI extends JFrame implements ActionListener, Runnable {
     private String KNOWLEDGE_ON_JSON_FOR_BLOCKS = "JSON for block diagram is as follows: " +
             "{blocks: [{ \"name\": \"Name of block\", \"attributes\": [\"name\": \"name of attribute\", \"type\": \"int or boolean\" ...}" + " same" +
             "(with its parameters : int, boolean ; and its return type : nothing, int or boolean)" +
-            "and signals (with its list of parameters : int or boolean ; and each signal is either an output signal or an input signal), ..." +
+            "and signals (with its list of parameters : int or boolean, and a type (input, output)" +
             " then the list of connections between block signals: \"connections\": [\n" +"{\n" + " \"sourceBlock\": \"name of block\",\n" +
             " \"sourceSignal\": \"name of output signal\",\n" +
             " \"destinationBlock\": \"name of destination block\",\n" +
             " \"destinationSignal\": \"rechargeBattery\",\n" +
             " \"communicationType\": \"synchronous (or asynchronous)\"\n" +
-            "},";
+            "}. A connection must connect one output signal of a block to one input signal of a block";
 
     private String QUESTION_IDENTIFY_SYSTEM_BLOCKS = "From the following system specification, using the specified JSON format, identify the " +
             "typical system blocks. All this in JSON.\n";
@@ -133,7 +134,9 @@ public class JFrameAI extends JFrame implements ActionListener, Runnable {
 
     private boolean go = false;
 
-    private class ChatData {
+    private HashMap<Integer, ImageIcon> rotatedI = new HashMap<>();
+
+    private class ChatData implements Runnable {
         public AIInterface aiinterface;
         public boolean knowledgeOnProperties = false;
         public boolean knowledgeOnBlockJSON = false;
@@ -141,6 +144,9 @@ public class JFrameAI extends JFrame implements ActionListener, Runnable {
         public String lastAnswer = "";
         public int previousKind;
         public TDiagramPanel tdp;
+        public boolean doIconRotation = false;
+        private Thread t;
+
 
         public ChatData() {}
 
@@ -148,8 +154,49 @@ public class JFrameAI extends JFrame implements ActionListener, Runnable {
             lastAnswer = "";
             answer.setText("");
         }
+
+        public void startAnimation() {
+            doIconRotation = true;
+            t = new Thread(this);
+            t.start();
+        }
+
+        public void stopAnimation() {
+            doIconRotation = false;
+            if (t != null) {
+                t.interrupt();
+            }
+            t = null;
+        }
+
+
+        public void run() {
+            int angle = 0;
+
+            while( doIconRotation ) {
+                angle = (angle - 15) % 360;
+                ImageIcon rotated = rotatedI.get(angle);
+                if ( rotated == null ) {
+                    rotated = IconManager.rotateImageIcon(IconManager.imgic154, angle);
+                    rotatedI.put(angle, rotated);
+                }
+
+                setIcon(this, rotated);
+                try {
+                    Thread.currentThread().sleep(100);
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    TraceManager.addDev("Interrupted");
+                    doIconRotation = false;
+                };
+            }
+            setIcon(this, IconManager.imgic154);
+        }
     }
 
+    public void setIcon(ChatData _data, Icon newIcon) {
+        int index = chats.indexOf(_data);
+        answerPane.setIconAt(index, newIcon);
+    }
 
     private JButton buttonClose, buttonStart, buttonApplyResponse;
 
@@ -325,6 +372,9 @@ public class JFrameAI extends JFrame implements ActionListener, Runnable {
 
 
     private void close() {
+        for(ChatData data: chats) {
+            data.stopAnimation();
+        }
         dispose();
     }
 
@@ -480,6 +530,8 @@ public class JFrameAI extends JFrame implements ActionListener, Runnable {
     }
 
     public void run() {
+        ChatData selected = selectedChat();
+        selected.startAnimation();
         go = true;
         enableDisableActions();
 
@@ -506,6 +558,7 @@ public class JFrameAI extends JFrame implements ActionListener, Runnable {
         }
 
         go = false;
+        selected.stopAnimation();
         enableDisableActions();
     }