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/**
 * @module CreateJS
 */

// namespace:
this.createjs = this.createjs||{};

(function() {
	"use strict";


// constructor:
	/**
	 * The Ticker provides a centralized tick or heartbeat broadcast at a set interval. Listeners can subscribe to the tick
	 * event to be notified when a set time interval has elapsed.
	 *
	 * Note that the interval that the tick event is called is a target interval, and may be broadcast at a slower interval
	 * when under high CPU load. The Ticker class uses a static interface (ex. `Ticker.framerate = 30;`) and
	 * can not be instantiated.
	 *
	 * <h4>Example</h4>
	 *
	 *      createjs.Ticker.addEventListener("tick", handleTick);
	 *      function handleTick(event) {
	 *          // Actions carried out each tick (aka frame)
	 *          if (!event.paused) {
	 *              // Actions carried out when the Ticker is not paused.
	 *          }
	 *      }
	 *
	 * @class Ticker
	 * @uses EventDispatcher
	 * @static
	 **/
	function Ticker() {
		throw "Ticker cannot be instantiated.";
	}


// constants:
	/**
	 * In this mode, Ticker uses the requestAnimationFrame API, but attempts to synch the ticks to target framerate. It
	 * uses a simple heuristic that compares the time of the RAF return to the target time for the current frame and
	 * dispatches the tick when the time is within a certain threshold.
	 *
	 * This mode has a higher variance for time between frames than {{#crossLink "Ticker/TIMEOUT:property"}}{{/crossLink}},
	 * but does not require that content be time based as with {{#crossLink "Ticker/RAF:property"}}{{/crossLink}} while
	 * gaining the benefits of that API (screen synch, background throttling).
	 *
	 * Variance is usually lowest for framerates that are a divisor of the RAF frequency. This is usually 60, so
	 * framerates of 10, 12, 15, 20, and 30 work well.
	 *
	 * Falls back to {{#crossLink "Ticker/TIMEOUT:property"}}{{/crossLink}} if the requestAnimationFrame API is not
	 * supported.
	 * @property RAF_SYNCHED
	 * @static
	 * @type {String}
	 * @default "synched"
	 * @readonly
	 **/
	Ticker.RAF_SYNCHED = "synched";

	/**
	 * In this mode, Ticker passes through the requestAnimationFrame heartbeat, ignoring the target framerate completely.
	 * Because requestAnimationFrame frequency is not deterministic, any content using this mode should be time based.
	 * You can leverage {{#crossLink "Ticker/getTime"}}{{/crossLink}} and the {{#crossLink "Ticker/tick:event"}}{{/crossLink}}
	 * event object's "delta" properties to make this easier.
	 *
	 * Falls back on {{#crossLink "Ticker/TIMEOUT:property"}}{{/crossLink}} if the requestAnimationFrame API is not
	 * supported.
	 * @property RAF
	 * @static
	 * @type {String}
	 * @default "raf"
	 * @readonly
	 **/
	Ticker.RAF = "raf";

	/**
	 * In this mode, Ticker uses the setTimeout API. This provides predictable, adaptive frame timing, but does not
	 * provide the benefits of requestAnimationFrame (screen synch, background throttling).
	 * @property TIMEOUT
	 * @static
	 * @type {String}
	 * @default "timeout"
	 * @readonly
	 **/
	Ticker.TIMEOUT = "timeout";


// static events:
	/**
	 * Dispatched each tick. The event will be dispatched to each listener even when the Ticker has been paused using
	 * {{#crossLink "Ticker/paused:property"}}{{/crossLink}}.
	 *
	 * <h4>Example</h4>
	 *
	 *      createjs.Ticker.addEventListener("tick", handleTick);
	 *      function handleTick(event) {
	 *          console.log("Paused:", event.paused, event.delta);
	 *      }
	 *
	 * @event tick
	 * @param {Object} target The object that dispatched the event.
	 * @param {String} type The event type.
	 * @param {Boolean} paused Indicates whether the ticker is currently paused.
	 * @param {Number} delta The time elapsed in ms since the last tick.
	 * @param {Number} time The total time in ms since Ticker was initialized.
	 * @param {Number} runTime The total time in ms that Ticker was not paused since it was initialized. For example,
	 * 	you could determine the amount of time that the Ticker has been paused since initialization with `time-runTime`.
	 * @since 0.6.0
	 */


// public static properties:
	/**
	 * Specifies the timing api (setTimeout or requestAnimationFrame) and mode to use. See
	 * {{#crossLink "Ticker/TIMEOUT:property"}}{{/crossLink}}, {{#crossLink "Ticker/RAF:property"}}{{/crossLink}}, and
	 * {{#crossLink "Ticker/RAF_SYNCHED:property"}}{{/crossLink}} for mode details.
	 * @property timingMode
	 * @static
	 * @type {String}
	 * @default Ticker.TIMEOUT
	 **/
	Ticker.timingMode = null;

	/**
	 * Specifies a maximum value for the delta property in the tick event object. This is useful when building time
	 * based animations and systems to prevent issues caused by large time gaps caused by background tabs, system sleep,
	 * alert dialogs, or other blocking routines. Double the expected frame duration is often an effective value
	 * (ex. maxDelta=50 when running at 40fps).
	 * 
	 * This does not impact any other values (ex. time, runTime, etc), so you may experience issues if you enable maxDelta
	 * when using both delta and other values.
	 * 
	 * If 0, there is no maximum.
	 * @property maxDelta
	 * @static
	 * @type {number}
	 * @default 0
	 */
	Ticker.maxDelta = 0;
	
	/**
	 * When the ticker is paused, all listeners will still receive a tick event, but the <code>paused</code> property
	 * of the event will be `true`. Also, while paused the `runTime` will not increase. See {{#crossLink "Ticker/tick:event"}}{{/crossLink}},
	 * {{#crossLink "Ticker/getTime"}}{{/crossLink}}, and {{#crossLink "Ticker/getEventTime"}}{{/crossLink}} for more
	 * info.
	 *
	 * <h4>Example</h4>
	 *
	 *      createjs.Ticker.addEventListener("tick", handleTick);
	 *      createjs.Ticker.paused = true;
	 *      function handleTick(event) {
	 *          console.log(event.paused,
	 *          	createjs.Ticker.getTime(false),
	 *          	createjs.Ticker.getTime(true));
	 *      }
	 *
	 * @property paused
	 * @static
	 * @type {Boolean}
	 * @default false
	 **/
	Ticker.paused = false;


// mix-ins:
	// EventDispatcher methods:
	Ticker.removeEventListener = null;
	Ticker.removeAllEventListeners = null;
	Ticker.dispatchEvent = null;
	Ticker.hasEventListener = null;
	Ticker._listeners = null;
	createjs.EventDispatcher.initialize(Ticker); // inject EventDispatcher methods.
	Ticker._addEventListener = Ticker.addEventListener;
	Ticker.addEventListener = function() {
		!Ticker._inited&&Ticker.init();
		return Ticker._addEventListener.apply(Ticker, arguments);
	};


// private static properties:
	/**
	 * @property _inited
	 * @static
	 * @type {Boolean}
	 * @private
	 **/
	Ticker._inited = false;

	/**
	 * @property _startTime
	 * @static
	 * @type {Number}
	 * @private
	 **/
	Ticker._startTime = 0;

	/**
	 * @property _pausedTime
	 * @static
	 * @type {Number}
	 * @private
	 **/
	Ticker._pausedTime=0;

	/**
	 * The number of ticks that have passed
	 * @property _ticks
	 * @static
	 * @type {Number}
	 * @private
	 **/
	Ticker._ticks = 0;

	/**
	 * The number of ticks that have passed while Ticker has been paused
	 * @property _pausedTicks
	 * @static
	 * @type {Number}
	 * @private
	 **/
	Ticker._pausedTicks = 0;

	/**
	 * @property _interval
	 * @static
	 * @type {Number}
	 * @private
	 **/
	Ticker._interval = 50;

	/**
	 * @property _lastTime
	 * @static
	 * @type {Number}
	 * @private
	 **/
	Ticker._lastTime = 0;

	/**
	 * @property _times
	 * @static
	 * @type {Array}
	 * @private
	 **/
	Ticker._times = null;

	/**
	 * @property _tickTimes
	 * @static
	 * @type {Array}
	 * @private
	 **/
	Ticker._tickTimes = null;

	/**
	 * Stores the timeout or requestAnimationFrame id.
	 * @property _timerId
	 * @static
	 * @type {Number}
	 * @private
	 **/
	Ticker._timerId = null;
	
	/**
	 * True if currently using requestAnimationFrame, false if using setTimeout. This may be different than timingMode
	 * if that property changed and a tick hasn't fired.
	 * @property _raf
	 * @static
	 * @type {Boolean}
	 * @private
	 **/
	Ticker._raf = true;
	

// static getter / setters:
	/**
	 * Use the {{#crossLink "Ticker/interval:property"}}{{/crossLink}} property instead.
	 * @method _setInterval
	 * @private
	 * @static
	 * @param {Number} interval
	 **/
	Ticker._setInterval = function(interval) {
		Ticker._interval = interval;
		if (!Ticker._inited) { return; }
		Ticker._setupTick();
	};

	/**
	 * Use the {{#crossLink "Ticker/interval:property"}}{{/crossLink}} property instead.
	 * @method setInterval
	 * @deprecated
	 */
	// Ticker.setInterval is @deprecated. Remove for 1.1+
	Ticker.setInterval = createjs.deprecate(Ticker._setInterval, "Ticker.setInterval");

	/**
	 * Use the {{#crossLink "Ticker/interval:property"}}{{/crossLink}} property instead.
	 * @method _getInterval
	 * @private
	 * @static
	 * @return {Number}
	 **/
	Ticker._getInterval = function() {
		return Ticker._interval;
	};

	/**
	 * Use the {{#crossLink "Ticker/interval:property"}}{{/crossLink}} property instead.
	 * @method getInterval
	 * @deprecated
	 */
	// Ticker.getInterval is @deprecated. Remove for 1.1+
	Ticker.getInterval = createjs.deprecate(Ticker._getInterval, "Ticker.getInterval");

	/**
	 * Use the {{#crossLink "Ticker/framerate:property"}}{{/crossLink}} property instead.
	 * @method _setFPS
	 * @private
	 * @static
	 * @param {Number} value
	 **/
	Ticker._setFPS = function(value) {
		Ticker._setInterval(1000/value);
	};

	/**
	 * Use the {{#crossLink "Ticker/framerate:property"}}{{/crossLink}} property instead.
	 * @method setFPS
	 * @deprecated
	 */
	// Ticker.setFPS is @deprecated. Remove for 1.1+
	Ticker.setFPS = createjs.deprecate(Ticker._setFPS, "Ticker.setFPS");

	/**
	 * Use the {{#crossLink "Ticker/framerate:property"}}{{/crossLink}} property instead.
	 * @method _getFPS
	 * @static
	 * @private
	 * @return {Number}
	 **/
	Ticker._getFPS = function() {
		return 1000/Ticker._interval;
	};

	/**
	 * Use the {{#crossLink "Ticker/framerate:property"}}{{/crossLink}} property instead.
	 * @method getFPS
	 * @deprecated
	 */
	// Ticker.getFPS is @deprecated. Remove for 1.1+
	Ticker.getFPS = createjs.deprecate(Ticker._getFPS, "Ticker.getFPS");

	/**
	 * Indicates the target time (in milliseconds) between ticks. Default is 50 (20 FPS).
	 * Note that actual time between ticks may be more than specified depending on CPU load.
	 * This property is ignored if the ticker is using the `RAF` timing mode.
	 * @property interval
	 * @static
	 * @type {Number}
	 **/
	 
	/**
	 * Indicates the target frame rate in frames per second (FPS). Effectively just a shortcut to `interval`, where
	 * `framerate == 1000/interval`.
	 * @property framerate
	 * @static
	 * @type {Number}
	 **/
	try {
		Object.defineProperties(Ticker, {
			interval: { get: Ticker._getInterval, set: Ticker._setInterval },
			framerate: { get: Ticker._getFPS, set: Ticker._setFPS }
		});
	} catch (e) { console.log(e); }


// public static methods:
	/**
	 * Starts the tick. This is called automatically when the first listener is added.
	 * @method init
	 * @static
	 **/
	Ticker.init = function() {
		if (Ticker._inited) { return; }
		Ticker._inited = true;
		Ticker._times = [];
		Ticker._tickTimes = [];
		Ticker._startTime = Ticker._getTime();
		Ticker._times.push(Ticker._lastTime = 0);
		Ticker.interval = Ticker._interval;
	};
	
	/**
	 * Stops the Ticker and removes all listeners. Use init() to restart the Ticker.
	 * @method reset
	 * @static
	 **/
	Ticker.reset = function() {
		if (Ticker._raf) {
			var f = window.cancelAnimationFrame || window.webkitCancelAnimationFrame || window.mozCancelAnimationFrame || window.oCancelAnimationFrame || window.msCancelAnimationFrame;
			f&&f(Ticker._timerId);
		} else {
			clearTimeout(Ticker._timerId);
		}
		Ticker.removeAllEventListeners("tick");
		Ticker._timerId = Ticker._times = Ticker._tickTimes = null;
		Ticker._startTime = Ticker._lastTime = Ticker._ticks = Ticker._pausedTime = 0;
		Ticker._inited = false;
	};

	/**
	 * Returns the average time spent within a tick. This can vary significantly from the value provided by getMeasuredFPS
	 * because it only measures the time spent within the tick execution stack. 
	 * 
	 * Example 1: With a target FPS of 20, getMeasuredFPS() returns 20fps, which indicates an average of 50ms between 
	 * the end of one tick and the end of the next. However, getMeasuredTickTime() returns 15ms. This indicates that 
	 * there may be up to 35ms of "idle" time between the end of one tick and the start of the next.
	 *
	 * Example 2: With a target FPS of 30, {{#crossLink "Ticker/framerate:property"}}{{/crossLink}} returns 10fps, which
	 * indicates an average of 100ms between the end of one tick and the end of the next. However, {{#crossLink "Ticker/getMeasuredTickTime"}}{{/crossLink}}
	 * returns 20ms. This would indicate that something other than the tick is using ~80ms (another script, DOM
	 * rendering, etc).
	 * @method getMeasuredTickTime
	 * @static
	 * @param {Number} [ticks] The number of previous ticks over which to measure the average time spent in a tick.
	 * Defaults to the number of ticks per second. To get only the last tick's time, pass in 1.
	 * @return {Number} The average time spent in a tick in milliseconds.
	 **/
	Ticker.getMeasuredTickTime = function(ticks) {
		var ttl=0, times=Ticker._tickTimes;
		if (!times || times.length < 1) { return -1; }

		// by default, calculate average for the past ~1 second:
		ticks = Math.min(times.length, ticks||(Ticker._getFPS()|0));
		for (var i=0; i<ticks; i++) { ttl += times[i]; }
		return ttl/ticks;
	};

	/**
	 * Returns the actual frames / ticks per second.
	 * @method getMeasuredFPS
	 * @static
	 * @param {Number} [ticks] The number of previous ticks over which to measure the actual frames / ticks per second.
	 * Defaults to the number of ticks per second.
	 * @return {Number} The actual frames / ticks per second. Depending on performance, this may differ
	 * from the target frames per second.
	 **/
	Ticker.getMeasuredFPS = function(ticks) {
		var times = Ticker._times;
		if (!times || times.length < 2) { return -1; }

		// by default, calculate fps for the past ~1 second:
		ticks = Math.min(times.length-1, ticks||(Ticker._getFPS()|0));
		return 1000/((times[0]-times[ticks])/ticks);
	};

	/**
	 * Returns the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since Ticker was initialized via {{#crossLink "Ticker/init"}}.
	 * Returns -1 if Ticker has not been initialized. For example, you could use
	 * this in a time synchronized animation to determine the exact amount of time that has elapsed.
	 * @method getTime
	 * @static
	 * @param {Boolean} [runTime=false] If true only time elapsed while Ticker was not paused will be returned.
	 * If false, the value returned will be total time elapsed since the first tick event listener was added.
	 * @return {Number} Number of milliseconds that have elapsed since Ticker was initialized or -1.
	 **/
	Ticker.getTime = function(runTime) {
		return Ticker._startTime ? Ticker._getTime() - (runTime ? Ticker._pausedTime : 0) : -1;
	};

	/**
	 * Similar to the {{#crossLink "Ticker/getTime"}}{{/crossLink}} method, but returns the time on the most recent {{#crossLink "Ticker/tick:event"}}{{/crossLink}}
	 * event object.
	 * @method getEventTime
	 * @static
	 * @param runTime {Boolean} [runTime=false] If true, the runTime property will be returned instead of time.
	 * @return {number} The time or runTime property from the most recent tick event or -1.
	 */
	Ticker.getEventTime = function(runTime) {
		return Ticker._startTime ? (Ticker._lastTime || Ticker._startTime) - (runTime ? Ticker._pausedTime : 0) : -1;
	};
	
	/**
	 * Returns the number of ticks that have been broadcast by Ticker.
	 * @method getTicks
	 * @static
	 * @param {Boolean} pauseable Indicates whether to include ticks that would have been broadcast
	 * while Ticker was paused. If true only tick events broadcast while Ticker is not paused will be returned.
	 * If false, tick events that would have been broadcast while Ticker was paused will be included in the return
	 * value. The default value is false.
	 * @return {Number} of ticks that have been broadcast.
	 **/
	Ticker.getTicks = function(pauseable) {
		return  Ticker._ticks - (pauseable ? Ticker._pausedTicks : 0);
	};


// private static methods:
	/**
	 * @method _handleSynch
	 * @static
	 * @private
	 **/
	Ticker._handleSynch = function() {
		Ticker._timerId = null;
		Ticker._setupTick();

		// run if enough time has elapsed, with a little bit of flexibility to be early:
		if (Ticker._getTime() - Ticker._lastTime >= (Ticker._interval-1)*0.97) {
			Ticker._tick();
		}
	};

	/**
	 * @method _handleRAF
	 * @static
	 * @private
	 **/
	Ticker._handleRAF = function() {
		Ticker._timerId = null;
		Ticker._setupTick();
		Ticker._tick();
	};

	/**
	 * @method _handleTimeout
	 * @static
	 * @private
	 **/
	Ticker._handleTimeout = function() {
		Ticker._timerId = null;
		Ticker._setupTick();
		Ticker._tick();
	};

	/**
	 * @method _setupTick
	 * @static
	 * @private
	 **/
	Ticker._setupTick = function() {
		if (Ticker._timerId != null) { return; } // avoid duplicates

		var mode = Ticker.timingMode;
		if (mode == Ticker.RAF_SYNCHED || mode == Ticker.RAF) {
			var f = window.requestAnimationFrame || window.webkitRequestAnimationFrame || window.mozRequestAnimationFrame || window.oRequestAnimationFrame || window.msRequestAnimationFrame;
			if (f) {
				Ticker._timerId = f(mode == Ticker.RAF ? Ticker._handleRAF : Ticker._handleSynch);
				Ticker._raf = true;
				return;
			}
		}
		Ticker._raf = false;
		Ticker._timerId = setTimeout(Ticker._handleTimeout, Ticker._interval);
	};

	/**
	 * @method _tick
	 * @static
	 * @private
	 **/
	Ticker._tick = function() {
		var paused = Ticker.paused;
		var time = Ticker._getTime();
		var elapsedTime = time-Ticker._lastTime;
		Ticker._lastTime = time;
		Ticker._ticks++;
		
		if (paused) {
			Ticker._pausedTicks++;
			Ticker._pausedTime += elapsedTime;
		}
		
		if (Ticker.hasEventListener("tick")) {
			var event = new createjs.Event("tick");
			var maxDelta = Ticker.maxDelta;
			event.delta = (maxDelta && elapsedTime > maxDelta) ? maxDelta : elapsedTime;
			event.paused = paused;
			event.time = time;
			event.runTime = time-Ticker._pausedTime;
			Ticker.dispatchEvent(event);
		}
		
		Ticker._tickTimes.unshift(Ticker._getTime()-time);
		while (Ticker._tickTimes.length > 100) { Ticker._tickTimes.pop(); }

		Ticker._times.unshift(time);
		while (Ticker._times.length > 100) { Ticker._times.pop(); }
	};

	/**
	 * @method _getTime
	 * @static
	 * @private
	 **/
	var w=window, now=w.performance.now || w.performance.mozNow || w.performance.msNow || w.performance.oNow || w.performance.webkitNow;
	Ticker._getTime = function() {
		return ((now&&now.call(w.performance))||(new Date().getTime())) - Ticker._startTime;
	};


	createjs.Ticker = Ticker;
}());