Animation-2 Answer

PVector     startPos = new PVector();
PVector     endPos = new PVector();
int         curTime = 0;
int         animSpeed = 5;
int         animDuration = 2000;
boolean     drawFlag=false;
boolean     animEndFlag = false;
boolean     click1 = false;

void setup()
{
  size(640, 480);
  smooth();
}

void draw()
{
  background(51);

  // calc. the anim time

  if (curTime >= animDuration) {
    animEndFlag = true;
  }

  if (curTime <= 0) {
    animEndFlag = false;
  }

  if (animEndFlag) {
    curTime -= animSpeed;
  } else {
    curTime += animSpeed;
  }

  // calc. the current time in the animation
  float normTime = curTime * 1.0 / animDuration;

  if (drawFlag)
  {

    line(startPos.x, startPos.y, 
      endPos.x, endPos.y);

    // calculate the position of the circle on the line
    PVector dir = PVector.sub(endPos, startPos);

    PVector pos = PVector.add( startPos, PVector.mult(dir, normTime));
    ellipse(pos.x, pos.y, 20, 20);
  }
}

void mousePressed()
{
  if (click1 == false) {
    stroke(255, 0, 0);
    fill(255,0,0);
    drawFlag = true;
    curTime = 0;
    startPos.set(mouseX, mouseY, 0);
    endPos = startPos.get();
    click1 = true;
  } else {
    stroke(255);
    fill(255);
    endPos.set(mouseX, mouseY, 0);
    click1 = false;
  }
  println(click1);
}

void mouseMoved() {
  if (click1 == true) {
    endPos.set(mouseX, mouseY, 0);
  }
}