title: Moving objects and timers
body: <p>I have a screen with say 500 width and 400 height, and I have a vector with a bunch of shapes. let say the vector has 2 different shapes for example. I want the object to randomly pop up from the bottom of the screen reach a certain ascent and then fall back down (similar to game fruit ninja, where the fruits are my shapes).</p>
  
  <p>In my main (view) I have a vector of shapes of which i instantiate the timers, add to array  and place them in the buttom of the screen using the translate function. My timer takes in an action listener which basically changes the translate of the shape to move up till ascent and then down, but my problem is that all the shapes start at the same time regardless.</p>
  
  <p>Something like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>        Shape f = new Shape(new Area(new Ellipse2D.Double(0, 50, 50, 50)));   
          f.translate(0, 400);   
          f.timer = new Timer( 10 , taskPerformer);    
          f.timer.start();    
          vector.add(f);    
  
  
          Shape f2 = new Shape(new Area(new Rectangle2D.Double(0, 50, 50, 50)));    
          f2.translate(200, 400);    
          f2.timer = new Timer( 10 , taskPerformer);    
          f2.timer.setInitialDelay(5000);    
          f2.timer.start();    
          vector.add(f2);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and my action listener:</p>
  
  <pre><code>        Random generator = new Random();            
          ActionListener taskPerformer = new ActionListener() {
                  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
                     //...Perform a task...
               for (Shape s : model.getShapes()) {
                  // Scale object using translate
                  // once reached ascent drop down
                  // translate to diffrenet part of the bottom of the screen
                  // delay its timer
                  }    
                  update();
                  //basically repaints      
              }
  
      };
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm running into problems that all shapes follow the same timer, and begin to pop up at the same time (no delay) ... </p>
  
  <p>Any suggestions on how to avoid this or if there is a different approach i should try</p>