org.instantreality.InstantIO
Class Vec3f

java.lang.Object
  org.instantreality.InstantIO.Vec3f

public class Vec3f
extends java.lang.Object

Helper class for exchanging vectors of three float components.

Vec3f is a basic helper class for exchanging vectors of three float components between different software components. It does not contain any means for vector arithmetics, only methods for setting and getting the components. It is not meant to be used directly by software components for vector representation. Instead, software components should use their own, appropriate classes for handling vectors. Only when sending vectors to an OutSlot, or when receiving vectors from an InSlot, the internal representation of vectors should be converted to Vec3f's. This ensures the interoperability between different software components that use different internal representations for vectors.

The following example creates a Vec3f object and prints its components to the console:

 Vec3f vec = new Vec3f(1.0f, 2.0f, 3.0f);
 System.out.println("x component = " + vec.getX());
 System.out.println("y component = " + vec.getY());
 System.out.println("z component = " + vec.getZ());
 

Author:

Patrick Dähne

Field Summary

static Vec3f

NULL The null vector <0,0,0>.

Constructor Summary

Vec3f(float[] vec)
Constructor that initializes the components of the Vec3f object with the values of a given float array.

Vec3f(float x, float y, float z)
Constructor that initializes the components of the Vec3f object with the given float values.

Vec3f(Vec3f vec)
Constructor that initializes the components of the Vec3f object with the components taken from another Vec3f object.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Compares the vector to another object.
void	get(float[] vec) Returns the values of the x, y and z components.
float	getX() Returns the value of the x component.
float	getY() Returns the value of the y component.
float	getZ() Returns the value of the z component.
java.lang.String	toString() Converts the vector to a string.
static Vec3f	valueOf(java.lang.String str) Converts a string to a Vec3f object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

NULL

public static final Vec3f NULL

The null vector <0,0,0>.

Constructor Detail

Vec3f

public Vec3f(float x,
             float y,
             float z)

Constructor that initializes the components of the Vec3f object with the given float values.

The following example demonstrates how to create a Vec3f object:

 float x_component = 1.0f;
 float y_component = 2.0f;
 float z_component = 3.0f;
 Vec3f vec = new Vec3f(x_component, y_component, z_component);
 

Parameters:

x - Value of the x component of the new vector.

y - Value of the y component of the new vector.

z - Value of the z component of the new vector.

Vec3f

public Vec3f(float[] vec)

Constructor that initializes the components of the Vec3f object with the values of a given float array.

The following example demonstrates how to create a Vec3f object:

 float x_component = 1.0f;
 float y_component = 2.0f;
 float z_component = 3.0f;
 float[] vector_components = new float[] { x_component, y_component, z_component };
 Vec3f vec = new Vec3f(vector_components);
 

Parameters:

vec - An array of at least three float values. The x component of the vector is set to the value of the first element of the array, the y component is set to the value of the second element of the array, and the z component is set to the value of the third element of the array.

Vec3f

public Vec3f(Vec3f vec)

Constructor that initializes the components of the Vec3f object with the components taken from another Vec3f object.

The following example demonstrates how to create a Vec3f object that is an exact copy of another Vec3f object:

 Vec3f given_vec = ...;
 Vec3f vec = new Vec3f(given_vec);
 

Parameters:

vec - The other vector used to initialize the new vector.

Method Detail

getX

public final float getX()

Returns the value of the x component.

The following example demonstrates how to print the x component of a Vec3f object to the console:

 Vec3f vec = ...;
 System.out.println("x component = " + vec.getX());
 

Returns:

The value of the x component

getY

public final float getY()

Returns the value of the y component.

The following example demonstrates how to print the y component of a Vec3f object to the console:

 Vec3f vec = ...;
 System.out.println("y component = " + vec.getY());
 

Returns:

The value of the y component

getZ

public final float getZ()

Returns the value of the z component.

The following example demonstrates how to print the z component of a Vec3f object to the console:

 Vec3f vec = ...;
 System.out.println("z component = " + vec.getZ());
 

Returns:

The value of the z component

get

public final void get(float[] vec)

Returns the values of the x, y and z components.

The following example prints the components of a Vec3f object to the console:

 Vec3f vec = ...;
 float[] vector_components = new float[3];
 vec.get(vector_components);
 System.out.println("x component = " + vector_components[0]);
 System.out.println("y component = " + vector_components[1]);
 System.out.println("z component = " + vector_components[2]);
 

Parameters:

vec - A float array that gets filled with the components of the vector. This array must have at least three elements. The first element of the array is set to the x component of the vector, the second element of the array is set to the y component of the vector, and the third element of the array is set to the z component of the vector.

equals

public final boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Compares the vector to another object. The result is true if the object is not null and is a Vec3f object and the components of the other Vec3f object are the same as the components of this vector.

The following example compares two vectors and prints the result to the console:

 Vec3f vec1 = ...;
 Vec3f vec2 = ...;
 System.out.println("Vectors are the same: " + vec1.equals(vec2));
 

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

obj - the object to compare the vector to

Returns:

true when the vectors are equal, false otherwise

toString

public final java.lang.String toString()

Converts the vector to a string. The string representation consists of the x component, the y component and the z component, separated by space characters.

The following example prints the string representation of a Vec3f object to the console:

 Vec3f vec = ...;
 System.out.println("Vector = " + vec.toString());
 

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

A string representation of the vector

valueOf

public static final Vec3f valueOf(java.lang.String str)

Converts a string to a Vec3f object. The string must consist of the x, y and z components, separated by space characters.

The following example creates a new Vec3f object:

 Vec3f vec = Vec3f.valueOf("1.0 2.0 3.0");
 

Parameters:

str - The string representation of the vector.

Returns:

The new Vec3f object, parsed from the string.