org.j3d.renderer.aviatrix3d.geom.particle
Class AVParticleSystem

java.lang.Object
  org.j3d.geom.particle.ParticleSystem
      org.j3d.renderer.aviatrix3d.geom.particle.AVParticleSystem

All Implemented Interfaces:

NodeUpdateListener, org.j3d.geom.particle.ParticleFactory

Direct Known Subclasses:

PointParticleSystem, QuadParticleSystem, TriangleFanParticleSystem

public abstract class AVParticleSystem
extends org.j3d.geom.particle.ParticleSystem
implements NodeUpdateListener

Base particle system implementation for geometry implemented over Aviatrix3D scene graphs.

The node updater is registered for bounds changing events every frame. However, data changed listeners are not registered, unless per-vertex colours are being generated. If a derived class wishes to update other aspects, such as normals, texture coordinates or vertex attributes, then they will need to make their own arrangements to request the updates.

Per-vertex colours can be turned on or off by the derived class simply by changing the return value from numColorComponents() to be zero.

Version:

$Revision: 2.0 $

Author:

Justin Couch

Field Summary

protected float[]	colors Array containing the current color values
protected float[]	normals Array containing the current normals
protected Geometry	particleGeometry The shape containing the geometry
protected boolean	sendNewArrays Flag indicating we also need to force-feed new arrays to the particles because the user upped the particle count last frame.
protected float[][]	texCoords Array containing the current texture coordinates.
protected float[]	vertices Array containing the current position coordinates

Fields inherited from class org.j3d.geom.particle.ParticleSystem

errorReporter, frameTime, genTexCoords, maxParticleCount, particleCount, particleList, texCoordInterp, timeNow

Constructor Summary

AVParticleSystem(java.lang.String systemType, int particleCount)
Create a new particle system that represents the given type.

Method Summary

Geometry	getNode() Get the scene graph object that represents this particle system and can be inserted into the scene graph.
protected void	initializeArrays() Set up the arrays used internally now.
void	setMaxParticleCount(int maxCount) Change the maximum number of particles that can be generated.
protected void	updateGeometry() Update the arrays for the geometry object.

Methods inherited from class org.j3d.geom.particle.ParticleSystem

addParticleFunction, enableParticleCreation, enableTextureCoordinates, getMaxParticleCount, getParticleInitializer, getSystemName, initialize, insertParticleFunction, isParticleCreationEnabled, isTextureCoordinateEnabled, onRemove, removeParticleFunction, setErrorReporter, setParticleInitializer, setSystemName, setTexCoordFunction, update

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.j3d.aviatrix3d.NodeUpdateListener

updateNodeBoundsChanges, updateNodeDataChanges

Methods inherited from interface org.j3d.geom.particle.ParticleFactory

coordinatesPerParticle, createParticle, numColorComponents, numTexCoordComponents

Field Detail

vertices

protected float[] vertices

Array containing the current position coordinates

texCoords

protected float[][] texCoords

Array containing the current texture coordinates. Single tex coord set only is initialised by default.

colors

protected float[] colors

Array containing the current color values

normals

protected float[] normals

Array containing the current normals

particleGeometry

protected Geometry particleGeometry

The shape containing the geometry

sendNewArrays

protected boolean sendNewArrays

Flag indicating we also need to force-feed new arrays to the particles because the user upped the particle count last frame.

Constructor Detail

AVParticleSystem

public AVParticleSystem(java.lang.String systemType,
                        int particleCount)

Create a new particle system that represents the given type.

Parameters:

systemType - An identifier describing the current system type

particleCount - The max nuumber of particles to create

Method Detail

updateGeometry

protected void updateGeometry()

Update the arrays for the geometry object. Calls the bounds and data change notifcation methods. Derived classes need to handle the methods defined by NodeUpdateListener.

Specified by:

updateGeometry in class org.j3d.geom.particle.ParticleSystem

getNode

public Geometry getNode()

Get the scene graph object that represents this particle system and can be inserted into the scene graph.

initializeArrays

protected void initializeArrays()

Set up the arrays used internally now. This must be called by the derived class during it's constructor.

setMaxParticleCount

public void setMaxParticleCount(int maxCount)

Change the maximum number of particles that can be generated. If the number is greater than the currently set value, it will permit more to be made according to the normal creation speed. If the number is less than the current amount, then no new particles will be created until the current total has died down below the new maximum value.

Overrides:

setMaxParticleCount in class org.j3d.geom.particle.ParticleSystem

Parameters:

maxCount - The new maximum particle count to use

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - The particle count was negative