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

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

NodeUpdateListener, org.j3d.geom.particle.ParticleFactory

public class QuadParticleSystem
extends AVParticleSystem

A ParticleSystem implementation that uses quads for representing each particle.

Particles are defined in the following coordinate order:

  <- width*2 ->
  3 --------- 2    / \
   |          |     |
   |          |     |
   |     +    |   height*2
   |          |     |
   |          |     |
  4 --------- 1    \ /

 

Quad 1: 1,2,3,4

Individual quads are not screen aligned.

Version:

$Revision: 2.0 $

Author:

Justin Couch

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.j3d.renderer.aviatrix3d.geom.particle.AVParticleSystem

colors, normals, particleGeometry, sendNewArrays, texCoords, vertices

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

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

Constructor Summary

QuadParticleSystem(java.lang.String name, int particleCount, int numColors)
Create a new particle system using the given particle count, initialiser and environment settings.

Method Summary

int	coordinatesPerParticle() Request the number of coordinates each particle will use.
org.j3d.geom.particle.Particle	createParticle() Create a new particle instance.
PolygonAttributes	getRecommendedPolygonAttributes() Get the attributes that the particle system implementation would prefer to have.
TextureAttributes	getRecommendedTextureAttributes() Get the attributes that the particle system implementation would prefer to have.
int	numColorComponents() Request the number of color components this particle uses.
int	numTexCoordComponents() Request the number of texture coordinate components this particle uses.
void	onRemove() Notification that this particle system has been removed from the scene graph and it cleanup anything needed right now.
void	setParticleSize(float width, float height) Set the size that particles should take in each dimension.
void	updateNodeBoundsChanges(java.lang.Object src) Notification that its safe to update the node now with any operations that could potentially effect the node's bounds.
void	updateNodeDataChanges(java.lang.Object src) Notification that its safe to update the node now with any operations that only change the node's properties, but do not change the bounds.

Methods inherited from class org.j3d.renderer.aviatrix3d.geom.particle.AVParticleSystem

getNode, initializeArrays, setMaxParticleCount, updateGeometry

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

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

QuadParticleSystem

public QuadParticleSystem(java.lang.String name,
                          int particleCount,
                          int numColors)

Create a new particle system using the given particle count, initialiser and environment settings. Width and height default to 0.02m.

Parameters:

name - A name to register with this system. May be null.

particleCount - The maximum number of particles to create

numColors - The number of colour components to accept: 0, 3 or 4.

Method Detail

coordinatesPerParticle

public final int coordinatesPerParticle()

Request the number of coordinates each particle will use. Used so that the manager can allocate the correct length array.

Returns:

The number of coordinates this particle uses

numColorComponents

public final int numColorComponents()

Request the number of color components this particle uses. Should be a value of 4 or 3 to indicate use or not of alpha channel.

Returns:

The number of color components in use

numTexCoordComponents

public final int numTexCoordComponents()

Request the number of texture coordinate components this particle uses. Should be a value of 2 or 3 to indicate use or not of 2D or 3D textures.

Returns:

The number of color components in use

createParticle

public org.j3d.geom.particle.Particle createParticle()

Create a new particle instance.

Returns:

The new instance created

onRemove

public void onRemove()

Notification that this particle system has been removed from the scene graph and it cleanup anything needed right now. Does nothing.

Specified by:

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

updateNodeBoundsChanges

public void updateNodeBoundsChanges(java.lang.Object src)

Notification that its safe to update the node now with any operations that could potentially effect the node's bounds.

Parameters:

src - The node or Node Component that is to be updated.

updateNodeDataChanges

public void updateNodeDataChanges(java.lang.Object src)

Notification that its safe to update the node now with any operations that only change the node's properties, but do not change the bounds.

Parameters:

src - The node or Node Component that is to be updated.

getRecommendedTextureAttributes

public TextureAttributes getRecommendedTextureAttributes()

Get the attributes that the particle system implementation would prefer to have. It is not required that the application use these, but it is recommended.

getRecommendedPolygonAttributes

public PolygonAttributes getRecommendedPolygonAttributes()

Get the attributes that the particle system implementation would prefer to have. It is not required that the application use these, but it is recommended.

setParticleSize

public void setParticleSize(float width,
                            float height)

Set the size that particles should take in each dimension. This will only effect particles created after this call.

Parameters:

width - The width of the particle in meters

height - The height of the particle in meters