net.jbeans.j3d.data
Class AttributeArray

java.lang.Object
  net.jbeans.j3d.data.AttributeArray

Direct Known Subclasses:

LookupTable

public abstract class AttributeArray

extends java.lang.Object

AttributeArray is an abstract class that defines various methods to handle n-dimensional attribute data such as scalars, vectors, tensors, etc.

Version:

$Revision: 1.3 $

Author:

Masahiro Takatsuka (masa@jbeans.net)

Field Summary

protected DataArray

data

Constructor Summary

AttributeArray()

AttributeArray(AttributeArray aa)

AttributeArray(int dataType)
Construct object with an initial data array of type dataType.

Method Summary

boolean	allocate(int numOfAtt) Allocates the specified number (numOfAtt) of attributes.
void	copy(AttributeArray aa)
DataArray	getData()
int	getDataType()
int	getDimension()
void	initialize()
abstract AttributeArray	makeObject() Virtual constructor creates object of same type as this object.
void	reset() Make object look empty but do not delete memory.
void	setData(DataArray data) Set the data for this object.
void	setDataType(int dataType) Specify the underlying data type of the object.
void	setDataTypeToBit()
void	setDataTypeToChar()
void	setDataTypeToDouble()
void	setDataTypeToFloat()
void	setDataTypeToInt()
void	setDataTypeToLong()
void	setDataTypeToShort()
void	setDataTypeToString()
void	squeeze() Compact the data array.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

data

protected DataArray data

Constructor Detail

AttributeArray

public AttributeArray(int dataType)

Construct object with an initial data array of type dataType. The default dataType is DataType.FLOAT.

AttributeArray

public AttributeArray()

AttributeArray

public AttributeArray(AttributeArray aa)

Method Detail

copy

public void copy(AttributeArray aa)

makeObject

public abstract AttributeArray makeObject()

Virtual constructor creates object of same type as this object.

allocate

public boolean allocate(int numOfAtt)

Allocates the specified number (numOfAtt) of attributes.

initialize

public void initialize()

getDimension

public int getDimension()

getDataType

public int getDataType()

setDataType

public void setDataType(int dataType)

Specify the underlying data type of the object.

setData

public void setData(DataArray data)

Set the data for this object. The tuple dimension must be consistent with the object.

getData

public DataArray getData()

setDataTypeToBit

public void setDataTypeToBit()

setDataTypeToChar

public void setDataTypeToChar()

setDataTypeToShort

public void setDataTypeToShort()

setDataTypeToInt

public void setDataTypeToInt()

setDataTypeToLong

public void setDataTypeToLong()

setDataTypeToFloat

public void setDataTypeToFloat()

setDataTypeToDouble

public void setDataTypeToDouble()

setDataTypeToString

public void setDataTypeToString()

squeeze

public void squeeze()

Compact the data array. (Reclaim any extra memory.)

reset

public void reset()

Make object look empty but do not delete memory.