com.sun.j3d.utils.universe
Class ViewingPlatform

java.lang.Object
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  +--javax.media.j3d.SceneGraphObject
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        +--javax.media.j3d.Node
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              +--javax.media.j3d.Group
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                    +--javax.media.j3d.BranchGroup
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                          +--com.sun.j3d.utils.universe.ViewingPlatform

public class ViewingPlatform

extends BranchGroup

This class is used to set up the "view" side of a Java 3D scene graph. The ViewingPlatform object contains a MultiTransformGroup node to allow for a series of transforms to be linked together. To this structure the ViewPlatform is added as well as any geometry to associate with this view platform.

See Also:

ViewPlatform

Field Summary

protected BranchGroup	avatarRoot Used to keep track of added geometry.
protected BranchGroup	behaviors Used to keep track of behaviors.
protected MultiTransformGroup	mtg MultiTransformGroup that holds all TransformGroups between the BranchGroup and the View object.
protected PlatformGeometry	platformGeometry Cached PlatformGeometry object.
protected BranchGroup	platformGeometryRoot Used to keep track of added geometry.
protected SimpleUniverse	universe The universe to which this viewing platform is attached
protected java.util.Hashtable	viewerList Table of the Viewer objects.
protected ViewPlatform	viewPlatform Cached ViewPlatform associated with this ViewingPlatform object.

Fields inherited from class javax.media.j3d.BranchGroup

ALLOW_DETACH

Fields inherited from class javax.media.j3d.Group

ALLOW_CHILDREN_EXTEND, ALLOW_CHILDREN_READ, ALLOW_CHILDREN_WRITE, ALLOW_COLLISION_BOUNDS_READ, ALLOW_COLLISION_BOUNDS_WRITE

Fields inherited from class javax.media.j3d.Node

ALLOW_AUTO_COMPUTE_BOUNDS_READ, ALLOW_AUTO_COMPUTE_BOUNDS_WRITE, ALLOW_BOUNDS_READ, ALLOW_BOUNDS_WRITE, ALLOW_COLLIDABLE_READ, ALLOW_COLLIDABLE_WRITE, ALLOW_LOCAL_TO_VWORLD_READ, ALLOW_PICKABLE_READ, ALLOW_PICKABLE_WRITE, ENABLE_COLLISION_REPORTING, ENABLE_PICK_REPORTING

Constructor Summary

ViewingPlatform()
Creates a default ViewingPlatform object.

ViewingPlatform(int numTransforms)
Creates the ViewingPlatform object.

Method Summary

MultiTransformGroup	getMultiTransformGroup() Returns the MultitransformGroup object for this ViewingPlatform object.
PlatformGeometry	getPlatformGeometry() Returns the PlatformGeometry associated with this ViewingPlatform
SimpleUniverse	getUniverse() Returns the Universe to which this ViewingPlatform is attached
Viewer[]	getViewers() Returns the Viewers attached to this ViewingPlatform
ViewPlatform	getViewPlatform() Returns the ViewPlatform node for this ViewingPlatform object.
ViewPlatformBehavior	getViewPlatformBehavior() Returns the ViewPlatformBehavior
TransformGroup	getViewPlatformTransform() Returns a reference to the "bottom most" transform in the MultiTransformGroup that is above the ViewPlatform node.
void	setNominalViewingTransform() Sets the nominal viewing distance in the ViewPlatform transform based on the current field of view.
void	setPlatformGeometry(PlatformGeometry pg) Assigns the geometry to associate with the ViewingPlatform.
void	setUniverse(SimpleUniverse universe) Sets the Universe to which this ViewingPlatform is attached
void	setViewPlatform(ViewPlatform vp) Sets the ViewPlatform node for this ViewingPlatform object.
void	setViewPlatformBehavior(ViewPlatformBehavior behavior) Sets the ViewPlatformBehavior which will operate on the ViewPlatform transform (the TransformGroup returned by ViewingPlatform.getViewPlatformTransform()).

Methods inherited from class javax.media.j3d.BranchGroup

cloneNode, compile, detach, pickAll, pickAllSorted, pickAny, pickClosest

Methods inherited from class javax.media.j3d.Group

addChild, getAllChildren, getAlternateCollisionTarget, getChild, getCollisionBounds, indexOfChild, insertChild, moveTo, numChildren, removeAllChildren, removeChild, removeChild, setAlternateCollisionTarget, setChild, setCollisionBounds

Methods inherited from class javax.media.j3d.Node

cloneTree, cloneTree, cloneTree, cloneTree, cloneTree, cloneTree, duplicateNode, getBounds, getBoundsAutoCompute, getCollidable, getLocalToVworld, getLocalToVworld, getParent, getPickable, setBounds, setBoundsAutoCompute, setCollidable, setPickable

Methods inherited from class javax.media.j3d.SceneGraphObject

clearCapability, clearCapabilityIsFrequent, duplicateSceneGraphObject, getCapability, getCapabilityIsFrequent, getUserData, isCompiled, isLive, setCapability, setCapabilityIsFrequent, setUserData, updateNodeReferences

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

viewPlatform

protected ViewPlatform viewPlatform

Cached ViewPlatform associated with this ViewingPlatform object.

mtg

protected MultiTransformGroup mtg

MultiTransformGroup that holds all TransformGroups between the BranchGroup and the View object.

platformGeometryRoot

protected BranchGroup platformGeometryRoot

Used to keep track of added geometry. When geometry is added to the view platform, an addChild to this BranchGroup is performed.

avatarRoot

protected BranchGroup avatarRoot

Used to keep track of added geometry. When geometry is added for an avatar, an addChild to this BranchGroup is performed.

platformGeometry

protected PlatformGeometry platformGeometry

Cached PlatformGeometry object.

viewerList

protected java.util.Hashtable viewerList

Table of the Viewer objects.

behaviors

protected BranchGroup behaviors

Used to keep track of behaviors.

Since:

Java 3D 1.2.1

universe

protected SimpleUniverse universe

The universe to which this viewing platform is attached

Since:

Java 3D 1.3

Constructor Detail

ViewingPlatform

public ViewingPlatform()

Creates a default ViewingPlatform object. This consists of a MultiTransfromGroup node with one transform and a ViewPlatform object. The ViewPlatform is positioned at (0.0, 0.0, 0.0).

ViewingPlatform

public ViewingPlatform(int numTransforms)

Creates the ViewingPlatform object. This consists of a MultiTransfromGroup node with the specified number of transforms (all initialized to the identity transform). and a ViewPlatform object.

Parameters:

numTransforms - The number of transforms the MultiTransformGroup node should contain. If this number is less than 1, 1 is assumed.

Method Detail

setViewPlatform

public void setViewPlatform(ViewPlatform vp)

Sets the ViewPlatform node for this ViewingPlatform object.

Parameters:

vp - The ViewPlatform node to associate with this ViewingPlatform object.

getViewPlatform

public ViewPlatform getViewPlatform()

Returns the ViewPlatform node for this ViewingPlatform object.

Returns:

The ViewPlatform node associated with this ViewingPlatform object.

setPlatformGeometry

public void setPlatformGeometry(PlatformGeometry pg)

Assigns the geometry to associate with the ViewingPlatform. PlatformGeometry is used to hold any geometry to be associated with the ViewingPlatform. If the ViewingPlatform is to be the inside of a car, for instance, than the PlatformGeometry could be the dashboard of the car.

Parameters:

pg - The geometry to be associated with this ViewingPlatform. Passing in null has the effect of deleting any geometry associated with this ViewingPlatform.

getPlatformGeometry

public PlatformGeometry getPlatformGeometry()

Returns the PlatformGeometry associated with this ViewingPlatform

Returns:

The PlatformGeometry associated with this ViewingPlatform

getMultiTransformGroup

public MultiTransformGroup getMultiTransformGroup()

Returns the MultitransformGroup object for this ViewingPlatform object.

Returns:

The MultitransformGroup object.

getViewPlatformTransform

public TransformGroup getViewPlatformTransform()

Returns a reference to the "bottom most" transform in the MultiTransformGroup that is above the ViewPlatform node.

Returns:

The TransformGroup that is immediately above the ViewPlatform object.

setNominalViewingTransform

public void setNominalViewingTransform()

Sets the nominal viewing distance in the ViewPlatform transform based on the current field of view. If the ViewAttachPolicy is not the default of View.NOMINAL_HEAD, then this method has no effect.

The ViewPlatform is moved back along Z so that objects at the origin spanning the normalized X range of -1.0 to +1.0 can be fully viewed across the width of the window. This is done by setting a translation of 1/(tan(fieldOfView/2)) in the ViewPlatform transform.

If there is no Viewer object associated with this ViewingPlatform object the default field of view of PI/4.0 is used.

NOTE: Support for multiple Viewer objects is not available. If multiple viewers are attached to this ViewingPlatform than a RuntimeException will be thrown.

setViewPlatformBehavior

public void setViewPlatformBehavior(ViewPlatformBehavior behavior)

Sets the ViewPlatformBehavior which will operate on the ViewPlatform transform (the TransformGroup returned by ViewingPlatform.getViewPlatformTransform()). The ViewPlatformBehavior may be set after the ViewingPlatform is setLive(). If a behavior is already present, it will be detached and it's setViewingPlatform method will be called with a parameter of null.

Parameters:

behavior - The ViewPlatformBehavior to add to the ViewingPlatform. null will remove the ViewingPlatform behavior.

Since:

Java 3D 1.2.1

getViewPlatformBehavior

public ViewPlatformBehavior getViewPlatformBehavior()

Returns the ViewPlatformBehavior

Returns:

the ViewPlatformBehavior for the ViewingPlatform. Returns null if there is no ViewPlatformBehavior set.

Since:

Java 3D 1.2.1

getViewers

public Viewer[] getViewers()

Returns the Viewers attached to this ViewingPlatform

Returns:

the Viewers attached to this viewing platform

Since:

Java 3D 1.3

getUniverse

public SimpleUniverse getUniverse()

Returns the Universe to which this ViewingPlatform is attached

Returns:

the Universe to which this ViewingPlatform is attached

Since:

Java 3D 1.3

setUniverse

public void setUniverse(SimpleUniverse universe)

Sets the Universe to which this ViewingPlatform is attached

Parameters:

universe - the Universe to which this ViewingPlatform is attached

Since:

Java 3D 1.3