javax.media.j3d
Class Appearance

java.lang.Object
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        +--javax.media.j3d.NodeComponent
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              +--javax.media.j3d.Appearance

public class Appearance

extends NodeComponent

The Appearance object defines all rendering state that can be set as a component object of a Shape3D node. The rendering state consists of the following:

• Coloring attributes - defines attributes used in color selection and shading. These attributes are defined in a ColoringAttributes object.
• Line attributes - defines attributes used to define lines, including the pattern, width, and whether antialiasing is to be used. These attributes are defined in a LineAttributes object.
• Point attributes - defines attributes used to define points, including the size and whether antialiasing is to be used. These attributes are defined in a PointAttributes object.
• Polygon attributes - defines the attributes used to define polygons, including culling, rasterization mode (filled, lines, or points), constant offset, offset factor, and whether back back facing normals are flipped. These attributes are defined in a PolygonAttributes object.
• Rendering attributes - defines rendering operations, including the alpha test function and test value, the raster operation, whether vertex colors are ignored, whether invisible objects are rendered, and whether the depth buffer is enabled. These attributes are defined in a RenderingAttributes object.
• Transparency attributes - defines the attributes that affect transparency of the object, such as the transparency mode (blended, screen-door), blending function (used in transparency and antialiasing operations), and a blend value that defines the amount of transparency to be applied to this Appearance component object.
• Material - defines the appearance of an object under illumination, such as the ambient color, diffuse color, specular color, emissive color, and shininess. These attributes are defined in a Material object.
• Texture - defines the texture image and filtering parameters used when texture mapping is enabled. These attributes are defined in a Texture object.
• Texture attributes - defines the attributes that apply to texture mapping, such as the texture mode, texture transform, blend color, and perspective correction mode. These attributes are defined in a TextureAttributes object.
• Texture coordinate generation - defines the attributes that apply to texture coordinate generation, such as whether texture coordinate generation is enabled, coordinate format (2D or 3D coordinates), coordinate generation mode (object linear, eye linear, or spherical reflection mapping), and the R, S, and T coordinate plane equations. These attributes are defined in a TexCoordGeneration object.
• Texture unit state - array that defines texture state for each of N separate texture units. This allows multiple textures to be applied to geometry. Each TextureUnitState object contains a Texture object, TextureAttributes, and TexCoordGeneration object for one texture unit. If the length of the texture unit state array is greater than 0, then the array is used for all texture state; the individual Texture, TextureAttributes, and TexCoordGeneration objects in this Appearance object are not used and and must not be set by an application. If the length of the texture unit state array is 0, the multi-texture is disabled and the Texture, TextureAttributes, and TexCoordGeneration objects in the Appearance object are used. If the application sets the existing Texture, TextureAttributes, and TexCoordGeneration objects to non-null values, they effectively define the state for texture unit 0. If the TextureUnitState array is set to a non-null, non-empty array, the individual TextureUnitState objects define the state for texture units 0 through n -1. If both the old and new values are set, an exception is thrown.

See Also:

ColoringAttributes, LineAttributes, PointAttributes, PolygonAttributes, RenderingAttributes, TransparencyAttributes, Material, Texture, TextureAttributes, TexCoordGeneration, TextureUnitState

Field Summary

static int	ALLOW_COLORING_ATTRIBUTES_READ Specifies that this Appearance object allows reading its coloringAttributes component information.
static int	ALLOW_COLORING_ATTRIBUTES_WRITE Specifies that this Appearance object allows writing its coloringAttributes component information.
static int	ALLOW_LINE_ATTRIBUTES_READ Specifies that this Appearance object allows reading its line component information.
static int	ALLOW_LINE_ATTRIBUTES_WRITE Specifies that this Appearance object allows writing its line component information.
static int	ALLOW_MATERIAL_READ Specifies that this Appearance object allows reading its material component information.
static int	ALLOW_MATERIAL_WRITE Specifies that this Appearance object allows writing its material component information.
static int	ALLOW_POINT_ATTRIBUTES_READ Specifies that this Appearance object allows reading its point component information.
static int	ALLOW_POINT_ATTRIBUTES_WRITE Specifies that this Appearance object allows writing its point component information.
static int	ALLOW_POLYGON_ATTRIBUTES_READ Specifies that this Appearance object allows reading its polygon component information.
static int	ALLOW_POLYGON_ATTRIBUTES_WRITE Specifies that this Appearance object allows writing its polygon component information.
static int	ALLOW_RENDERING_ATTRIBUTES_READ Specifies that this Appearance object allows reading its rendering/rasterization component information.
static int	ALLOW_RENDERING_ATTRIBUTES_WRITE Specifies that this Appearance object allows writing its rendering/rasterization component information.
static int	ALLOW_TEXGEN_READ Specifies that this Appearance object allows reading its texture coordinate generation component information.
static int	ALLOW_TEXGEN_WRITE Specifies that this Appearance object allows writing its texture coordinate generation component information.
static int	ALLOW_TEXTURE_ATTRIBUTES_READ Specifies that this Appearance object allows reading its textureAttributes component information.
static int	ALLOW_TEXTURE_ATTRIBUTES_WRITE Specifies that this Appearance object allows writing its textureAttributes component information.
static int	ALLOW_TEXTURE_READ Specifies that this Appearance object allows reading its texture component information.
static int	ALLOW_TEXTURE_UNIT_STATE_READ Specifies that this Appearance object allows reading its texture unit state component information.
static int	ALLOW_TEXTURE_UNIT_STATE_WRITE Specifies that this Appearance object allows writing its texture unit state component information.
static int	ALLOW_TEXTURE_WRITE Specifies that this Appearance object allows writing its texture component information.
static int	ALLOW_TRANSPARENCY_ATTRIBUTES_READ Specifies that this Appearance object allows reading its transparency component information.
static int	ALLOW_TRANSPARENCY_ATTRIBUTES_WRITE Specifies that this Appearance object allows writing its transparency component information.

Constructor Summary

Appearance()
Constructs an Appearance component object using defaults for all state variables.

Method Summary

NodeComponent	cloneNodeComponent() Deprecated. replaced with cloneNodeComponent(boolean forceDuplicate)
void	duplicateNodeComponent(NodeComponent originalNodeComponent) Deprecated. replaced with duplicateNodeComponent( NodeComponent originalNodeComponent, boolean forceDuplicate)
ColoringAttributes	getColoringAttributes() Retrieves the current coloringAttributes object.
LineAttributes	getLineAttributes() Retrieves the current lineAttributes object.
Material	getMaterial() Retrieves the current material object.
PointAttributes	getPointAttributes() Retrieves the current pointAttributes object.
PolygonAttributes	getPolygonAttributes() Retrieves the current polygonAttributes object.
RenderingAttributes	getRenderingAttributes() Retrieves the current renderingAttributes object.
TexCoordGeneration	getTexCoordGeneration() Retrieves the current texCoordGeneration object.
Texture	getTexture() Retrieves the current texture object.
TextureAttributes	getTextureAttributes() Retrieves the current textureAttributes object.
int	getTextureUnitCount() Retrieves the length of the texture unit state array from this appearance object.
TextureUnitState[]	getTextureUnitState() Retrieves the array of texture unit state objects from this Appearance object.
TextureUnitState	getTextureUnitState(int index) Retrieves the texture unit state object at the specified index within the texture unit state array.
TransparencyAttributes	getTransparencyAttributes() Retrieves the current transparencyAttributes object.
void	setColoringAttributes(ColoringAttributes coloringAttributes) Sets the coloringAttributes object to the specified object.
void	setLineAttributes(LineAttributes lineAttributes) Sets the lineAttributes object to the specified object.
void	setMaterial(Material material) Sets the material object to the specified object.
void	setPointAttributes(PointAttributes pointAttributes) Sets the pointAttributes object to the specified object.
void	setPolygonAttributes(PolygonAttributes polygonAttributes) Sets the polygonAttributes object to the specified object.
void	setRenderingAttributes(RenderingAttributes renderingAttributes) Sets the renderingAttributes object to the specified object.
void	setTexCoordGeneration(TexCoordGeneration texCoordGeneration) Sets the texCoordGeneration object to the specified object.
void	setTexture(Texture texture) Sets the texture object to the specified object.
void	setTextureAttributes(TextureAttributes textureAttributes) Sets the textureAttributes object to the specified object.
void	setTextureUnitState(int index, TextureUnitState state) Sets the texture unit state object at the specified index within the texture unit state array to the specified object.
void	setTextureUnitState(TextureUnitState[] stateArray) Sets the texture unit state array for this appearance object to the specified array.
void	setTransparencyAttributes(TransparencyAttributes transparencyAttributes) Sets the transparencyAttributes object to the specified object.

Methods inherited from class javax.media.j3d.NodeComponent

cloneNodeComponent, duplicateNodeComponent, getDuplicateOnCloneTree, setDuplicateOnCloneTree

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

ALLOW_COLORING_ATTRIBUTES_READ

public static final int ALLOW_COLORING_ATTRIBUTES_READ

Specifies that this Appearance object allows reading its coloringAttributes component information.

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ALLOW_COLORING_ATTRIBUTES_WRITE

public static final int ALLOW_COLORING_ATTRIBUTES_WRITE

Specifies that this Appearance object allows writing its coloringAttributes component information.

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ALLOW_TRANSPARENCY_ATTRIBUTES_READ

public static final int ALLOW_TRANSPARENCY_ATTRIBUTES_READ

Specifies that this Appearance object allows reading its transparency component information.

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ALLOW_TRANSPARENCY_ATTRIBUTES_WRITE

public static final int ALLOW_TRANSPARENCY_ATTRIBUTES_WRITE

Specifies that this Appearance object allows writing its transparency component information.

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ALLOW_RENDERING_ATTRIBUTES_READ

public static final int ALLOW_RENDERING_ATTRIBUTES_READ

Specifies that this Appearance object allows reading its rendering/rasterization component information.

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ALLOW_RENDERING_ATTRIBUTES_WRITE

public static final int ALLOW_RENDERING_ATTRIBUTES_WRITE

Specifies that this Appearance object allows writing its rendering/rasterization component information.

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ALLOW_POLYGON_ATTRIBUTES_READ

public static final int ALLOW_POLYGON_ATTRIBUTES_READ

Specifies that this Appearance object allows reading its polygon component information.

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ALLOW_POLYGON_ATTRIBUTES_WRITE

public static final int ALLOW_POLYGON_ATTRIBUTES_WRITE

Specifies that this Appearance object allows writing its polygon component information.

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ALLOW_LINE_ATTRIBUTES_READ

public static final int ALLOW_LINE_ATTRIBUTES_READ

Specifies that this Appearance object allows reading its line component information.

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ALLOW_LINE_ATTRIBUTES_WRITE

public static final int ALLOW_LINE_ATTRIBUTES_WRITE

Specifies that this Appearance object allows writing its line component information.

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ALLOW_POINT_ATTRIBUTES_READ

public static final int ALLOW_POINT_ATTRIBUTES_READ

Specifies that this Appearance object allows reading its point component information.

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ALLOW_POINT_ATTRIBUTES_WRITE

public static final int ALLOW_POINT_ATTRIBUTES_WRITE

Specifies that this Appearance object allows writing its point component information.

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ALLOW_MATERIAL_READ

public static final int ALLOW_MATERIAL_READ

Specifies that this Appearance object allows reading its material component information.

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ALLOW_MATERIAL_WRITE

public static final int ALLOW_MATERIAL_WRITE

Specifies that this Appearance object allows writing its material component information.

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ALLOW_TEXTURE_READ

public static final int ALLOW_TEXTURE_READ

Specifies that this Appearance object allows reading its texture component information.

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ALLOW_TEXTURE_WRITE

public static final int ALLOW_TEXTURE_WRITE

Specifies that this Appearance object allows writing its texture component information.

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ALLOW_TEXTURE_ATTRIBUTES_READ

public static final int ALLOW_TEXTURE_ATTRIBUTES_READ

Specifies that this Appearance object allows reading its textureAttributes component information.

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ALLOW_TEXTURE_ATTRIBUTES_WRITE

public static final int ALLOW_TEXTURE_ATTRIBUTES_WRITE

Specifies that this Appearance object allows writing its textureAttributes component information.

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ALLOW_TEXGEN_READ

public static final int ALLOW_TEXGEN_READ

Specifies that this Appearance object allows reading its texture coordinate generation component information.

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ALLOW_TEXGEN_WRITE

public static final int ALLOW_TEXGEN_WRITE

Specifies that this Appearance object allows writing its texture coordinate generation component information.

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ALLOW_TEXTURE_UNIT_STATE_READ

public static final int ALLOW_TEXTURE_UNIT_STATE_READ

Specifies that this Appearance object allows reading its texture unit state component information.

Since:

Java 3D 1.2

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ALLOW_TEXTURE_UNIT_STATE_WRITE

public static final int ALLOW_TEXTURE_UNIT_STATE_WRITE

Specifies that this Appearance object allows writing its texture unit state component information.

Since:

Java 3D 1.2

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Constructor Detail

Appearance

public Appearance()

Constructs an Appearance component object using defaults for all state variables. All component object references are initialized to null.

Method Detail

setMaterial

public void setMaterial(Material material)

Sets the material object to the specified object. Setting it to null disables lighting.

Parameters:

material - object that specifies the desired material properties

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

getMaterial

public Material getMaterial()

Retrieves the current material object.

Returns:

the material object

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

setColoringAttributes

public void setColoringAttributes(ColoringAttributes coloringAttributes)

Sets the coloringAttributes object to the specified object. Setting it to null will result in default attribute usage.

Parameters:

coloringAttributes - object that specifies the desired coloringAttributes parameters

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

getColoringAttributes

public ColoringAttributes getColoringAttributes()

Retrieves the current coloringAttributes object.

Returns:

the coloringAttributes object

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

setTransparencyAttributes

public void setTransparencyAttributes(TransparencyAttributes transparencyAttributes)

Sets the transparencyAttributes object to the specified object. Setting it to null will result in default attribute usage.

Parameters:

transparencyAttributes - object that specifies the desired transparencyAttributes parameters

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

getTransparencyAttributes

public TransparencyAttributes getTransparencyAttributes()

Retrieves the current transparencyAttributes object.

Returns:

the transparencyAttributes object

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

setRenderingAttributes

public void setRenderingAttributes(RenderingAttributes renderingAttributes)

Sets the renderingAttributes object to the specified object. Setting it to null will result in default attribute usage.

Parameters:

renderingAttributes - object that specifies the desired renderingAttributes parameters

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

getRenderingAttributes

public RenderingAttributes getRenderingAttributes()

Retrieves the current renderingAttributes object.

Returns:

the renderingAttributes object

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

setPolygonAttributes

public void setPolygonAttributes(PolygonAttributes polygonAttributes)

Sets the polygonAttributes object to the specified object. Setting it to null will result in default attribute usage.

Parameters:

polygonAttributes - object that specifies the desired polygonAttributes parameters

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

getPolygonAttributes

public PolygonAttributes getPolygonAttributes()

Retrieves the current polygonAttributes object.

Returns:

the polygonAttributes object

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

setLineAttributes

public void setLineAttributes(LineAttributes lineAttributes)

Sets the lineAttributes object to the specified object. Setting it to null will result in default attribute usage.

Parameters:

lineAttributes - object that specifies the desired lineAttributes parameters

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

getLineAttributes

public LineAttributes getLineAttributes()

Retrieves the current lineAttributes object.

Returns:

the lineAttributes object

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

setPointAttributes

public void setPointAttributes(PointAttributes pointAttributes)

Sets the pointAttributes object to the specified object. Setting it to null will result in default attribute usage.

Parameters:

pointAttributes - object that specifies the desired pointAttributes parameters

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

getPointAttributes

public PointAttributes getPointAttributes()

Retrieves the current pointAttributes object.

Returns:

the pointAttributes object

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

setTexture

public void setTexture(Texture texture)

Sets the texture object to the specified object. Setting it to null disables texture mapping.

Applications must not set individual texture component objects (texture, textureAttributes, or texCoordGeneration) and the texture unit state array in the same Appearance object. Doing so will result in an exception being thrown.

Parameters:

texture - object that specifies the desired texture map and texture parameters

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if the specified texture object is non-null and the texture unit state array in this appearance object is already non-null.

getTexture

public Texture getTexture()

Retrieves the current texture object.

Returns:

the texture object

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

setTextureAttributes

public void setTextureAttributes(TextureAttributes textureAttributes)

Sets the textureAttributes object to the specified object. Setting it to null will result in default attribute usage.

Applications must not set individual texture component objects (texture, textureAttributes, or texCoordGeneration) and the texture unit state array in the same Appearance object. Doing so will result in an exception being thrown.

Parameters:

textureAttributes - object that specifies the desired textureAttributes map and textureAttributes parameters

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if the specified textureAttributes object is non-null and the texture unit state array in this appearance object is already non-null.

getTextureAttributes

public TextureAttributes getTextureAttributes()

Retrieves the current textureAttributes object.

Returns:

the textureAttributes object

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

setTexCoordGeneration

public void setTexCoordGeneration(TexCoordGeneration texCoordGeneration)

Sets the texCoordGeneration object to the specified object. Setting it to null disables texture coordinate generation.

Applications must not set individual texture component objects (texture, textureAttributes, or texCoordGeneration) and the texture unit state array in the same Appearance object. Doing so will result in an exception being thrown.

Parameters:

texCoordGeneration - object that specifies the texture coordinate generation parameters

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if the specified texCoordGeneration object is non-null and the texture unit state array in this appearance object is already non-null.

getTexCoordGeneration

public TexCoordGeneration getTexCoordGeneration()

Retrieves the current texCoordGeneration object.

Returns:

the texCoordGeneration object

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

setTextureUnitState

public void setTextureUnitState(TextureUnitState[] stateArray)

Sets the texture unit state array for this appearance object to the specified array. A shallow copy of the array of references to the TextureUnitState objects is made. If the specified array is null or if the length of the array is 0, multi-texture is disabled. Within the array, a null TextureUnitState element disables the corresponding texture unit.

Applications must not set individual texture component objects (texture, textureAttributes, or texCoordGeneration) and the texture unit state array in the same Appearance object. Doing so will result in an exception being thrown.

Parameters:

stateArray - array of TextureUnitState objects that specify the desired texture state for each unit. The length of this array specifies the maximum number of texture units that will be used by this appearance object. The texture units are numbered from 0 through stateArray.length-1.

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if the specified array is non-null and any of the texture object, textureAttributes object, or texCoordGeneration object in this appearance object is already non-null.

Since:

Java 3D 1.2

setTextureUnitState

public void setTextureUnitState(int index,
                                TextureUnitState state)

Sets the texture unit state object at the specified index within the texture unit state array to the specified object. If the specified object is null, the corresponding texture unit is disabled. The index must be within the range [0, stateArray.length-1].

Parameters:

index - the array index of the object to be set

state - new texture unit state object

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

java.lang.NullPointerException - if the texture unit state array is null.

java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if index >= stateArray.length.

Since:

Java 3D 1.2

getTextureUnitState

public TextureUnitState[] getTextureUnitState()

Retrieves the array of texture unit state objects from this Appearance object. A shallow copy of the array of references to the TextureUnitState objects is returned.

Returns:

the array of texture unit state objects

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

Since:

Java 3D 1.2

getTextureUnitState

public TextureUnitState getTextureUnitState(int index)

Retrieves the texture unit state object at the specified index within the texture unit state array. The index must be within the range [0, stateArray.length-1].

Parameters:

index - the array index of the object to be retrieved

Returns:

the texture unit state object at the specified index

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

Since:

Java 3D 1.2

getTextureUnitCount

public int getTextureUnitCount()

Retrieves the length of the texture unit state array from this appearance object. The length of this array specifies the maximum number of texture units that will be used by this appearance object. If the array is null, a count of 0 is returned.

Returns:

the length of the texture unit state array

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

Since:

Java 3D 1.2

cloneNodeComponent

public NodeComponent cloneNodeComponent()

Deprecated. replaced with cloneNodeComponent(boolean forceDuplicate)

Overrides:

cloneNodeComponent in class NodeComponent

duplicateNodeComponent

public void duplicateNodeComponent(NodeComponent originalNodeComponent)

Deprecated. replaced with duplicateNodeComponent( NodeComponent originalNodeComponent, boolean forceDuplicate)

NOTE: Applications should not call this method directly. It should only be called by the cloneNode method.

Overrides:

duplicateNodeComponent in class NodeComponent