javax.media.j3d
Class Clip

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.Leaf
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                    +--javax.media.j3d.Clip

public class Clip

extends Leaf

The Clip leaf node defines the back, or far, clip distance in the virtual universe. The distance is specified in the local coordinate system of this node. This node also specifies an application region in which this clip node is active. A Clip node is active when its application region intersects the ViewPlatform's activation volume. If multiple Clip nodes are active, the Clip node that is "closest" to the eye will be used. If no clip node is in scope of the view platform associated with the current view, then the back clip distance is defined by the View object. The front clip distance is always defined by the View object.

See Also:

View

Field Summary

static int	ALLOW_APPLICATION_BOUNDS_READ Specifies that the Clip allows read access to its application bounds and bounding leaf at runtime.
static int	ALLOW_APPLICATION_BOUNDS_WRITE Specifies that the Clip allows write access to its application bounds and bounding leaf at runtime.
static int	ALLOW_BACK_DISTANCE_READ Specifies that the Clip allows read access to its back distance at runtime.
static int	ALLOW_BACK_DISTANCE_WRITE Specifies that the Clip allows write access to its back distance at runtime.

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

Clip()
Constructs a Clip node with default parameters.

Clip(double backDistance)
Constructs a Clip node with the specified back clip distance.

Method Summary

Node	cloneNode(boolean forceDuplicate) Used to create a new instance of the node.
BoundingLeaf	getApplicationBoundingLeaf() Retrieves the Clip node's application bounding leaf.
Bounds	getApplicationBounds() Retrieves the Clip node's application bounds.
double	getBackDistance() Retrieves the back clip distance.
void	setApplicationBoundingLeaf(BoundingLeaf region) Set the Clip's application region to the specified bounding leaf.
void	setApplicationBounds(Bounds region) Set the Clip's application region to the specified bounds.
void	setBackDistance(double backDistance) Sets the back clip distance to the specified value.
void	updateNodeReferences(NodeReferenceTable referenceTable) Callback used to allow a node to check if any scene graph objects referenced by that node have been duplicated via a call to cloneTree.

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ALLOW_APPLICATION_BOUNDS_READ

public static final int ALLOW_APPLICATION_BOUNDS_READ

Specifies that the Clip allows read access to its application bounds and bounding leaf at runtime.

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Constant Field Values

ALLOW_APPLICATION_BOUNDS_WRITE

public static final int ALLOW_APPLICATION_BOUNDS_WRITE

Specifies that the Clip allows write access to its application bounds and bounding leaf at runtime.

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Constant Field Values

ALLOW_BACK_DISTANCE_READ

public static final int ALLOW_BACK_DISTANCE_READ

Specifies that the Clip allows read access to its back distance at runtime.

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Constant Field Values

ALLOW_BACK_DISTANCE_WRITE

public static final int ALLOW_BACK_DISTANCE_WRITE

Specifies that the Clip allows write access to its back distance at runtime.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Clip

public Clip()

Constructs a Clip node with default parameters. The default values are as follows:

back clip distance : 100 meters application bounds : null
application bounding leaf : null

Clip

public Clip(double backDistance)

Constructs a Clip node with the specified back clip distance.

Method Detail

setBackDistance

public void setBackDistance(double backDistance)

Sets the back clip distance to the specified value. There are several considerations that need to be taken into account when choosing values for the front and back clip distances. These are enumerated in the description of View.setFrontClipDistance.

Parameters:

backDistance - the new back clip distance in meters

See Also:

View.setFrontClipDistance(double), View.setBackClipDistance(double)

getBackDistance

public double getBackDistance()

Retrieves the back clip distance.

Returns:

the current back clip distance, in meters

setApplicationBounds

public void setApplicationBounds(Bounds region)

Set the Clip's application region to the specified bounds. This is used when the application bounding leaf is set to null.

Parameters:

region - the bounds that contains the Clip's new application region.

Throws:

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

getApplicationBounds

public Bounds getApplicationBounds()

Retrieves the Clip node's application bounds.

Returns:

this Clip's application bounds information

Throws:

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

setApplicationBoundingLeaf

public void setApplicationBoundingLeaf(BoundingLeaf region)

Set the Clip's application region to the specified bounding leaf. When set to a value other than null, this overrides the application bounds object.

Parameters:

region - the bounding leaf node used to specify the Clip node's new application region.

Throws:

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

getApplicationBoundingLeaf

public BoundingLeaf getApplicationBoundingLeaf()

Retrieves the Clip node's application bounding leaf.

Returns:

this Clip's application bounding leaf information

Throws:

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

cloneNode

public Node cloneNode(boolean forceDuplicate)

Used to create a new instance of the node. This routine is called by cloneTree to duplicate the current node.

Overrides:

cloneNode in class Node

Parameters:

forceDuplicate - when set to true, causes the duplicateOnCloneTree flag to be ignored. When false, the value of each node's duplicateOnCloneTree variable determines whether NodeComponent data is duplicated or copied.

See Also:

Node.cloneTree(), Node.cloneNode(boolean), Node.duplicateNode(javax.media.j3d.Node, boolean), NodeComponent.setDuplicateOnCloneTree(boolean)

updateNodeReferences

public void updateNodeReferences(NodeReferenceTable referenceTable)

Callback used to allow a node to check if any scene graph objects referenced by that node have been duplicated via a call to cloneTree. This method is called by cloneTree after all nodes in the sub-graph have been duplicated. The cloned Leaf node's method will be called and the Leaf node can then look up any object references by using the getNewObjectReference method found in the NodeReferenceTable object. If a match is found, a reference to the corresponding object in the newly cloned sub-graph is returned. If no corresponding reference is found, either a DanglingReferenceException is thrown or a reference to the original object is returned depending on the value of the allowDanglingReferences parameter passed in the cloneTree call.

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

Overrides:

updateNodeReferences in class SceneGraphObject

Parameters:

referenceTable - a NodeReferenceTableObject that contains the getNewObjectReference method needed to search for new object instances.

See Also:

NodeReferenceTable, Node.cloneTree(), DanglingReferenceException