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Class Vertex

java.lang.Object
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Direct Known Subclasses:

CubeVertex, TriangleVertex

public abstract class Vertex

extends java.lang.Object

Description A [cube|triangle] is made up of [8|3] vertices. Including a vertex class in the design allows flexibility in implementation.

platform independent storage requirements:

 byte   1 byte
 short  2 bytes
 int    4 bytes
 float  4 bytes
 double 8 bytes
 long   8 bytes
 

start date Tue 27 April 1999

Version:

1.0

Author:

Robert S Laramee

See Also:

Cube.java

Constructor Summary

Vertex()
vertex constructor(s)

Method Summary

abstract float	getXcoord() This method must be over-ridden
abstract float	getYcoord() This method must be over-ridden
abstract float	getZcoord() This method must be over-ridden
boolean	isEqual(Vertex vertex) Checks to see if 2 vertices are the same
abstract void	setXcoord(float newX) This method must be over-ridden
abstract void	setYcoord(float newX) This method must be over-ridden
abstract void	setZcoord(float newX) This method must be over-ridden

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Vertex

public Vertex()

vertex constructor(s)

Method Detail

getXcoord

public abstract float getXcoord()

This method must be over-ridden

Returns:

the x coordinate of this Vertex

getYcoord

public abstract float getYcoord()

This method must be over-ridden

Returns:

the t coordinate of this Vertex

getZcoord

public abstract float getZcoord()

This method must be over-ridden

Returns:

the z coordinate of this Vertex

setXcoord

public abstract void setXcoord(float newX)

This method must be over-ridden

Parameters:

the - x coordinate of this Vertex

setYcoord

public abstract void setYcoord(float newX)

This method must be over-ridden

Parameters:

the - y coordinate of this Vertex

setZcoord

public abstract void setZcoord(float newX)

This method must be over-ridden

Parameters:

the - z coordinate of this Vertex

isEqual

public boolean isEqual(Vertex vertex)

Checks to see if 2 vertices are the same

Parameters:

vertex - the vertex that may be equal to this one

Returns:

TRUE if the given vertex is in the same spot in coordinate space as this one