threeD.raytracer.lighting
Class RectangularLight

java.lang.Object
  threeD.raytracer.engine.AbstractSurface
      threeD.raytracer.primitives.Plane
          threeD.raytracer.lighting.RectangularLight

All Implemented Interfaces:

Light, ParticleGroup, Surface, SurfaceLight

public class RectangularLight

extends Plane

implements SurfaceLight

A RectangularLight object provides PointLight samples that are randomly distributed across the a plane surface. The location of the plane is used for the upper left corner of the area to sample.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class threeD.raytracer.primitives.Plane

XY, XZ, YZ

Constructor Summary

RectangularLight()
Constructs a new RectangularLight object.

RectangularLight(double width, double height)
Constructs a new RectangularLight object.

Method Summary

double	getHeight()
double	getIntensity() Returns the intensity of this Light object as a double value.
int	getSampleCount()
Light[]	getSamples()
Light[]	getSamples(int total)
double	getWidth()
void	setHeight(double height) Sets the height of the rectangular area of this RectangularLight object.
void	setIntensity(double intensity) Sets the intensity of this Light object.
void	setSampleCount(int samples) Sets the number of samples to use for this RectangularLight object.
void	setWidth(double width) Sets the width of the rectangular area of this RectangularLight object.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class threeD.raytracer.primitives.Plane

getNormalAt, getParticleVertices, getType, intersect, intersectAt, setType

Methods inherited from class threeD.raytracer.engine.AbstractSurface

addShader, addTexture, addTransform, calculateTransform, getColor, getColorAt, getLocation, getParent, getRotationCoefficients, getScaleCoefficients, getShadeBack, getShadeFront, getShaderSet, getSize, getTexture, getTextures, getTextureSet, getTransform, getTransform, getTransforms, removeTexture, removeTransform, setColor, setLocation, setParent, setRotationCoefficients, setScaleCoefficients, setShadeBack, setShadeFront, setShaders, setSize, setTexture, setTextures, setTransform, setTransforms, shade

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface threeD.raytracer.lighting.Light

getColor, getColorAt, setColor

Constructor Detail

RectangularLight

public RectangularLight()

Constructs a new RectangularLight object.

RectangularLight

public RectangularLight(double width,
                        double height)

Constructs a new RectangularLight object.

Parameters:

width - Width of rectangle.

height - Hieght of rectangle.

Method Detail

setSampleCount

public void setSampleCount(int samples)

Sets the number of samples to use for this RectangularLight object.

Parameters:

samples -

getSampleCount

public int getSampleCount()

Returns:

The number of samples to use for this RectangularLight object.

getSamples

public Light[] getSamples(int total)

Specified by:

getSamples in interface SurfaceLight

Parameters:

total - Total number of samples to return.

Returns:

An array containing samples for this SurfaceLight instance.

See Also:

SurfaceLight.getSamples(int)

getSamples

public Light[] getSamples()

Specified by:

getSamples in interface SurfaceLight

Returns:

An array containing samples for this SurfaceLight instance.

See Also:

SurfaceLight.getSamples()

setWidth

public void setWidth(double width)

Sets the width of the rectangular area of this RectangularLight object.

setHeight

public void setHeight(double height)

Sets the height of the rectangular area of this RectangularLight object.

getWidth

public double getWidth()

Returns:

The width of the rectangular area of this RectangularLight object.

getHeight

public double getHeight()

Returns:

The width of the rectangular area of this RectangularLight object.

setIntensity

public void setIntensity(double intensity)

Description copied from interface: Light

Sets the intensity of this Light object.

Specified by:

setIntensity in interface Light

See Also:

Light.setIntensity(double)

getIntensity

public double getIntensity()

Description copied from interface: Light

Returns the intensity of this Light object as a double value.

Specified by:

getIntensity in interface Light

See Also:

Light.getIntensity()

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns:

"Rectangular Light".