threeD.raytracer.lighting
Class SphericalLight

java.lang.Object
  threeD.raytracer.engine.AbstractSurface
      threeD.raytracer.primitives.Sphere
          threeD.raytracer.lighting.SphericalLight

All Implemented Interfaces:

Light, Surface, SurfaceLight

public class SphericalLight

extends Sphere

implements SurfaceLight

A SphericalLight object provides PointLight samples that are randomly distributed across the surface of a sphere.

Constructor Summary

SphericalLight()
Constructs a new SphericalLight object.

SphericalLight(Vector location, double radius)
Constructs a new SphericalLight object.

Method Summary

double	getIntensity() Returns the intensity of this Light object as a double value.
double[][]	getParticleVertices()
int	getSampleCount()
Light[]	getSamples()
Light[]	getSamples(int total)
void	setIntensity(double intensity) Sets the intensity of this Light object.
void	setSampleCount(int samples) Sets the number of samples to use for this SphericalLight object.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class threeD.raytracer.primitives.Sphere

getNormalAt, intersect, intersectAt

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

SphericalLight

public SphericalLight()

Constructs a new SphericalLight object.

SphericalLight

public SphericalLight(Vector location,
                      double radius)

Constructs a new SphericalLight object.

Parameters:

location - Location for sphere.

radius - Radius of sphere.

Method Detail

setSampleCount

public void setSampleCount(int samples)

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

Parameters:

samples -

getSampleCount

public int getSampleCount()

Returns:

The number of samples to use for this SphericalLight 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()

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()

getParticleVertices

public double[][] getParticleVertices()

See Also:

ParticleGroup.getParticleVertices()

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns:

"Spherical Light".