ncsa.j3d.ui.tools
Class ViewTool

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.Behavior
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                          +--ncsa.j3d.ui.tools.ViewTool

public class ViewTool

extends javax.media.j3d.Behavior

implements ToolInterface

The ViewTool is used to allow the user to manipulate the ViewPlatform via it's TransformGroup. This effectively lets the user to manipulate the View to move through the scene.

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_PICK, ALLOW_PICKABLE_READ, ALLOW_PICKABLE_WRITE, ENABLE_COLLISION_REPORTING, ENABLE_PICK_REPORTING

Constructor Summary

ViewTool()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	describe() Returns a string to describe this object.
java.lang.String	describeFunctionality() Allows a tool to indicate any special functionality.
void	initialize()
boolean	notify(java.util.EventObject o) This function accepts events from portfolio or one of its event grabbers.
void	processStimulus(java.util.Enumeration criteria)
void	setToolManager(ToolManagerInterface m) This function allows specifying the tool manager that this tool is owned by.

Methods inherited from class javax.media.j3d.Behavior

duplicateNode, getEnable, getSchedulingBoundingLeaf, getSchedulingBounds, postId, setEnable, setSchedulingBoundingLeaf, setSchedulingBounds, updateNodeReferences

Methods inherited from class javax.media.j3d.Node

cloneNode, cloneTree, cloneTree, cloneTree, getBounds, getBoundsAutoCompute, getCollidable, getLocalToVworld, getLocalToVworld, getParent, getPickable, setBounds, setBoundsAutoCompute, setCollidable, setPickable

Methods inherited from class javax.media.j3d.SceneGraphObject

clearCapability, getCapability, getUserData, isCompiled, isLive, setCapability, setUserData

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ViewTool

public ViewTool()

Method Detail

initialize

public void initialize()

Overrides:

initialize in class javax.media.j3d.Behavior

processStimulus

public void processStimulus(java.util.Enumeration criteria)

Overrides:

processStimulus in class javax.media.j3d.Behavior

describe

public java.lang.String describe()

Returns a string to describe this object.

Specified by:

describe in interface ToolInterface

Tags copied from interface: ToolInterface

Parameters:

none -

describeFunctionality

public java.lang.String describeFunctionality()

Description copied from interface: ToolInterface

Allows a tool to indicate any special functionality. For instance the 'H' might do something special

Specified by:

describeFunctionality in interface ToolInterface

Tags copied from interface: ToolInterface

Parameters:

none -

setToolManager

public void setToolManager(ToolManagerInterface m)

Description copied from interface: ToolInterface

This function allows specifying the tool manager that this tool is owned by. Typically there is only 1 toolmanager.

Specified by:

setToolManager in interface ToolInterface

Tags copied from interface: ToolInterface

Parameters:

ToolManagerInterface - the interface to talk to

notify

public boolean notify(java.util.EventObject o)

Description copied from interface: PortfolioEventReceiver

This function accepts events from portfolio or one of its event grabbers.

Tags copied from interface: PortfolioEventReceiver

Parameters:

EventObject - The event to be processed.