flightclub.client
Class GliderType

java.lang.Object
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  +--flightclub.client.GliderType

Direct Known Subclasses:

HangGlider, Paraglider, Sailplane

public class GliderType

extends java.lang.Object

This class implements the reading and writing of data files for different types of glider. A glider's data file determines its flying characteristics and its 3d representation. Currently we have three types of glider. The relevant data files - hangglider.txt, paraglider.txt, sailplane.txt - may be found in the folder ~/xc/class/. The file format is as follows:

 
    # hangglider
    # by foo, 18 Aug 2002
    TURN: 0.3
    POLAR: 20 -2, 40 -6, 60 -10, 
    OBJ3D:
    2
    t "3399ff" 0 0 0, 1 0 0, 1 -0.2 0, 0 -0.2 0,
    t "3399ff" 0 0 0, -1 0 0, -1 -0.2 0, 0 -0.2 0,
 
    

Note the polar has a trailing comma after the last pair of speed and sink values. The text after OBJ3D: is the 3d representation of the glider. This portion of the file will be parsed by Obj3d.

Field Summary

protected ModelViewer	modelViewer
protected Obj3dDir	obj
protected float[][]	polar
protected float	turnRadius
protected java.lang.String	typeName

Constructor Summary

GliderType(ModelViewer modelViewer, java.lang.String typeName)
Creates an instance of typeName or throws an IO error.

GliderType(java.lang.String typeName)
Creates an empty instance of glider type ready for you to specify its properties.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	toString()
void	writeFile() Outputs the data for this type of glider to a text file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

modelViewer

protected ModelViewer modelViewer

typeName

protected java.lang.String typeName

obj

protected Obj3dDir obj

polar

protected float[][] polar

turnRadius

protected float turnRadius

Constructor Detail

GliderType

public GliderType(ModelViewer modelViewer,
                  java.lang.String typeName)
           throws java.io.IOException

Creates an instance of typeName or throws an IO error. Opens the relevant data file, parses it and sets my properties accordingly. This is the cpnstructor used by the client.

GliderType

public GliderType(java.lang.String typeName)

Creates an empty instance of glider type ready for you to specify its properties. Use this constructor if you are running glider type stand alone in order to *write* a def file.

See Also:

Paraglider, flightclub.data.Hangglider, Sailplane

Method Detail

writeFile

public void writeFile()
               throws java.io.IOException

Outputs the data for this type of glider to a text file.

java.io.IOException

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object