javax.media.j3d

Class ViewSpecificGroup

java.lang.Object

javax.media.j3d.SceneGraphObject

javax.media.j3d.Node

javax.media.j3d.Group

javax.media.j3d.ViewSpecificGroup

public class ViewSpecificGroup
extends Group

The ViewSpecificGroup node is a Group whose descendants are rendered only on a specified set of views. It contains a list of views on which its descendants are rendered. Methods are provided to add, remove, and enumerate the list of views. The list of views is initially empty, meaning that the descendants of this group will not be rendered on any view. At least one view must be added to the list of views for rendering to occur.

All nodes except ViewPlatform may appear as a descendant of ViewSpecificGroup, including another ViewSpecificGroup. If a ViewSpecificGroup is a descendant of a ViewSpecificGroup, the effect is to intersect the view sets of the ViewSpecificGroup nodes in the hierarchy; each ViewSpecificGroup encountered when traversing the scene graph further restricts the set of views on which its descendants are rendered. More formally, descendant nodes of ViewSpecificGroups are rendered in (or apply to) only those views that are contained in the set of views of every ViewSpecificGroup in the scene graph path from the Locale to the Node.

Behavior nodes may appear under a ViewSpecificGroup, but are not affected by it--the Behavior scheduler is per-universe rather than per-View. BoundingLeaf nodes are similarly unaffected by being under a ViewSpecificGroup. A BoundingLeaf under a ViewSpecificGroup provides a valid bounds for any node that refers to it, irrespective of the view.

The rest of the leaf nodes either: A) are only rendered within the specified view(s), for example, Shape3D, Morph, and Sound; or B) only affect other objects when they are rendered in the specified view(s), for example, AlternateAppearance, Clip, ModelClip, Fog, Light, Soundscape, Background.

Since:

Java 3D 1.3

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	ALLOW_VIEW_READ Specifies that this ViewSpecificGroup node allows reading its view information at runtime.
static int	ALLOW_VIEW_WRITE Specifies that this ViewSpecificGroup node allows writing its view information at runtime.

Fields inherited from class javax.media.j3d.Group

ALLOW_CHILDREN_EXTEND, ALLOW_CHILDREN_READ, ALLOW_CHILDREN_WRITE, ALLOW_COLLISION_BOUNDS_READ, ALLOW_COLLISION_BOUNDS_WRITE

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_LOCALE_READ, ALLOW_PARENT_READ, ALLOW_PICKABLE_READ, ALLOW_PICKABLE_WRITE, ENABLE_COLLISION_REPORTING, ENABLE_PICK_REPORTING

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ViewSpecificGroup() Constructs and initializes a new ViewSpecificGroup node object.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addView(View view) Appends the specified View object to this node's list of views.
Node	cloneNode(boolean forceDuplicate) Used to create a new instance of the node.
Enumeration<View>	getAllViews() Returns an enumeration of this ViewSpecificGroup node's list of views.
View	getView(int index) Retrieves the View object at the specified index from this node's list of views.
int	indexOfView(View view) Retrieves the index of the specified View object in this node's list of views.
void	insertView(View view, int index) Inserts the specified View object into this node's list of views at the specified index.
int	numViews() Returns the number of View objects in this node's list of views.
void	removeAllViews() Removes all View objects from this node's list of views.
void	removeView(int index) Removes the View object at the specified index from this node's list of views.
void	removeView(View view) Removes the specified View object from this node's list of views.
void	setView(View view, int index) Replaces the view at the specified index in this node's list of views with the specified View object.

Methods inherited from class javax.media.j3d.Group

addChild, getAllChildren, getAlternateCollisionTarget, getChild, getCollisionBounds, indexOfChild, insertChild, moveTo, numChildren, removeAllChildren, removeChild, removeChild, setAlternateCollisionTarget, setChild, setCollisionBounds

Methods inherited from class javax.media.j3d.Node

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

Methods inherited from class javax.media.j3d.SceneGraphObject

clearCapability, clearCapabilityIsFrequent, duplicateSceneGraphObject, getCapability, getCapabilityIsFrequent, getName, getUserData, isCompiled, isLive, setCapability, setCapabilityIsFrequent, setName, setUserData, toString, updateNodeReferences

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ALLOW_VIEW_READ

public static final int ALLOW_VIEW_READ

Specifies that this ViewSpecificGroup node allows reading its view information at runtime.

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Constant Field Values

ALLOW_VIEW_WRITE

public static final int ALLOW_VIEW_WRITE

Specifies that this ViewSpecificGroup node allows writing its view information at runtime.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ViewSpecificGroup

public ViewSpecificGroup()

Constructs and initializes a new ViewSpecificGroup node object.

Method Detail

setView

public void setView(View view,
           int index)

Replaces the view at the specified index in this node's list of views with the specified View object.

Parameters:

view - the View object to be stored at the specified index.

index - the index of the View object to be replaced.

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

getView

public View getView(int index)

Retrieves the View object at the specified index from this node's list of views.

Parameters:

index - the index of the View object to be returned.

Returns:

the View object at the specified index.

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

insertView

public void insertView(View view,
              int index)

Inserts the specified View object into this node's list of views at the specified index.

Parameters:

view - the View object to be inserted at the specified index.

index - the index at which the View object is inserted.

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

removeView

public void removeView(int index)

Removes the View object at the specified index from this node's list of views. If this operation causes the list of views to become empty, then the descendants of this ViewSpecificGroup node will not be rendered.

Parameters:

index - the index of the View object to be removed.

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

getAllViews

public Enumeration<View> getAllViews()

Returns an enumeration of this ViewSpecificGroup node's list of views.

Returns:

an Enumeration object containing all the views.

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

addView

public void addView(View view)

Appends the specified View object to this node's list of views.

Parameters:

view - the View object to be appended.

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

numViews

public int numViews()

Returns the number of View objects in this node's list of views. If this number is 0, then the list of views is empty and the descendants of this ViewSpecificGroup node will not be rendered.

Returns:

the number of views in this node's list of views.

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

indexOfView

public int indexOfView(View view)

Retrieves the index of the specified View object in this node's list of views.

Parameters:

view - the View object to be looked up.

Returns:

the index of the specified View object; returns -1 if the object is not in the list.

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

Since:

Java 3D 1.3

removeView

public void removeView(View view)

Removes the specified View object from this node's list of views. If the specified object is not in the list, the list is not modified. If this operation causes the list of views to become empty, then the descendants of this ViewSpecificGroup node will not be rendered.

Parameters:

view - the View object to be removed.

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

Since:

Java 3D 1.3

removeAllViews

public void removeAllViews()

Removes all View objects from this node's list of views. Since this method clears the list of views, the descendants of this ViewSpecificGroup node will not be rendered.

Throws:

CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

Since:

Java 3D 1.3

cloneNode

public Node cloneNode(boolean forceDuplicate)

Used to create a new instance of the node. This routine is called by cloneTree to duplicate the current node.

Overrides:

cloneNode in class Group

Parameters:

forceDuplicate - when set to true, causes the duplicateOnCloneTree flag to be ignored. When false, the value of each node's duplicateOnCloneTree variable determines whether NodeComponent data is duplicated or copied.

See Also:

Node.cloneTree(), Node.cloneNode(boolean), Node.duplicateNode(javax.media.j3d.Node, boolean), NodeComponent.setDuplicateOnCloneTree(boolean)