Class Material

java.lang.Object
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public class Material

extends java.lang.Object

Material describes the surface properties of an object using ambient, diffuse and specular components.

Field Summary

Colour	Ambient Holds the ambient component of this surface
Colour	Diffuse Holds the ambient component of this surface
double	Shininess Holds the shininess factor this surface
Colour	Specular Holds the specular component of this surface

Constructor Summary

Material()
Create a default material

Material(Material m)
Create a new material by copying an existing material.

Method Summary

void	print(SceneWriter os) Print a human readable version of the material definition to the given destination
void	read(SceneReader is) Read the material from the given source
void	write(SceneWriter os) Write the material to the given destination

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

Ambient

public Colour Ambient

Holds the ambient component of this surface

Diffuse

public Colour Diffuse

Holds the ambient component of this surface

Specular

public Colour Specular

Holds the specular component of this surface

Shininess

public double Shininess

Holds the shininess factor this surface

Constructor Detail

Material

public Material()

Create a default material

Material

public Material(Material m)

Create a new material by copying an existing material.

Parameters:

m - the material to copy

Method Detail

read

public void read(SceneReader is)
          throws java.io.IOException,
                 java.lang.NumberFormatException

Read the material from the given source

Parameters:

is - the source to read from

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the light can not be read

java.io.NumberFormatException - if there a number format error is encountered

java.lang.NumberFormatException

write

public void write(SceneWriter os)
           throws java.io.IOException

Write the material to the given destination

Parameters:

os - the destination to write to

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the write fails.

print

public void print(SceneWriter os)
           throws java.io.IOException

Print a human readable version of the material definition to the given destination

Parameters:

os - the destination to write to

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the write fails.