cil::Ray Class Reference

The Ray class inherits from the Tuple class, specilizing the templated parameter to float for element type. More...

#include <ray.h>

Inheritance diagram for cil::Ray:

Public Member Functions
	Ray ()
	Constructs a Ray object, all elements initialized to 0.
	Ray (const Ray &other)
	Ray (const Vector3f &origin, const Vector3f &normal)
	Constructs a Ray object using the origin point and the direction.
const float &	operator[] (int index) const
	Provides read-only access to the element at a specific index(position) within the Ray object.
float &	operator[] (int index)
	Provides read-write access to the element at a specific index(position) within the Ray object.
void	set (const Vector3f &origin, const Vector3f &direction)
	Sets the origin point and direction of the Ray object.
Vector3f	origin () const
	Gets a Vector3f object that is the origin of the current Ray.
void	setOrigin (const Vector3f &origin)
	Sets the origin of the current Ray.
Vector3f	direction () const
	Gets a Vector3f object that is the direction of the current Ray.
void	setDirection (const Vector3f &direction)
	Sets the direction ot the current Ray.
Vector3f	project (const Vector3f &point) const
	Gets the projected point of the other point on the current Ray.
void	transform (const Matrix4f &other)
	Transform the current Ray object using the other transformation matrix.
Public Member Functions inherited from cil::Tuple< float >
	Tuple (int size)
	Constructs a Tuple object with a specified number of elements, and initialize all elements to 0.
virtual	~Tuple ()
int	size () const
	Gets the number of elements of the Tuple.
float *	data ()
	Gets the data array of the Tuple.
const float *	data () const
	Gets the data array of the Tuple, and the data could not be modified upon which this function is called.
void	setData (const float *data)
	Sets the data array of the Variant.
Tuple< float > &	operator= (const Tuple &other)
	Copys the data of another Tuple to the one on which the operator is invoked.
bool	operator== (const Tuple &other) const
	Compares the Tuple with another one, and returns true if they are equal, otherwise returns false.
bool	operator!= (const Tuple &other) const
	Compares the Tuple with another one, and returns false if they are equal, otherwise returns true.
Public Member Functions inherited from cil::Variant
	Variant ()
virtual	~Variant ()
const std::string &	type () const

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Attributes inherited from cil::Tuple< float >
float *	m_data
	The data array of the Tuple.
int	m_size
	The number of elements that the data array of the Tuple holds.
Protected Attributes inherited from cil::Variant
std::string	m_type

Detailed Description

The Ray class inherits from the Tuple class, specilizing the templated parameter to float for element type.

The Ray object is represented in 3D space using a origin point(the first three elements) and a direction(the last three elements), so it stores six elements.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Ray() [1/3]

cil::Ray::Ray

(

)

Constructs a Ray object, all elements initialized to 0.

Ray() [2/3]

cil::Ray::Ray

(

const Ray &

other

)

Ray() [3/3]

cil::Ray::Ray	(	const Vector3f &	origin,
		const Vector3f &	normal )

Constructs a Ray object using the origin point and the direction.

Member Function Documentation

direction()

Vector3f cil::Ray::direction

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)

const

Gets a Vector3f object that is the direction of the current Ray.

operator[]() [1/2]

float & cil::Ray::operator[]

(

int

index

)

Provides read-write access to the element at a specific index(position) within the Ray object.

operator[]() [2/2]

const float & cil::Ray::operator[]

(

int

index

)

const

Provides read-only access to the element at a specific index(position) within the Ray object.

origin()

Vector3f cil::Ray::origin

(

)

const

Gets a Vector3f object that is the origin of the current Ray.

project()

Vector3f cil::Ray::project

(

const Vector3f &

point

)

const

Gets the projected point of the other point on the current Ray.

set()

void cil::Ray::set	(	const Vector3f &	origin,
		const Vector3f &	direction )

Sets the origin point and direction of the Ray object.

setDirection()

void cil::Ray::setDirection

(

const Vector3f &

direction

)

Sets the direction ot the current Ray.

setOrigin()

void cil::Ray::setOrigin

(

const Vector3f &

origin

)

Sets the origin of the current Ray.

transform()

void cil::Ray::transform

(

const Matrix4f &

other

)

Transform the current Ray object using the other transformation matrix.