Class Surface

java.lang.Object
  Surface

Direct Known Subclasses:

Polygon, Sphere

public abstract class Surface
extends java.lang.Object

Represents an abstract surface in the scene.

Field Summary

static Surface

EMPTY

Constructor Summary

Surface()

Method Summary

abstract Intersection

getIntersection(Ray query) Returns information about the closest point on this surface that the query ray hits, where the ``distance'' along the ray will be at least one.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

EMPTY

public static final Surface EMPTY

Constructor Detail

Surface

public Surface()

Method Detail

getIntersection

public abstract Intersection getIntersection(Ray query)

Returns information about the closest point on this surface that the query ray hits, where the ``distance'' along the ray will be at least one.