com.threerings.probs
Class QuaternionVariable

java.lang.Object
  com.threerings.util.DeepObject
      com.threerings.probs.QuaternionVariable

All Implemented Interfaces:

Exportable, Copyable, Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

QuaternionVariable.Constant, QuaternionVariable.Identity, QuaternionVariable.Random, QuaternionVariable.Uniform

@EditorTypes(value={QuaternionVariable.Identity.class,QuaternionVariable.Constant.class,QuaternionVariable.Uniform.class,QuaternionVariable.Random.class},
             label="distribution")
public abstract class QuaternionVariable
extends DeepObject
implements Exportable

A quaternion-valued random variable.

Nested Class Summary

static class	QuaternionVariable.Constant Always returns the same value.
static class	QuaternionVariable.Identity Always return the identity value.
static class	QuaternionVariable.Random Returns a totally random rotation.
static class	QuaternionVariable.Uniform Returns a uniformly distributed value.

Constructor Summary

QuaternionVariable()

Method Summary

abstract Quaternion	getMean(Quaternion result) Computes the mean value.
abstract Quaternion	getValue(Quaternion result) Computes a sample value according to the variable's distribution.

Methods inherited from class com.threerings.util.DeepObject

clone, copy, copy, equals, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

QuaternionVariable

public QuaternionVariable()

Method Detail

getValue

public abstract Quaternion getValue(Quaternion result)

Computes a sample value according to the variable's distribution.

Returns:

a reference to the result value, for chaining.

getMean

public abstract Quaternion getMean(Quaternion result)

Computes the mean value.

Returns:

a reference to the result value, for chaining.