com.jme.light
Class PointLight

java.lang.Object
  com.jme.light.Light
      com.jme.light.PointLight

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

SpotLight

public class PointLight

extends Light

PointLight defines a light that has a location in space and emits light in all directions evenly. This would be something similar to a light bulb. Typically this light's values are attenuated based on the distance of the point light and the object it illuminates.

Version:

$Id: PointLight.java,v 1.3 2004/09/14 21:52:18 mojomonkey Exp $

Author:

Mark Powell

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.jme.light.Light

LT_AMBIENT, LT_DIRECTIONAL, LT_POINT, LT_SPOT

Constructor Summary

PointLight()
Constructor instantiates a new PointLight object.

Method Summary

Vector3f	getLocation() getLocation returns the position of this light.
int	getType() getType returns the type of this light (LT_POINT).
void	setLocation(Vector3f location) setLocation sets the position of the light.

Methods inherited from class com.jme.light.Light

getAmbient, getConstant, getDiffuse, getLinear, getQuadratic, getSpecular, isAttenuate, isEnabled, setAmbient, setAttenuate, setConstant, setDiffuse, setEnabled, setLinear, setQuadratic, setSpecular

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PointLight

public PointLight()

Constructor instantiates a new PointLight object. The initial position of the light is (0,0,0) and it's colors are white.

Method Detail

getLocation

public Vector3f getLocation()

getLocation returns the position of this light.

Returns:

the position of the light.

setLocation

public void setLocation(Vector3f location)

setLocation sets the position of the light.

Parameters:

location - the position of the light.

getType

public int getType()

getType returns the type of this light (LT_POINT).

Specified by:

getType in class Light

Returns:

the type of light that has been created.

See Also:

Light.getType()