Package Vrml2Sourcebook.Siggraph98Course

Class Snake

java.lang.Object

Vrml2Sourcebook.Siggraph98Course.Snake

public class Snake
extends Object

This world creates a morphing snake using an Extrusion node. To make the snake move, a CoordinateInterpolator sends the Extrusion node a series of new spines.

Related links: Catalog page Snake, source Snake.java, X3D Resources, X3D Scene Authoring Hints, and X3D Tooltips.

Scene Meta Information

meta tags	Document Metadata
title	Snake.x3d
description	This world creates a morphing snake using an Extrusion node. To make the snake move, a CoordinateInterpolator sends the Extrusion node a series of new spines.
creator	David R. Nadeau
translator	Don Brutzman
created	1 July 1998
translated	2 February 2014
modified	20 October 2019
reference	originals/snake.wrl
reference	http://www.siggraph.org/s98
reference	http://www.siggraph.org/s98/conference/courses/18.html
reference	http://www.sdsc.edu/~moreland/courses/Siggraph98/vrml97/slides/mt0258.htm
reference	http://www.sdsc.edu/~moreland/courses/Siggraph98/vrml97/vrml97.htm
reference	https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dResources.html
identifier	https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/Vrml2Sourcebook/Siggraph98Course/Snake.x3d
generator	Vrml97ToX3dNist, http://ovrt.nist.gov/v2_x3d.html
generator	X3D-Edit, https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit
license	../license.html

This program uses the X3D Java Scene Access Interface Library (X3DJSAIL). It has been produced using the X3dToJava.xslt stylesheet (version control) which is used to create Java source code from an original .x3d model.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Snake()	Default constructor to create this object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
org.web3d.x3d.jsail.Core.X3D	getX3dModel()	Provide a shallow copy of the X3D model.
final void	initialize()	Create and initialize the X3D model for this object.
static void	main(String[] args)	Default main() method provided for test purposes, uses CommandLine to set global ConfigurationProperties for this object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

Snake

public Snake()

Default constructor to create this object.

Method Details

initialize

public final void initialize()

Create and initialize the X3D model for this object.

getX3dModel

public org.web3d.x3d.jsail.Core.X3D getX3dModel()

Provide a shallow copy of the X3D model.

Returns:

Snake model

See Also:

• X3D

main

public static void main(String[] args)

Default main() method provided for test purposes, uses CommandLine to set global ConfigurationProperties for this object.

Parameters:

args - array of input parameters, provided as arguments

See Also:

• X3D.handleArguments(args)
• X3D.validationReport()
• CommandLine
• CommandLine.USAGE
• ConfigurationProperties