hephysics.vec

Class SpacePoint

java.lang.Object

hephysics.vec.SpacePoint

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable

public class SpacePointextends Objectimplements Serializable, Cloneable

A Hep3Vector representing a point in space. Derived from work by Norman Graf, Jan Strube and Frank Gaede

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	SpacePoint.Representation

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SpacePoint() Default constructor.
SpacePoint(Hep3Vector vec)
SpacePoint(SpacePoint spt) Copy constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	clone() Clone
double	cosPhi() cos(phi)
double	cosTheta() cos(theta)
static double	distance(SpacePoint spt1, SpacePoint spt2) Return the distance between two space points.
boolean	equals(Hep3Vector spt, double precision) Tests for equality within errors
boolean	equals(SpacePoint x) Tests for equality
boolean	equals(SpacePoint spt, double precision) Tests for equality within errors
double[]	getCartesianArray()
SpacePoint.Representation	getRepresentation()
double	magnitude()
double	magnitudeSquared()
boolean	notEquals(SpacePoint spt) Inequality
double	phi() Cylindrical phi
double	rxy() Cylindrical r
double	rxyz() Spherical r
double	sinPhi() sin(phi)
double	sinTheta() sin(theta)
double	theta() Spherical theta
String	toString() Output Stream
double[]	v() Returns the space point as a double array in its internal representation
double	x() Cartesian x
double	y() Cartesian y
double	z() Cartesian z

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SpacePoint

public SpacePoint()

Default constructor. Sets point to be the origin (0,0,0)

SpacePoint

public SpacePoint(SpacePoint spt)

Copy constructor

Parameters:

spt - SpacePoint to copy

SpacePoint

public SpacePoint(Hep3Vector vec)

Method Detail

v

public double[] v()

Returns the space point as a double array in its internal representation

See Also:

getRepresentation()

magnitude

public double magnitude()

magnitudeSquared

public double magnitudeSquared()

x

public double x()

Cartesian x

y

public double y()

Cartesian y

z

public double z()

Cartesian z

rxy

public double rxy()

Cylindrical r

Returns:

double

phi

public double phi()

Cylindrical phi

Returns:

double

rxyz

public double rxyz()

Spherical r

Returns:

double

theta

public double theta()

Spherical theta

Returns:

double

cosPhi

public double cosPhi()

cos(phi)

sinPhi

public double sinPhi()

sin(phi)

sinTheta

public double sinTheta()

sin(theta)

Returns:

double

cosTheta

public double cosTheta()

cos(theta)

Returns:

double

toString

public String toString()

Output Stream

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

String representation of object

equals

public boolean equals(SpacePoint spt,                      double precision)

Tests for equality within errors

Parameters:

spt - a SpacePoint to compare against

precision - the precision of the comparison

Returns:

true if each of the components is within precision of the components of spt

equals

public boolean equals(Hep3Vector spt,                      double precision)

Tests for equality within errors

Parameters:

spt - a Hep3Vector to compare against

precision - the precision of the comparison

Returns:

true if each of the components is within precision of the components of spt

equals

public boolean equals(SpacePoint x)

Tests for equality

Parameters:

x - SpacePoint to compare

Returns:

true if objects are equal

notEquals

public boolean notEquals(SpacePoint spt)

Inequality

Parameters:

spt - SpacePoint to compare

Returns:

true if objects are not equal

distance

public static double distance(SpacePoint spt1,                              SpacePoint spt2)

Return the distance between two space points.

Parameters:

spt1 - SpacePoint 1

spt2 - SpacePoint 2

Returns:

Euclidean distance between points

clone

public Object clone()

Clone

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Returns:

a copy of this object

getCartesianArray

public double[] getCartesianArray()

Returns:

array of doubles, cartesian representation

getRepresentation

public SpacePoint.Representation getRepresentation()

Returns:

the representations of the object