Ray< n > Class Template Reference

Generic n-dimensional ray. More...

#include <geometry.hh>

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	Ray ()
	Creates a ray pointing from the origin positively along all axes.
	Ray (const Point< n > &start, const Vector< n > &dir)
	Creates a ray from a point and a direction vector.
const Point< n > &	getStart () const
	Gets this ray's starting point.
const Vector< n > &	getDirection () const
	Gets this ray's (normalized) direction vector.
Point< n >	operator() (double d) const
	Evaluates the ray equation for a given scalar, returning the point.
Private Attributes
Point< n >	start
	Starting point.
Vector< n >	dir
	(Normalized) direction vector.
Related Functions
(Note that these are not member functions.)
std::ostream &	operator<< (std::ostream &, const Ray< n > &)
	Outputs a ray to a C++ ostream.

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Detailed Description

template<unsigned int n>
class Ray< n >

Generic n-dimensional ray.

Definition at line 325 of file geometry.hh.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

template<unsigned int n> Ray< n >::Ray (  const Point< n > &  start, const Vector< n > &  dir )  [inline]

Creates a ray from a point and a direction vector. Precondition: dir is normalized. Definition at line 337 of file geometry.hh. References Ray< n >::dir.

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Friends And Related Function Documentation

template<unsigned int n> std::ostream & operator<< (  std::ostream &  , const Ray< n > &  )  [related]

Outputs a ray to a C++ ostream. Output looks like ray(p<1,2,...,n>,v<1,2,...,n>) Definition at line 128 of file geometry.impl.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• geometry.hh
• geometry.impl

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