/* * Cogl * * An object oriented GL/GLES Abstraction/Utility Layer * * Copyright (C) 2008,2009,2010 Intel Corporation. * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. * * Authors: * Robert Bragg */ #if !defined(__COGL_H_INSIDE__) && !defined(COGL_COMPILATION) #error "Only can be included directly." #endif #ifndef __COGL_VECTOR_H #define __COGL_VECTOR_H COGL_BEGIN_DECLS /** * SECTION:cogl-vector * @short_description: Functions for handling single precision float * vectors. * * This exposes a utility API that can be used for basic manipulation of 3 * component float vectors. */ /** * cogl_vector3_init: * @vector: The 3 component vector you want to initialize * @x: The x component * @y: The y component * @z: The z component * * Initializes a 3 component, single precision float vector which can * then be manipulated with the cogl_vector convenience APIs. Vectors * can also be used in places where a "point" is often desired. * * Since: 1.4 * Stability: Unstable */ void cogl_vector3_init (float *vector, float x, float y, float z); /** * cogl_vector3_init_zero: * @vector: The 3 component vector you want to initialize * * Initializes a 3 component, single precision float vector with zero * for each component. * * Since: 1.4 * Stability: Unstable */ void cogl_vector3_init_zero (float *vector); /** * cogl_vector3_equal: * @v1: The first 3 component vector you want to compare * @v2: The second 3 component vector you want to compare * * Compares the components of two vectors and returns TRUE if they are * the same. * * The comparison of the components is done with the '==' operator * such that -0 is considered equal to 0, but otherwise there is no * fuzziness such as an epsilon to consider vectors that are * essentially identical except for some minor precision error * differences due to the way they have been manipulated. * * Returns: TRUE if the vectors are equal else FALSE. * * Since: 1.4 * Stability: Unstable */ CoglBool cogl_vector3_equal (const void *v1, const void *v2); /** * cogl_vector3_equal_with_epsilon: * @vector0: The first 3 component vector you want to compare * @vector1: The second 3 component vector you want to compare * @epsilon: The allowable difference between components to still be * considered equal * * Compares the components of two vectors using the given epsilon and * returns TRUE if they are the same, using an internal epsilon for * comparing the floats. * * Each component is compared against the epsilon value in this way: * |[ * if (fabsf (vector0->x - vector1->x) < epsilon) * ]| * * Returns: TRUE if the vectors are equal else FALSE. * * Since: 1.4 * Stability: Unstable */ CoglBool cogl_vector3_equal_with_epsilon (const float *vector0, const float *vector1, float epsilon); /** * cogl_vector3_copy: * @vector: The 3 component vector you want to copy * * Allocates a new 3 component float vector on the heap initializing * the components from the given @vector and returns a pointer to the * newly allocated vector. You should free the memory using * cogl_vector3_free() * * Returns: A newly allocated 3 component float vector * * Since: 1.4 * Stability: Unstable */ float * cogl_vector3_copy (const float *vector); /** * cogl_vector3_free: * @vector: The 3 component you want to free * * Frees a 3 component vector that was previously allocated with * cogl_vector3_copy() * * Since: 1.4 * Stability: Unstable */ void cogl_vector3_free (float *vector); /** * cogl_vector3_invert: * @vector: The 3 component vector you want to manipulate * * Inverts/negates all the components of the given @vector. * * Since: 1.4 * Stability: Unstable */ void cogl_vector3_invert (float *vector); /** * cogl_vector3_add: * @result: Where you want the result written * @a: The first vector operand * @b: The second vector operand * * Adds each of the corresponding components in vectors @a and @b * storing the results in @result. * * Since: 1.4 * Stability: Unstable */ void cogl_vector3_add (float *result, const float *a, const float *b); /** * cogl_vector3_subtract: * @result: Where you want the result written * @a: The first vector operand * @b: The second vector operand * * Subtracts each of the corresponding components in vector @b from * @a storing the results in @result. * * Since: 1.4 * Stability: Unstable */ void cogl_vector3_subtract (float *result, const float *a, const float *b); /** * cogl_vector3_multiply_scalar: * @vector: The 3 component vector you want to manipulate * @scalar: The scalar you want to multiply the vector components by * * Multiplies each of the @vector components by the given scalar. * * Since: 1.4 * Stability: Unstable */ void cogl_vector3_multiply_scalar (float *vector, float scalar); /** * cogl_vector3_divide_scalar: * @vector: The 3 component vector you want to manipulate * @scalar: The scalar you want to divide the vector components by * * Divides each of the @vector components by the given scalar. * * Since: 1.4 * Stability: Unstable */ void cogl_vector3_divide_scalar (float *vector, float scalar); /** * cogl_vector3_normalize: * @vector: The 3 component vector you want to manipulate * * Updates the vector so it is a "unit vector" such that the * @vectors magnitude or length is equal to 1. * * It's safe to use this function with the [0, 0, 0] vector, it will not * try to divide components by 0 (its norm) and will leave the vector * untouched. * * Since: 1.4 * Stability: Unstable */ void cogl_vector3_normalize (float *vector); /** * cogl_vector3_magnitude: * @vector: The 3 component vector you want the magnitude for * * Calculates the scalar magnitude or length of @vector. * * Returns: The magnitude of @vector. * * Since: 1.4 * Stability: Unstable */ float cogl_vector3_magnitude (const float *vector); /** * cogl_vector3_cross_product: * @result: Where you want the result written * @u: Your first 3 component vector * @v: Your second 3 component vector * * Calculates the cross product between the two vectors @u and @v. * * The cross product is a vector perpendicular to both @u and @v. This * can be useful for calculating the normal of a polygon by creating * two vectors in its plane using the polygons vertices and taking * their cross product. * * If the two vectors are parallel then the cross product is 0. * * You can use a right hand rule to determine which direction the * perpendicular vector will point: If you place the two vectors tail, * to tail and imagine grabbing the perpendicular line that extends * through the common tail with your right hand such that you fingers * rotate in the direction from @u to @v then the resulting vector * points along your extended thumb. * * Returns: The cross product between two vectors @u and @v. * * Since: 1.4 * Stability: Unstable */ void cogl_vector3_cross_product (float *result, const float *u, const float *v); /** * cogl_vector3_dot_product: * @a: Your first 3 component vector * @b: Your second 3 component vector * * Calculates the dot product of the two 3 component vectors. This * can be used to determine the magnitude of one vector projected onto * another. (for example a surface normal) * * For example if you have a polygon with a given normal vector and * some other point for which you want to calculate its distance from * the polygon, you can create a vector between one of the polygon * vertices and that point and use the dot product to calculate the * magnitude for that vector but projected onto the normal of the * polygon. This way you don't just get the distance from the point to * the edge of the polygon you get the distance from the point to the * nearest part of the polygon. * * If you don't use a unit length normal in the above example * then you would then also have to divide the result by the magnitude * of the normal * * The dot product is calculated as: * |[ * (a->x * b->x + a->y * b->y + a->z * b->z) * ]| * * For reference, the dot product can also be calculated from the * angle between two vectors as: * |[ * |a||b|cos𝜃 * ]| * * Returns: The dot product of two vectors. * * Since: 1.4 * Stability: Unstable */ float cogl_vector3_dot_product (const float *a, const float *b); /** * cogl_vector3_distance: * @a: The first point * @b: The second point * * If you consider the two given vectors as (x,y,z) points instead * then this will compute the distance between those two points. * * Returns: The distance between two points given as 3 component * vectors. * * Since: 1.4 * Stability: Unstable */ float cogl_vector3_distance (const float *a, const float *b); COGL_END_DECLS #endif /* __COGL_VECTOR_H */