VecMath::Rotation< D, N > Class Template Reference

Rotation in D-dimensional space defined by angles about the main axes. More...

#include <Rotation.h>

Inheritance diagram for VecMath::Rotation< D, N >:

Collaboration diagram for VecMath::Rotation< D, N >:

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	Rotation ()
	default constructor, zero rotation
	Rotation (N r0,...)
	Constructor with variable arglist.
N &	operator[] (unsigned i)
	Returns a reference to component i.
N	operator[] (unsigned i) const
	Returns component i by value.
	operator Matrix< D, N > () const
	Creates a rotation Matrix from the angles.
Rotation< D, N > &	operator+= (const Rotation< D, N > &that)
	Adds another Rotation to this.
	operator bool () const
	true if rotation is nonzero
const Vector< NumAxes< D > ::num, N > &	r () const
	access the stored values (needed by output operator <<())
Vector< NumAxes< D >::num, N > &	r ()
	write access the stored values (needed by input operator >>())
std::string	toString () const
	Convert Rotation to a std::string.
Private Attributes
Vector< NumAxes< D >::num, N >	axis
	Rotation angles are stored as a Vector, operations are delegated.

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Detailed Description

template<unsigned D, typename N = double>
class VecMath::Rotation< D, N >

Rotation in D-dimensional space defined by angles about the main axes.

Template Parameters:

D	dimension of the vector space
N	numerical type of the rotation angles

Author:

Helge Preuss <lene.preuss@gmail.com>

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

template<unsigned D, typename N>

VecMath::Rotation< D, N >::Rotation	(	N	r0,
			...
	)

Constructor with variable arglist.

Parameters:

r0	angle about first rotation axis
...	angle about the other axes

References VecMath::Rotation< D, N >::axis, num, and va_end.

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Member Function Documentation

template<unsigned D, typename N >

VecMath::Rotation< D, N >::operator bool

(

)

const

true if rotation is nonzero

Todo:

move out of the class

References VecMath::sqnorm().

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template<unsigned D, typename N >

VecMath::Rotation< D, N >::operator Matrix< D, N >

(

)

const

Creates a rotation Matrix from the angles.

Todo:

default implementation does not work correctly yet

move out of the class

See also:

the specializations for 3 and 4 dimensions in Rotation.C

References VecMath::RotationAxes< D >::axis(), num, and operator[]().

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template<unsigned D, typename N>

Rotation< D, N > & VecMath::Rotation< D, N >::operator+=

(

const Rotation< D, N > &

that

)

Adds another Rotation to this.

Parameters:

that	other Rotation

Returns:

*this+that

References VecMath::Rotation< D, N >::axis.

template<unsigned D, typename N >

N VecMath::Rotation< D, N >::operator[]

(

unsigned

i

)

const

Returns component i by value.

Parameters:

i	index of the element

Returns:

the accessed element

template<unsigned D, typename N >

N & VecMath::Rotation< D, N >::operator[]

(

unsigned

i

)

Returns a reference to component i.

Parameters:

i	index of the element

Returns:

non-const reference to the accessed element

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

• HyperspaceExplorer/src/VecMath/Rotation.h
• HyperspaceExplorer/src/VecMath/Rotation.impl.h