Package javax.media.j3d

Class Soundscape

java.lang.Object
javax.media.j3d.SceneGraphObject
javax.media.j3d.Node
javax.media.j3d.Leaf
javax.media.j3d.Soundscape
public class Soundscape extends Leaf
The Soundscape Leaf Node defines the attributes that characterize the listener's environment as it pertains to sound. This node defines an application region and an associated aural attribute component object that controls reverberation and atmospheric properties that affect sound source rendering. Multiple Soundscape nodes can be included in a single scene graph.

The Soundscape application region, different from a Sound node's scheduling region, is used to select which Soundscape (and thus which aural attribute object) is to be applied to the sounds being rendered. This selection is based on the position of the ViewPlatform (i.e., the listener), not the position of the sound.

It will be common that multiple Soundscape regions are contained within a scene graph. For example, two Soundscape regions within a single space the listener can move about: a region with a large open area on the right, and a smaller more constricted, less reverberant area on the left. The rever- beration attributes for these two regions could be set to approximate their physical differences so that active sounds are rendered differently depending on which region the listener is in.

  • Field Details

    • ALLOW_APPLICATION_BOUNDS_READ

      public static final int ALLOW_APPLICATION_BOUNDS_READ
      For Soundscape component objects, specifies that this object allows read access to its application bounds
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    • ALLOW_APPLICATION_BOUNDS_WRITE

      public static final int ALLOW_APPLICATION_BOUNDS_WRITE
      For Soundscape component objects, specifies that this object allows write access to its application bounds
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    • ALLOW_ATTRIBUTES_READ

      public static final int ALLOW_ATTRIBUTES_READ
      For Soundscape component objects, specifies that this object allows the reading of it's aural attributes information
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    • ALLOW_ATTRIBUTES_WRITE

      public static final int ALLOW_ATTRIBUTES_WRITE
      For Soundscape component objects, specifies that this object allows the writing of it's aural attribute information
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  • Constructor Details

    • Soundscape

      public Soundscape()
      Constructs and initializes a new Sound node using following defaults:
        application region: null (no active region)
        aural attributes: null (uses default aural attributes)

    • Soundscape

      public Soundscape(Bounds region, AuralAttributes attributes)
      Constructs and initializes a new Sound node using specified parameters
      Parameters:
      region - application region
      attributes - array of aural attribute component objects

  • Method Details

    • setApplicationBounds

      public void setApplicationBounds(Bounds region)
      Set the Soundscape's application region to the specified bounds specified in local coordinates of this leaf node. The aural attributes associated with this Soundscape are used to render the active sounds when this application region intersects the ViewPlatform's activation volume. The getApplicationBounds method returns a new Bounds object. This region is used when the application bounding leaf is null.
      Parameters:
      region - the bounds that contains the Soundscape's new application region.
      Throws:
      CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

    • getApplicationBounds

      public Bounds getApplicationBounds()
      Retrieves the Soundscape node's application bounds.
      Returns:
      this Soundscape's application bounds information
      Throws:
      CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

    • setApplicationBoundingLeaf

      public void setApplicationBoundingLeaf(BoundingLeaf region)
      Set the Soundscape's application region to the specified bounding leaf. When set to a value other than null, this overrides the application bounds object.
      Parameters:
      region - the bounding leaf node used to specify the Soundscape node's new application region.
      Throws:
      CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

    • getApplicationBoundingLeaf

      public BoundingLeaf getApplicationBoundingLeaf()
      Retrieves the Soundscape node's application bounding leaf.
      Returns:
      this Soundscape's application bounding leaf information
      Throws:
      CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

    • setAuralAttributes

      public void setAuralAttributes(AuralAttributes attributes)
      Set a set of aural attributes for this Soundscape
      Parameters:
      attributes - aural attributes
      Throws:
      CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

    • getAuralAttributes

      public AuralAttributes getAuralAttributes()
      Retrieve reference of Aural Attributes
      Returns:
      reference to aural attributes
      Throws:
      CapabilityNotSetException - if appropriate capability is not set and this object is part of live or compiled scene graph

    • cloneNode

      public Node cloneNode(boolean forceDuplicate)
      Creates a new instance of the node. This routine is called by cloneTree to duplicate the current node.
      Overrides:
      cloneNode in class Node
      Parameters:
      forceDuplicate - when set to true, causes the duplicateOnCloneTree flag to be ignored. When false, the value of each node's duplicateOnCloneTree variable determines whether NodeComponent data is duplicated or copied.
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    • duplicateNode

      public void duplicateNode(Node originalNode, boolean forceDuplicate)
      Copies all node information from originalNode into the current node. This method is called from the cloneNode method which is, in turn, called by the cloneTree method.

      For any NodeComponent objects contained by the object being duplicated, each NodeComponent object's duplicateOnCloneTree value is used to determine whether the NodeComponent should be duplicated in the new node or if just a reference to the current node should be placed in the new node. This flag can be overridden by setting the forceDuplicate parameter in the cloneTree method to true.
      NOTE: Applications should not call this method directly. It should only be called by the cloneNode method.

      Overrides:
      duplicateNode in class Node
      Parameters:
      originalNode - the original node to duplicate.
      forceDuplicate - when set to true, causes the duplicateOnCloneTree flag to be ignored. When false, the value of each node's duplicateOnCloneTree variable determines whether NodeComponent data is duplicated or copied.
      Throws:
      ClassCastException - if originalNode is not an instance of Soundscape
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    • updateNodeReferences

      public void updateNodeReferences(NodeReferenceTable referenceTable)
      Callback used to allow a node to check if any scene graph objects referenced by that node have been duplicated via a call to cloneTree. This method is called by cloneTree after all nodes in the sub-graph have been duplicated. The cloned Leaf node's method will be called and the Leaf node can then look up any object references by using the getNewObjectReference method found in the NodeReferenceTable object. If a match is found, a reference to the corresponding object in the newly cloned sub-graph is returned. If no corresponding reference is found, either a DanglingReferenceException is thrown or a reference to the original object is returned depending on the value of the allowDanglingReferences parameter passed in the cloneTree call.

      NOTE: Applications should not call this method directly. It should only be called by the cloneTree method.

      Overrides:
      updateNodeReferences in class SceneGraphObject
      Parameters:
      referenceTable - a NodeReferenceTableObject that contains the getNewObjectReference method needed to search for new object instances.
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