Package etomica.space3d

Interface IOrientationFull3D

All Superinterfaces:

IOrientation, IOrientation3D

All Known Implementing Classes:

OrientationFull3D

public interface IOrientationFull3D
extends IOrientation3D

Interface representing an orientation in 3D. The orientation defined by two unit vectors that are orthogonal to one another. They define two axes of the orientation, with the third given by their cross product.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Vector	getSecondaryDirection()	Returns a unit vector pointing in the orientation's secondary direction.
void	setDirections(Vector newPrimaryDirection, Vector newSecondaryDirection)	Sets the orientation's primary and secondary direction to be the given directions.

Methods inherited from interface etomica.space.IOrientation

E, getDirection, randomRotation, setDirection

Methods inherited from interface etomica.space3d.IOrientation3D

rotateBy

Method Detail

getSecondaryDirection

Vector getSecondaryDirection()

Returns a unit vector pointing in the orientation's secondary direction. This vector should not be modified.

setDirections

void setDirections(Vector newPrimaryDirection,
                   Vector newSecondaryDirection)

Sets the orientation's primary and secondary direction to be the given directions. The two vectors should be orthogonal.