inra.ijpb.geometry

Class Sphere

java.lang.Object

inra.ijpb.geometry.Sphere

public class Sphere
extends Object

Contains data for representing sphere in the 3D space. Used for the computation of largest inscribed ball.

Author:

dlegland

See Also:

LargestInscribedBall

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Sphere(Point3D center, double radius) Creates a new sphere from a center and a radius.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Point3D	center()
double	radius()
double	surfaceArea()
double	volume()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Sphere

public Sphere(Point3D center,
              double radius)

Creates a new sphere from a center and a radius.

Parameters:

center - the center of the sphere

radius - the radius of the sphere

Method Detail

volume

public double volume()

Returns:

the volume of the domain enclosed by the sphere (equal to (4*pi/3) * r^3 )

surfaceArea

public double surfaceArea()

Returns:

the surface area of the sphere (equal to 4*pi*r)

center

public Point3D center()

Returns:

the center of the sphere

radius

public double radius()

Returns:

the radius of the sphere