Class Fractal

java.lang.Object
  Fractal

Direct Known Subclasses:

Buddhabrot, Mandelbrot

public class Fractal
extends java.lang.Object

Field Summary

protected int	bailout
protected double	bottomBound
protected double	centreX
protected double	centreY
protected double	delta
protected int	dimension
protected double	domain
protected java.lang.String	filename
protected boolean	invert
protected int	iteration
protected int	iterations
protected double	leftBound
protected int	MAX_ITERATE
protected Palette	palette
protected java.lang.String	paletteName
protected ComplexNumber	point
protected double	range
protected double	rightBound
protected double[]	TARGET
protected double	topBound
protected double	xCenter
protected double	xMax
protected double	xMin
protected double	yCenter
protected double	yMax
protected double	yMin

Constructor Summary

Fractal(java.lang.String xC, java.lang.String yC, java.lang.String delta, java.lang.String bailout, Palette palette, java.lang.String filename)
Constructor: setting the screen size.

Method Summary

protected void	draw(java.awt.Graphics g) Expected to be overriden in subclasses...
int	getDimension()
java.lang.String	getFilename()
int	getMaxIterations()
protected boolean	isPartOfSet() Identifying whether that point is part of the Set.
int	iteration() Return the number of iterations done before the point hits the limit.
protected double	mapColumnToReal(int col)
protected int	mapImaginaryToRow(double y)
protected int	mapRealToColumn(double x)
protected double	mapRowToImaginary(int row)
void	setDimension(int dimension)
protected int	setEscapeTime(ComplexNumber c)
void	zoom(int col, int row, double factor)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

xCenter

protected double xCenter

yCenter

protected double yCenter

delta

protected double delta

bailout

protected int bailout

iterations

protected int iterations

paletteName

protected java.lang.String paletteName

palette

protected Palette palette

filename

protected java.lang.String filename

dimension

protected int dimension

centreX

protected double centreX

centreY

protected double centreY

leftBound

protected double leftBound

rightBound

protected double rightBound

topBound

protected double topBound

bottomBound

protected double bottomBound

xMin

protected double xMin

xMax

protected double xMax

yMin

protected double yMin

yMax

protected double yMax

domain

protected double domain

range

protected double range

MAX_ITERATE

protected int MAX_ITERATE

iteration

protected int iteration

TARGET

protected double[] TARGET

point

protected ComplexNumber point

invert

protected boolean invert

Constructor Detail

Fractal

public Fractal(java.lang.String xC,
               java.lang.String yC,
               java.lang.String delta,
               java.lang.String bailout,
               Palette palette,
               java.lang.String filename)

Constructor: setting the screen size.

Method Detail

getDimension

public int getDimension()

Returns:

the dimension

setDimension

public void setDimension(int dimension)

Parameters:

dimension - the dimension to set

setEscapeTime

protected int setEscapeTime(ComplexNumber c)

draw

protected void draw(java.awt.Graphics g)

Expected to be overriden in subclasses...

Parameters:

g - Graphics reference to the BufferedImage to be drawn on

isPartOfSet

protected boolean isPartOfSet()

Identifying whether that point is part of the Set.

Returns:

true if it is part of the set, false otherwise

mapColumnToReal

protected double mapColumnToReal(int col)

mapRowToImaginary

protected double mapRowToImaginary(int row)

mapRealToColumn

protected int mapRealToColumn(double x)

mapImaginaryToRow

protected int mapImaginaryToRow(double y)

zoom

public void zoom(int col,
                 int row,
                 double factor)

iteration

public int iteration()

Return the number of iterations done before the point hits the limit.

Returns:

the number of iterations

getMaxIterations

public int getMaxIterations()

getFilename

public java.lang.String getFilename()

Returns:

the filename