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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 Jason Bevins (original libnoise code)
 * Copyright  2010 Thomas J. Hodge (java port of libnoise)
 * 
 * This file is part of libnoiseforjava.
 * 
 * libnoiseforjava is a Java port of the C++ library libnoise, which may be found at 
 * http://libnoise.sourceforge.net/.  libnoise was developed by Jason Bevins, who may be 
 * contacted at jlbezigvins@gmzigail.com (for great email, take off every 'zig').
 * Porting to Java was done by Thomas Hodge, who may be contacted at
 * libnoisezagforjava@gzagmail.com (remove every 'zag').
 * 
 * libnoiseforjava is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
 * Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * libnoiseforjava is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
 * libnoiseforjava.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 * 
 */

package libnoiseforjava.model;

import libnoiseforjava.module.ModuleBase;

public class Plane
{
   /// Model that defines the surface of a plane.
   ///
   /// This model returns an output value from a noise module given the
   /// coordinates of an input value located on the surface of an ( @a x,
   /// @a z ) plane.
   ///
   /// To generate an output value, pass the ( @a x, @a z ) coordinates of
   /// an input value to the GetValue() method.
   ///
   /// This model is useful for creating:
   /// - two-dimensional textures
   /// - terrain height maps for local areas
   ///
   /// This plane extends infinitely in both directions.
   

   /// A pointer to the noise module used to generate the output values.
   ModuleBase module;

   public Plane ()
   {
      module = new ModuleBase(1);
   }
      
   public Plane (ModuleBase module)
   {
      this.module = module;
   }
     
   /// Returns the output value from the noise module given the
   /// ( @a x, @a z ) coordinates of the specified input value located
   /// on the surface of the plane.
   ///
   /// @param x The @a x coordinate of the input value.
   /// @param z The @a z coordinate of the input value.
   ///
   /// @returns The output value from the noise module.
   ///
   /// @pre A noise module was passed to the setModule() method.
   ///
   /// This output value is generated by the noise module passed to the
   /// setModule() method.
   public double getValue (double x, double z)
   {
      assert (module != null);

      return module.getValue (x, 0, z);
   }

   /// Returns the noise module that is used to generate the output
   /// values.
   ///
   /// @returns A reference to the noise module.
   ///
   /// @pre A noise module was passed to the setModule() method.
   public ModuleBase getModule ()
   {
      assert (module != null);
      return module;
   }

   /// Sets the noise module that is used to generate the output values.
   ///
   /// @param module The noise module that is used to generate the output
   /// values.
   ///
   /// This noise module must exist for the lifetime of this object,
   /// until you pass a new noise module to this method.
   public void setModule (ModuleBase module)
   {
      this.module = module;
   }

}