irrlicht-code/include/line3d.h

// Copyright (C) 2002-2012 Nikolaus Gebhardt
// This file is part of the "Irrlicht Engine".
// For conditions of distribution and use, see copyright notice in irrlicht.h

#ifndef IRR_LINE_3D_H_INCLUDED
#define IRR_LINE_3D_H_INCLUDED

#include "irrTypes.h"
#include "vector3d.h"

namespace irr
{
namespace core
{

//! 3D line between two points with intersection methods.
template <class T>
class line3d
{
	public:

		//! Default constructor
		/** line from (0,0,0) to (1,1,1) */
		line3d() : start(0,0,0), end(1,1,1) {}
		//! Constructor with two points
		line3d(T xa, T ya, T za, T xb, T yb, T zb) : start(xa, ya, za), end(xb, yb, zb) {}
		//! Constructor with two points as vectors
		line3d(const vector3d<T>& start, const vector3d<T>& end) : start(start), end(end) {}

		// operators

		line3d<T> operator+(const vector3d<T>& point) const { return line3d<T>(start + point, end + point); }
		line3d<T>& operator+=(const vector3d<T>& point) { start += point; end += point; return *this; }

		line3d<T> operator-(const vector3d<T>& point) const { return line3d<T>(start - point, end - point); }
		line3d<T>& operator-=(const vector3d<T>& point) { start -= point; end -= point; return *this; }

		bool operator==(const line3d<T>& other) const
		{ return (start==other.start && end==other.end) || (end==other.start && start==other.end);}
		bool operator!=(const line3d<T>& other) const
		{ return !(start==other.start && end==other.end) || (end==other.start && start==other.end);}

		// functions
		//! Set this line to a new line going through the two points.
		void setLine(const T& xa, const T& ya, const T& za, const T& xb, const T& yb, const T& zb)
		{start.set(xa, ya, za); end.set(xb, yb, zb);}
		//! Set this line to a new line going through the two points.
		void setLine(const vector3d<T>& nstart, const vector3d<T>& nend)
		{start.set(nstart); end.set(nend);}
		//! Set this line to new line given as parameter.
		void setLine(const line3d<T>& line)
		{start.set(line.start); end.set(line.end);}

		//! Get length of line
		/** \return Length of line. */
		T getLength() const { return start.getDistanceFrom(end); }

		//! Get squared length of line
		/** \return Squared length of line. */
		T getLengthSQ() const { return start.getDistanceFromSQ(end); }

		//! Get middle of line
		/** \return Center of line. */
		vector3d<T> getMiddle() const
		{
			return (start + end)/(T)2;
		}

		//! Get vector of line
		/** \return vector of line. */
		vector3d<T> getVector() const
		{
			return end - start;
		}

		//! Check if the given point is between start and end of the line.
		/** Assumes that the point is already somewhere on the line.
		\param point The point to test.
		\return True if point is on the line between start and end, else false.
		*/
		bool isPointBetweenStartAndEnd(const vector3d<T>& point) const
		{
			return point.isBetweenPoints(start, end);
		}

		//! Get the closest point on this line to a point
		/** \param point The point to compare to.
		\return The nearest point which is part of the line. */
		vector3d<T> getClosestPoint(const vector3d<T>& point) const
		{
			vector3d<T> c = point - start;
			vector3d<T> v = end - start;
			T d = (T)v.getLength();
			v /= d;
			T t = v.dotProduct(c);

			if (t < (T)0.0)
				return start;
			if (t > d)
				return end;

			v *= t;
			return start + v;
		}

		//! Check if the line intersects with a sphere
		/** \param sorigin: Origin of the sphere.
		\param sradius: Radius of the sphere.
		\param outdistance: The distance to the first intersection point.
		\return True if there is an intersection.
		If there is one, the distance to the first intersection point
		is stored in outdistance. */
		bool getIntersectionWithSphere(const vector3d<T>& sorigin, T sradius, f64& outdistance) const
		{
			const vector3d<T> q = sorigin - start;
			T c = q.getLength();
			T v = q.dotProduct(getVector().normalize());
			T d = sradius * sradius - (c*c - v*v);

			if (d < 0.0)
				return false;

			outdistance = v - core::squareroot ( d );
			return true;
		}

		// member variables

		//! Start point of line
		vector3d<T> start;
		//! End point of line
		vector3d<T> end;
};

	//! Typedef for an f32 line.
	typedef line3d<f32> line3df;
	//! Typedef for an integer line.
	typedef line3d<s32> line3di;

} // end namespace core
} // end namespace irr

#endif