shout3d.core
Interface Clock

All Known Implementing Classes:

Shout3DPanel

public abstract interface Clock

A Shout3D Core Clock

Method Summary

double	getAbsoluteTime() this method gets the number of seconds since midnight GMT January 1, 1970, as of the last call to tick().
void	tick() This method updates the Clock and sets a new absolute time.

Method Detail

tick

public void tick()

This method updates the Clock and sets a new absolute time. This is automatically invoked once each time the applet renders, just before the onPreRender() methods are called on all the registered RenderObservers. This method may also be invoked by a programmer whenever a new simulation tick is desired, in the case where simulation cycles are being run at a finer frequency than that of the rendering loop.

getAbsoluteTime

public double getAbsoluteTime()

this method gets the number of seconds since midnight GMT January 1, 1970, as of the last call to tick().

Returns:

the time