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package org.xith3d.scenegraph;
import org.openmali.spatial.bodies.Frustum;
/**
* Node updater interface is designed to allow special code to adjust a node's appearance if it is
* going to be rendered. This should *not* be used to adjust a transform since these methods
* are only called if the renderer has determined that the node is within view. This is a way
* of adjusting display only when necessary. An example would be a particle system, where you
* only want to acutally adjust the geometry if the particle system is within view.
*
* @author David Yazel
* @author Marvin Froehlich (aka Qudus)
*/
public interface UpdatableNode// extends Node
{
/**
* @param view the view that's currently used for rendering
* @param frustum view frustum
* @param nanoTime
* @param nanoStep
*
* @return True if this should be rendered, false if it should not.
*/
public abstract boolean update( View view, Frustum frustum, long nanoTime, long nanoStep );
}