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*/
package org.jcae.viewer3d;
/**
* This class describe a Domain which contains 0D elements (vertices).
* @author Jerome Robert
*/
public interface MarkDomain extends Domain
{
/**
* Return objects describing each type of marks in the domain.
* 4 cases are handeled:
* <ul>
* <li>The object is a PointAttribute. This PointAttribute is used in the
* Appearance at the Java3D level</li>
* <li>The object is a RenderedImage. Each vertex is displayed as a javax.media.j3d.Raster.</li>
* <li>The object is a float. This float is the size of the point (square, circle...) to be rendered.</li>
* <li>The object is null. The default Appearance is used.</li>
* <li>In all other cases vertices are displayed as a javax.media.j3d.Raster
* showing the toString string of the object, with the default font.</li>
* </ul>
* @return
*/
Object[] getMarksTypes();
/**
* Return a {x0, y0, z0, x1, y1, z1...} array for the given mark type.
* @param type
* @return
*/
float[] getMarks(Object type);
}