## javax.vecmath
Class Point4d

    java.lang.Object
      javax.vecmath.Tuple4d
          javax.vecmath.Point4d

All Implemented Interfaces:
  java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

    public class Point4d

extends Tuple4d
implements java.io.Serializable

A 4 element vector represented by double precision floating point x,y,z,w coordinates.

See Also:
  Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class javax.vecmath.Tuple4d
`w, x, y, z`

Constructor Summary
`Point4d()` Constructs and initializes a Point4d to (0,0,0,0).
`Point4d(double[] p)` Constructs and initializes a Point4d from the coordinates contained in the array.
`Point4d(double x, double y, double z, double w)` Constructs and initializes a Point4d from the specified xyzw coordinates.
`Point4d(Point4d p1)` Constructs and initializes a Point4d from the specified Point4d.
`Point4d(Point4f p1)` Constructs and initializes a Point4d from the specified Point4f.
`Point4d(Tuple3d t1)` Constructs and initializes a Point4d from the specified Tuple3d.
`Point4d(Tuple4d t1)` Constructs and initializes a Point4d from the specified Tuple4d.
`Point4d(Tuple4f t1)` Constructs and initializes a Point4d from the specified Tuple4f.

Method Summary
`double` `distance(Point4d p1)` Returns the distance between this point and point p1.
`double` `distanceL1(Point4d p1)` Computes the L-1 (Manhattan) distance between this point and point p1.
`double` `distanceLinf(Point4d p1)` Computes the L-infinite distance between this point and point p1.
`double` `distanceSquared(Point4d p1)` Returns the square of the distance between this point and point p1.
`void` `project(Point4d p1)` Multiplies each of the x,y,z components of the Point4d parameter by 1/w, places the projected values into this point, and places a 1 as the w parameter of this point.
`void` `set(Tuple3d t1)` Sets the x,y,z components of this point to the corresponding components of tuple t1.

Methods inherited from class javax.vecmath.Tuple4d
`absolute, absolute, add, add, clamp, clamp, clamp, clamp, clampMax, clampMax, clampMax, clampMax, clampMin, clampMin, clampMin, clampMin, clone, epsilonEquals, equals, equals, get, get, getW, getX, getY, getZ, hashCode, interpolate, interpolate, interpolate, interpolate, negate, negate, scale, scale, scaleAdd, scaleAdd, scaleAdd, set, set, set, set, setW, setX, setY, setZ, sub, sub, toString`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### Point4d

    public Point4d(double x,
                   double y,
                   double z,
                   double w)

  Constructs and initializes a Point4d from the specified xyzw coordinates.

  Parameters:
    `x` - the x coordinate
    `y` - the y coordinate
    `z` - the z coordinate
    `w` - the w coordinate

### Point4d

    public Point4d(double[] p)

  Constructs and initializes a Point4d from the coordinates contained in the array.

  Parameters:
    `p` - the array of length 4 containing xyzw in order

### Point4d

    public Point4d(Point4d p1)

  Constructs and initializes a Point4d from the specified Point4d.

  Parameters:
    `p1` - the Point4d containing the initialization x y z w data

### Point4d

    public Point4d(Point4f p1)

  Constructs and initializes a Point4d from the specified Point4f.

  Parameters:
    `p1` - the Point4f containing the initialization x y z w data

### Point4d

    public Point4d(Tuple4f t1)

  Constructs and initializes a Point4d from the specified Tuple4f.

  Parameters:
    `t1` - the Tuple4f containing the initialization x y z w data

### Point4d

    public Point4d(Tuple4d t1)

  Constructs and initializes a Point4d from the specified Tuple4d.

  Parameters:
    `t1` - the Tuple4d containing the initialization x y z w data

### Point4d

    public Point4d(Tuple3d t1)

  Constructs and initializes a Point4d from the specified Tuple3d. The x,y,z components of this point are set to the corresponding components of tuple t1. The w component of this point is set to 1.

  Parameters:
    `t1` - the tuple to be copied
  Since:
    vecmath 1.2

### Point4d

    public Point4d()

  Constructs and initializes a Point4d to (0,0,0,0).

Method Detail

### set

    public final void set(Tuple3d t1)

  Sets the x,y,z components of this point to the corresponding components of tuple t1. The w component of this point is set to 1.

  Parameters:
    `t1` - the tuple to be copied
  Since:
    vecmath 1.2

### distanceSquared

    public final double distanceSquared(Point4d p1)

  Returns the square of the distance between this point and point p1.

  Parameters:
    `p1` - the first point
  Returns:
    the square of distance between this point and point p1

### distance

    public final double distance(Point4d p1)

  Returns the distance between this point and point p1.

  Parameters:
    `p1` - the first point
  Returns:
    the distance between these this point and point p1.

### distanceL1

    public final double distanceL1(Point4d p1)

  Computes the L-1 (Manhattan) distance between this point and point p1. The L-1 distance is equal to: abs(x1-x2) + abs(y1-y2) + abs(z1-z2) + abs(w1-w2).

  Parameters:
    `p1` - the other point
  Returns:
    the L-1 distance

### distanceLinf

    public final double distanceLinf(Point4d p1)

  Computes the L-infinite distance between this point and point p1. The L-infinite distance is equal to MAX[abs(x1-x2), abs(y1-y2), abs(z1-z2), abs(w1-w2)].

  Parameters:
    `p1` - the other point
  Returns:
    the L-infinite distance

### project

    public final void project(Point4d p1)

  Multiplies each of the x,y,z components of the Point4d parameter by 1/w, places the projected values into this point, and places a 1 as the w parameter of this point.

  Parameters:
    `p1` - the source Point4d, which is not modified

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