org.opensourcephysics.sip.ch04
Class PendulumApp

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.opensourcephysics.controls.AbstractAnimation
      extended by org.opensourcephysics.controls.AbstractSimulation
          extended by org.opensourcephysics.sip.ch04.PendulumApp
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.lang.Runnable, Animation, Simulation

public class PendulumApp
extends AbstractSimulation

PendulumApp solves and displays the time evolution of a pendulum by stepping a pendulum model.


Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class org.opensourcephysics.controls.AbstractSimulation
control, showStepsPerDisplay, stepCounter, stepsPerDisplay
 
Fields inherited from class org.opensourcephysics.controls.AbstractAnimation
animationThread, decimalFormat, delayTime, mainFrame
 
Constructor Summary
PendulumApp()
          Constructs the PendulumApp and intializes the display.
 
Method Summary
 void doStep()
          Does a time step.
 void initialize()
          Initializes the simulation.
static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
          Starts the Java application.
 void reset()
          Resets the simulation.
 
Methods inherited from class org.opensourcephysics.controls.AbstractSimulation
enableStepsPerDisplay, getControl, getLoader, getStepCounter, getStepsPerDisplay, initializeAnimation, resetAnimation, run, setControl, setStepsPerDisplay, start, startAnimation, startRunning, startSimulation, stepAnimation, stop, stopAnimation, stopRunning, stopSimulation
 
Methods inherited from class org.opensourcephysics.controls.AbstractAnimation
addChildFrame, clearChildFrames, getChildFrames, getDelayTime, getMainFrame, getOSPApp, isRunning, setDelayTime
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface org.opensourcephysics.controls.Simulation
isRunning
 

Constructor Detail

PendulumApp

public PendulumApp()
Constructs the PendulumApp and intializes the display.

Method Detail

initialize

public void initialize()
Initializes the simulation.

Overrides:
initialize in class AbstractSimulation

doStep

public void doStep()
Does a time step.

Specified by:
doStep in class AbstractAnimation

reset

public void reset()
Resets the simulation.

Overrides:
reset in class AbstractSimulation

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
Starts the Java application.

Parameters:
args - command line parameters