Update Sphere to inherit from Object

- Had to do a couple updates here to adapt to the new code style...
- Update DoesIntersect for code style and to pass back t values in the vector
instead of the float array.

src/object_sphere.cc

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "object.h"
 #include "object_sphere.h"
 
+namespace charles {
 
 /*
  * Sphere::Sphere --
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ Sphere::Sphere(float r)
 
 
 Sphere::Sphere(Vector3 o, float r)
-    : Shape(o),
+    : Object(o),
       radius(r)
 { }
 
@@ -61,69 +62,64 @@ Sphere::set_radius(float r)
 
 
 /*
- * Sphere::does_intersect --
- *
- * Compute the intersection of a ray with this Sphere. All intersection t values are returned in the **t argument. The
- * number of values returned therein is indicated by the return value. Memory is allocated at *t. It is the caller's
- * responsibility to free it when it is no longer needed. If 0 is returned, no memory needs to be freed.
+ * Sphere::DoesIntersect --
  */
-int
-Sphere::does_intersect(const Ray &ray, float **t)
+bool
+Sphere::DoesIntersect(const Ray& ray,
+                      TVector& t)
     const
 {
-    // Origin of the vector in object space.
-    Vector3 ray_origin_obj = ray.origin - get_origin();
+    /* Origin of the vector in object space. */
+    Vector3 rayOriginObj = ray.origin - GetOrigin();
 
-    // Coefficients for quadratic equation.
-    float a = ray.direction.dot(ray.direction);
-    float b = ray.direction.dot(ray_origin_obj) * 2.0;
-    float c = ray_origin_obj.dot(ray_origin_obj) - (radius * radius);
+    /* Coefficients for quadratic equation. */
+    Double a = ray.direction.dot(ray.direction);
+    Double b = ray.direction.dot(rayOriginObj) * 2.0;
+    Double c = rayOriginObj.dot(rayOriginObj) - (radius * radius);
 
-    // Discriminant for the quadratic equation.
-    float discrim = (b * b) - (4.0 * a * c);
+    /* Discriminant for the quadratic equation. */
+    Double discrim = (b * b) - (4.0 * a * c);
 
-    // If the discriminant is less than zero, there are no real (as in not imaginary) solutions to this intersection.
+    /*
+     * If the discriminant is less than zero, there are no real (as in not
+     * imaginary) solutions to this intersection.
+     */
     if (discrim < 0) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    // Compute the intersections, the roots of the quadratic equation. Spheres have at most two intersections.
-    float sqrt_discrim = sqrtf(discrim);
-    float t0 = (-b - sqrt_discrim) / (2.0 * a);
-    float t1 = (-b + sqrt_discrim) / (2.0 * a);
-
-    // If t[1] is less than t[0], swap them (t[0] will always be the first intersection).
-    if (t1 < t0) {
-        float tmp = t0;
-        t0 = t1;
-        t1 = tmp;
+        return false;
     }
 
     /*
-     * If the farther intersection of the two is in the negative direction, the sphere is in the ray's negative
-     * direction.
+     * Compute the intersections, the roots of the quadratic equation. Spheres
+     * have at most two intersections.
+     */
+    Double sqrtDiscrim = sqrt(discrim);
+    Double t0 = (-b - sqrtDiscrim) / (2.0 * a);
+    Double t1 = (-b + sqrtDiscrim) / (2.0 * a);
+
+    /*
+     * If the farther intersection of the two is in the negative direction, the
+     * sphere is in the ray's negative direction.
      */
     if (t1 < 0) {
-        return 0;
+        return false;
     }
 
-    /*
-     * Allocate the memory and store the values. It's possible the two values are equal. Only allocate enough memory to
-     * store the required number of values.
-     */
-    int nints = (t0 != t1) ? 2 : 1;
-    if (t != NULL) {
-        *t = new float[nints];
-        if (*t == NULL) {
-            return 0;
+    if (t0 == t1) {
+        t.push_back(t0);
+    }
+    else {
+        /* Push these on in ascending order, nearest intersection to farthest. */
+        if (t0 < t1) {
+            t.push_back(t0);
+            t.push_back(t1);
         }
-        (*t)[0] = t0;
-        if (nints > 1) {
-            (*t)[1] = t1;
+        else {
+            t.push_back(t1);
+            t.push_back(t0);
         }
     }
 
-    return nints;
+    return true;
 }
 
 
@@ -136,7 +132,7 @@ bool
 Sphere::point_is_on_surface(const Vector3 &p)
     const
 {
-    Vector3 o = get_origin();
+    Vector3 o = GetOrigin();
     float x = p.x - o.x;
     float y = p.y - o.y;
     float z = p.z - o.z;
@@ -156,7 +152,9 @@ Sphere::compute_normal(const Vector3 &p)
     const
 {
     // The fun thing about sphere is the normal to any point on the sphere is the point itself. Woo!
-    Vector3 normal = p - get_origin();
+    Vector3 normal = p - GetOrigin();
     normal.normalize();
     return normal;
 }
+
+} /* namespace charles */

src/object_sphere.h

@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@
 #include "basics.h"
 #include "object.h"
 
+namespace charles {
 
 class Sphere
-    : public Shape
+    : public Object
 {
 public:
     Sphere();
@@ -23,11 +24,13 @@ public:
     float get_radius();
     void set_radius(float r);
 
-    int does_intersect(const Ray &ray, float **t) const;
+    bool DoesIntersect(const Ray& ray, TVector& t) const;
     bool point_is_on_surface(const Vector3 &p) const;
     Vector3 compute_normal(const Vector3 &p) const;
 private:
     float radius;
 };
 
+} /* namespace charles */
+
 #endif