Simulation class

The base class for all simulations.

A simulation models an object, in a one-dimensional space, on which particular forces are being applied, and exposes:

  • The object's position, x
  • The object's velocity, dx
  • Whether the simulation is "done", isDone

A simulation is generally "done" if the object has, to a given tolerance, come to a complete rest.

The x, dx, and isDone functions take a time argument which specifies the time for which they are to be evaluated. In principle, simulations can be stateless, and thus can be queried with arbitrary times. In practice, however, some simulations are not, and calling any of these functions will advance the simulation to the given time.

As a general rule, therefore, a simulation should only be queried using times that are equal to or greater than all times previously used for that simulation.

Simulations do not specify units for distance, velocity, and time. Client should establish a convention and use that convention consistently with all related objects.

Implementers

Constructors

Simulation({Tolerance tolerance: Tolerance.defaultTolerance })
Initializes the tolerance field for subclasses.

Properties

tolerance Tolerance
How close to the actual end of the simulation a value at a particular time must be before isDone considers the simulation to be "done". [...]
read / write
hashCode int
The hash code for this object. [...]
read-only, inherited
runtimeType Type
A representation of the runtime type of the object.
read-only, inherited

Methods

dx(double time) double
The velocity of the object in the simulation at the given time.
isDone(double time) bool
Whether the simulation is "done" at the given time.
toString() String
Returns a string representation of this object.
override
x(double time) double
The position of the object in the simulation at the given time.
noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic
Invoked when a non-existent method or property is accessed. [...]
inherited

Operators

operator ==(dynamic other) bool
The equality operator. [...]
inherited