| Class Summary |
| ZAnchorGroup |
ZAnchorGroup holds the information for a spatial hyperlink. |
| ZBoundsLocator |
ZBoundsLocator is used to locate a points on the bounds of a scene graph object in the coordinate system of that scene graph object. |
| ZCamera |
ZCamera represents a viewport onto a list of nodes. |
| ZClipGroup |
ZClipGroup applies a clip to the current ZRenderContext before rendering its children. |
| ZConstraintGroup |
ZConstraintGroup is a transform group that changes its transform based on a computation defined in a specified method. |
| ZDrawingSurface |
ZDrawingSurface represents the thing the camera renders onto. |
| ZFadeGroup |
ZFadeGroup is a group node that controls transparency and fading of its sub-tree. |
| ZGridLayoutManager |
A simple grid layout. |
| ZGroup |
ZGroup is a node with children. |
| ZHandle |
ZHandles are used to modify jazz object using direct manipulation. |
| ZHandleGroup |
ZHandleGroup is a group node that manages a collection of ZHandles. |
| ZInvisibleGroup |
ZInvisibleGroup is a group node that completely hides its descendents. |
| ZLayerGroup |
ZLayerGroup is used exclusively to specify the portion of the scenegraph that a camera can see. |
| ZLayoutGroup |
ZLayoutGroup is a visual group that wraps a layout manager that can position the node's children. |
| ZLeaf |
ZLeaf is a basic leaf node that doesn't have any children. |
| ZLocator |
ZLocator is used to locate a point on a scene graph object in the coordinate system of that scene graph object. |
| ZNameGroup |
ZNameGroup is a group node that names a portion of the scenegraph. |
| ZNode |
ZNode is the common superclass of all objects in a Jazz scenegraph. |
| ZPathLayoutManager |
ZPathLayoutManager positions a set of nodes along a path. |
| ZRoot |
ZRoot extends ZNode overiding several methods of ZNode to ensure that ZRoot is always in the root position of a Scenegraph. |
| ZSceneGraphObject |
ZSceneGraphObject is the base class for all objects in the Jazz scenegraph. |
| ZSelectionGroup |
ZSelectionGroup is a visual group node that provides functionality for specifying selection. |
| ZSelectionManager |
ZSelectionManager allows for registration of ZGroupListener instances with addGroupListener(). |
| ZSpatialIndex |
ZSpatialIndex is a jazz utility class, supporting ZSpatialIndexGroup. |
| ZSpatialIndexGroup |
ZSpatialIndexGroup is a group node that supports R-tree indexing for a group of visual components. |
| ZStickyGroup |
ZStickyGroup is a constraint group that moves its children inversely to the camera view, so that the children stay visually on the same place on the screen, even as the camera view changes. |
| ZTransformGroup |
ZTransformGroup is a group node that specifies an arbitrary affine transform. |
| ZTreeLayoutManager |
ZTreeLayoutManager implements a generic tree layout manager that can layout hierarchical Jazz objects, ie. |
| ZVisualComponent |
ZVisualComponent is the base class for objects that actually get rendered. |
| ZVisualGroup |
ZVisualGroup is a group node that has a visual components that can be rendered. |
| ZVisualLeaf |
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Jazz is a general-purpose Java-based engine that supports 2D visualizations. A primary characteristic of Jazz is that it is designed to support zoomable information spaces, although any particular applications may or may not take advantage of this feature. Jazz is implemented entirely in Java 2, and as such runs identically on any platform that supports Java 2.
Jazz is not an application in itself, but rather it is an engine that is designed to support applications that require the ability to create, manipulate, and render object-oriented graphics. If you are familiar with the terminology of 3D graphics, Jazz supports a scenegraph. This is a data structure that represents a hierarchy of graphical objects. Jazz uses the Java2D rendering engine, and uses a tuned run-time system to render the scenegraph as quickly as possible to support interactive applications.
This is the root package for all Jazz classes. It contains the core scenegraph classes itself, and in addition, contains the io, event, component and util packages that are used to build Jazz applications.