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Processor Class Reference

Base class for fractal image generators. More...

#include <Processor.h>

Inheritance diagram for Processor:

List of all members.

Public Methods
virtual ComplexNumber	iterate (const ComplexNumber &z, const ComplexNumber &u) const=0
virtual unsigned short	iterate_to_end (const ComplexNumber &initial_z, const ComplexNumber &u, unsigned short max_itns) const=0

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Detailed Description

Base class for fractal image generators.

Derived classes must implement both methods. This is required for performance reasons, since ProgressiveImageGen needs to be able to iterate one step at a time, and FastImageGen and AAFractalImage process each pixel to completion. This can be done much more efficiently with one function call, rather than repeatedly calling iterate().

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Member Function Documentation

virtual ComplexNumber Processor::iterate (  const ComplexNumber &    z, const ComplexNumber &    u )  const [pure virtual]

Implemented in MandelbrotProcessor, Z2PlusZProcessor, Z3PlusZProcessor, Z3Processor, Z4Processor, Z5Processor, Z6Processor, and Z7Processor.

virtual unsigned short Processor::iterate_to_end (  const ComplexNumber &    initial_z, const ComplexNumber &    u, unsigned short    max_itns )  const [pure virtual]

Implemented in MandelbrotProcessor, Z3Processor, Z4Processor, Z5Processor, Z6Processor, and Z7Processor.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• Processor.h

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