/**
* Returns a GeometryArray of a glyph in this Font3D.
*
* @param c character from which to generate a tessellated glyph.
* @return a GeometryArray
* @since Java 3D 1.4
*/
public GeometryArray getGlyphGeometry(char c) {
char code[] = {c};
GlyphVector gv = font.createGlyphVector(frc, code);
// triangulate the glyph
GeometryArrayRetained glyph_gar = triangulateGlyphs(gv, code[0]);
// Assume that triangulateGlyphs returns a triangle array with only coords & normals
// (and without by-ref, interleaved, etc.)
assert glyph_gar instanceof TriangleArrayRetained
: "Font3D: GeometryArray is not an instance of TrangleArray";
assert glyph_gar.getVertexFormat() == (GeometryArray.COORDINATES | GeometryArray.NORMALS)
: "Font3D: Illegal GeometryArray format -- only coordinates and normals expected";
// create a correctly sized TriangleArray
TriangleArray ga = new TriangleArray(glyph_gar.getVertexCount(), glyph_gar.getVertexFormat());
// temp storage for coords, normals
float tmp[] = new float[3];
int vertexCount = ga.getVertexCount();
for (int i = 0; i < vertexCount; i++) {
// copy the glyph geometry to the TriangleArray
glyph_gar.getCoordinate(i, tmp);
ga.setCoordinate(i, tmp);
glyph_gar.getNormal(i, tmp);
ga.setNormal(i, tmp);
}
return ga;
}
