/*
 * Pehr Hovey
 * pehr.hovey@gmail.com
 * MAT259 Data Visualization
 * Winter 2009
 * 
 * BalanceObject.java
 * 
 * This is an object with mass, labels, etc that is at one end of the balance beam
 */
public class BalanceObject {

	private float count; // this is the number that this object represents.
							// Will causesize to change proportionally

	float size; // size of object to render

	float x, y; // current coordinates of this object

	int obj_stroke;

	int obj_fill;

	int text_fill;
	
	double extension_pct ; //experiments in positioning the sphere further or closer to the pivot on the beam
							  //1 is fully out, 0 is at the pivot (would overlap though
	
	
	
	
	boolean draw_center = false;
	
	int center_fill;
	float center_size = 5f;

	//give the fill here since fill varies depending on which instance this is
	BalanceObject( float _x, float _y, int fill) {
		
		count = 1; // default
		x = _x;
		y = _y;
		// http://www.colourlovers.com/palette/697368/Cherry_Bomb
	
		extension_pct = 1;
		
	}

	public void updateY(float _y) { // test
		y = _y;
	}

	public void updateCount(float _count) {// insert data into this node and adjust mass
		count = _count;

		
	}
	

	
	public void updateSize(float _size){ //called before rendering, helps animate size changess
		size = _size;
		
	}
	
	public float getCount() {
		return count;
	}

	
}