alchemy/examples/convert_quaternion.rs
Jason Travis Smith eec868b406 Rust no longer requires extern crate calls as of the 2018 update.
Update all the examples to work with the spellbook Array class as well.
2019-01-20 20:38:42 -05:00

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//! Run this example with --feature convert_sigils
use weave::Error;
use spellbook::components::Array;
use sigils::quaternion::Quaternion;
use alchemy::F64_BYTES;
use alchemy::{Endianess, Transmutable};
/// The size of 4 f64 Real numbers.
/// This would be different if the contained type
/// was something different, like an f32.
const SIZE_OF_QUATERNION: usize = F64_BYTES * 4;
/// This just help pretty up the printing of an array of bytes.
fn stringify_array(buffer: &[u8]) -> String
{
let mut result: String;
let mut count: usize;
// Create a new string that starts with just
// the array opening bracket.
result = String::new();
result.push_str("[");
// Loop through the buffer keeping track
// of our place in it.
count = 0usize;
for byte in buffer
{
// Handle priting the last value differently.
if count >= buffer.len() - 1
{
result.push_str(byte.to_string().as_str());
}
else
{
result.push_str(byte.to_string().as_str());
result.push_str(", ");
}
// Mark that we are going to look at
// the next byte in the array.
count += 1;
}
// Add the array closing bracket and
// return the new String.
result.push_str("]");
result
}
pub fn main()
{
let quat: Quaternion<f64>;
let endianess: Endianess;
let mut buffer: Array<u8>;
// Initialize the variables.
quat = Quaternion::<f64>::from_values(6.29f64, 1.9f64, 8.5f64, 7.11f64);
buffer = Array::with_capacity(SIZE_OF_QUATERNION);
endianess = Endianess::Platform;
println!("Transmuting a Quaternion:");
println!("Converting the value {} into and out of an array of bytes.",
quat);
println!("Buffer starts as: {}", stringify_array(buffer.as_slice()));
// Convert the Arraytor2 into an array of bytes.
buffer = quat.as_endian_bytes(endianess);
println!("Buffer contains: {}", stringify_array(buffer.as_slice()));
// Convert the array of bytes into a Arraytor2.
match Quaternion::<f64>::from_endian_bytes(buffer.as_slice(), endianess)
{
Ok(final_quat) =>
{
println!("The buffer converts back to: {}", final_quat);
}
Err(error) =>
{
println!("{}\n{}", error, error.get_description());
}
}
}