specifies the names of the HTML elementId's to look for in the HTML document; these elements are where the user interface of the simulation is created.
difference between two start angles
Add the control to the set of simulation controls.
Adds the given Observer to this Subject's list of Observers, so that the Observer
will be notified of changes in this Subject. An Observer may call Subject.addObserver
during its observe method.
the Observer to add
Adds the Parameter to the list of this Subject's available Parameters.
the Parameter to add
if a Parameter with the same name already exists.
Notifies all Observers that this Subject has changed by calling observe on each Observer.
An Observer may call addObserver or removeObserver during its observe
method.
a SubjectEvent with information relating to the change
Notifies all Observers that the Parameter with the given name has changed by calling observe on each Observer.
the language-independent or English name of the Parameter that has changed
if there is no Parameter with the given name
Protected getReturns whether broadcasting is enabled for this Subject. See setBroadcast.
whether broadcasting is enabled for this Subject
Returns the ParameterBoolean with the given name.
the language-independent or English name of the ParameterBoolean
the ParameterBoolean with the given name
if there is no ParameterBoolean with the given name
Returns the ParameterNumber with the given name.
the language-independent or English name of the ParameterNumber
the ParameterNumber with the given name
if there is no ParameterNumber with the given name
Returns the ParameterString with the given name.
the language-independent or English name of the ParameterString
the ParameterString with the given name
if there is no ParameterString with the given name
Removes the Observer from this Subject's list of Observers. An Observer may
call removeObserver during its observe method.
the Observer to detach from list of Observers
Removes the Parameter from the list of this Subject's available Parameters.
the Parameter to remove
Protected setSets whether this Subject will broadcast events, typically used to temporarily disable broadcasting. Intended to be used in situations where a subclass overrides a method that broadcasts an event. This allows the subclass to prevent the superclass broadcasting that event, so that the subclass can broadcast the event when the method is completed.
whether this Subject should broadcast events
the previous value
Returns a minimal string representation of this object, usually giving just identity information like the class name and name of the object.
For an object whose main purpose is to represent another Printable object, it is
recommended to include the result of calling toStringShort on that other object.
For example, calling toStringShort() on a DisplayShape might return something like
this:
DisplayShape{polygon:Polygon{'chain3'}}
a minimal string representation of this object.
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Runs two chaotic pendulum simulations simultaneously with the same settings except for a slight difference of initial conditions. This demonstrates the sensitivity of chaotic systems to initial condtions. The driven pendulum simulation used is PendulumSim.
Creates instance objects such as the simulation and display objects; defines regular expressions for easy Terminal scripting of these objects using short names instead of fully qualified property names.
The constructor takes an argument that specifies the names of the HTML elementId's to look for in the HTML document; these elements are where the user interface of the simulation is created. This allows for having two separate simulation apps running concurrently on a single page.
A global variable is created for this application instance outside of this file in the HTML where the constructor is called. The name of that global variable holding the application is passed to defineNames() method so that short-names in scripts can be properly expanded.