release 0.9.6

[debian/openrocket] / src / net / sf / openrocket / util / Coordinate.java

diff --git a/src/net/sf/openrocket/util/Coordinate.java b/src/net/sf/openrocket/util/Coordinate.java
index 8fc05d13414f8fa8609b799f634a992d28711070..65bcc272b2fc01f292dd594c160e84d4d17f0c24 100644 (file)
--- a/src/net/sf/openrocket/util/Coordinate.java
+++ b/src/net/sf/openrocket/util/Coordinate.java
@@ -204,6 +204,19 @@ public final class Coordinate implements Serializable {
                return x*x+y*y+z*z;
        }
        
+       
+       /**
+        * Return the largest of the absolute values of the coordinates.  This can be
+        * used as a norm of the vector that is faster to calculate than the
+        * 2-norm.
+        * 
+        * @return      the largest absolute value of (x,y,z)
+        */
+       public double max() {
+               return MathUtil.max(Math.abs(x), Math.abs(y), Math.abs(z));
+       }
+       
+       
        /**
         * Returns a new coordinate which has the same direction from the origin as this
         * coordinate but is at a distance of one.  If this coordinate is the origin,