create a own class

[airglide]

hello everyone

I wrote my own class for navigating my robot. but i don't
know how i have to import the class or to save it. I'm using eclipse.. do i have to create a file with the ending .class? and where do i have to save it?

thank you for your help

airglide

[Xfel]

eclipse manages that for you. Within the same project, you can use the class the same way as a class from the library.

[airglide]

thank you for your reply, then there will be a problem in the code I've written

airglide

[RoboDesigners]

Could you post your custom class and how you call it?
(use code tags to keep indentation...)

To save a class/code library, you save it as a *.java file. The IDE should compile it for you.
To reference methods in the code library, you use: <ClassName>.<methodName>

For example, let's say you have a class Navigation, and in that class a method driveForward(). To call this function, use:

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Navigation.driveForward();

This is going off of my knowledge of Java, so someone more familiar with leJOS may need to correct me if there's a leJOS-specific change...

//Andrew

[matthias]

Thats only true, when the method driveForward is declared as static.

for non static Methods you first need to create a new object of your class with the "new" operator.
The same applies for variables that are inside the class.

Like:

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MyGreatClass mgc = new MyGreatClass()

[RoboDesigners]

Thats only true, when the method driveForward is declared as static.

for non static Methods you first need to create a new object of your class with the "new" operator.
The same applies for variables that are inside the class.

Like:

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MyGreatClass mgc = new MyGreatClass()

This is true. So to reference a method/variable in MyGreatClass, you'd use:

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MyGreatClass mgc = new MyGreatClass();
mgc.methodName(); //Runs methodName()
mgc.variableName; //Accesses variableName


[airglide]

Hello everyone and thank you for replying

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package com.mydomain;

public class TestDrive {
   static Drive drv;
   
   public static void main(String[] args) {
   drv = new Drive(20.734, 29.0);
   drv.turn(90);
   }
}


That's the example code which uses the class Drive

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package com.mydomain;

import lejos.nxt.Motor;
import lejos.util.Delay;

public class Drive {
   
   private double wheel;
   private double axle;
   
   public Drive(double wheelCircum, double Dist_wheel) {
      wheel = wheelCircum;
      axle = Dist_wheel;
   }
   
   void turn(int degree)
   {
      double to_go = axle*Math.PI*(degree/360);
      double numberOfRot = to_go/wheel;
      long time = (long) (numberOfRot*1000);
      time = Math.abs(time); // has to be positive
      
      Motor.A.setSpeed(360);
      Motor.B.setSpeed(360);
      
      if (degree > 0)
      {
      Motor.A.forward();
      Motor.B.backward();
      }else{
            Motor.A.backward();
            Motor.B.forward();
          }   
      
      Delay.msDelay(time);   
      
      Motor.A.stop();
      Motor.B.stop();
   }
   
   void go(double dist, int speed)
   {
      // dist [cm], speed [degree/sec]
      
      Motor.A.setSpeed(speed);
      Motor.B.setSpeed(speed);
      
      double numberOfRot = dist/wheel;
      double time = (numberOfRot*360*1000)/speed;
      
      Delay.msDelay((long) time);
                Motor.A.forward();
                Motor.B.forward();
   }
}

and that's the Drive class. The constructor takes to double values: the wheelcircumstance and the distance between the wheels (I've a robot which has two wheels so it can turn without moving from place).
I'm using eclipse and they're in the same package. I managed to use the go method but the turn method doesn't work...
can someone help me?

thank you very much

airglide

[airglide]

I've found my fault

I inizialized the variable to_go with

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double to_go = axle*Math.PI*(degree/360);

and I thought degree/360 is anyway a fraction, the problem was that 360 is an integer and he wanted a double value..

thank you for your help

airglide

[roger]

Hi airglide,
There are simpler ways to code your class. Take a look at the rotate(angle) and rotateTo(angle) methods in the NXTRegulatedMotor class.
If you really want to use forward() and backward(), consider stopping the motors based on the tacho count , which is more accurate than time * speed since the motor is not constant while the motor is accelerating.
Also, you might want to take a look at the DifferentialPilot class.

Roger