javaInterface: OswaldInterface.java

/**
 * abstraction class for the OswaldInterface.
 * runs on top of the Joystick class, will work
 * with any joystick on a linux 2.6 kernel
 * @author goskab
 */
public class OswaldInterface {
        Joystick js;
        
        /**
         * Make a new oswald interface object, this
         * will open the joystick and watch the values
         * that come from it, ask the object for values
         * to check the input from the user.
         */
        public OswaldInterface() {
                js = new Joystick("/dev/input/js0");
        }
        
        /**
         * get the X axis on the touchpad
         * (not touchscreen)
         * @return integer (+/- ~32000 max)
         */
        public int getTouchX() {
                return js.getAxis(0);
        }
        
        /**
         * get the Y axis on the touchpad
         * (not touchscreen)
         * @return integer (+/- ~32000 max)
         */
        public int getTouchY() {
                return js.getAxis(1);
        }
        
        /**
         * get the X axis on the accelerometer
         * @return integer (+/- ~32000 max)
         */
        public int getAccelX() {
                return js.getAxis(2);
        }

        /**
         * get the Y axis on the accelerometer
         * @return integer (+/- ~32000 max)
         */
        public int getAccelY() {
                return js.getAxis(3);
        }
        
        /**
         * get the Z axis on the accelerometer
         * @return integer (+/- ~32000 max)
         */
        public int getAccelZ() {
                return js.getAxis(4);
        }
        
        /**
         * get the value of a button (includes up,
         * down, left, right).
         * @param num button number
         * @return true if pressed, false if not
         */
        public boolean getButton(int num) {
                return js.getButton(num);
        }
}