musiccreator
Class BeatArray

java.lang.Object
  musiccreator.BeatArray

public class BeatArray
extends java.lang.Object

A BeatArray represents the entire rhythm of a song (minus the first and last measures, which will always be whole notes), and is used as raw material by the SongFactory builder class.

Constructor Summary

BeatArray(int numMeasures, TimeSignature ts)
Creates a new instance of BeatArray

Method Summary

void	Generate() Randomly generates a beat array; overwrites existing beat array
Beat	get(int index)
void	outputToConsole() Writes the contents of the beat array to the console for debugging purposes.
int	Size()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BeatArray

public BeatArray(int numMeasures,
                 TimeSignature ts)

Creates a new instance of BeatArray

Parameters:

numMeasures - number of desired measures

ts - Time signature of desired measures

Method Detail

Generate

public void Generate()

Randomly generates a beat array; overwrites existing beat array

outputToConsole

public void outputToConsole()

Writes the contents of the beat array to the console for debugging purposes.

Size

public int Size()

Returns:

Number of total beats in beat array

get

public Beat get(int index)