Here is another example sketch by Joshua Davis, that has been refactored for JRubyArt. Download the hype library from github. Unzip the library in the processing libraries folder, rename the folder hype, rename distribution folder to library, rename the HYPE.jar to hype.jar. Check that you can see the library from the processing-3.2.1 ide. Note that we can use snake case in place of camel case, for constants use :: and not . to call. The important thing to learn from this sketch is how to implement the HCallback interface.

package hype;

public interface HCallback {
    public void run(Object obj);
}

Which in vanilla processing Joshua Davis implements using an anonymous class:-


.onCreate(
    new HCallback() {
    public void run(Object obj) {
      HDrawable d = (HDrawable) obj;
      d.noStroke().noFill().loc( (int)random(width), (int)random(height) ).visibility(false);
      swarm.addTarget(d);
    }
  }
  )

But since java 8 he could have used the java lambda form:-


.onCreate((Object obj) -> {
                    HDrawable d = (HDrawable) obj;
                    d.noStroke().noFill().loc((int) random(width), (int) random(height)).visibility(false);
                    swarm.addTarget(d);
                })

In JRubyArt it is implemented as a closure (block), note we do not/should not try to use the vanilla processing method.


.on_create do |obj|
  obj.no_stroke.no_fill.loc(rand(0..width), rand(0..width)).visibility(false)
  swarm.add_target(obj)


k9 --run magnetic_field.rb

magnetic_field.rb

# encoding: utf-8
load_library :hype
include_package 'hype'
# Use Hype namespace
module Hype
  java_import 'hype.extended.layout.HGridLayout'
  java_import 'hype.extended.behavior.HMagneticField'
  java_import 'hype.extended.behavior.HSwarm'
end

attr_reader :pool, :pool_swarm, :field, :swarm
NUM_MAGNETS = 10

def settings
  size(640, 640)
end

def setup
  sketch_title 'Magnetic Field'
  H.init(self)
  H.background(color('#000000'))
  @field = Hype::HMagneticField.new
  NUM_MAGNETS.times do
    if rand > 0.5
      # x, y, north polarity / strength =  3 / repel
      field.add_pole(rand(0..width), rand(0..height), 3)
    else
      # x, y, south polarity / strength = -3 / attract
      field.add_pole(rand(0..width), rand(0..height), -3)
    end
  end

  @pool = HDrawablePool.new(2_500)
  pool.auto_add_to_stage
      .add(HShape.new(data_path('arrow.svg')).enable_style(false).anchor_at(H::CENTER))
      .layout(Hype::HGridLayout.new.start_x(-60).start_y(-60).spacing(16, 16).cols(50))
      .on_create do |obj|
        obj.no_stroke.anchor(-20, -20)
        field.add_target(obj)
      end
      .requestAll

  @swarm = Hype::HSwarm.new.add_goal(width / 2, height / 2).speed(7).turn_ease(0.03).twitch(20)
  @pool_swarm = HDrawablePool.new(NUM_MAGNETS)
  pool_swarm.auto_add_to_stage
            .add(HRect.new(5))
            .on_create do |obj|
              obj.no_stroke.no_fill.loc(rand(0..width), rand(0..width)).visibility(false)
              swarm.add_target(obj)
            end
            .requestAll
end

def draw
  pool_swarm.each_with_index do |d, i|
    p = field.pole(i)
    p.x = d.x
    p.y = d.y
  end
  H.draw_stage
end