Improved code readability

[sixth-3d.git] / src / main / java / eu / svjatoslav / sixth / e3d / gui / humaninput / Connexion3D.java

diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/svjatoslav/sixth/e3d/gui/humaninput/Connexion3D.java b/src/main/java/eu/svjatoslav/sixth/e3d/gui/humaninput/Connexion3D.java
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+/*
+ * Sixth 3D engine. Author: Svjatoslav Agejenko.
+ * This project is released under Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license.
+ */
+package eu.svjatoslav.sixth.e3d.gui.humaninput;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * I have Space Mouse Compact 3D Connexion mouse: https://3dconnexion.com/us/product/spacemouse-compact/
+ *
+ * I discovered that it is possible to read raw data from it by reading /dev/hidraw4 file.
+ *
+ * TODO: reverse engineer the data format and implement a driver for it.
+ */
+
+public class Connexion3D {
+
+    public static void main(final String[] args) throws IOException {
+
+        final BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(
+                "/dev/hidraw4"));
+
+
+        // for testing purposes
+        while (true) {
+            System.out.print(in.read() + " ");
+            System.out.println("\n");
+        }
+
+        // in.close();
+
+    }
+}