Magic Cube

import org.distorted.main.RubikSurfaceView;

    return ((1<<CUBITS[cubit].mRotationRow[axis]) & rowBitmap) != 0;

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// return if the Cubit, when rotated with its own mQuatScramble, would have looked any different

// then if it were rotated by quaternion 'quat'.

// No it is not so simple as the quats need to be the same - imagine a 4x4x4 cube where the two

// middle squares get interchanged. No visible difference!

//

// So: this is true iff the cubit

// a) is a corner or edge and the quaternions are the same

// b) is inside one of the faces and after rotations by both quats it ends up on the same face.

  boolean thereIsNoVisibleDifference(Cubit cubit, int quatIndex)

    {

    if ( cubit.mQuatIndex == quatIndex ) return true;

    int belongsToHowManyFaces = 0;

    int lastLayer = getNumLayers()-1;

    int row;

    for(int i=0; i<NUM_AXIS; i++)

      {

      row = cubit.mRotationRow[i];

      if( row==0 || row==lastLayer ) belongsToHowManyFaces++;

      }

    switch(belongsToHowManyFaces)

      {

      case 0 : return true ;  // 'inside' cubit that does not lie on any face

      case 1 :                // cubit that lies inside one of the faces

               Static3D orig = cubit.getOrigPosition();

               Static4D quat1 = QUATS[quatIndex];

               Static4D quat2 = QUATS[cubit.mQuatIndex];

               Static4D cubitCenter = new Static4D( orig.get0(), orig.get1(), orig.get2(), 0);

               Static4D rotated1 = RubikSurfaceView.rotateVectorByQuat( cubitCenter, quat1 );

               Static4D rotated2 = RubikSurfaceView.rotateVectorByQuat( cubitCenter, quat2 );

               float row1, row2;

               float x1 = rotated1.get0();

               float y1 = rotated1.get1();

               float z1 = rotated1.get2();

               float x2 = rotated2.get0();

               float y2 = rotated2.get1();

               float z2 = rotated2.get2();

               for(int i=0; i<NUM_AXIS; i++)

                 {

                 row1 = computeRow(x1,y1,z1,i);

                 row2 = computeRow(x2,y2,z2,i);

                 if( (row1==0 && row2==0) || (row1==lastLayer && row2==lastLayer) ) return true;

                 }

               return false;

      default: return false;  // edge or corner

      }

    }