JVerge Features List
IMHO, JVerge is a very powerful set of classes. There are many things you
can do with them.
- Complete implementation of all VRML 2.0 nodes including Script nodes.
PROTO and EXTERNPROTO node structures are not supported. The libraries
are independent of the browser used and it's implementation of the Java interface.
If you wish to have them display in the browser then you must supply an
instance of the browser reference.
- Independance from the environment that you are working in. JVerge implements
the identical interface for both the internal Java script interface as well
as the External Application Interface. If you do not wish to work with the
browser then a generic browser/VRML free implementation is also included.
- Complete faithfullness to the
VRML 2.0 specification.
Nodes can only have
field
access during construction. ExposedField
and EventOut values can be queried for their current value - direct from the
browser. Now including the Collision
node's proxy field.
Correct VRML syntax is implemented by using
Java class mechanisms to enforce correctness
at compile time.
- Complete Scene graph output capability to whatever stream you want. One call
to the
writeToFile
method with your required PrintStream and the
output is dumped for the scene graph under that node. Very handy for debugging
and also creating VRML editors. For example you could open a streamed source
like a TCP Socket to a remote host and directly dump your VRML output.
- DEF/USE automatically supported in the output. If you pass the one node
reference to multiple places in the scenegraph, JVerge will detect this
and automatically DEF the first node instance and then provide
corresponding USE statements for the rest of the output.
- Enforces the scoping rules applied by the VRML node structure. You cannot
add the wrong childtype node to another node. It follows the VRML 2.0 spec
to the letter. You can, for example, add a WorldInfo node as a child of a
Transform.
VermelGen
VermelGen is a VRML 2.0 editor that I have written to demonstrate what can
be done with JVerge. The underpinnings of the project use the JVerge classes
as the data storage mechanism while building the scene. The editor is by
no means a trivial toy application to show off the classes. You can generate
real and meaningful files from it.
VermelGen can be found at
http://www.vlc.com.au/VermelGen/
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