com.sun.j3d.utils.scenegraph.io
Class SceneGraphFileWriter

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.sun.j3d.utils.scenegraph.io.SceneGraphFileWriter

public class SceneGraphFileWriter
extends java.lang.Object

Write a (set) of Java3D BranchGraphs and/or Universe to a file. The BranchGraphs are stored in the order in which they are written, they can be read in any order using SceneGraphFileReader. The API handles Nodes and NodeComponents that are shared between seperate graphs. It will handle all Java3D 1.3 core classes and any user subclass of a Node or NodeComponent that implements the SceneGraphIO interface.


Constructor Summary
SceneGraphFileWriter(java.io.File file, SimpleUniverse universe, boolean writeUniverseContent, java.lang.String fileDescription, java.io.Serializable fileUserData)
          Creates new SceneGraphFileWriter and opens the file for writing.
 
Method Summary
 void addObjectName(java.lang.String name, SceneGraphObject object)
          Add a named reference to a SceneGraphObject in the file.
 void close()
          Close the file and cleanup internal data structures.
 void writeBranchGraph(BranchGroup graph)
          Write the graph to the end of the file.
 void writeBranchGraph(BranchGroup graph, java.io.Serializable data)
          Write a branch graph and some user associated data to the end of the file.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

SceneGraphFileWriter

public SceneGraphFileWriter(java.io.File file,
                            SimpleUniverse universe,
                            boolean writeUniverseContent,
                            java.lang.String fileDescription,
                            java.io.Serializable fileUserData)
                     throws java.io.IOException,
                            UnsupportedUniverseException
Creates new SceneGraphFileWriter and opens the file for writing.

Writes the Java3D Universe structure to the file. This includes the number and position of the Locales, PlatformGeometry, ViewerAvatar, and the MultitransformGroup between the ViewingPlatform and the View. However this call does not write the content of the branch graphs unless writeUniverseContent is true. universe may be null. This call will overwrite any existing universe, fileDescription and userData in the file.

close() MUST be called when IO is complete. If close() is not called the file contents will be undefined.

Parameters:
file - The file to write the data to
universe - The SimpleUniverse to write
writeUniverseContent - If true, the content of the Locales will be written. Otherwise just the universe configuration data will be written.
fileDescription - A description of the file's content
fileUserData - User defined object
Throws:
java.io.IOException - Thrown if there are any IO errors
UnsupportedUniverseException - Thrown if universe is not a supported universe class. Currently SimpleUniverse and ConfiguredUniverse are supported.
Method Detail

writeBranchGraph

public void writeBranchGraph(BranchGroup graph)
                      throws java.io.IOException
Write the graph to the end of the file. close() MUST be called when IO is complete. If close() is not called the file contents will be undefined.

Throws:
java.io.IOException

writeBranchGraph

public void writeBranchGraph(BranchGroup graph,
                             java.io.Serializable data)
                      throws java.io.IOException
Write a branch graph and some user associated data to the end of the file. close() MUST be called when IO is complete. If close() is not called the file contents will be undefined.

Throws:
java.io.IOException

addObjectName

public void addObjectName(java.lang.String name,
                          SceneGraphObject object)
                   throws NamedObjectException
Add a named reference to a SceneGraphObject in the file. object must have been written to the file before this method is called. If the object is not in the file a NamedObjectException will be thrown. Adding duplicate names will result in the old name being overwritten. Different names can reference the same object

Throws:
NamedObjectException

close

public void close()
           throws java.io.IOException
Close the file and cleanup internal data structures.

Throws:
java.io.IOException


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