[x3d-public] X3DJSAIL. Handling of MFStrings. using string constants, settingan array value with brackets?

Sun Feb 26 00:37:21 PST 2017

Syntax did look good.   Now will have to test additional changes.

On Feb 22, 2017 3:59 PM, <yottzumm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Okay, I will try the new syntax and report back.  It appears to work on
> one case.  Whee!  Way to go!
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> Thanks!
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> John
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> *From: *Don Brutzman <brutzman at nps.edu>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, February 22, 2017 9:51 AM
> *To: *yottzumm at gmail.com; Roy Walmsley <roy.walmsley at ntlworld.com>; X3D
> Graphics public mailing list <x3d-public at web3d.org>
> *Subject: *Re: X3DJSAIL. Handling of MFStrings. using string constants,
> settingan array value with brackets?
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> hmmm.  the enumerations are autogenerated and available as string
> constants at
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>                 http://www.web3d.org/specifications/java/javadoc/
> org/web3d/x3d/jsail/Text/FontStyleObject.html#field.summary
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>                 http://www.web3d.org/specifications/java/javadoc/
> org/web3d/x3d/jsail/Text/FontStyleObject.html#JUSTIFY_MIDDLE_MIDDLE
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> btw programmers can avoid string-syntax errors entirely by using such a
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>                 FontStyleObject.JUSTIFY_MIDDLE_MIDDLE
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> i prefer this style because typos are caught at compile time, rather than
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> Wondering, do you have ["square" "brackets"] in the value you are
> setting?  if so those are illegal.
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> Am hesitant to strip out square brackets, those would be caught by prior
> XML validation (and perhaps JSON validation).  Better to fix such errors by
> not producing them...  this would also be a characteristic of all MF
> types...
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> Could put a more descriptive warning in MFString set methods (or perhaps
> all of the MF set methods) if that seems advisable.
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> So please let me know what went wrong here (source excerpt would help).
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> I elaborated the following excerpt from HelloWorldProgram.java
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> myFontStyle.setFamily (FontStyleObject.FAMILY_SERIF)
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> {"MIDDLE","MIDDLE"}) // alternate form, but no error checking until run time
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>                                    .setJustify(FontStyleObject.JUSTIFY_MIDDLE_MIDDLE)
> // preferred form, error checking at compile time
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>                                    .setTopToBottom(
> FontStyleObject.TOPTOBOTTOM_DEFAULT_VALUE);
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> On 2/20/2017 8:39 PM, yottzumm at gmail.com wrote:
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> > This error came back:
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> > Exception in thread "main" org.web3d.x3d.sai.InvalidFieldValueException:
> FontStyle justify newValue="["MIDDLE","MIDDLE"]" has illegal value, must
> use a valid enumeration string.^M
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> >         at org.web3d.x3d.jsail.Text.FontStyleObject.setJustify(
> FontStyleObject.java:653)^M
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> >         at CoordinateAxes.main(CoordinateAxes.java:135)^M
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> > Will send a new batch of error reports when they finish running.
> Checking code into X3DJSONLD.
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> > *From: *Don Brutzman <mailto:brutzman at nps.edu>
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> > *Sent: *Monday, February 20, 2017 12:55 AM
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> > *To: *yottzumm at gmail.com <mailto:yottzumm at gmail.com>; Roy Walmsley
> <mailto:roy.walmsley at ntlworld.com>; X3D Graphics public mailing list
> <mailto:x3d-public at web3d.org>
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> > *Subject: *Re: X3DJSAIL. Handling of MFStrings. First non-quote char
> trimmedoff.
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> > bug fixed in recently posted build - thanks!
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> > On 2/15/2017 7:01 PM, yottzumm at gmail.com wrote:
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> >> Here’s what output looks like in the JSON:
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> >> *From: *yottzumm at gmail.com <mailto:yottzumm at gmail.com>
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> >> *Sent: *Wednesday, February 15, 2017 8:27 PM
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> >> *To: *Don Brutzman <mailto:brutzman at nps.edu>; Roy Walmsley <mailto:
> roy.walmsley at ntlworld.com>; X3D Graphics public mailing list <mailto:
> x3d-public at web3d.org>
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> >> *Subject: *X3DJSAIL. Handling of MFStrings. First non-quote char
> trimmed off.
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> >> I notice a problem with the handling of my MFStrings.  Namely, the
> first character of the first SFString in an MFString is trimmed off, and
> the final \” is kept on when converting to a JSON array.  It also looks
> like it happens when defaults are introduced, see @transitionType in
> cobweb.output.json.  Attached.  No errors on output.
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> >> Need to verify if this is correct way to specify MFStrings, and if not,
> can we make it the same between all MFStrings, including text justify
> constants?  Is append or setString preferred?  Can we reduce the special
> cases, if any?  If below is the correct way, we need to repair the above
> paragraph.
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> >>                 Background0_2_4.setBackUrl(new String[]
> {"\"cubemap/BK.png\",\"http://coderextreme.net/X3DJSONLD/cubemap/BK.png\
> ""});
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> >>                 Background0_2_4.setBottomUrl(new String[]
> {"\"cubemap/BT.png\",\"http://coderextreme.net/X3DJSONLD/cubemap/BT.png\
> ""});
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> >>                 Background0_2_4.setFrontUrl(new String[]
> {"\"cubemap/FR.png\",\"http://coderextreme.net/X3DJSONLD/cubemap/FR.png\
> ""});
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> >>                 Background0_2_4.setLeftUrl(new String[]
> {"\"cubemap/LF.png\",\"http://coderextreme.net/X3DJSONLD/cubemap/LF.png\
> ""});
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> >>                 Background0_2_4.setRightUrl(new String[]
> {"\"cubemap/RT.png\",\"http://coderextreme.net/X3DJSONLD/cubemap/RT.png\
> ""});
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> >>                 Background0_2_4.setTopUrl(new String[]
> {"\"cubemap/TP.png\",\"http://coderextreme.net/X3DJSONLD/cubemap/TP.png\
> ""});
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> >>                 NavigationInfo0_2_0.setType(new String[]
> {"\"EXAMINE\""});
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> > all the best, Don
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> > Don Brutzman  Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br
> brutzman at nps.edu
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> all the best, Don
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> --
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> Don Brutzman  Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br
> brutzman at nps.edu
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> Watkins 270,  MOVES Institute, Monterey CA 93943-5000 USA
> +1.831.656.2149 <(831)%20656-2149>
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> X3D graphics, virtual worlds, navy robotics http://faculty.nps.edu/
> brutzman
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