[x3d-public] Continuing discussions on ProtoExpander

[John Carlson]

I’m thinking for an interface to the proto expander, we should either have:

Browser.expand (X3DObject obj)

Or

X3DObject Browser.expand(X3DObject obj);

Or X3DObject.expand(SymbolContext sc);

Which is best?

On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 11:39 AM John Carlson <yottzumm at gmail.com> wrote:

> What I can try to do is write up documentation for the JSON based
> expander, and then we can see how to convert it to more bindings.
>
> John
>
> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 11:35 AM John Carlson <yottzumm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I would target the python environment first, imho.   Everyone seems
>> excited about it.   I’m also open to doing it in the es6 environment, I
>> just need some prototype examples written or translated.
>>
>> X3dToES6.xslt or a serializer is becoming critical path.
>>
>> I think we need to sit down and design the abstract specification for
>> protoexpansion?  Or do we work on code first?
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 11:19 AM John Carlson <yottzumm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe we can add expanding to all X3D*SAIL and x3d.* packages.
>>>
>>> Something to think about, something to drink about!
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 11:06 AM John Carlson <yottzumm at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Don,  I’m thinking the best platform for creating  a ProtoExpander may
>>>> be Java, then use jni or JSweet or hand porting to get it to other
>>>> languages.   What do you think?   I should be able to help with the port to
>>>> Java,  I just need an excellent namespace/scoping/context library written
>>>> or found.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 1:06 AM John Carlson <yottzumm at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Design considerations.  Create one or more dispatch tables to classes
>>>>> like ProtoDeclare, ProtoInterface, ProtoBody, ProtoInstance, ROUTE,
>>>>> Script,etc.   Add handle method to each class.
>>>>>
>>>>> Reconsider what constitutes a scope.   Does a scope have a symbol
>>>>> table?
>>>>>
>>>>
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