[x3d-public] @channels in HAnimMotion JSON. MFString again

[John Carlson]

So no one wants have a frank conversation about this?

We need to figure out a solution to MFString in JSON.  We can’t do onesies
twosies.

My web page now uses Holger’s Browser.toJSONString().  No other solution
works half decently on the web for converting XML to JSON in a browser.
X_ITE creates JSON arrays for MFStrings.

I have brought up this issue many, many times.  Our current Saxon/XSLT
solution does not work in a web client.  The Saxon JavaScript version just
isn’t there.  I am not going to write server side code.

I am converting XML to JSON over from stylesheets to x3d-tidy, even though
Saxon itself works perfectly well in X3D-Edit and in my RunSaxon.java.
Ideally, we could match a web solution with a server-side solution.

At this point, I am following Holger’s lead because there’s no Saxon
solution for web clients.

Are we killing X3D JSON? Then let’s be upfront about it and not talk in
smoke-filled rooms.

John



On Sat, Sep 2, 2023 at 2:58 AM John Carlson <yottzumm at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> The @channels field value in the translated JSON appears as a JSON string,
> not as  a JSON array.  Here we have the MFString problem again.
>
> It appears that we have different ideas of what "MF" means.  To me, MF
> means a JSON array in JSON.  Holger's x3d-tidy tool and X_ITE renders
> MFStrings as arrays.  I created a special case NavigatorInfo at type.  Can
> we convert all MFStrings to JSON strings on output, please?  I think that
> would make everyone happy?
>
> If our tools don't agree, that will confuse people.
>
> There's could be issues around MFStrings in Text/fontStyle still. and
> other places, like urls...do you want those rendered as strings or arrays.
>
> I'm going to proceed with modifying my schema generator, I'll keep a
> backup of current stuff.
>
> John
>
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