[x3d-public] X3D JSON encoding: refactoring, simplifying handling of #comment and #ROUTE

[Don Brutzman]

OK.  The suggested changes have been implemented and deployed: #comment and ROUTE statements.

Since ROUTE is a well-defined statement and being handled similar to other nodes, it no longer seems necessary to include the # symbol.

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The description page prose and examples have been updated to show the new syntax.

	X3D to JSON Stylesheet Converter
	http://www.web3d.org/x3d/stylesheets/X3dToJson.html

	Design Patterns
	http://www.web3d.org/x3d/stylesheets/X3dToJson.html#DesignPatterns

	Examples
	http://www.web3d.org/x3d/stylesheets/X3dToJson.html#Examples

	http://www.web3d.org/x3d/stylesheets/X3dToJson.html#HelloWorld.json
	http://x3dgraphics.com/examples/X3dForAdvancedModeling/HelloWorldScenes/HelloWorld.json

	http://www.web3d.org/x3d/stylesheets/X3dToJson.html#TestJsonEncoding
	http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/Basic/development/TestJsonEncoding.json

	http://www.web3d.org/x3d/stylesheets/X3dToJson.html#OrigamiCranes
	http://x3dgraphics.com/examples/X3dForAdvancedModeling/Animation/OrigamiCranes.json

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Updated example archives and X3D-Edit integration have been deployed.

	X3D Resources: Examples
	http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dResources.html#Examples

	Special testing distribution. A comprehensive collection of all JSON example scenes
	is available at
	http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dExampleArchivesJsonScenes.zip
	http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/X3dExampleArchivesJsonScenes.zip.MD5
	
	plus current output from the X3D JSON build process at
	http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/build.json.out

	X3D-Edit Authoring Tool for Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics
	https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit
	https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit/images/X3D-EditToolbarButtons3.png
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Review and discussion welcome.

Our remaining list of unfinished encoding issues is getting pretty short:  IMPORT/EXPORT for Inline, and null nodes within an MFNode array.

	http://www.web3d.org/x3d/stylesheets/X3dToJson.html#Issues

On 1/4/2016 5:30 AM, John Carlson wrote:
> I can report that the new JSON format is better at maintaining order in the roundtrip :) We just need to work on the first leg.
[...]

Baton of implementation/evaluation now handed back to you and others John. Have fun with X3D JSON!   8)

all the best, Don
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