[x3d-public] Prototype Expander, Question on design of instance expansions

[John Carlson]

It would be good to have an additional implementation to compare output.
Perhaps another vendor could also come out with a prototype expander.  It
would not be my choice to implement prototypes this way.  I would want a
back pointer to the parent node.  But once the tree is built,  you can
output it.  JSON does put some limitations on what design is chosen.  I
would probably choose something like JOLT if I were to start the project
again.

John

On Jul 2, 2016 9:51 PM, "John Carlson" <yottzumm at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> > Am also optimistic that we might be able to create an XSLT stylesheet
> that accomplishes the identical task of converting ProtoInstance nodes into
> expanded nodes.
>
> You are welcome to reference my code.  I'd like to point out that a JSON
> to XML converter would be more general purpose (could be used by more
> projects to implement the JSON standard)--you might want to work on that
> first.  I do have a JSON to XML converter, but it's targeted at loading,
> but there is a standalone version for verification of XML to JSON
> conversion.  You could use JOLT perhaps for declarative JSON
> transformations.
>
> Thanks to your stylesheet, I did not have to write the prototype expander
> using XML API.
>
> If you do create something with XSLT, make sure it can be easily used in a
> web page.
>
> > ... so, seems pretty promising.  A few more rocks and shoals to navigate
> but appears that we can get there from here.  What do you think?
>
> I will see if the Switch brings up any more issues.
>
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