[x3d-public] DOM integration with cobweb

[Andreas Plesch]

I think it should be possible to use the CobWeb SAI function
browser.importDocument(dom) like I do.

I believe the json loader produces a  dom element (rather than a XML
string/markup)?
So dom would be
dom = jsld(json)

Andreas

On Sep 4, 2016 1:19 AM, "John Carlson" <yottzumm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Andreas, any chance we can use the X3D JSON Loader to load into your DOM
> and display in cobweb?  Thanks!
>
> On Sep 4, 2016 12:41 AM, "Andreas Plesch" <andreasplesch at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Here is a thought experiment which developed into a strawman
>> implementation.
>>
>> First the result:
>>
>> https://andreasplesch.github.io/cobweb_dom/index.xhtml
>>
>> After clicking the new color button, and moving the mouse, the color of
>> the box should change.
>>
>> The interesting feature here is that the color change is triggered by a
>> modification of the diffuseColor _attribute_ of the Material _html_
>> element, in a way that should be possible to generalize to most (all)
>> fields in x3d nodes.
>>
>> This is the x3dom pattern of controlling a x3d scene. But here I use
>> cobweb as the x3d browser. Cobweb has very good coverage of the x3d
>> standard including Prototypes, scripting and the SAI. Being able to use
>> both, internal x3d scripting and external control using the DOM could be
>> quite fruitful.
>>
>> I had to modify cobweb only slightly based on an idea developed during
>> the discussion around the id attribute inspired by x3dom. The main change
>> is to attach a reference to the generated x3d scene graph node from the DOM
>> element during parsing. This then enables access from the DOM to the x3d
>> node.
>>
>> The next step would be to expand to all field types, perhaps reusing the
>> cobweb parser, or SAI functions. and to allow for removal and addition of
>> nodes.
>>
>> [If all works, there is the issue of <script> being claimed by the web
>> browser. I think the only solution may be to break backward compatibility
>> and allow <x3dScript> as an alias to <script>]
>>
>> The examples also shows how to use inline x3d rather than an url with
>> cobweb. Since cobweb is strict about XML, this is only possible if the html
>> page has xhtml encoding. xhtml in turn triggered an issue with the fps
>> counter display and the context menu, as a side note.
>>
>> The code is all on github: https://github.com/andreasplesch/cobweb_dom
>>
>> I had to learn a lot about cobweb (and jquery and AMD...) and look
>> forward to any feedback or even hands-on contributions ? Perhaps the cobweb
>> team is also interested ?
>>
>> -Andreas
>>
>> --
>> Andreas Plesch
>> 39 Barbara Rd.
>> Waltham, MA 02453
>>
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