The inability to read scope information at runtime is a bug in Java 3D
that was fixed in 1.2_alpha1. Allen McPherson correctly answered the
question about the interaction of influencing bounds and hierarchical
scoping.
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Kevin Rushforth
Java 3D Team
Sun Microsystems
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>Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 14:30:22 +0100
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>From: Daniel Selman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [JAVA3D] Cannot get Scopes for Lights?
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>All,
>
>I don't seem to be able to retrieve the Scope information for a Light, even
>if I set the:
>
>ALLOW_SCOPE_READ capability
>
>both the:
>- numScopes
>- getAllScopes
>
>methods throw CapabilityNotSet exceptions when no scopes have been added to
>the Light. When a Group has been added, only numScopes throws an exception.
>
>Could someone please confirm if this is a bug and explain how the
>InfluencingBounds and scoped Groups interact to effect the scope of a light.
>
>Note. I am using 1.1.2
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Daniel Selman
>
>PS. I am updating J3dTree to display information for Light derived classes.
>I will post this update today, as well as a couple of other minor changes.
>
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