Raffi:
The orderedGroup problem is fixed in 1.2.1 Beta. Please send us a testcase
for the second problem so
that we can address it in the beta release.
Thanks
Uma
Java3D Team
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> Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 14:42:47 -0400
> From: "Kasparian, Raffi J." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [JAVA3D] serious problems with j3d 1.2
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> When I first started using Java3D I used v. 1.1.2. It worked well and I was
> impressed with yet another Java product. I upgraded to v. 1.1.3 and things
> still worked well. I am creating a product for my company and was beginning
> to feel that I could rely on Java3D to do the job for me. When v 1.2 beta
> came out I decided to wait until it was out of the beta stage. Well, it's
> out of the beta stage but v 1.2 so full of crippling bugs that I have
> finally decided to go back to v 1.1.3. I'd rather deal with the previous
> versions problems (such as garbage collection) than with the poor
> performance and frequent crashes v 1.2 has to offer. I've decided to see if
> the next upgrade will work better and have retreated to a wait and see
> attitude re. Java3D in general. Now I'm also considering alternatives like
> Magician.
>
> Dear Java3D team, My program relies heavily on allowing the user to
> manipulate the scene. And this is the area in which v 1.2 is falling so
> short.
>
> I routinely receive errors like
>
> java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index: -1, Size: 2
> at java.util.ArrayList.RangeCheck(ArrayList.java:491)
> at java.util.ArrayList.get(ArrayList.java:307)
> at
> javax.media.j3d.RenderBin.findOrderedCollection(RenderBin.java:3061)
> at javax.media.j3d.RenderBin.findEnvironmentSet(RenderBin.java:3449)
> at javax.media.j3d.RenderBin.insertRenderAtom(RenderBin.java:2867)
> at
> javax.media.j3d.RenderBin.processGeometryAtoms(RenderBin.java:2398)
> at javax.media.j3d.RenderBin.processMessages(RenderBin.java:974)
> at
> javax.media.j3d.StructureUpdateThread.doWork(StructureUpdateThread.java:83)
> at javax.media.j3d.J3dThread.run(J3dThread.java:256)
>
> or
>
> java.lang.NullPointerException
> at javax.media.j3d.RenderBin.processTransformChanged(RenderBin.java,
> Compiled Code)
> at javax.media.j3d.RenderBin.processMessages(RenderBin.java,
> Compiled Code)
> at
> javax.media.j3d.StructureUpdateThread.doWork(StructureUpdateThread.java,
> Compiled Code)
> at javax.media.j3d.J3DThread.run(J3DThread.java:256)
>
>
> Since these exceptions are generated in v 1.2 but not in v 1.1.2 or v 1.1.3
> and since they don't trace back to a line in my code, they look to me like
> errors in Sun's code. But how can I work with a buggy API when the source
> code isn't even provided so that I can see where the errors are occurring?
>
> I like Java and want to be able to use it and sincerely hope that the next
> upgrade is an improvement.
>
> Raffi
>
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