Well, finally I've actually managed to do it - after talking about it for soooo long. Announcing the j3d.org Code Repository. A CVS repository of code specifically for Java3D. The code is initially available only as CVS. No tarballs, no zips, nuttin'. Very early days. Indeed some of the code needs testing (ie it hasn't been yet). So what do we have available? A generic device manager. Designed to present to the user a completely implementation independent way of determining what is available on the user's system. Uses a factory system and descriptors to present this to application code without the need for specific imports of any given library. This works for file Loaders, AudioDevices and InputDevices. Geometry collection: Re-organised from Bill Day's old collection - Everything you could ever need - sphere, code, springs, torus, shells etc etc. Some User Interface components: Not much here yet. Will be to compliment the device manager to present device information to the user (for example, file selection filters for dialogs, selection of input devices loaded etc). In the pipeline: Some InputDevice implementations. I need to rewrite the one that I've got in the RawJ3D tutorial to be more useful. Contacting a few other people that have sent them to me over the time to see if they are interested in putting it in the collection. So, where can you find it? http://www.j3d.org/code.html Licensing: LGPL Current Version: Too early to get one :) -> 0.1 Yes, I know some bits don't work. However, I wanted to get this out before I fly out to the conference tomorrow. Will fix it at the conference or shortly afterwards. Feel free to send me any updates you have. If you would like to add something to this repository, send it too me too - but it must be LGPL. Not prepared to accept SCSL type licenses or anything that restricts commerical usage. -- Justin Couch Author, Java Hacker http://www.vlc.com.au/~justin/ Java 3D FAQ Maintainer http://www.j3d.org/ J3D.org The Java 3D Community Site ------------------------------------------------------------------- "Humanism is dead. Animals think, feel; so do machines now. Neither man nor woman is the measure of all things. Every organism processes data according to its domain, its environment; you, with all your brains, would be useless in a mouse's universe..." - Greg Bear, Slant ------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
