Based on what I can find in the code here are my options: 1) Modify getShapeProperty to include a getStateCmd option. Sounds simple, but I find this access method strange as it duplicates methodologies built into the programming language. Isn't it easier to define public getter functions within objects or make objects publicly readable? This has the additional advantage that if getters have javadoc attached to them it is much easier to figure out what the things you are looking for are called.
2) My present preference (lacking public getter functions) is to use the viewer.getShapeManager() function to grab the list of shapes and pick the data I want out of the data structure. Of course, when the data structure is changed my functions will break. 3) Add public getter functions to ShapeManager. It looks like it might have to be abstract for both of the things I am most interested in (stateCmd and boundBoxCorners), because different shapes have different info. A prime example is drawn polygons for which I will need to check all the vertices to define the boundbox as that does not appear in the data structure. I think options 2 & 3 are something Bob is trying to avoid. Bob, can you explain why? Any thoughts? Jonathan Dr. Jonathan H. Gutow Chemistry Department gu...@uwosh.edu UW-Oshkosh Office: 920-424-1326 800 Algoma Boulevard FAX:920-424-2042 Oshkosh, WI 54901 http://www.uwosh.edu/facstaff/gutow ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AppSumo Presents a FREE Video for the SourceForge Community by Eric Ries, the creator of the Lean Startup Methodology on "Lean Startup Secrets Revealed." This video shows you how to validate your ideas, optimize your ideas and identify your business strategy. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appsumosfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Jmol-developers mailing list Jmol-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-developers