Package org.web3d.vrml.scripting.ecmascript.builtin

Interface FieldFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

ECMAFieldFactory

public interface FieldFactory

Factory abstract interface for generating field objects from a given node.

The idea of this factory is to break a circular compile dependency between SF/MFNode and all the field classes.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $

Author:

Justin Couch

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	createField(VRMLNodeType node, String field, boolean checkEventIn)	Create a field given a name from the node.
Object	updateField(Object field, VRMLNodeType node, String name, boolean checkEventIn)	Update a field given a name from the node.

Method Details

createField

Object createField(VRMLNodeType node,
 String field,
 boolean checkEventIn)

Create a field given a name from the node.

Parameters:

node - The node to create the field from

field - The name of the field to fetch

checkEventIn - true if we should check for an event in

Returns:

An instance of the field class representing the field

updateField

Object updateField(Object field,
 VRMLNodeType node,
 String name,
 boolean checkEventIn)

Update a field given a name from the node. Will return an updated field or a new object as needed.

Parameters:

field - The field to update

node - The node to create the field from

name - The name of the field to fetch

checkEventIn - true if we should check for an event in

Returns:

An instance of the field class representing the field