org.web3d.x3d.sai

Interface X3DComponent

public interface X3DComponent

Abstract node interface, defined by X3D specification to support X3D Java interoperability.


Package hint: This interface is defined by the X3D Java Language Binding Specification for the Scene Authoring Interface (SAI).

Provides for implementation of a X3D player than runs as a component and able to extract a Browser reference from it.

Generally this is used to provide a definition of an AWT component with a VRML/X3D display capability. There is no reason why this can not be used for other browser representations such as off-screen renderers or file savers.

See Also:

SAI Java Specification: B.5.2 BrowserFactory, X3D Tooltips, X3D Scene Authoring Hints

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ExternalBrowser	getBrowser() Get a browser reference from this component that represents the internals of this browser.
java.lang.Object	getImplementation() Get a reference to the component implementation.
void	shutdown() Shutdown the component because it will no longer be needed.

Method Detail

getBrowser

ExternalBrowser getBrowser()

Get a browser reference from this component that represents the internals of this browser.

Returns:

A reference to the browser object represented by this component.

getImplementation

java.lang.Object getImplementation()

Get a reference to the component implementation. For example, if this is an AWT component, it would return an instance of Component.

Returns:

a reference to the component implementation

shutdown

void shutdown()

Shutdown the component because it will no longer be needed. If the component has already had this method called, it will silently ignore any further requests.