Creating a Java 3D application or applet
SceneGraphObject Capabilities
- Adding a node into a scene graph makes it "live" (drawable)
- When live, a node may be modified only in predetermined ways
- The fewer the ways, the more optimizations Java 3D can
perform
- Modifications are enabled by turning on Capabilities
- Every node class has different capabilities
- The SceneGraphObject provides methods to
turn on these capabilities
- Sample capabilities:
- Allow read/write of transforms, geometry coordinates,
shape colors, texture transforms, group content
