[openvrml-develop] Rearchitecture - initial checkin

[Braden M. <br...@en...>]

I have checked in the rearchitecture code I've been working on. The
branch tag is "OpenVRML-REARCH_BRANCH". Much work still needs to be done
just to get it Basically Working:

        * Changes are not reflected in the Java binding code. The
          rearchitected code should compile, but only --without-jdk.
        * Though the code will compile, it will not link. There remain a
          number of missing method definitions.
        * In addition to the missing method definitions, some methods
          are defined, but their implementation needs to be filled in.
          These are marked with Doxygen @todo tags, so they should be
          readily visible in the generated documentation.
        * Code to support PROTOs is completely disabled in this branch.
          Once the code that is there now is brought to a working state,
          PROTO support needs to be redone.

Though this code is very unfinished, the nature of the rearchitecture
should be clear. I encourage OpenVRML users to examine the code to get a
feel for the direction. Feel free to comment and ask questions.

In order to avoid a Merge Nightmare when this code is finally ready to
merge back into the main branch, I'd like any code checked in on the
trunk also to be checked in on the rearchitecture branch. Please
coordinate with me to do this if you do not want to do it yourself.

If anyone is interested in helping me out on the rearchitecture branch,
I could use a hand. Please mail me.

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Braden McDaniel                           e-mail: <br...@en...>
<http://endoframe.com>                    Jabber: <br...@ja...>