Re: [sdljava-users] Forget that old patch.. here is a better one ;)

[Ivan Z. G. <iva...@ya...>]

The 3D api looks interesting.  I'll have a look into this.  Certainly if 
we don' t have to re-write all the code it would be good.  From what I 
see so far I think we might want to use it.  If we do end up using it 
then it is simply added to lib directory -- user will never have to 
download it.

The 3D API in sdljava is growing slowly and carefully.  I want to make 
sure its ideal and as fast as possible.  Its not really ready for prime 
time use hence there will be things omitted in various places.

-Ivan/

Chris Dennett wrote:

> Ignore the old patch if you haven't already applied it (I'm pretty 
> sure you haven't), as I've significantly worked on a number of areas 
> tonight, including adding a new SDLPoint class having the SDLRect 
> class extend from it, and the previous changes I made are also rolled 
> into this patch.
>
> Something I saw which might be significant, however, is that all the 
> positional stuff we need is actually in javax.vecmath, including 
> 3DPoint, if you are using that for the OpenGL modelling stuff.(See 
> http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/forDevelopers/j3dapi/javax/vecmath/package-summary.html). 
> Using this would save us reinventing the wheel, but might incur an 
> extra download cost for the user.
>
> I also notice that you have Vector.java which is meant to hold a 
> coordiante in 3D space. However, you forget that vectors also have 
> length and direction.
>
> By the way, is there an SDLJava IRC channel we could go to to discuss 
> stuff? Somewhere on OpenProjects / FreeNode, perhaps? ;) Anyway, my 
> new patch is attached to this message, with many modifications. Again, 
> tell me if there is anything wrong with it.
>
> Regards,
> Chris
>