Class vxlModelManager

Controls the loading and network transfer of models into memory

Constructor

vxlModelManager()

Creates vxlModel objects and assigns them to a vxlScene. vxlModelManager provides methods for loading remote and local models.
Author: Diego Cantor.

Methods

.add(p_object, p_scene)

Parameters:

Type	Name	Description
Object	`p_object`	the JSON object that contains the definition of the model oran instance of vxlModel. The object must have a 'name' property.
vxlScene	`p_scene`	the scene to be called back when the model is created

.allLoaded()

Returns true if all the models in the list passed to the method loadList have been loaded.

.getModelByName(name)

Returns the model if it has been loaded by this model manager, null otherwise.

Parameters:

Type	Name	Description
String	`name`	the name of the model to retrieve

.handleEvent(event, source)

Handles voxelent events to which this model manager is subscribed to

Parameters:

Type	Name	Description
String	`event`	the event that was fired
Object	`source`	the object that fired the event

.isModelLoaded(name)

Checks if a model has been loaded yet

Parameters:

Type	Name	Description
String	`name`	the name of the model to check

.load(uri, scene)

Uses a JSON/Ajax mechanism to load models from a Web Server.

Parameters:

Type	Name	Description
String	`uri`	The path to the file that will be loaded.
vxlScene	`scene`	The scene that will create an actor for this model. This parameter is optional.

.loadList(list, scene)

Loads a list of models and assigns them to a scene

Parameters:

Type	Name	Description
Array	`list`	list of files to load
vxlScene	`scene`	scene to callback when the models are loaded

.reset()

It will delete all of the loaded models