/// <summary>
/// Updates the field with a new value just in the SceneGraph.
/// (Changes in the field are picked up by a currrently running X3DProgrammableShaderObject)
/// </summary>
public void setFieldValue(string name, object value)
{
field field = (field)this.Children
.FirstOrDefault(n => n.GetType() == typeof(field) &&
n.getAttribute("name").ToString() == name);
Type type;
object convValue;
Type conv;
try
{
type = X3DTypeConverters.X3DSimpleTypeToManagedType(field.type);
convValue = Convert.ChangeType(value, type);
conv = convValue.GetType();
if (conv == typeof(int))
{
UpdateField(name, X3DTypeConverters.ToString((int)convValue));
}
if (conv == typeof(float))
{
UpdateField(name, X3DTypeConverters.ToString((float)convValue));
}
if (conv == typeof(Vector3))
{
UpdateField(name, X3DTypeConverters.ToString((Vector3)convValue));
}
if (conv == typeof(Vector4))
{
UpdateField(name, X3DTypeConverters.ToString((Vector4)convValue));
}
if (conv == typeof(Matrix3))
{
UpdateField(name, X3DTypeConverters.ToString((Matrix3)convValue));
}
if (conv == typeof(Matrix4))
{
UpdateField(name, X3DTypeConverters.ToString((Matrix4)convValue));
}
}
catch
{
Console.WriteLine("error");
}
}