Switches

• A Switch selects zero, one, or multiple children to render

• Which child to render can be an integer child number, or bits in a mask

• Similar to a Java "switch" statement

• This node is only a switch, it does not imply any rendering order

• Switch extends the Group class

The Switch group node allows a Java 3D application to choose dynamically among a number of subgraphs. The Switch node contains an ordered list of children and a switch value. The switch value determines which child or children Java 3D will render. Note that the index order of children is used only for selecting the appropriate child or children-it does not specify rendering order.