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= Presentation =

A dynamic object is : 

* an object that can be (de)serialized from a XML file
* an object that contains attributes

Gnoll is a data driven project, dynamic object are the persistence system.

= Features =

* Possibility to have few distinct attributes (string, float, list, etc.)
* Add Dynamic Object inside another one
* Inheritance with Dynamic Object (DO "Archer" inherit of DO "Humain" for example)

= Examples =

== Scalar data ==

   <dynamicobject instance="Example1">
      <attribute name="age">
        <integer value="345"/>
      </attribute>
   </dynamicobject>

   <dynamicobject instance="Example2">
      <attribute name="phrase">
        <string value="c'etait un cafard qui vivait dans le noir"/>
      </attribute>
   </dynamicobject>

   <dynamicobject instance="Example3">
      <attribute name="pi">
  	 <float value="3.145"/>
      </attribute>
   </dynamicobject>

== Container data ==

   <dynamicobject instance="Example4">
      <list>
         <string value="elem1"/>
         <string value="elem2"/>
         <string value="elem3"/>
         <string value="elem4"/>
      </list>
   </dynamicobject>

== Full example ==

Extract from nortNorthPage

   <dynamicobject instance="nortNorthPage">
     <attribute name="PageRenderer">
      <CMeshPageRenderer meshName="page.mesh"/>
     </attribute>
     <attribute name="eastLink">
      <string value="eastPage"/>
     </attribute>
     <attribute name="size">
      <float value="256"/>
     </attribute>
     <attribute name="southLink">
      <string value="northPage"/>
     </attribute>
     <attribute name="staticObjects">
      <list>
        <cstaticgobject instance="poo">
         <attribute name="mesh">
           <string value="ninja.mesh"/>
         </attribute>
         <attribute name="pos_x">
           <float value="-30"/>
         </attribute>
         <attribute name="pos_y">
           <float value="0"/>
         </attribute>
         <attribute name="pos_z">
           <float value="-30"/>
         </attribute>
        </cstaticgobject>
        <cstaticgobject instance="paa">
         <attribute name="mesh">
           <string value="ninja.mesh"/>
         </attribute>
         <attribute name="pos_x">
           <float value="30"/>
         </attribute>
         <attribute name="pos_y">
           <float value="0"/>
         </attribute>
         <attribute name="pos_z">
           <float value="30"/>
         </attribute>
        </cstaticgobject>
      </list>
     </attribute>
   </dynamicobject>