An extensible XML scripting language
Downloads/API
- Ogrescript can be most easily run inside ELF, which can be downloaded here.
- Ogrescript Javadocs can be accessed at: API.
- A set of Ogrescript sample scripts, many of which are reproduced in full or in part as the examples in this guide, may be accessed here: sample scripts.
Purpose/History
Ogrescript is a descendent of OGRE; it is the language native to ELF, and thus meant to be run inside of the ELF container, which is built on the Eclipse (OSGI) platform framework. Hence, Ogrescript is organized as a series of plug-ins.
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The attached pages constitute a fairly complete user's guide to Ogrescript.
- Ogrescript Basics explains the syntax and Java semantics of Ogrescript XML, with basic coding principles.
- Control Flow illustrates the programming constructs (branching, looping, parallelism, etc.) made available in Ogrescript.
- Plugins & Tasks serves as a manual for the tasks/tags included in the standard Ogrescript distribution.
Since version 0.6+, the user would do well to read the Ogrescript Gotchas; these are admittedly peripheral issues but they may creep up unexpectedly on the coder who is comfortable using the more advanced features of the script.
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