[ODE] Copying/Cloning Composite Objects

[John Donovan]

> In OPAL (http://opal.sf.net) we store a data structure within every
> object that fully describes the object.  

Yes, in my OSGODE wrapper I do a similar thing: clone the OSG object,
and create new ODE objects with identical parameters.


> For more complex things involving multiple Solids and Joints, we have
a Blueprint object.

That sounds a bit like the GoF Factory pattern. It's a shame ODE doesn't
have copy semantics or Factory methods.

-J

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