Add needsUpdate property to Material

Author: vidartf

js/scripts/three-class-config.js

@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ module.exports = {
             visible:                new Types.Bool(true),
             opacity:                new Types.Float(1.0),
         },
-        propsDefinedByThree: [ 'type' ]
+        propsDefinedByThree: [ 'type', 'needsUpdate' ]
     },
     MeshBasicMaterial: {
         relativePath: './materials/MeshBasicMaterial',

js/src/materials/Material.js

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+var _ = require('underscore');
+var MaterialAutogen = require('./Material.autogen').MaterialModel;
+
+var MaterialModel = MaterialAutogen.extend({
+
+    onCustomMessage: function(content, buffers) {
+        switch(content.type) {
+            case 'needsUpdate':
+                this.obj.needsUpdate = true;
+                this.trigger('childchange', this);
+                break;
+            default:
+                MaterialAutogen.prototype.onCustomMessage.call(arguments);
+
+        }
+    },
+
+});
+
+module.exports = {
+    MaterialModel: MaterialModel,
+};

pythreejs/materials/Material.py

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+
+from traitlets import Bool, validate
+from .Material_autogen import Material as MaterialAutogen
+
+
+class Material(MaterialAutogen):
+
+    # Do not sync this automatically:
+    needsUpdate = Bool(False)
+
+    @validate('needsUpdate')
+    def onNeedsUpdate(self, proposal):
+        if proposal.value:
+            content = {
+                "type": "needsUpdate",
+            }
+            self.send(content=content, buffers=None)
+        # Never actually set value
+        return False