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SoFieldContainer Class Reference

The SoFieldContainer class is a base class for all classes that contain fields. More...

#include <Inventor/fields/SoFieldContainer.h>

Inheritance diagram for SoFieldContainer:
SoBase SoEngine SoNode SoBoolOperation SoCalculator SoComposeMatrix SoComposeRotation SoComposeRotationFromTo SoComposeVec2f SoComposeVec3f SoComposeVec4f SoComputeBoundingBox SoConcatenate SoCounter SoDecomposeMatrix SoDecomposeRotation SoDecomposeVec2f SoDecomposeVec3f SoDecomposeVec4f SoElapsedTime SoFieldConverter SoGate SoInterpolate SoOnOff SoOneShot SoProfilerTopEngine SoSelectOne SoTexture2Convert SoTimeCounter SoTransformVec3f SoTriggerAny SoAlphaTest SoBaseColor SoBaseKit SoBumpMap SoBumpMapCoordinate SoBumpMapTransform SoCacheHint SoCallback SoCamera SoClipPlane SoColorIndex SoComplexity SoCoordinate3 SoCoordinate4 SoDepthBuffer SoDrawStyle SoEnvironment SoEventCallback SoFile SoFont SoGeoCoordinate SoGeoOrigin SoGroup SoInfo SoLabel SoLight SoLightModel SoListener SoMaterial SoMaterialBinding SoNodeEngine SoNodeKitListPart SoNormal SoNormalBinding SoPackedColor SoPickStyle SoPolygonOffset SoProfile SoProfileCoordinate2 SoProfileCoordinate3 SoProfilerStats SoProto SoProtoInstance SoSceneTexture2 SoSceneTextureCubeMap SoShaderObject SoShaderParameter SoShaderProgram SoShadowCulling SoShadowStyle SoShape SoShapeHints SoTexture SoTexture2Transform SoTexture3Transform SoTextureCombine SoTextureCoordinate2 SoTextureCoordinate3 SoTextureCoordinateBinding SoTextureCoordinateCube SoTextureCoordinateCylinder SoTextureCoordinateFunction SoTextureCoordinateSphere SoTextureMatrixTransform SoTextureScalePolicy SoTextureUnit SoTransformation SoTransparencyType SoVRMLAppearance SoVRMLAudioClip SoVRMLBackground SoVRMLColor SoVRMLCoordinate SoVRMLFog SoVRMLFontStyle SoVRMLInline SoVRMLLight SoVRMLMaterial SoVRMLNavigationInfo SoVRMLNormal SoVRMLProximitySensor SoVRMLScript SoVRMLSensor SoVRMLShape SoVRMLSound SoVRMLTexture SoVRMLTextureCoordinate SoVRMLTextureTransform SoVRMLTouchSensor SoVRMLViewpoint SoVRMLVisibilitySensor SoVRMLWorldInfo SoVertexAttribute SoVertexAttributeBinding SoVertexProperty SoWWWInline

Public Member Functions

virtual void addWriteReference (SoOutput *out, SbBool isfromfield=FALSE)
 
virtual void copyContents (const SoFieldContainer *from, SbBool copyconnections)
 
void copyFieldValues (const SoFieldContainer *container, SbBool copyconnections=FALSE)
 
virtual SoFieldContainercopyThroughConnection (void) const
 
SbBool enableNotify (const SbBool flag)
 
SbBool fieldsAreEqual (const SoFieldContainer *container) const
 
void get (SbString &fielddata)
 
void get (SbString &fielddata, SoOutput *out)
 
virtual int getAllFields (SoFieldList &l) const
 
virtual SoFieldgetEventIn (const SbName &name) const
 
virtual SoFieldgetEventOut (const SbName &name) const
 
virtual SoFieldgetField (const SbName &name) const
 
virtual const SoFieldDatagetFieldData (void) const
 
SbBool getFieldName (const SoField *const field, SbName &name) const
 
virtual int getFields (SoFieldList &l) const
 
virtual void getFieldsMemorySize (size_t &managed, size_t &unmanaged) const
 
SbBool getIsBuiltIn (void) const
 
voidgetUserData (void) const
 
SbBool hasDefaultValues (void) const
 
SbBool isNotifyEnabled (void) const
 
virtual void notify (SoNotList *l)
 
SbBool set (const char *const fielddata)
 
SbBool set (const char *fielddata, SoInput *input)
 
void setToDefaults (void)
 
void setUserData (void *userdata) const
 
virtual SbBool validateNewFieldValue (SoField *field, void *newval)
 
virtual void writeInstance (SoOutput *out)
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from SoBase
void addAuditor (void *const auditor, const SoNotRec::Type type)
 
void assertAlive (void) const
 
const SoAuditorListgetAuditors (void) const
 
virtual SbName getName (void) const
 
int32_t getRefCount (void) const
 
virtual SoType getTypeId (void) const =0
 Returns the type identification of an object derived from a class inheriting SoBase. This is used for runtime type checking and "downward" casting.
 
SbBool isOfType (SoType type) const
 Returns TRUE if the type of this object is either of the same type or inherited from type.
 
void ref (void) const
 
void removeAuditor (void *const auditor, const SoNotRec::Type type)
 
virtual void setName (const SbName &newname)
 
SbBool shouldWrite (void)
 
virtual void startNotify (void)
 
void touch (void)
 
void unref (void) const
 
void unrefNoDelete (void) const
 

Static Public Member Functions

static void addCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig, const SoFieldContainer *copy)
 
static SoFieldContainercheckCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig)
 
static void cleanupClass (void)
 
static void copyDone (void)
 
static SoFieldContainerfindCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig, const SbBool copyconnections)
 
static SoType getClassTypeId (void)
 This static method returns the SoType object associated with objects of this class.
 
static void initClass (void)
 Sets up initialization for data common to all instances of this class, like submitting necessary information to the Coin type system.
 
static void initCopyDict (void)
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoBase
static void addName (SoBase *const base, const char *const name)
 
static SbBool connectRoute (SoInput *input, const SbName &fromnodename, const SbName &fromfieldname, const SbName &tonodename, const SbName &tofieldname)
 
static void decrementCurrentWriteCounter (void)
 
static SoType getClassTypeId (void)
 This static method returns the SoType object associated with objects of this class.
 
static SoBasegetNamedBase (const SbName &name, SoType type)
 
static int getNamedBases (const SbName &name, SoBaseList &baselist, SoType type)
 
static SbBool getTraceRefs (void)
 
static void incrementCurrentWriteCounter (void)
 
static void initClass (void)
 Sets up initialization for data common to all instances of this class, like submitting necessary information to the Coin type system.
 
static SbBool read (SoInput *input, SoBase *&base, SoType expectedtype)
 
static SbBool readRoute (SoInput *input)
 
static void removeName (SoBase *const base, const char *const name)
 
static void setInstancePrefix (const SbString &c)
 
static void setTraceRefs (SbBool trace)
 

Protected Member Functions

 SoFieldContainer (void)
 
virtual ~SoFieldContainer ()
 
virtual SbBool readInstance (SoInput *in, unsigned short flags)
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from SoBase
 SoBase (void)
 
virtual ~SoBase ()
 
virtual SoNotRec createNotRec (void)
 
virtual void destroy (void)
 
virtual const char * getFileFormatName (void) const
 
SbBool hasMultipleWriteRefs (void) const
 
void writeFooter (SoOutput *out) const
 
SbBool writeHeader (SoOutput *out, SbBool isgroup, SbBool isengine) const
 

Protected Attributes

SbBool isBuiltIn
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Protected Types inherited from SoBase
enum  BaseFlags { IS_ENGINE = 0x01 , IS_GROUP = 0x02 }
 
- Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoBase
static uint32_t getCurrentWriteCounter (void)
 
static void staticDataLock (void)
 
static void staticDataUnlock (void)
 

Detailed Description

The SoFieldContainer class is a base class for all classes that contain fields.

The classes containing fields in Coin are the node and engine classes, so they are all subclasses of SoFieldContainer.

SoFieldContainer provides methods for reading, writing, comparing for equality, doing copy operations, etc on fields.

See also
SoField

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ SoFieldContainer()

SoFieldContainer::SoFieldContainer ( void )
protected

Constructor.

◆ ~SoFieldContainer()

SoFieldContainer::~SoFieldContainer ( )
protectedvirtual

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

◆ addCopy()

void SoFieldContainer::addCopy ( const SoFieldContainer * orig,
const SoFieldContainer * copy )
static

Add a pair of pointers to an original field container and a copy of it to an internal pointer dictionary used during scene graph copy operations.

◆ addWriteReference()

void SoFieldContainer::addWriteReference ( SoOutput * out,
SbBool isfromfield = FALSE )
virtual

This method is used during the first write pass of a write action to count the number of references to this object in the scene graph.

Reimplemented from SoBase.

Reimplemented in SoBaseKit, and SoGroup.

◆ checkCopy()

SoFieldContainer * SoFieldContainer::checkCopy ( const SoFieldContainer * orig)
static

Returns the copy of orig, if any. If no copy exists, we return a NULL pointer.

◆ cleanupClass()

void SoFieldContainer::cleanupClass ( void )
static

This static method cleans up static data for the SoFieldContainer class.

◆ copyContents()

void SoFieldContainer::copyContents ( const SoFieldContainer * from,
SbBool copyconnections )
virtual

Makes a deep copy of all data of from into this instance, except external scene graph references if copyconnections is FALSE.

This is the method that should be overridden by extension node / engine / dragger / whatever subclasses which need to account for internal data that are not handled automatically.

For copying nodes from application code, you should not invoke this function directly, but rather call the SoNode::copy() function:

The SbList class is a template container class for lists.
Definition SbList.h:70
void copy(const SbList< Type > &l)
Definition SbList.h:92
The SoNode class is the base class for nodes used in scene graphs.
Definition SoNode.h:56

The same also goes for engines.

Make sure that when you override the copyContents() method in your extension class that you also make it call upwards to its parent superclass in the inheritance hierarchy, as copyContents() in for instance SoNode and SoFieldContainer does important work. It should go something like this:

void
MyCoinExtensionNode::copyContents(const SoFieldContainer * from,
{
// let parent superclasses do their thing (copy fields, copy
// instance name, etc.)
// [..then copy internal data..]
}
The SoFieldContainer class is a base class for all classes that contain fields.
Definition SoFieldContainer.h:43
virtual void copyContents(const SoFieldContainer *from, SbBool copyconnections)
Definition SoNode.cpp:1483

Reimplemented in SoVRMLAppearance, SoVRMLGeometry, SoVRMLLOD, SoVRMLParent, SoVRMLScript, SoVRMLShape, SoVRMLSwitch, SoCallback, SoFile, SoGroup, SoNode, SoVertexAttribute, SoRotateCylindricalDragger, SoRotateSphericalDragger, SoClipPlaneManip, SoDirectionalLightManip, SoPointLightManip, SoSpotLightManip, SoTransformManip, SoBaseKit, SoInteractionKit, SoNodeKitListPart, and SoWWWInline.

◆ copyDone()

void SoFieldContainer::copyDone ( void )
static

This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer.

Clean up the dictionary hash.

This method is called from the end of SoNode::copy().

◆ copyFieldValues()

void SoFieldContainer::copyFieldValues ( const SoFieldContainer * container,
SbBool copyconnections = FALSE )

This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer.

This method copies the field values from container into this. The fields are assumed to be of the same type. The copyconnections flag decides whether the field connections are to be copied as well.

◆ copyThroughConnection()

SoFieldContainer * SoFieldContainer::copyThroughConnection ( void ) const
virtual

Return copy of this instance.

Note: default implementation just returns this pointer, SoNode and SoEngine overrides this method to return the pointer to the actual copy.

Reimplemented in SoEngine, and SoNode.

◆ enableNotify()

SbBool SoFieldContainer::enableNotify ( const SbBool enable)

This method sets whether notification will be propagated on changing the values of the contained fields. The old value of the flag is returned.

Notification is default on. Turning off automatic notification can be useful for optimizing performance. During series of updates you may want to avoid the propagation of notifications upon every field value change if you make a lot of them. This is how you should handle those cases:

SbBool autonotify = node->enableNotify(FALSE);
// ...
// Make modifications to fields of "node" here.
// ...
node->enableNotify(autonotify);
node->touch();
See also
isNotifyEnabled()

◆ fieldsAreEqual()

SbBool SoFieldContainer::fieldsAreEqual ( const SoFieldContainer * container) const

This method returns TRUE if the values of the fields of this and container are equal.

◆ findCopy()

SoFieldContainer * SoFieldContainer::findCopy ( const SoFieldContainer * orig,
const SbBool copyconnections )
static

Returns a copy of orig.

If no copy has been made earlier when the function is called, a copy is made on-the-fly (which is the reason we need to pass along the copyconnections flag).

This method will also run the copyContents() method on the copy, if it hasn't been run already. Note that if you call copyContents() on the copy outside of this method, this will go undetected and the guts of orig will be copied multiple times into its copy.

If copyContents() is called directly (instead of using copy()), it is assumed that the user only wants to copy the field values, and we just return NULL here. This is done to match how it's done in SGI Inventor.

See also
checkCopy()

◆ get() [1/2]

void SoFieldContainer::get ( SbString & fielddata)

This methods stores the field data in the given fielddata string. The format of the returned string follows the Open Inventor file format.

See also
set()

◆ get() [2/2]

void SoFieldContainer::get ( SbString & fielddata,
SoOutput * out )

Put names and values of fields from this instance in the fielddata string. Fields will be separated in the returned string by end-of-line characters.

We use the reference dictionary provided by out.

See also
set()

◆ getAllFields()

int SoFieldContainer::getAllFields ( SoFieldList & fields) const
virtual

Returns VRML eventIn and eventOut fields in addition to the "ordinary" fields.

See also
getFields()

◆ getEventIn()

SoField * SoFieldContainer::getEventIn ( const SbName & name) const
virtual

This method returns a pointer to the eventIn with name name, or NULL if no such eventIn exists.

◆ getEventOut()

SoField * SoFieldContainer::getEventOut ( const SbName & name) const
virtual

This method returns a pointer to the eventOut with name name, or NULL if no such eventOut exists.

◆ getField()

SoField * SoFieldContainer::getField ( const SbName & name) const
virtual

This method returns a pointer to the field with name, or NULL if no such field exists.

◆ getFieldData()

const SoFieldData * SoFieldContainer::getFieldData ( void ) const
virtual

Returns a pointer to the class-wide field data storage object for this instance. If no fields are present, returns NULL.

Reimplemented in SoForeignFileKit, SoSTLFileKit, SoShadowCulling, SoShadowDirectionalLight, SoShadowGroup, SoShadowSpotLight, SoShadowStyle, SoProfilerTopEngine, SoNodeVisualize, SoProfilerOverlayKit, SoProfilerTopKit, SoProfilerVisualizeKit, SoScrollingGraphKit, SoProfilerStats, SoCenterballDragger, SoDirectionalLightDragger, SoDragger, SoDragPointDragger, SoHandleBoxDragger, SoJackDragger, SoPointLightDragger, SoRotateCylindricalDragger, SoRotateDiscDragger, SoRotateSphericalDragger, SoScale1Dragger, SoScale2Dragger, SoScale2UniformDragger, SoScaleUniformDragger, SoSpotLightDragger, SoTabBoxDragger, SoTabPlaneDragger, SoTrackballDragger, SoTransformBoxDragger, SoTransformerDragger, SoTranslate1Dragger, SoTranslate2Dragger, SoBoolOperation, SoCalculator, SoComposeMatrix, SoComposeRotation, SoComposeRotationFromTo, SoComposeVec2f, SoComposeVec3f, SoComposeVec4f, SoComputeBoundingBox, SoConcatenate, SoCounter, SoDecomposeMatrix, SoDecomposeRotation, SoDecomposeVec2f, SoDecomposeVec3f, SoDecomposeVec4f, SoElapsedTime, SoFieldConverter, SoGate, SoHeightMapToNormalMap, SoInterpolate, SoInterpolateFloat, SoInterpolateRotation, SoInterpolateVec2f, SoInterpolateVec3f, SoInterpolateVec4f, SoOneShot, SoOnOff, SoSelectOne, SoTexture2Convert, SoTimeCounter, SoTransformVec3f, SoTriggerAny, SoCenterballManip, SoClipPlaneManip, SoDirectionalLightManip, SoHandleBoxManip, SoJackManip, SoPointLightManip, SoSpotLightManip, SoTabBoxManip, SoTrackballManip, SoTransformBoxManip, SoTransformerManip, SoTransformManip, SoProtoInstance, SoAppearanceKit, SoBaseKit, SoCameraKit, SoInteractionKit, SoLightKit, SoNodeKitListPart, SoSceneKit, SoSeparatorKit, SoShapeKit, SoWrapperKit, SoAlphaTest, SoAnnotation, SoAntiSquish, SoArray, SoAsciiText, SoBaseColor, SoBlinker, SoBumpMap, SoBumpMapCoordinate, SoBumpMapTransform, SoCacheHint, SoCallback, SoCamera, SoClipPlane, SoColorIndex, SoComplexity, SoCone, SoCoordinate3, SoCoordinate4, SoCube, SoCylinder, SoDepthBuffer, SoDirectionalLight, SoDrawStyle, SoEnvironment, SoEventCallback, SoExtSelection, SoFaceSet, SoFile, SoFont, SoFontStyle, SoFragmentShader, SoFrustumCamera, SoGeoCoordinate, SoGeoLocation, SoGeometryShader, SoGeoOrigin, SoGeoSeparator, SoGroup, SoImage, SoIndexedFaceSet, SoIndexedLineSet, SoIndexedMarkerSet, SoIndexedNurbsCurve, SoIndexedNurbsSurface, SoIndexedPointSet, SoIndexedShape, SoIndexedTriangleStripSet, SoInfo, SoLabel, SoLevelOfDetail, SoLight, SoLightModel, SoLinearProfile, SoLineSet, SoListener, SoLocateHighlight, SoLOD, SoMarkerSet, SoMaterial, SoMaterialBinding, SoMatrixTransform, SoMultipleCopy, SoNonIndexedShape, SoNormal, SoNormalBinding, SoNurbsCurve, SoNurbsProfile, SoNurbsSurface, SoOrthographicCamera, SoPackedColor, SoPathSwitch, SoPendulum, SoPerspectiveCamera, SoPickStyle, SoPointLight, SoPointSet, SoPolygonOffset, SoProfile, SoProfileCoordinate2, SoProfileCoordinate3, SoQuadMesh, SoResetTransform, SoReversePerspectiveCamera, SoRotation, SoRotationXYZ, SoRotor, SoScale, SoSceneTexture2, SoSceneTextureCubeMap, SoSelection, SoSeparator, SoShaderObject, SoShaderParameter, SoUniformShaderParameter, SoShaderParameter1f, SoShaderParameter1i, SoShaderParameter2f, SoShaderParameter2i, SoShaderParameter3f, SoShaderParameter3i, SoShaderParameter4f, SoShaderParameter4i, SoShaderParameterArray1f, SoShaderParameterArray1i, SoShaderParameterArray2f, SoShaderParameterArray2i, SoShaderParameterArray3f, SoShaderParameterArray3i, SoShaderParameterArray4f, SoShaderParameterArray4i, SoShaderParameterMatrix, SoShaderParameterMatrixArray, SoShaderStateMatrixParameter, SoShaderProgram, SoShape, SoShapeHints, SoShuttle, SoSphere, SoSpotLight, SoSurroundScale, SoSwitch, SoText2, SoText3, SoTexture, SoTexture2, SoTexture2Transform, SoTexture3, SoTexture3Transform, SoTextureCombine, SoTextureCoordinate2, SoTextureCoordinate3, SoTextureCoordinateBinding, SoTextureCoordinateCube, SoTextureCoordinateCylinder, SoTextureCoordinateDefault, SoTextureCoordinateEnvironment, SoTextureCoordinateFunction, SoTextureCoordinateNormalMap, SoTextureCoordinateObject, SoTextureCoordinatePlane, SoTextureCoordinateReflectionMap, SoTextureCoordinateSphere, SoTextureCubeMap, SoTextureMatrixTransform, SoTextureScalePolicy, SoTextureUnit, SoTransform, SoTransformation, SoTransformSeparator, SoTranslation, SoTransparencyType, SoTriangleStripSet, SoUnits, SoVertexAttributeBinding, SoVertexProperty, SoVertexShader, SoVertexShape, SoWWWAnchor, SoWWWInline, SoVRMLAnchor, SoVRMLAppearance, SoVRMLAudioClip, SoVRMLBackground, SoVRMLBillboard, SoVRMLBox, SoVRMLCollision, SoVRMLColor, SoVRMLColorInterpolator, SoVRMLCone, SoVRMLCoordinate, SoVRMLCoordinateInterpolator, SoVRMLCylinder, SoVRMLCylinderSensor, SoVRMLDirectionalLight, SoVRMLDragSensor, SoVRMLElevationGrid, SoVRMLExtrusion, SoVRMLFog, SoVRMLFontStyle, SoVRMLGeometry, SoVRMLGroup, SoVRMLImageTexture, SoVRMLIndexedFaceSet, SoVRMLIndexedLine, SoVRMLIndexedLineSet, SoVRMLIndexedShape, SoVRMLInline, SoVRMLInterpolator, SoVRMLLight, SoVRMLLOD, SoVRMLMaterial, SoVRMLMovieTexture, SoVRMLNavigationInfo, SoVRMLNormal, SoVRMLNormalInterpolator, SoVRMLOrientationInterpolator, SoVRMLParent, SoVRMLPixelTexture, SoVRMLPlaneSensor, SoVRMLPointLight, SoVRMLPointSet, SoVRMLPositionInterpolator, SoVRMLProximitySensor, SoVRMLScalarInterpolator, SoVRMLSensor, SoVRMLShape, SoVRMLSound, SoVRMLSphere, SoVRMLSphereSensor, SoVRMLSpotLight, SoVRMLSwitch, SoVRMLText, SoVRMLTexture, SoVRMLTextureCoordinate, SoVRMLTextureTransform, SoVRMLTimeSensor, SoVRMLTouchSensor, SoVRMLTransform, SoVRMLVertexLine, SoVRMLVertexPoint, SoVRMLVertexShape, SoVRMLViewpoint, SoVRMLVisibilitySensor, and SoVRMLWorldInfo.

◆ getFieldName()

SbBool SoFieldContainer::getFieldName ( const SoField *const field,
SbName & name ) const

Finds the name of the given field and returns the value in the name argument.

TRUE is returned if the field is contained within this instance, and FALSE otherwise.

◆ getFields()

int SoFieldContainer::getFields ( SoFieldList & fields) const
virtual

This method adds the fields in this container to the l argument, and returns the number of fields added.

The virtual nature of this function means that it can be overridden to e.g. hide private fields.

◆ getFieldsMemorySize()

void SoFieldContainer::getFieldsMemorySize ( size_t & managed,
size_t & unmanaged ) const
virtual

Returns the data array sizes of the SoFieldData-registered multi-fields. The managed argument returns the size of the fields that Coin manages the memory for, and the unmanaged argument returns the size of the data in the multi-fields controlled by the application through SoMField::setValuesPointer() which Coin will not delete.

Data that is kept in the object memory chunk (that is included when you do sizeof(object)) is not included in these values - only the memory that is managed in additional memory chunks from the object chunk is returned.

Extension field types that are not known to the plain Coin library are not accounted for. This function is therefore virtual, so such extension field types can be added to the numbers for extension nodes.

This method is used for memory profiling purposes.

Since
Coin 3.0

◆ getIsBuiltIn()

SbBool SoFieldContainer::getIsBuiltIn ( void ) const

Returns TRUE if this object is instantiated from one of the native Coin classes, FALSE if the object's class is outside the standard Coin library.

◆ getUserData()

void * SoFieldContainer::getUserData ( void ) const

Return the generic user data pointer for this field container, or NULL if no user data have been set.

See also
setUserData()
Since
Coin 2.0

◆ hasDefaultValues()

SbBool SoFieldContainer::hasDefaultValues ( void ) const

This method checks to see if the fields of this container have their default values, and returns TRUE if that is the case.

◆ initCopyDict()

void SoFieldContainer::initCopyDict ( void )
static

This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer.

Initialize a dictionary hash storing pointers for original field container instances and their copies during scene graph copy operations.

This method is called from the start of SoNode::copy().

◆ isNotifyEnabled()

SbBool SoFieldContainer::isNotifyEnabled ( void ) const

This method returns whether notification of changes to the field values in the container is propagated to its auditors.

See also
enableNotify()

◆ notify()

◆ readInstance()

SbBool SoFieldContainer::readInstance ( SoInput * in,
unsigned short flags )
protectedvirtual

This method is mainly intended for internal use during file import operations.

It reads a definition of an instance from the input stream in. The input stream state points to the start of a serialized / persistent representation of an instance of this class type.

TRUE or FALSE is returned, depending on if the instantiation and configuration of the new object of this class type went OK or not. The import process should be robust and handle corrupted input streams by returning FALSE.

flags is used internally during binary import when reading user extension nodes, group nodes or engines.

Implements SoBase.

Reimplemented in SoEngine, SoNodeEngine, SoProtoInstance, SoBaseKit, SoInteractionKit, SoNodeKitListPart, SoBumpMap, SoFile, SoGroup, SoImage, SoNode, SoNormalBinding, SoSeparator, SoShaderObject, SoTexture2, SoTexture3, SoTextureCoordinateBinding, SoTextureCubeMap, SoVertexAttribute, SoWWWInline, SoVRMLBackground, SoVRMLImageTexture, SoVRMLLOD, SoVRMLParent, SoVRMLPixelTexture, SoVRMLSwitch, and SoProto.

◆ set() [1/2]

SbBool SoFieldContainer::set ( const char *const fielddata)

This method parses the values of one or more fields from the fielddata string.

The fields must be in the same format as the Open Inventor file format. TRUE is returned upon success, and FALSE otherwise.

See also
get()

◆ set() [2/2]

SbBool SoFieldContainer::set ( const char * fielddata,
SoInput * in )

This method parses the values of one or more fields from the fielddata string.

The fields must be in the same format as the Open Inventor file format. TRUE is returned upon success, and FALSE otherwise.

We use the reference dictionary provided by in.

See also
get()

◆ setToDefaults()

void SoFieldContainer::setToDefaults ( void )

This method sets all fields which we are parenting to their respective default values.

◆ setUserData()

void SoFieldContainer::setUserData ( void * userdata) const

Set a generic user data pointer for this field container.

This function can be used by the application programmer to, for instance, store a pointer to an application specific data structure that is in some way related to the field container. getUserData() can later be used to retrieve the pointer.

See also
getUserData()
Since
Coin 2.0

◆ validateNewFieldValue()

SbBool SoFieldContainer::validateNewFieldValue ( SoField * field,
void * newval )
virtual

This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer.

I can't make head or tails of this method, it seems to return TRUE no matter what the arguments are.

◆ writeInstance()

void SoFieldContainer::writeInstance ( SoOutput * out)
virtual

Writes all the fields contained in this instance to the output stream within out.

This method is solely called from the write methods of fields.

Either from SoField if the write is done because of a field-to-field connection, or from one of the fields which may actually write SoFieldContainer instances, i.e. SoSFNode, SoMFNode, SoSFEngine, SoMFEngine, SoSFPath and SoMFPath.

This method, in addition to the ordinary write() method of SoNode, needs to be present since the fields don't have a write action instance in their writeValue() method, and writeInstance() will create a new SoWriteAction and call continueToApply() on it.

Reimplemented in SoElapsedTime, SoEngine, SoNodeEngine, SoTimeCounter, and SoNode.

Member Data Documentation

◆ isBuiltIn

SbBool SoFieldContainer::isBuiltIn
protected

Flag for storing whether or not this class instance is a built-in class or not. By knowing the difference between a class which is native Coin or a user extension, it is possible to automatically store and read extension nodes and engines.


The documentation for this class was generated from the following files: