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SoEngine Class Referenceabstract

Base class for all engines. More...

#include <Inventor/engines/SoEngine.h>

+ Inheritance diagram for SoEngine:

Public Member Functions

virtual int getOutputs (SoEngineOutputList &list) const
 Returns a list of outputs in this engine.
 
SoEngineOutputgetOutput (const SbName &outputName) const
 Returns a reference to the engine output with the given name.
 
SbBool getOutputName (const SoEngineOutput *output, SbName &outputName) const
 Returns (in outputName) the name of the engine output (output).
 
SoEnginecopy () const
 Creates and returns an exact copy of the engine.
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer
void setToDefaults ()
 Sets all fields in this object to their default values.
 
SbBool hasDefaultValues () const
 Returns TRUE if all of the object's fields have their default values.
 
SbBool fieldsAreEqual (const SoFieldContainer *fc) const
 Returns TRUE if this object's fields are exactly equal to fc's fields.
 
void copyFieldValues (const SoFieldContainer *fc, SbBool copyConnections=FALSE)
 Copies the contents of fc's fields into this object's fields.
 
SoNONUNICODE SbBool set (const char *fieldDataString)
 Sets one or more fields in this object to the values specified in the given string, which should be a string in the Open Inventor file format.
 
SbBool set (const SbString &fieldDataString)
 Sets one or more fields in this object to the values specified in the given string, which should be a string in the Open Inventor file format.
 
void get (SbString &fieldDataString)
 Returns the values of the fields of this object in the Open Inventor ASCII file format in the given string.
 
virtual int getFields (SoFieldList &list) const
 Appends references to all of this object's fields to resultList, and returns the number of fields appended.
 
virtual int getAllFields (SoFieldList &list) const
 Returns a list of fields, including the eventIn's and eventOut's.
 
virtual SoFieldgetField (const SbName &fieldName) const
 Returns a the field of this object whose name is fieldName.
 
virtual SoFieldgetEventIn (const SbName &fieldName) const
 Returns a the eventIn with the given name.
 
virtual SoFieldgetEventOut (const SbName &fieldName) const
 Returns the eventOut with the given name.
 
SbBool getFieldName (const SoField *field, SbName &fieldName) const
 Returns the name of the given field in the fieldName argument.
 
SbBool enableNotify (SbBool flag)
 Notification at this Field Container is enabled (if flag == TRUE) or disabled (if flag == FALSE).
 
SbBool isNotifyEnabled () const
 Notification is the process of telling interested objects that this object has changed.
 
virtual void setUserData (void *data)
 Sets application data.
 
void * getUserData (void) const
 Gets user application data.
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from SoBase
virtual void touch ()
 Marks an instance as modified, simulating a change to it.
 
virtual SbName getName () const
 Returns the name of an instance.
 
virtual void setName (const SbName &name)
 Sets the name of an instance.
 
void setSynchronizable (const bool b)
 Sets this to be a ScaleViz synchronizable object.
 
bool isSynchronizable () const
 Gets the ScaleViz synchronizable state of this object.
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from SoRefCounter
void ref () const
 Adds a reference to an instance.
 
void unref () const
 Removes a reference from an instance.
 
void unrefNoDelete () const
 unrefNoDelete() should be called when it is desired to decrement the reference count, but not delete the instance if this brings the reference count to zero.
 
int getRefCount () const
 Returns current reference count.
 
void lock () const
 lock this instance.
 
void unlock () const
 unlock this instance.
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from SoTypedObject
virtual SoType getTypeId () const =0
 Returns the type identifier for a specific instance.
 
SbBool isOfType (const SoType &type) const
 Returns TRUE if this object is of the type specified in type or is derived from that type.
 
template<typename TypedObjectClass >
SbBool isOfType () const
 Returns TRUE if this object is of the type of class TypedObjectClass or is derived from that class.
 

Static Public Member Functions

static SoType getClassTypeId ()
 Returns the type identifier for the SoEngine class.
 
static SoEnginegetByName (const SbName &name)
 Looks up engine(s) by name.
 
static int getByName (const SbName &name, SoEngineList &list)
 Looks up engine(s) by name.
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer
static SoType getClassTypeId ()
 Returns the type of this class.
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoBase
static SoType getClassTypeId ()
 Returns type identifier for this class.
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoTypedObject
static SoType getClassTypeId ()
 Returns the type identifier for this class.
 

Friends

class SoEngineOutput
 

Detailed Description

Base class for all engines.

SoEngine is the abstract base class for all engines. Engines are objects used for animation and behavior. They are lightweight objects that are connected between nodes, the clock, and other engines to form interesting behaviorial objects (e.g., a spinning windmill).

Engines are used to animate parts of a scene and/or to constrain one part of a scene in relation to some other part of the scene. An engine receives a number of input values, performs some operation on them, and then copies the results into one or more output fields. Both the inputs and the outputs can be connected to other fields or engines in the scene graph. When an engine's output values change, those new values are sent to any fields or engines connected to them.

FILE FORMAT/DEFAULT

    This is an abstract class. See the reference page of a derived class for the format and default values.

SEE ALSO

SoBoolOperation, SoCalculator, SoComposeMatrix, SoComposeRotation, SoComposeRotationFromTo, SoComposeVec2f, SoComposeVec2i32, SoComposeVec2s, SoComposeVec3f, SoComposeVec4f, SoComputeBoundingBox, SoConcatenate, SoCounter, SoDecomposeMatrix, SoDecomposeRotation, SoDecomposeVec2f, SoDecomposeVec2i32, SoDecomposeVec2s, SoDecomposeVec3f, SoDecomposeVec4f, SoElapsedTime, SoGate, SoInterpolate, SoOnOff, SoOneShot, SoSelectOne, SoTimeCounter, SoTransformVec3f, SoTriggerAny

Definition at line 133 of file SoEngine.h.

Member Function Documentation

◆ copy()

SoEngine * SoEngine::copy ( ) const

Creates and returns an exact copy of the engine.

All connections to inputs are copied as is (without copying what's at the other end).

◆ getByName() [1/2]

static SoEngine * SoEngine::getByName ( const SbName name)
static

Looks up engine(s) by name.

◆ getByName() [2/2]

static int SoEngine::getByName ( const SbName name,
SoEngineList list 
)
static

Looks up engine(s) by name.

◆ getClassTypeId()

static SoType SoEngine::getClassTypeId ( )
static

Returns the type identifier for the SoEngine class.

◆ getOutput()

SoEngineOutput * SoEngine::getOutput ( const SbName outputName) const

Returns a reference to the engine output with the given name.

If no such output exists, NULL is returned.

◆ getOutputName()

SbBool SoEngine::getOutputName ( const SoEngineOutput output,
SbName outputName 
) const

Returns (in outputName) the name of the engine output (output).

Returns FALSE if the engine output is not contained within the engine instance.

◆ getOutputs()

virtual int SoEngine::getOutputs ( SoEngineOutputList list) const
virtual

Returns a list of outputs in this engine.

Use getOutputName() to get the names of the outputs, and use SoEngineOutput::getConnectionType() to determine their types.

Friends And Related Symbol Documentation

◆ SoEngineOutput

friend class SoEngineOutput
friend

Definition at line 248 of file SoEngine.h.


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