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SoSFString Class Reference

Field containing a string. More...

#include <Inventor/fields/SoSFString.h>

+ Inheritance diagram for SoSFString:

Public Member Functions

virtual SoType getTypeId () const
 Returns the type identifier for this specific instance.
 
const SoSFStringoperator= (const SoSFString &f)
 Copy from another field of same type.
 
 SoSFString ()
 Default constructor.
 
virtual ~SoSFString ()
 Destructor.
 
const SbStringgetValue () const
 Returns this field's value.
 
void setValue (const SbString &newValue)
 Sets this field to newValue.
 
const SbStringoperator= (const SbString &newValue)
 Sets this field to newValue.
 
int operator== (const SoSFString &f) const
 Returns TRUE if otherField is of the same type and has the same value as this field.
 
int operator!= (const SoSFString &f) const
 Returns FALSE if otherField is of the same type and has the same value as this field.
 
virtual size_t getValueSize () const
 Get size of the value.
 
SoNONUNICODE void setValue (const char *string)
 Convenience method to set the field's value given a character array.
 
void setValue (const SO_WCHAR_T *string)
 Convenience method to set the field's value given a character array.
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from SoField
void setIgnored (SbBool ig)
 Sets the ignore flag for this field.
 
SbBool isIgnored () const
 Gets the ignore flag for this field.
 
SbBool isDefault () const
 Gets the state of default flag of the field.
 
void enableConnection (SbBool flag)
 Field connections may be enabled and disabled.
 
SbBool isConnectionEnabled () const
 Returns FALSE if connections to this field are disabled.
 
SbBool connectFrom (SoEngineOutput *engineOutput)
 Connects this field from an engine output.
 
SbBool connectFrom (SoField *field)
 Connects this field to another field.
 
SbBool connectFrom (SoVRMLInterpOutput *interpOutput)
 Connects this field from an interpOutput.
 
SbBool appendConnection (SoEngineOutput *engineOutput)
 Appends this field to the list of connections from another engineOutput.
 
SbBool appendConnection (SoField *field)
 Appends this field to the list of connections from another field.
 
SbBool appendConnection (SoVRMLInterpOutput *interpOutput)
 Appends this field to the list of connections from another interpOutput.
 
void disconnect (SoEngineOutput *engineOutput)
 Disconnect the field from the requested engineOutput.
 
void disconnect (SoField *field)
 Disconnect the field from the requested field.
 
void disconnect (SoVRMLInterpOutput *interpOutput)
 Disconnect the field from the requested interpOutput.
 
int getNumConnections () const
 Returns the number of connections to this field.
 
int getConnections (SoFieldList &list)
 Returns a list of the connections to this field.
 
void disconnect ()
 Disconnect the field from whatever it was connected to.
 
SbBool isConnected () const
 Returns TRUE if the field is connected to anything.
 
SbBool isConnectedFromVRMLInterp () const
 Returns TRUE if the field is connected to a VRML interpOutput.
 
SbBool isConnectedFromEngine () const
 Returns TRUE if the field is connected to an engine's output.
 
SbBool isConnectedFromField () const
 Returns TRUE if the field is connected to another field.
 
SbBool getConnectedEngine (SoEngineOutput *&engineOutput) const
 Returns TRUE if this field is being written into by an engine, and returns the engine output it is connected to in engineOutput.
 
SbBool getConnectedField (SoField *&writingField) const
 Returns TRUE if this field is being written into by another field, and returns the field it is connected to in writingField.
 
SbBool getConnectedVRMLInterp (SoVRMLInterpOutput *&interpOutput) const
 Returns the VRMLInterpolator output field is connected to.
 
int getForwardConnections (SoFieldList &list) const
 Adds references to all of the fields that this field is writing into (either fields in nodes, global fields or engine inputs) to the given field list, and returns the number of forward connections.
 
SoFieldContainergetContainer () const
 Returns the object that contains this field.
 
SoNONUNICODE SbBool set (const char *valueString)
 Sets the field to the given value, which is an ASCII string in the Open Inventor file format.
 
SbBool set (const SbString &valueString)
 Sets the field to the given value, which is an ASCII string in the Open Inventor file format.
 
void get (SbString &valueString)
 Returns the value of the field in the Open Inventor file format, even if the field has its default value.
 
virtual void touch ()
 Simulates a change to the field, causing attached sensors to fire, connected fields and engines to be marked as needing evaluation, and so forth.
 
int operator== (const SoField &f) const
 Return TRUE if this field is of the same type and has the same value as f.
 
int operator!= (const SoField &f) const
 Return FALSE if this field is of the same type and has the same value as f.
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from SoTypedObject
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 this class.
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoSField
static SoType getClassTypeId ()
 Return the type identifier for this field class.
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoField
static SoType getClassTypeId ()
 Return the type identifier for this field class.
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoTypedObject
static SoType getClassTypeId ()
 Returns the type identifier for this class.
 

Detailed Description

Field containing a string.

A field containing an string (sequence of characters).

SoSFStrings are written to file as a sequence of ASCII characters in double quotes (optional if the string doesn't contain any whitespace). Any characters (including newlines) may appear within the quotes. To include a double quote character within the string, precede it with a backslash. For example:

   Testing
   "One, Two, Three"
   "He said, \"Immel did it!\""

are all valid strings.

Unicode Support

Unicode is an industry standard for encoding text of all forms and languages for use by computers. Open Inventor supports Unicode encoding, which allows internationalization of text in a standard cross-platform fashion.


String as well as classes like SoSFString support the wchar_t type which is used for Unicode strings, and all of the text nodes are able to render Unicode strings.

SbString includes methods for construction of Unicode strings, string operators (=, += ,== ,!=, <, >, <=, >=), as well as a query method (SbString::isUnicode()).

To be able to display a particular Unicode character, the selected font must have a character for that Unicode value. Many fonts do not contain a complete set of Unicode characters. However, the shareware Unicode font file "Code2000" seems to work well.

Note that Unicode characters are not directly supported in Open Inventor files. Unicode strings are written as if the bytes in the string were a string of 8-bit characters. The string will be prefixed by "MCS_U_".

SEE ALSO

SoField, SoSField, SoMFString

Definition at line 117 of file SoSFString.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ SoSFString()

SoSFString::SoSFString ( )

Default constructor.

◆ ~SoSFString()

virtual SoSFString::~SoSFString ( )
virtual

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

◆ getClassTypeId()

static SoType SoSFString::getClassTypeId ( )
static

Returns the type identifier for this class.


◆ getTypeId()

virtual SoType SoSFString::getTypeId ( ) const
virtual

Returns the type identifier for this specific instance.

Implements SoTypedObject.

Reimplemented in SoSFFilePathString.

◆ getValue()

const SbString & SoSFString::getValue ( ) const
inline

Returns this field's value.

Definition at line 119 of file SoSFString.h.

◆ getValueSize()

virtual size_t SoSFString::getValueSize ( ) const
inlinevirtual

Get size of the value.

Reimplemented from SoField.

Definition at line 119 of file SoSFString.h.

◆ operator!=()

int SoSFString::operator!= ( const SoSFString f) const
inline

Returns FALSE if otherField is of the same type and has the same value as this field.

Definition at line 119 of file SoSFString.h.

◆ operator=() [1/2]

const SbString & SoSFString::operator= ( const SbString newValue)
inline

Sets this field to newValue.

Definition at line 119 of file SoSFString.h.

◆ operator=() [2/2]

const SoSFString & SoSFString::operator= ( const SoSFString f)

Copy from another field of same type.

◆ operator==()

int SoSFString::operator== ( const SoSFString f) const

Returns TRUE if otherField is of the same type and has the same value as this field.

◆ setValue() [1/3]

SoNONUNICODE void SoSFString::setValue ( const char *  string)

Convenience method to set the field's value given a character array.

Non Unicode: This function should not be used in a Unicode application.

◆ setValue() [2/3]

void SoSFString::setValue ( const SbString newValue)

Sets this field to newValue.

◆ setValue() [3/3]

void SoSFString::setValue ( const SO_WCHAR_T *  string)

Convenience method to set the field's value given a character array.


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