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NAME
SoMFNode — multiple-value field containing any number of pointers to nodes
INHERITS FROM
SoField > SoMField > SoMFNode
SYNOPSIS
#include <Inventor/fields/SoMFNode.h>
Methods from class SoMFNode:
static SoType getClassTypeId()
virtual void getTypeId() const
SoNode * operator [](int i) const
const SoNode * * getValues(int start) const
int find(SoNode * targetValue, SbBool addIfNotFound = FALSE)
void setValues(int start, int num, const SoNode * *newValues)
void set1Value(int index, SoNode * newValue)
SoNode * operator =(SoNode * newValue)
void setValue(SoNode * newValue)
int operator ==(const SoMFNode &f) const
int operator !=(const SoMFNode &f) const
SoNode * * startEditing()
void finishEditing()
Methods from class SoMField:
int getNum() const
void setNum(int num)
virtual void deleteValues(int start, int num = -1)
virtual void insertSpace(int start, int num)
SbBool set1(int index, const char *valueString)
void get1(int index, SbString &valueString)
Methods from class SoField:
void setIgnored(SbBool ignore)
SbBool isIgnored() const
SbBool isDefault() const
virtual SbBool isOfType(SoType type) const
SbBool set(const char *valueString)
void get(SbString &valueString)
void touch()
SbBool connectFrom(SoField *fromField)
SbBool connectFrom(SoEngineOutput *fromEngine)
void disconnect()
SbBool isConnected() const
SbBool isConnectedFromField() const
SbBool getConnectedField(SoField *&writingField) const
SbBool isConnectedFromEngine() const
SbBool getConnectedEngine(SoEngineOutput *&engineOutput) const
void enableConnection(SbBool flag)
SbBool isConnectionEnabled() const
int getForwardConnections(SoFieldList &list) const
SoFieldContainer * getContainer() const
DESCRIPTION
This field maintains a set of pointers to SoNode instances, correctly maintaining their reference counts.
SoMFNodes are written to file as one or more nodes. When more than one value is present, all of the
values are enclosed in square brackets and separated by commas; for example:
[ Cube { }, Sphere { radius 2.0 }, USE myTranslation ]
METHODS
static SoType getClassTypeId()
virtual void getTypeId() const
Returns the type for this class or a particular object of this class.
SoNode * operator [](int i) const
Returns the i'th value of the field. Indexing past the end of the field (passing in i greater than
getNum()) will return garbage.
const SoNode * * getValues(int start) const
Returns a pointer into the array of values in the field, starting at index start. The values are read-
only; see the startEditing()/finishEditing() methods for a way of modifying values in place.
int find(SoNode * targetValue, SbBool addIfNotFound = FALSE)
Finds the given value in the array and returns the index of that value in the array. If the value is
not found, -1 is returned. If addIfNotFound is set, then targetValue is added to the end of the array
(but -1 is still returned).
void setValues(int start, int num, const SoNode * *newValues)
Sets num values starting at index start to the values in newValues. The array will be automatically be
made larger to accomodate the new values, if necessary.
void set1Value(int index, SoNode * newValue)
Sets the index'th value in the array to newValue. The array will be automatically expanded, if
necessary.
SoNode * operator =(SoNode * newValue)
void setValue(SoNode * newValue)
Sets the first value in the array to newValue, and deletes the second and subsequent values.
int operator ==(const SoMFNode &f) const
int operator !=(const SoMFNode &f) const
Returns TRUE if all of the values of this field equal (do not equal) those of the given field. If the
fields are different types FALSE will always be returned (even if one field is an SoMFFloat with one
value of 1.0 and the other is an SoMFInt with a value of 1, for example).
SoNode * * startEditing()
void finishEditing()
startEditing() returns a pointer to the internally-maintained array that can be modified. The values
in the array may be changed, but values cannot be added or removed. It is illegal to call any other
editing methods between startEditing() and finishEditing() (e.g. set1Value(), setValue(), etc).
Fields, engines or sensors connected to this field and sensors are not notified that this field has
changed until finishEditing() is called. Calling finishEditing() always sets the isDefault() flag to
FALSE and informs engines and sensors that the field changed, even if none of the values actually were
changed.
SoMFNode(3IV)()