NAME

       SoSFName — field containg a name

INHERITS FROM

       SoField > SoSField > SoSFName

SYNOPSIS

       #include <Inventor/fields/SoSFName.h>

          Methods from class SoSFName:

     void                setValue(const char *string)
     static SoType       getClassTypeId()
     virtual void        getTypeId() const
     const SbName &      getValue() const
     const SbName &      operator =(const SbName & newValue)
     void                setValue(const SbName & newValue)
     int                 operator ==(const SoSFName &f) const
     int                 operator !=(const SoSFName &f) const

          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

       A  field containing a name. Names are short series of characters generally used for labels
       or names, and are stored in a special table designed to allow fast lookup and  comparison.
       For most purposes, an SoSFString field is probably more appropriate.

       SoSFNames  are  written  to  file  as  a  string  of  characters. Names must begin with an
       underscore or alphabetic character, and must consist entirely of  underscores,  alphabetic
       characters, or numbers.

METHODS

     void                setValue(const char *string)
          Set this field to the name equivalent to the given string.

     static SoType       getClassTypeId()
     virtual void        getTypeId() const
          Returns the type for this class or a particular object of this class.

     const SbName &      getValue() const
          Returns this field's value.

     const SbName &      operator =(const SbName & newValue)
     void                setValue(const SbName & newValue)
          Sets this field to newValue.

     int                 operator ==(const SoSFName &f) const
     int                 operator !=(const SoSFName &f) const
          Returns TRUE if f is of the same type and has the same value as this field.

SEE ALSO

       SoField, SoSField, SoMFName

                                                                                  SoSFName(3IV)()