SoFieldConverter Class Reference

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SoFieldConverter Class Referenceabstract
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The SoFieldConverter class is the abstract base class for field converters.When fields of different types are attempted connected, the Coin library tries to find a field converter class which can be inserted between them, acting as a filter converting values from the master field to values matching the type of the slave field. More...

`#include <Inventor/engines/SoFieldConverter.h>`

Inheritance diagram for SoFieldConverter:

## Public Member Functions
virtual SoType | getTypeId (void) const
virtual const SoFieldData * | getFieldData (void) const
virtual const SoEngineOutputData * | getOutputData (void) const
virtual SoField * | getInput (SoType type)=0
virtual SoEngineOutput * | getOutput (SoType type)=0
virtual SoField * | getConnectedInput (void)
int | getForwardConnections (SoFieldList &l) const
Public Member Functions inherited from SoEngine
void | evaluateWrapper (void)
virtual int | getOutputs (SoEngineOutputList &l) const
SoEngineOutput * | getOutput (const SbName &outputname) const
SbBool | getOutputName (const SoEngineOutput *output, SbName &outputname) const
SbBool | isNotifying (void) const
virtual void | notify (SoNotList *nl)
SoEngine * | copy (void) const
virtual SoFieldContainer * | copyThroughConnection (void) const
SbBool | shouldCopy (void) const
virtual void | writeInstance (SoOutput *out)
Public Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer
void | setToDefaults (void)
SbBool | hasDefaultValues (void) const
SbBool | fieldsAreEqual (const SoFieldContainer *container) const
void | copyFieldValues (const SoFieldContainer *container, SbBool copyconnections=FALSE)
SbBool | set (const char *const fielddata)
void | get (SbString &fielddata)
virtual int | getFields (SoFieldList &l) const
virtual int | getAllFields (SoFieldList &l) const
virtual SoField * | getField (const SbName &name) const
virtual SoField * | getEventIn (const SbName &name) const
virtual SoField * | getEventOut (const SbName &name) const
SbBool | getFieldName (const SoField *const field, SbName &name) const
SbBool | enableNotify (const SbBool flag)
SbBool | isNotifyEnabled (void) const
SbBool | set (const char *fielddata, SoInput *input)
void | get (SbString &fielddata, SoOutput *out)
virtual SbBool | validateNewFieldValue (SoField *field, void *newval)
virtual void | addWriteReference (SoOutput *out, SbBool isfromfield=FALSE)
SbBool | getIsBuiltIn (void) const
virtual void | copyContents (const SoFieldContainer *from, SbBool copyconnections)
virtual void | getFieldsMemorySize (size_t &managed, size_t &unmanaged) const
void | setUserData (void *userdata) const
void * | getUserData (void) const
Public Member Functions inherited from SoBase
void | ref (void) const
void | unref (void) const
void | unrefNoDelete (void) const
int32_t | getRefCount (void) const
void | touch (void)
SbBool | isOfType (SoType type) const
virtual SbName | getName (void) const
virtual void | setName (const SbName &newname)
virtual void | startNotify (void)
void | addAuditor (void *const auditor, const SoNotRec::Type type)
void | removeAuditor (void *const auditor, const SoNotRec::Type type)
const SoAuditorList & | getAuditors (void) const
SbBool | shouldWrite (void)
void | assertAlive (void) const

## Static Public Member Functions
static SoType | getClassTypeId (void)
static void | initClass (void)
static void | initClasses (void)
Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoEngine
static void | initClass (void)
static void | initClasses (void)
static SoType | getClassTypeId (void)
static SoEngine * | getByName (const SbName &name)
static int | getByName (const SbName &name, SoEngineList &el)
Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer
static void | initClass (void)
static SoType | getClassTypeId (void)
static void | cleanupClass (void)
static void | initCopyDict (void)
static void | addCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig, const SoFieldContainer *copy)
static SoFieldContainer * | checkCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig)
static SoFieldContainer * | findCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig, const SbBool copyconnections)
static void | copyDone (void)
Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoBase
static void | initClass (void)
static SoType | getClassTypeId (void)
static void | addName (SoBase *const base, const char *const name)
static void | removeName (SoBase *const base, const char *const name)
static void | incrementCurrentWriteCounter (void)
static void | decrementCurrentWriteCounter (void)
static SoBase * | getNamedBase (const SbName &name, SoType type)
static int | getNamedBases (const SbName &name, SoBaseList &baselist, SoType type)
static SbBool | read (SoInput *input, SoBase *&base, SoType expectedtype)
static void | setInstancePrefix (const SbString &c)
static void | setTraceRefs (SbBool trace)
static SbBool | getTraceRefs (void)
static SbBool | connectRoute (SoInput *input, const SbName &fromnodename, const SbName &fromfieldname, const SbName &tonodename, const SbName &tofieldname)
static SbBool | readRoute (SoInput *input)

## Protected Member Functions
| SoFieldConverter (void)
virtual | ~SoFieldConverter (void)
Protected Member Functions inherited from SoEngine
| SoEngine (void)
virtual | ~SoEngine (void)
virtual void | evaluate (void)=0
virtual SbBool | readInstance (SoInput *in, unsigned short flags)
virtual void | inputChanged (SoField *which)
void | writeOutputTypes (SoOutput *out)
Protected Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer
| SoFieldContainer (void)
virtual | ~SoFieldContainer ()
Protected Member Functions inherited from SoBase
| SoBase (void)
virtual | ~SoBase ()
SbBool | hasMultipleWriteRefs (void) const
SbBool | writeHeader (SoOutput *out, SbBool isgroup, SbBool isengine) const
void | writeFooter (SoOutput *out) const
virtual const char * | getFileFormatName (void) const

## Static Protected Member Functions
static const SoFieldData ** | getInputDataPtr (void)
static const SoEngineOutputData ** | getOutputDataPtr (void)
Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoEngine
static const SoFieldData ** | getInputDataPtr (void)
static const SoEngineOutputData ** | getOutputDataPtr (void)
Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoBase
static uint32_t | getCurrentWriteCounter (void)
static void | staticDataLock (void)
static void | staticDataUnlock (void)

## Additional Inherited Members
Protected Types inherited from SoBase
enum | BaseFlags { IS_ENGINE = 0x01, IS_GROUP = 0x02 }
Protected Attributes inherited from SoFieldContainer
SbBool | isBuiltIn

## Detailed Description

The SoFieldConverter class is the abstract base class for field converters.

When fields of different types are attempted connected, the Coin library tries to find a field converter class which can be inserted between them, acting as a filter converting values from the master field to values matching the type of the slave field.

If a value type conversion is possible (like between an SoSFFloat field and an SoSFInt32 field, for instance, where we could do a simple typecast for converting the value of one to the other), an SoFieldConverter derived object is inserted.

This class is the abstract base superclass which all such field converters needs to inherit.

Coin comes with one built-in field converter class which takes care of all possible field-to-field conversions we know about. This means applications programmers should seldom need to care about this class, it will probably only be useful if you expand the Coin library with your own field type classes. (Doing so is considered advanced use of the library.)

See also
  SoDB::addConverter()

## Constructor & Destructor Documentation

SoFieldConverter::SoFieldConverter | ( | void |  | ) |
| protected

Default constructor.

SoFieldConverter::~SoFieldConverter | ( | void |  | ) |
| protectedvirtual

Default destructor.

## Member Function Documentation

SoType SoFieldConverter::getTypeId | ( | void |  | ) | const
| virtual

Returns the type identification of an object derived from a class inheriting SoBase. This is used for run-time type checking and "downward" casting.

Usage example:

void foo(SoNode * node)
{
if (node->getTypeId() == SoFile::getClassTypeId()) {
SoFile * filenode = (SoFile *)node; // safe downward cast, knows the type
}
}

For application programmers wanting to extend the library with new nodes, engines, nodekits, draggers or others: this method needs to be overridden in all subclasses. This is typically done as part of setting up the full type system for extension classes, which is usually accomplished by using the pre-defined macros available through for instance Inventor/nodes/SoSubNode.h (SO_NODE_INIT_CLASS and SO_NODE_CONSTRUCTOR for node classes), Inventor/engines/SoSubEngine.h (for engine classes) and so on.

For more information on writing Coin extensions, see the class documentation of the toplevel superclasses for the various class groups.

Implements SoBase.

const SoFieldData * SoFieldConverter::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 from SoFieldContainer.

const SoEngineOutputData * SoFieldConverter::getOutputData | ( | void |  | ) | const
| virtual

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

Implements SoEngine.

SoField * SoFieldConverter::getInput | ( | SoType | type | ) |
| pure virtual

Returns input field for the converter engine. Must be overridden in non-abstract converter engine classes.

SoEngineOutput * SoFieldConverter::getOutput | ( | SoType | type | ) |
| pure virtual

Returns output for the converter engine. Must be overridden in non-abstract converter engine classes.

SoField * SoFieldConverter::getConnectedInput | ( | void |  | ) |
| virtual

This method is obsoleted in Coin. It should probably have been private in OIV.

int SoFieldConverter::getForwardConnections | ( | SoFieldList & | l | ) | const

Returns fields which are connected as slaves of the engine output.

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

- SoFieldConverter.h
- SoFieldConverter.cpp

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