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NAME

       SoFieldContainer -

       The SoFieldContainer class is a base class for all classes that contain
       fields.

       The classes containing fields in Coin are the node and engine classes,
       so they are all subclasses of SoFieldContainer.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <Inventor/fields/SoFieldContainer.h>

       Inherits SoBase.

       Inherited by SoEngine, and SoNode.

   Public Member Functions
       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 void notify (SoNotList *l)
       virtual SbBool validateNewFieldValue (SoField *field, void *newval)
       virtual void addWriteReference (SoOutput *out, SbBool
           isfromfield=FALSE)
       virtual void writeInstance (SoOutput *out)
       SbBool getIsBuiltIn (void) const
       virtual const SoFieldData * getFieldData (void) const
       virtual void copyContents (const SoFieldContainer *from, SbBool
           copyconnections)
       virtual SoFieldContainer * copyThroughConnection (void) const
       virtual void getFieldsMemorySize (size_t &managed, size_t &unmanaged)
           const
       void setUserData (void *userdata) const
       void * getUserData (void) const

   Static Public Member Functions
       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)

   Protected Member Functions
       SoFieldContainer (void)
       virtual ~SoFieldContainer ()
       virtual SbBool readInstance (SoInput *in, unsigned short flags)

   Protected Attributes
       SbBool isBuiltIn

Detailed Description

       The SoFieldContainer class is a base class for all classes that contain
       fields.

       The classes containing fields in Coin are the node and engine classes,
       so they are all subclasses of SoFieldContainer.

       SoFieldContainer provides methods for reading, writing, comparing for
       equality, doing copy operations, etc on fields.

       See also:
           SoField

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

   SoFieldContainer::SoFieldContainer (void) [protected] Constructor.
   SoFieldContainer::~SoFieldContainer () [protected, virtual] Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

   void SoFieldContainer::initClass (void) [static] Sets up initialization for
       data common to all instances of this class, like submitting necessary
       information to the Coin type system.
       Reimplemented from SoBase.

       Reimplemented in SoVRMLAnchor, SoVRMLAppearance, SoVRMLAudioClip,
       SoVRMLBackground, SoVRMLBillboard, SoVRMLBox, SoVRMLCollision,
       SoVRMLColor, SoVRMLColorInterpolator, SoVRMLCone, SoVRMLCoordinate,
       SoVRMLCoordinateInterpolator, SoVRMLCylinder, SoVRMLCylinderSensor,
       SoVRMLDirectionalLight, SoVRMLDragSensor, SoVRMLElevationGrid,
       SoVRMLExtrusion, SoVRMLFog, SoVRMLFontStyle, SoVRMLGeometry,
       SoVRMLGroup, SoVRMLImageTexture, SoVRMLIndexedFaceSet,
       SoVRMLIndexedLine, SoVRMLIndexedLineSet, SoVRMLIndexedShape,
       SoVRMLInline, SoVRMLInterpolator, SoVRMLLOD, SoVRMLLight,
       SoVRMLMaterial, SoVRMLMovieTexture, SoVRMLNavigationInfo, SoVRMLNormal,
       SoVRMLNormalInterpolator, SoVRMLOrientationInterpolator, SoVRMLParent,
       SoVRMLPixelTexture, SoVRMLPlaneSensor, SoVRMLPointLight,
       SoVRMLPointSet, SoVRMLPositionInterpolator, SoVRMLProximitySensor,
       SoVRMLScalarInterpolator, SoVRMLScript, SoVRMLSensor, SoVRMLShape,
       SoVRMLSound, SoVRMLSphere, SoVRMLSphereSensor, SoVRMLSpotLight,
       SoVRMLSwitch, SoVRMLText, SoVRMLTexture, SoVRMLTextureCoordinate,
       SoVRMLTextureTransform, SoVRMLTimeSensor, SoVRMLTouchSensor,
       SoVRMLTransform, SoVRMLVertexLine, SoVRMLVertexPoint,
       SoVRMLVertexShape, SoVRMLViewpoint, SoVRMLVisibilitySensor,
       SoVRMLWorldInfo, SoShadowCulling, SoShadowGroup, SoShadowSpotLight,
       SoShadowStyle, SoForeignFileKit, SoSTLFileKit, SoProfilerStats,
       SoCenterballDragger, SoDirectionalLightDragger, SoDragPointDragger,
       SoDragger, SoHandleBoxDragger, SoJackDragger, SoPointLightDragger,
       SoRotateCylindricalDragger, SoRotateDiscDragger,
       SoRotateSphericalDragger, SoScale1Dragger, SoScale2Dragger,
       SoScale2UniformDragger, SoScaleUniformDragger, SoSpotLightDragger,
       SoTabBoxDragger, SoTabPlaneDragger, SoTrackballDragger,
       SoTransformBoxDragger, SoTransformerDragger, SoTranslate1Dragger,
       SoTranslate2Dragger, SoBoolOperation, SoCalculator, SoComposeMatrix,
       SoComposeRotation, SoComposeRotationFromTo, SoComposeVec2f,
       SoComposeVec3f, SoComposeVec4f, SoComputeBoundingBox, SoConcatenate,
       SoCounter, SoDecomposeMatrix, SoDecomposeRotation, SoDecomposeVec2f,
       SoDecomposeVec3f, SoDecomposeVec4f, SoElapsedTime, SoEngine,
       SoFieldConverter, SoGate, SoHeightMapToNormalMap, SoInterpolate,
       SoInterpolateFloat, SoInterpolateRotation, SoInterpolateVec2f,
       SoInterpolateVec3f, SoInterpolateVec4f, SoNodeEngine, SoOnOff,
       SoOneShot, SoSelectOne, SoTexture2Convert, SoTimeCounter,
       SoTransformVec3f, SoTriggerAny, SoCenterballManip, SoClipPlaneManip,
       SoDirectionalLightManip, SoHandleBoxManip, SoJackManip,
       SoPointLightManip, SoSpotLightManip, SoTabBoxManip, SoTrackballManip,
       SoTransformBoxManip, SoTransformManip, SoTransformerManip, SoProto,
       SoProtoInstance, SoAppearanceKit, SoBaseKit, SoCameraKit,
       SoInteractionKit, SoLightKit, SoNodeKitListPart, SoSceneKit,
       SoSeparatorKit, SoShapeKit, SoWrapperKit, SoAnnotation, SoAntiSquish,
       SoArray, SoAsciiText, SoBaseColor, SoBlinker, SoBumpMap,
       SoBumpMapCoordinate, SoBumpMapTransform, SoCacheHint, SoCallback,
       SoCamera, SoClipPlane, SoColorIndex, SoComplexity, SoCone,
       SoCoordinate3, SoCoordinate4, SoCube, SoCylinder, SoDepthBuffer,
       SoDirectionalLight, SoDrawStyle, SoEnvironment, SoEventCallback,
       SoExtSelection, SoFaceSet, SoFile, SoFont, SoFontStyle,
       SoFragmentShader, SoFrustumCamera, SoGeoCoordinate, SoGeoLocation,
       SoGeoOrigin, SoGeoSeparator, SoGeometryShader, SoGroup, SoImage,
       SoIndexedFaceSet, SoIndexedLineSet, SoIndexedMarkerSet,
       SoIndexedNurbsCurve, SoIndexedNurbsSurface, SoIndexedPointSet,
       SoIndexedShape, SoIndexedTriangleStripSet, SoInfo, SoLOD, SoLabel,
       SoLevelOfDetail, SoLight, SoLightModel, SoLineSet, SoLinearProfile,
       SoListener, SoLocateHighlight, SoMarkerSet, SoMaterial,
       SoMaterialBinding, SoMatrixTransform, SoMultipleCopy, SoNode,
       SoNonIndexedShape, SoNormal, SoNormalBinding, SoNurbsCurve,
       SoNurbsProfile, SoNurbsSurface, SoOrthographicCamera, SoPackedColor,
       SoPathSwitch, SoPendulum, SoPerspectiveCamera, SoPickStyle,
       SoPointLight, SoPointSet, SoPolygonOffset, SoProfile,
       SoProfileCoordinate2, SoProfileCoordinate3, SoQuadMesh,
       SoResetTransform, SoRotation, SoRotationXYZ, SoRotor, SoScale,
       SoSceneTexture2, SoSceneTextureCubeMap, SoSelection, SoSeparator,
       SoShaderObject, SoShaderParameter, SoShaderProgram, SoShape,
       SoShapeHints, SoShuttle, SoSphere, SoSpotLight, SoSurroundScale,
       SoSwitch, SoText2, SoText3, SoTexture2, SoTexture2Transform,
       SoTexture3, SoTexture3Transform, SoTextureCombine,
       SoTextureCoordinate2, SoTextureCoordinate3, SoTextureCoordinateBinding,
       SoTextureCoordinateCube, SoTextureCoordinateCylinder,
       SoTextureCoordinateDefault, SoTextureCoordinateEnvironment,
       SoTextureCoordinateFunction, SoTextureCoordinateNormalMap,
       SoTextureCoordinateObject, SoTextureCoordinatePlane,
       SoTextureCoordinateReflectionMap, SoTextureCoordinateSphere,
       SoTextureCubeMap, SoTextureMatrixTransform, SoTextureScalePolicy,
       SoTextureUnit, SoTransform, SoTransformSeparator, SoTransformation,
       SoTranslation, SoTransparencyType, SoTriangleStripSet, SoUnits,
       SoVertexAttribute, SoVertexAttributeBinding, SoVertexProperty,
       SoVertexShader, SoVertexShape, SoWWWAnchor, and SoWWWInline.

   SoType SoFieldContainer::getClassTypeId (void) [static] This static method
       returns the SoType object associated with objects of this class.
       Reimplemented from SoBase.

       Reimplemented in SoVRMLAnchor, SoVRMLScript, SoEngine, SoNodeEngine,
       SoProto, SoNode, and SoVertexAttribute.

   void SoFieldContainer::setToDefaults (void) This method sets all fields
       which we are parenting to their respective default values.
   SbBool SoFieldContainer::hasDefaultValues (void) const This method checks
       to see if the fields of this container have their default values, and
       returns TRUE if that is the case.
   SbBool SoFieldContainer::fieldsAreEqual (const SoFieldContainer *
       container) const This method returns TRUE if the values of the fields
       of this and container are equal.
   void SoFieldContainer::copyFieldValues (const SoFieldContainer * container,
       SbBool copyconnections = FALSE) This API member is considered internal
       to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the
       application programmer.
       This method copies the field values from container into this. The
       fields are assumed to be of the same type. The copyconnections flag
       decides whether the field connections are to be copied aswell.

   SbBool SoFieldContainer::set (const char *const  fielddata) This method
       parses the values of one or more fields from the fielddata string.
       The fields must be in the same format as the Open Inventor file format.
       TRUE is returned upon success, and FALSE otherwise.

       See also:
           get()

       Reimplemented in SoBaseKit.

   void SoFieldContainer::get (SbString & fielddata) This methods stores the
       field data in the given fielddata string. The format of the returned
       string follows the Open Inventor file format.
       See also:
           set()

   int SoFieldContainer::getFields (SoFieldList & fields) const [virtual] This
       method adds the fields in this container to the l argument, and returns
       the number of fields added.
       The virtual nature of this function means that it can be overridden to
       e.g. hide private fields.

   int SoFieldContainer::getAllFields (SoFieldList & fields) const [virtual]
       Returns VRML eventIn and eventOut fields in addition to theordinaryfields.
       See also:
           getFields()

   SoField * SoFieldContainer::getField (const SbName & name) const [virtual]
       This method returns a pointer to the field with name, or NULL if no
       such field exists.
   SoField * SoFieldContainer::getEventIn (const SbName & name) const
       [virtual] This method returns a pointer to the eventIn with name name,
       or NULL if no such eventIn exists.
   SoField * SoFieldContainer::getEventOut (const SbName & name) const
       [virtual] This method returns a pointer to the eventOut with name name,
       or NULL if no such eventOut exists.
   SbBool SoFieldContainer::getFieldName (const SoField *const  field, SbName
       & name) const Finds the name of the given field and returns the value
       in the name argument.
       TRUE is returned if the field is contained within this instance, and
       FALSE otherwise.

   SbBool SoFieldContainer::enableNotify (const SbBool enable) This method
       sets whether notification will be propagated on changing the values of
       the contained fields. The old value of the flag is returned.
       Notification is default on. Turning off automatic notification can be
       useful for optimizing performance. During series of updates you may
       want to avoid the propagation of notifications upon every field value
       change if you make a lot of them. This is how you should handle those
       cases:

         SbBool autonotify = node->enableNotify(FALSE);
         // ...
         // Make modifications to fields of ’node’ here.
         // ...
         node->enableNotify(autonotify);
         node->touch();

       See also:
           isNotifyEnabled()

   SbBool SoFieldContainer::isNotifyEnabled (void) const This method returns
       whether notification of changes to the field values in the container is
       propagated to its auditors.
       See also:
           enableNotify()

   SbBool SoFieldContainer::set (const char * fielddata, SoInput * in) This
       method parses the values of one or more fields from the fielddata
       string.
       The fields must be in the same format as the Open Inventor file format.
       TRUE is returned upon success, and FALSE otherwise.

       We use the reference dictionary provided by in.

       See also:
           get()

   void SoFieldContainer::get (SbString & fielddata, SoOutput * out) Put names
       and values of fields from this instance in the fielddata string. Fields
       will be separated in the returned string by end-of-line characters.
       We use the reference dictionary provided by out.

       See also:
           set()

   void SoFieldContainer::notify (SoNotList * l) [virtual] Notifies all
       auditors for this instance when changes are made.
       Reimplemented from SoBase.

       Reimplemented in SoVRMLAppearance, SoVRMLBillboard, SoVRMLCollision,
       SoVRMLElevationGrid, SoVRMLExtrusion, SoVRMLGeometry, SoVRMLGroup,
       SoVRMLIndexedLine, SoVRMLIndexedLineSet, SoVRMLIndexedShape, SoVRMLLOD,
       SoVRMLParent, SoVRMLPixelTexture, SoVRMLProximitySensor, SoVRMLScript,
       SoVRMLShape, SoVRMLSwitch, SoVRMLText, SoVRMLTimeSensor,
       SoVRMLTouchSensor, SoVRMLTransform, SoVRMLVertexLine,
       SoVRMLVertexPoint, SoVRMLVertexShape, SoShadowGroup, SoProfilerStats,
       SoEngine, SoNodeEngine, SoAsciiText, SoBlinker, SoBumpMap, SoImage,
       SoIndexedLineSet, SoIndexedMarkerSet, SoIndexedPointSet, SoLOD,
       SoLevelOfDetail, SoMaterial, SoNode, SoPackedColor, SoSceneTexture2,
       SoSceneTextureCubeMap, SoSeparator, SoShape, SoSwitch, SoText3,
       SoTexture2, SoTexture3, SoTextureCubeMap, SoVertexAttribute,
       SoVertexProperty, and SoVertexShape.

   void SoFieldContainer::addWriteReference (SoOutput * out, SbBool
       isfromfield = FALSE) [virtual] This method is used during the first
       write pass of a write action to count the number of references to this
       object in the scene graph.
       Reimplemented from SoBase.

       Reimplemented in SoBaseKit.

   void SoFieldContainer::writeInstance (SoOutput * out) [virtual] Writes all
       the fields contained in this instance to the output stream within out.
       This method is solely called from the write methods of fields.

       Either from SoField if the write is done because of a field-to-field
       connection, or from one of the fields which may actually write
       SoFieldContainer instances, i.e. SoSFNode, SoMFNode, SoSFEngine,
       SoMFEngine, SoSFPath and SoMFPath.

       This method, in addition to the ordinary write() method of SoNode,
       needs to be present since the fields don’t have a write action instance
       in their writeValue() method, and writeInstance() will create a new
       SoWriteAction and call continueToApply() on it.

       Reimplemented in SoElapsedTime, SoEngine, SoNodeEngine, SoTimeCounter,
       and SoNode.

   SbBool SoFieldContainer::getIsBuiltIn (void) const Returns TRUE if this
       object is instantiated from one of the native Coin classes, FALSE if
       the objects class is outside the standard Coin library.
   const SoFieldData * SoFieldContainer::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 in SoVRMLAnchor, and SoProtoInstance.

   void SoFieldContainer::copyContents (const SoFieldContainer * from, SbBool
       copyconnections) [virtual] Makes a deep copy of all data of from into
       this instance, except external scenegraph references if copyconnections
       is FALSE.
       This is the protected method that should be overridden by extension
       node / engine / dragger / whatever subclasses which needs to account
       for internal data that are not handled automatically.

       For copying nodes from application code, you should not invoke this
       function directly, but rather call the SoNode::copy() function:

         SoNode * mynewnode = templatenode->copy();

       The same also goes for engines.

       Make sure that when you override the copyContents() method in your
       extension class that you also make it call upwards to it’s parent
       superclass in the inheritance hierarchy, as copyContents() in for
       instance SoNode and SoFieldContainer does important work. It should go
       something like this:

         void
         MyCoinExtensionNode::copyContents(const SoFieldContainer * from,
                                           SbBool copyconnections)
         {
           // let parent superclasses do their thing (copy fields, copy
           // instance name, etc etc)
           SoNode::copyContents(from, copyconnections);

           // [..then copy internal data..]
         }

       Reimplemented in SoVRMLAppearance, SoVRMLGeometry, SoVRMLLOD,
       SoVRMLParent, SoVRMLScript, SoVRMLShape, SoVRMLSwitch,
       SoRotateCylindricalDragger, SoRotateSphericalDragger, SoClipPlaneManip,
       SoDirectionalLightManip, SoPointLightManip, SoSpotLightManip,
       SoTransformManip, SoBaseKit, SoInteractionKit, SoNodeKitListPart,
       SoCallback, SoFile, SoGroup, SoNode, SoVertexAttribute, and
       SoWWWInline.

   SoFieldContainer * SoFieldContainer::copyThroughConnection (void) const
       [virtual] Return copy of this instance.
       Note: default implementation just returns this pointer, SoNode and
       SoEngine overrides this method to return the pointer to the actual
       copy.

       Reimplemented in SoEngine, and SoNode.

   void SoFieldContainer::initCopyDict (void) [static] This API member is
       considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of
       interest to the application programmer.
       Initialize a dictionary hash storing pointers for original
       fieldcontainer instances and their copies during scene graph copy
       operations.

       This method is called from the start of SoNode::copy().

   void SoFieldContainer::addCopy (const SoFieldContainer * orig, const
       SoFieldContainer * copy) [static] Add a pair of pointers to an original
       fieldcontainer and a copy of it to an internal pointer dictionary used
       during scene graph copy operations.
   SoFieldContainer * SoFieldContainer::checkCopy (const SoFieldContainer *
       orig) [static] Returns the copy of orig, if any. If no copy exists, we
       return a NULL pointer.
   SoFieldContainer * SoFieldContainer::findCopy (const SoFieldContainer *
       orig, const SbBool copyconnections) [static] Returns a copy of orig.
       If no copy has been made earlier when the function is called, a copy is
       made on-the-fly (which is the reason we need to pass along the
       copyconnections flag).

       This method will also run the copyContents() method on the copy, if it
       hasn’t been run already. Note that if you call copyContents() on the
       copy outside of this method, this will go undetected and the guts of
       orig will be copied multiple times into its copy.

       If copyContents() is called directly (instead of using copy()), it’s
       assumed that the user only wants to copy the field values, and we just
       return NULL here. This is done to match how it’s done in SGI Inventor.

       See also:
           checkCopy()

   void SoFieldContainer::copyDone (void) [static] This API member is
       considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of
       interest to the application programmer.
       Clean up the dictionary hash.

       This method is called from the end of SoNode::copy().

   void SoFieldContainer::getFieldsMemorySize (size_t & managed, size_t &
       unmanaged) const [virtual] Returns the data array sizes of the
       SoFieldData-registered multi-fields. The managed argument returns the
       size of the fields that Coin manages the memory for, and the unmanaged
       argument returns the size of the data in the multi-fields controlled by
       the application through SoMField::setValuesPointer() which Coin will
       not delete.
       Data that is kept in the object memory chunk (that is included when you
       do sizeof(object)) is not included in these values - only the memory
       that is managed in addtional memory chunks from the object chunk is
       returned.

       Extension field types that are not known to the plain Coin library are
       not accounted for. This function is therefore virtual, so such
       extension field types can be added to the numbers for extension nodes.

       This method is used for memory profiling purposes.

       Since:
           Coin 3.0

   void SoFieldContainer::setUserData (void * userdata) const Set a generic
       user data pointer for this field container.
       This function can be used by the application programmer to, for
       instance, store a pointer to an application specific data structure
       that is in some way related to the field container. getUserData() can
       later be used to retrieve the pointer.

       See also:
           getUserData()

       Since:
           Coin 2.0

   void * SoFieldContainer::getUserData (void) const Return the generic user
       data pointer for this field container, or NULL if no user data has been
       set.
       See also:
           setUserData()

       Since:
           Coin 2.0

   SbBool SoFieldContainer::readInstance (SoInput * in, unsigned short flags)
       [protected, virtual] This method is mainly intended for internal use
       during file import operations.
       It reads a definition of an instance from the input stream in. The
       input stream state points to the start of a serialized / persistant
       representation of an instance of this class type.

       TRUE or FALSE is returned, depending on if the instantiation and
       configuration of the new object of this class type went ok or not. The
       import process should be robust and handle corrupted input streams by
       returning FALSE.

       flags is used internally during binary import when reading user
       extension nodes, group nodes or engines.

       Implements SoBase.

       Reimplemented in SoVRMLImageTexture, SoVRMLLOD, SoVRMLParent,
       SoVRMLPixelTexture, SoVRMLSwitch, SoEngine, SoNodeEngine, SoProto,
       SoProtoInstance, SoBaseKit, SoInteractionKit, SoNodeKitListPart,
       SoBumpMap, SoFile, SoGroup, SoImage, SoNode, SoNormalBinding,
       SoSeparator, SoShaderObject, SoTexture2, SoTexture3,
       SoTextureCoordinateBinding, SoTextureCubeMap, SoVertexAttribute, and
       SoWWWInline.

Member Data Documentation

   SbBool SoFieldContainer::isBuiltIn [protected] Flag for storing whether or
       not this class instance is a built-in class or not. By knowing the
       difference between a class which is native Coin or a user extension, it
       is possible to automatically store and read extension nodes and
       engines.

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