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SoReplacedElement Class Reference

The SoReplacedElement class is an abstract element superclass. More...

#include <Inventor/elements/SoReplacedElement.h>

Inheritance diagram for SoReplacedElement::

SoElement SoGLColorIndexElement List of all members.

Public Methods

virtual void init (SoState *state)
virtual SbBool matches (const SoElement *element) const
virtual SoElementcopyMatchInfo () const
uint32_t getNodeId () const
virtual void print (FILE *file) const

Static Public Methods

void initClass (void)

Protected Methods

virtual ~SoReplacedElement ()

Static Protected Methods

SoElementgetElement (SoState *const state, const int stackIndex, SoNode *const node)

Protected Attributes

uint32_t nodeId

Detailed Description

The SoReplacedElement class is an abstract element superclass.

This is the superclass of all elements where the new element value replaces the old value. Most elements in the Coin library is in this category.

Apart from this conceptual difference from it's superclass, the SoReplacedElement class also overloads the default getElement() method to include a node reference. This reference is used to fetch the unique node identification number of the node that last changed the element.

The identifier values of nodes in the scenegraph is updated upon any kind of change to a node, so this technique plays an important role in the construction, validation and destruction of internal scenegraph caches.

See also:
SoAccumulatedElement


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

SoReplacedElement::~SoReplacedElement void [protected, virtual]
 

Destructor.


Member Function Documentation

void SoReplacedElement::initClass void [static]
 

Initialize relevant common data for all instances, like the type system.

Reimplemented from SoElement.

Reimplemented in SoGLColorIndexElement.

void SoReplacedElement::init SoState * state [virtual]
 

This function initializes the element type in the given SoState. It is called for the first element of each enabled element type in SoState objects.

Reimplemented from SoElement.

Reimplemented in SoGLColorIndexElement.

SbBool SoReplacedElement::matches const SoElement * element const [virtual]
 

This function returns TRUE is the element matches another element (of the same class), with respect to cache validity.

If the application programmer's extension element has a matches() function, it should also have a copyMatchInfo() function.

Reimplemented from SoElement.

SoElement * SoReplacedElement::copyMatchInfo void const [virtual]
 

This function creates a copy of the element that contains enough information to enable the matches() function to work.

Used to help with scenegraph traversal caching operations.

Reimplemented from SoElement.

uint32_t SoReplacedElement::getNodeId void const
 

Returns the node identifier for the node that previously updated the SoReplacedElement.

void SoReplacedElement::print FILE * file const [virtual]
 

This function is for printing element information, and is used mostly for debugging purposes.

Reimplemented from SoElement.

SoElement * SoReplacedElement::getElement SoState *const state,
const int stackIndex,
SoNode *const node
[static, protected]
 

This function overloads SoElement::getElement() with an extra node parameter, to let us set the SoReplacedElement::nodeId in the element instance before returning.

SoReplacedElement subclasses should use this method to get writable instances.

The identifier values of nodes in the scenegraph is updated upon any kind of change to a node, so this technique plays an important role in the construction, validation and destruction of internal scenegraph caches.

See also:
SoElement::getElement()


Member Data Documentation

uint32_t SoReplacedElement::nodeId [protected]
 

For internal use only.


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