NAME

SoSFNode — field containing a pointer to a node

INHERITS FROM

SoField > SoSField > SoSFNode

SYNOPSIS

#include <Inventor/fields/SoSFNode.h>

Methods from class SoSFNode:

static SoType getClassTypeId()

virtual void getTypeId() const

SoNode * getValue() const

SoNode * operator =(SoNode * newValue)

void setValue(SoNode * newValue)

int operator ==(const SoSFNode &f) const

int operator !=(const SoSFNode &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

This field maintains a pointer to an SoNode instance, correctly maintaining its reference count.

SoSFNodes are written to file as the node they are pointing to. For example:

mySoSFNodeField Cube {}

anotherSoSFNodeField USE topSeparator

is an SoSFNode field that points to a node named 'topSeparator' that was DEF'ed earlier in the scene.

METHODS

static SoType getClassTypeId()

virtual void getTypeId() const

Returns the type for this class or a particular object of this class.

SoNode * getValue() const

Returns this field's value.

SoNode * operator =(SoNode * newValue)

void setValue(SoNode * newValue)

Sets this field to newValue.

int operator ==(const SoSFNode &f) const

int operator !=(const SoSFNode &f) const

Returns TRUE if f is of the same type and has the same value as this field.

SEE ALSO

SoField, SoSField, SoMFNode, SoNode