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SoSeparator Class Reference

Group node that saves and restores traversal state. More...

#include <Inventor/nodes/SoSeparator.h>

Inheritance diagram for SoSeparator:
SoGroup SoNode SoFieldContainer SoBase SoAnnotation SoLocateHighlight SoSelection SoWWWAnchor

Public Types

enum  CacheEnabled { OFF , ON , AUTO }
 Possible values for caching. More...
 
- Public Types inherited from SoNode
enum  Stage { FIRST_INSTANCE , PROTO_INSTANCE , OTHER_INSTANCE }
 

Fields

SoSFEnum renderCaching
 Whether to cache during rendering traversal. More...
 
SoSFEnum boundingBoxCaching
 Whether to cache during bounding box traversal. More...
 
SoSFEnum renderCulling
 Whether to cull during rendering traversal. More...
 
SoSFEnum pickCulling
 Whether to cull during picking traversal. More...
 
 SoSeparator ()
 Creates a separator node with default settings. More...
 
 SoSeparator (int nChildren)
 Constructor that takes approximate number of children. More...
 
virtual bool affectsState () const
 Overrides default method on SoNode. More...
 
virtual void doAction (SoAction *action)
 Implement actions. More...
 
virtual void callback (SoCallbackAction *action)
 
virtual void getBoundingBox (SoGetBoundingBoxAction *action)
 
virtual void getMatrix (SoGetMatrixAction *action)
 
virtual void GLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action)
 These virtual functions implement all of the actions for nodes, Most of the default implementations do nothing. More...
 
virtual void handleEvent (SoHandleEventAction *action)
 
virtual void rayPick (SoRayPickAction *action)
 
virtual void search (SoSearchAction *action)
 
virtual void GLRenderBelowPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)
 These methods make render traversal faster by implementing different rendering paths corresponding to different action path codes. More...
 
virtual void GLRenderInPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)
 
virtual void GLRenderOffPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)
 
virtual void notify (SoNotList *list)
 Propagates modification notification through an instance. More...
 
static void setNumRenderCaches (int howMany)
 By default, each separator node maintains 2 render caches. More...
 
static int getNumRenderCaches ()
 Returns the current number of render caches. More...
 
static void initClass ()
 
virtual bool cullTest (SoGLRenderAction *action, int &cullResults)
 Returns TRUE if this separator can be culled because it is outside the cull volume. More...
 
virtual bool readInstance (SoInput *in, unsigned short flags)
 Reads stuff into instance of SoGroup. Returns FALSE on error. More...
 
virtual ~SoSeparator ()
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Public Member Functions inherited from SoGroup
 SoGroup ()
 Creates an empty group node. More...
 
 SoGroup (int nChildren)
 Constructor that takes approximate number of children. More...
 
void addChild (SoNode *child)
 Adds a child as last one in group. More...
 
void insertChild (SoNode *child, int newChildIndex)
 Adds a child so that it becomes the one with the given index. More...
 
SoNodegetChild (int index) const
 Returns pointer to child node with the given index. More...
 
int findChild (const SoNode *child) const
 Finds index of given child within group. Returns -1 if not found. More...
 
int getNumChildren () const
 Returns number of children. More...
 
void removeChild (int index)
 Removes child with given index from group. More...
 
void removeChild (SoNode *child)
 Removes first instance of given child from group. More...
 
void removeAllChildren ()
 Removes all children from group. More...
 
void replaceChild (int index, SoNode *newChild)
 Replaces child with given index with new child. More...
 
void replaceChild (SoNode *oldChild, SoNode *newChild)
 Replaces first instance of given child with new child. More...
 
virtual void pick (SoPickAction *action)
 
virtual void write (SoWriteAction *action)
 
virtual SoChildListgetChildren () const
 Returns pointer to children. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from SoNode
void setOverride (bool state)
 Turns override flag on or off. More...
 
bool isOverride () const
 Returns the state of the override flag. More...
 
SoNodecopy (bool copyConnections=FALSE) const
 Creates and returns an exact copy of the node. More...
 
virtual void grabEventsSetup ()
 These virtual functions are called when a node gains or loses status as "grabber" of events (see HandleEventAction::setGrabber()). More...
 
virtual void grabEventsCleanup ()
 
virtual void startNotify ()
 Initiates notification from an instance. More...
 
SbNodeIdType getNodeId () const
 Returns the unique id for a node. More...
 
virtual void writeInstance (SoOutput *out)
 Writes instance to SoOutput. (Used for either stage of writing.) More...
 
virtual SoNodeaddToCopyDict () const
 Recursively adds this node and all nodes under it to the copy dictionary. More...
 
virtual SoFieldContainercopyThroughConnection () const
 Copies an instance that is encountered through a field connection. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer
void setToDefaults ()
 Sets all fields in this object to their default values. More...
 
bool hasDefaultValues () const
 Returns TRUE if all of the object's fields have their default values. More...
 
bool fieldsAreEqual (const SoFieldContainer *fc) const
 Returns TRUE if this object's fields are exactly equal to fc's fields. More...
 
void copyFieldValues (const SoFieldContainer *fc, bool copyConnections=FALSE)
 Copies the contents of fc's fields into this object's fields. More...
 
bool set (const char *fieldDataString)
 Sets one or more fields in this object to the values specified in the given string, which should be a string in the Inventor file format. More...
 
void get (SbString &fieldDataString)
 Returns the values of the fields of this object in the Inventor ASCII file format in the given string. More...
 
virtual int getFields (SoFieldList &list) const
 Appends pointers to all of this object's fields to resultList, and returns the number of fields appended. More...
 
virtual SoFieldgetField (const SbName &fieldName) const
 Returns a pointer to the field with the given name. More...
 
bool getFieldName (const SoField *field, SbName &fieldName) const
 Returns the name of the given field in the fieldName argument. More...
 
bool enableNotify (bool flag)
 Notification at this Field Container is enabled (if flag == TRUE) or disabled (if flag == FALSE). More...
 
bool isNotifyEnabled () const
 Notification is the process of telling interested objects that this object has changed. More...
 
bool set (const char *fieldDataString, SoInput *dictIn)
 Sets one or more fields in this object to the values specified in the given string, which should be a string in the Inventor file format. More...
 
void get (SbString &fieldDataString, SoOutput *dictOut)
 Returns the values of the fields of this object in the Inventor ASCII file format in the given string. More...
 
virtual void addWriteReference (SoOutput *out, bool isFromField=FALSE)
 Adds a reference to the instance when writing. More...
 
bool getIsBuiltIn () const
 Returns whether or not instance is considered 'built-in' to the library. More...
 
virtual const SoFieldDatagetFieldData () const
 Returns an SoFieldData structure for the node. More...
 
void addManagedSensor (SoSensor *sensor)
 Adds a sensor which is managed by the field container. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from SoBase
void ref () const
 Adds and removes a reference to an instance. More...
 
void unref () const
 
void unrefNoDelete () const
 
void touch ()
 Marks an instance as modified, simulating a change to it. More...
 
virtual SoType getTypeId () const =0
 Returns the type identifier for a specific instance. More...
 
bool isOfType (SoType type) const
 Returns TRUE if this object is of the type specified in type or is derived from that type. More...
 
virtual SbName getName () const
 Returns the name of an instance. More...
 
virtual void setName (const SbName &name)
 Sets the name of an instance. More...
 
void addAuditor (void *auditor, SoNotRec::Type type)
 Adds/removes an auditor to/from list. More...
 
void removeAuditor (void *auditor, SoNotRec::Type type)
 
const SoAuditorListgetAuditors ()
 Returns auditor list– used by SoField and SoEngineOutput to trace forward connections. More...
 
int getRefCount () const
 Returns current reference count. More...
 
bool shouldWrite ()
 Returns TRUE if the instance should be written, based on the write-reference info already accumulated. More...
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoGroup
static void initClass ()
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoNode
static SoType getClassTypeId ()
 Returns type identifier for the SoNode class. More...
 
static SoNodegetByName (const SbName &name)
 Returns the last node given the specified name. More...
 
static int getByName (const SbName &name, SoNodeList &list)
 Returns the number of nodes with the given name, and adds to list pointers to those nodes. More...
 
static void initClass ()
 Initializes base node class. More...
 
static void initClasses ()
 Initialize ALL Inventor node classes. More...
 
static SbNodeIdType getNextNodeId ()
 Returns the next available unique id. More...
 
static int getActionMethodIndex (SoType t)
 Returns the index of this node in the action/method table, given its type. More...
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer
static SoType getClassTypeId ()
 Returns the type of this class. More...
 
static void initClass ()
 Setup type information. More...
 
static void initCopyDict ()
 During a copy operation, copies of nodes and engines are stored in a dictionary, keyed by the original node or engine pointer, so that copies can be re-used. More...
 
static void addCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig, const SoFieldContainer *copy)
 Adds an instance to the dictionary. More...
 
static SoFieldContainercheckCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig)
 If a copy of the given instance is in the dictionary, this returns it. More...
 
static SoFieldContainerfindCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig, bool copyConnections)
 If a copy of the given instance is not in the dictionary, this returns NULL. More...
 
static void copyDone ()
 Cleans up the dictionary when done. More...
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoBase
static SoType getClassTypeId ()
 Returns type identifier for this class. More...
 
static void initClass ()
 Setup type information. More...
 
static void incrementCurrentWriteCounter ()
 Increments the current write counter at the start of a write operation. More...
 
static void decrementCurrentWriteCounter ()
 Decrements the current write counter after a write operation, in some rare cases. More...
 
static void addName (SoBase *, const char *)
 Internal methods used to maintain the global name dictionary. More...
 
static void removeName (SoBase *, const char *)
 
static SoBasegetNamedBase (const SbName &, SoType)
 Helper routines used to get stuff out of nameDict. More...
 
static int getNamedBases (const SbName &, SoBaseList &, SoType)
 
static bool read (SoInput *in, SoBase *&base, SoType expectedType)
 Reads one instance of some subclass of SoBase. More...
 
static void setInstancePrefix (const SbString &c)
 This defaults to "+" and is used when naming nodes that are DEF's and USE'd. More...
 
- Static Public Attributes inherited from SoBase
static bool traceRefs
 Turns on/off reference count tracing (for debugging) More...
 
- Protected Types inherited from SoBase
enum  BaseFlags { IS_ENGINE = 1 , IS_GROUP = 2 }
 This set of enums is used when reading and writing the base. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from SoGroup
virtual bool readChildren (SoInput *in)
 Reads just the children into instance of SoGroup. Returns FALSE on error. More...
 
virtual ~SoGroup ()
 
virtual void copyContents (const SoFieldContainer *fromFC, bool copyConnections)
 Copies the contents of the given node into this instance. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from SoNode
 SoNode ()
 Constructor, destructor. More...
 
virtual ~SoNode ()
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer
 SoFieldContainer ()
 
 ~SoFieldContainer ()
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from SoBase
 SoBase ()
 Constructor is protected - this is an abstract class. More...
 
virtual ~SoBase ()
 Virtual destructor so that subclasses are deleted properly. More...
 
virtual void destroy ()
 Actually deletes an instance. More...
 
bool hasMultipleWriteRefs () const
 Returns TRUE if the instance has multiple write references. More...
 
bool writeHeader (SoOutput *out, bool isGroup, bool isEngine) const
 Writes a header (name, open brace) or footer (close brace) to file defined by SoOutput. More...
 
void writeFooter (SoOutput *out) const
 
virtual const char * getFileFormatName () const
 Unknown nodes and engines write a different name for themselves than their typeId; this virtual method lets them do that (by default the typeId name is returned) More...
 
- Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoNode
static const SoFieldData ** getFieldDataPtr ()
 This is used by the field-inheritence mechanism, hidden in the SoSubNode macros. More...
 
- Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoBase
static uint32_t getCurrentWriteCounter ()
 Returns current write counter. More...
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from SoGroup
SoChildListchildren
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from SoNode
SbNodeIdType uniqueId
 Unique id for this node. More...
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from SoFieldContainer
bool isBuiltIn
 Is the subclass a built-in Inventor subclass or an extender subclass? This is used to determine whether to read/write field type information. More...
 
- Static Protected Attributes inherited from SoNode
static SbNodeIdType nextUniqueId
 Next available unique id. More...
 
static int nextActionMethodIndex
 Next index into the action method table. More...
 

Detailed Description

This group node performs a push (save) of the traversal state before traversing its children and a pop (restore) after traversing them. This isolates the separator's children from the rest of the scene graph. A separator can include lights, cameras, coordinates, normals, bindings, and all other properties. Separators are relatively inexpensive, so they can be used freely within scenes.

The SoSeparator node provides caching of state during rendering and bounding box computation. This feature can be enabled by setting the renderCaching and boundingBoxCaching fields. By default, these are set to AUTO, which means that Inventor decides whether to build a cache based on internal heuristics.

Separators can also perform culling during rendering and picking. Culling skips over traversal of the separator's children if they are not going to be rendered or picked, based on the comparison of the separator's bounding box with the current view volume. Culling is controlled by the renderCulling and pickCulling fields. These are also set to AUTO by default; however, render culling can be expensive (and can interfere with render caching), so the AUTO heuristics leave it disabled unless specified otherwise.

File Format/Default
Separator {
}
SoSFEnum boundingBoxCaching
Whether to cache during bounding box traversal.
Definition: SoSeparator.h:138
@ AUTO
Decide based on some heuristic.
Definition: SoSeparator.h:128
SoSFEnum renderCaching
Whether to cache during rendering traversal.
Definition: SoSeparator.h:135
SoSFEnum renderCulling
Whether to cull during rendering traversal.
Definition: SoSeparator.h:141
SoSFEnum pickCulling
Whether to cull during picking traversal.
Definition: SoSeparator.h:144
Action Behavior
SoGLRenderAction, SoCallbackAction, SoGetBoundingBoxAction, SoGetMatrixAction, SoHandleEventAction, SoRayPickAction, SoSearchAction
Saves the current traversal state, traverses all children, and restores the previous traversal state.
See Also
SoSelection, SoTransformSeparator

Definition at line 118 of file SoSeparator.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ CacheEnabled

Enumerator
OFF 

Never build or use a cache.

ON 

Always try to build a cache.

AUTO 

Decide based on some heuristic.

Definition at line 125 of file SoSeparator.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ SoSeparator() [1/2]

SoSeparator::SoSeparator ( )

◆ SoSeparator() [2/2]

SoSeparator::SoSeparator ( int  nChildren)

◆ ~SoSeparator()

virtual SoSeparator::~SoSeparator ( )
protectedvirtual

Member Function Documentation

◆ affectsState()

virtual bool SoSeparator::affectsState ( ) const
virtual

Reimplemented from SoNode.

◆ callback()

virtual void SoSeparator::callback ( SoCallbackAction action)
virtual

Reimplemented from SoGroup.

◆ cullTest()

virtual bool SoSeparator::cullTest ( SoGLRenderAction action,
int &  cullResults 
)
protectedvirtual

The cullResults flags come from the GLRenderAction->getCullTestResults() method, and track the results of previous cull tests to save work when we know we're completely inside the view volume.

◆ doAction()

virtual void SoSeparator::doAction ( SoAction action)
virtual

Reimplemented from SoGroup.

◆ getBoundingBox()

virtual void SoSeparator::getBoundingBox ( SoGetBoundingBoxAction action)
virtual

Reimplemented from SoGroup.

◆ getMatrix()

virtual void SoSeparator::getMatrix ( SoGetMatrixAction action)
virtual

Reimplemented from SoGroup.

◆ getNumRenderCaches()

static int SoSeparator::getNumRenderCaches ( )
static

◆ GLRender()

virtual void SoSeparator::GLRender ( SoGLRenderAction action)
virtual

Reimplemented from SoGroup.

◆ GLRenderBelowPath()

virtual void SoSeparator::GLRenderBelowPath ( SoGLRenderAction action)
virtual

Reimplemented from SoNode.

Reimplemented in SoLocateHighlight, and SoAnnotation.

◆ GLRenderInPath()

virtual void SoSeparator::GLRenderInPath ( SoGLRenderAction action)
virtual

Reimplemented from SoNode.

Reimplemented in SoLocateHighlight, and SoAnnotation.

◆ GLRenderOffPath()

virtual void SoSeparator::GLRenderOffPath ( SoGLRenderAction action)
virtual

Reimplemented from SoNode.

◆ handleEvent()

virtual void SoSeparator::handleEvent ( SoHandleEventAction action)
virtual

Reimplemented from SoGroup.

Reimplemented in SoWWWAnchor, SoSelection, and SoLocateHighlight.

◆ initClass()

static void SoSeparator::initClass ( )
static

◆ notify()

virtual void SoSeparator::notify ( SoNotList list)
virtual

Reimplemented from SoNode.

◆ rayPick()

virtual void SoSeparator::rayPick ( SoRayPickAction action)
virtual

Reimplemented from SoNode.

◆ readInstance()

virtual bool SoSeparator::readInstance ( SoInput in,
unsigned short  flags 
)
protectedvirtual

Reimplemented from SoGroup.

◆ search()

virtual void SoSeparator::search ( SoSearchAction action)
virtual

Reimplemented from SoGroup.

◆ setNumRenderCaches()

static void SoSeparator::setNumRenderCaches ( int  howMany)
static

(This is to allow two different representations, such as filled and wire-frame, to both be cached.) The setNumRenderCaches() method sets the number of render caches each separator will have. Each render cache uses memory, so increasing this number may increase the memory requirements of the application. This method affects only separators that are created after it is called, not separators that were created before. Setting the number of caches to 0 turns off render caching globally from then on.

Member Data Documentation

◆ boundingBoxCaching

SoSFEnum SoSeparator::boundingBoxCaching

Definition at line 138 of file SoSeparator.h.

◆ pickCulling

SoSFEnum SoSeparator::pickCulling

Definition at line 144 of file SoSeparator.h.

◆ renderCaching

SoSFEnum SoSeparator::renderCaching

Definition at line 135 of file SoSeparator.h.

◆ renderCulling

SoSFEnum SoSeparator::renderCulling

Definition at line 141 of file SoSeparator.h.


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