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MItSelectionList Class Reference

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Detailed Description

Iterate over the items in the selection list.

Class for iterating over the items in an MSelection list. A filter can be specified so that only those items of interest on a selection list can be obtained.

If a filter is specified then the children of DAG selection items will be searched if the selection item does not match the filter. For example, if filter = MFn::kNurbsCurve and a transform is selected then the underlying shape for the transform will be in the iteration if it is a nurbs curve.

Example: (of a simple traversal)

    MSelectionList activeList;
    MGlobal::activeSelectionList(activeList);
    MItSelectionList iter( activeList );

    for ( ; !iter.isDone(); iter.next() )
    {
        MDagPath item;
        MObject component;
        iter.getDagPath( item, component );

        // do something with it
    }

Example: (of a traversal to find all active cameras)

    MSelectionList activeList;
    MGlobal::activeSelectionList(activeList);
    MItSelectionList iter( activeList, MFn::kCamera );

    for ( ; !iter.isDone(); iter.next() )
    {
        MDagPath camera;
        iter.getDagPath( camera );

        MFnCamera cameraFn( camera );

        // ...
   }
Examples:

animExportUtil.cpp, blindComplexDataCmd.cpp, blindDoubleDataCmd.cpp, blindShortDataCmd.cpp, cleanPerFaceAssignmentCmd.cpp, closestPointCmd.cpp, componentScaleManip.cpp, convertEdgesToFacesCmd.cpp, convertVerticesToEdgesCmd.cpp, convertVerticesToFacesCmd.cpp, createClipCmd.cpp, customAttrManip.cpp, cvExpandCmd.cpp, cvPosCmd.cpp, dagPoseInfoCmd.cpp, findFileTexturesCmd.cpp, getAttrAffectsCmd.cpp, helix2Cmd.cpp, instancerListCmd.cpp, intersectCmd.cpp, lassoTool.cpp, latticeNoiseCmd.cpp, lepTranslator.cpp, lineManip.cpp, lineManipContainer.cpp, lockEvent.cpp, meshOpCmd.cpp, meshRemapCmd.cpp, meshRemapTool.cpp, meshReorderCmd.cpp, meshReorderTool.cpp, motionPathCmd.cpp, motionTraceCmd.cpp, moveCurveCVsCmd.cpp, moveManip.cpp, moveTool.cpp, narrowPolyViewer.cpp, nodeInfoCmd.cpp, objExport.cpp, polyExporter.cpp, rotateManip.cpp, spiralAnimCurveCmd.cpp, splitUVCmd.cpp, squareScaleManip.cpp, surfaceBumpManip.cpp, surfaceTwist.cpp, surfaceTwistCmd.cpp, translateCmd.cpp, and whatisCmd.cpp.

#include <MItSelectionList.h>

List of all members.

Public Types

enum   selItemType { , kDagSelectionItem, kAnimSelectionItem, kDNselectionItem, kPlugSelectionItem }
 

Types of items which can appear on a selection list.

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Public Member Functions

bool  isDone (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
  Specifies whether or not there is anything more to iterator over.
MStatus  next ()
  Advance to the next item.
MStatus  reset ()
  Reset the iterator.
MStatus  getDependNode (MObject &depNode)
  This method retrieves the dependency node of the current selection item.
MStatus  getDagPath (MDagPath &dagPath, MObject &component)
  This method retrieves the dag path and the components of the current selection item.
MStatus  getDagPath (MDagPath &dagPath)
  This method retrieves the dag path of the current selection item.
MStatus  getPlug (MPlug &plug)
  This method retrieves the plug of the current selection item.
MStatus  getStrings (MStringArray &array)
  Get the string representation of the current item in the selection list.
selItemType  itemType (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
  Returns the current selection item type.
MStatus  setFilter (MFn::Type filter)
  Apply a filter to the iteration.
bool  hasComponents (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL) const
  Returns whether or not the current selection item has components.
  MItSelectionList (const MSelectionList &list, MFn::Type=MFn::kInvalid, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
  Class constructor.
virtual  ~MItSelectionList ()
  Class destructor.

Static Public Member Functions

static const char *  className ()
  Returns the name of this class.

Member Enumeration Documentation

Types of items which can appear on a selection list.

Enumerator:
kDagSelectionItem 

DAG node or component.

kAnimSelectionItem 

keyset

kDNselectionItem 

dependency node

kPlugSelectionItem 

plug


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

MItSelectionList ( const MSelectionList list,
MFn::Type  filter = MFn::kInvalid,
MStatus ReturnStatus = NULL 
)

Class constructor.

Creates a iterator for the given selection list.

NOTE: this class iterates on a copy of the given list and so any changes to the original list will not be reflected upon in this iterator.

Parameters:
[in] list The selection list to iterate over
[in] filter Type filter
[out] ReturnStatus Status code
Status Codes:
~MItSelectionList ( ) [virtual]

Class destructor.

Removes internal iterator data.


Member Function Documentation

bool isDone ( MStatus ReturnStatus = NULL )

Specifies whether or not there is anything more to iterator over.

Parameters:
[out] ReturnStatus Status code
Returns:
  • true if there is nothing else to iterate over
  • false if there are more items left to iterate over
Status Codes:
Examples:
cleanPerFaceAssignmentCmd.cpp, convertEdgesToFacesCmd.cpp, convertVerticesToEdgesCmd.cpp, convertVerticesToFacesCmd.cpp, cvExpandCmd.cpp, findFileTexturesCmd.cpp, latticeNoiseCmd.cpp, lineManip.cpp, lineManipContainer.cpp, lockEvent.cpp, moveCurveCVsCmd.cpp, squareScaleManip.cpp, and whatisCmd.cpp.
MStatus next ( )

Advance to the next item.

If components are selected then advance to next component.

If a filter is specified then the next item will be one that matches the filter.

Returns:
Status code
Status Codes:
Examples:
cleanPerFaceAssignmentCmd.cpp, lockEvent.cpp, and moveCurveCVsCmd.cpp.
MStatus reset ( )

Reset the iterator.

If a filter has been specified then the current item will be the first selected item that matches the filter.

Returns:
Status code
Status Codes:
Examples:
cleanPerFaceAssignmentCmd.cpp.
MStatus getDependNode ( MObject depNode )

This method retrieves the dependency node of the current selection item.

Parameters:
[out] depNode a pointer the the dependency node to be retrieved
Returns:
Status code
Status Codes:
Examples:
lockEvent.cpp.
MStatus getDagPath ( MDagPath dagPath,
MObject component 
)

This method retrieves the dag path and the components of the current selection item.

If components are not selected then NULL is assigned to the component pointer.

Parameters:
[out] dagPath The dag path of the current selection item.
[out] component A pointer to the selected components of the current selection item.
Returns:
Status code
Status Codes:
Examples:
cleanPerFaceAssignmentCmd.cpp, lockEvent.cpp, and moveCurveCVsCmd.cpp.
MStatus getDagPath ( MDagPath dagPath )

This method retrieves the dag path of the current selection item.

Parameters:
[out] dagPath The dag path of the current selection item.
Returns:
Status code
Status Codes:
MStatus getPlug ( MPlug plug )

This method retrieves the plug of the current selection item.

Parameters:
[out] plug The plug of the current selection item.
Returns:
Status code
Status Codes:
MStatus getStrings ( MStringArray array )

Get the string representation of the current item in the selection list.

It is possible that it will require more than one string to represent the item (the item may contain groups of CVs for example), so a string array is used to pass back the results.

Parameters:
[out] array Storage for the returned array.
Returns:
Status code
Status Codes:
Examples:
lockEvent.cpp.
MItSelectionList::selItemType itemType ( MStatus ReturnStatus = NULL )

Returns the current selection item type.

Parameters:
[out] ReturnStatus Status code
Returns:
  • kDagSelectionItem - selection item is in the DAG
  • kAnimSelectionItem - selection item is a keyset
  • kDNselectionItem - selection item is a dependency node
Status Codes:
MStatus setFilter ( MFn::Type  filter )

Apply a filter to the iteration.

Selection items not matching the filter type will be excluded from the iteration.

Parameters:
[in] filter The MFn::Type that you will be included in the iteration. See MFn.h for possible types.
Returns:
Status code
Status Codes:
bool hasComponents ( MStatus ReturnStatus = NULL ) const

Returns whether or not the current selection item has components.

Parameters:
[out] ReturnStatus Status code
Returns:
  • true the current selection item has components
  • false the current selection item does not have components
Status Codes:
const char * className ( ) [static]

Returns the name of this class.

Returns:
The name of this class.

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