Detailed Description

This virtual class is implemented by applications that want to supply a conversion method from one object type to another.

A typical use would be to support conversion of a native 3ds Max type (such as TriObject) to a plug-in's object type. There are a set of global functions that can be used with this class. These are documented at the bottom of the topic. One of these is called to register the ObjectConverter with the system. Note that the registered object converters are called from the methods: Object::CanConvertToType and Object::ConvertToType.

So for individual objects to support these, they'll need to add the line

if (Object::CanConvertToType(obtype)) return 1;

to the end of their CanConvertToType methods and

if (Object::CanConvertToType(obtype))

return Object::ConvertToType(t, obtype);

to the end of their ConvertToType methods.

See also:: Class InterfaceServer, Class Class_ID, Class Object, Class TriObject, Class PatchObject

#include <object.h>

Inheritance diagram for ObjectConverter:

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Public Member Functions
virtual Class_ID	ConvertsFrom ()=0
	This method returns the Class ID of the object this converter converts from.
virtual Class_ID	ConvertsTo ()=0
	This method returns the Class ID of the object this converter converts to.
virtual Object *	Convert (Object *from)=0
	This method actually performs the conversion, creating and returning a new object with the class ID specified in ConvertsTo().
virtual void	DeleteThis ()
	This should delete the ObjectConverter if necessary.