pymel.core.general.itemFilterType

static general.itemFilterType(*args, **kwargs)

This command queries a named itemFilter object. This object can be attached to selectionConnection objects, or to editors, in order to filter the item lists going through them. Using union and intersection filters, complex composite filters can be created.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
text (t)		unicode
	Defines an annotation string to be stored with the filter Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
type (typ)		bool
	Query the type of the filter object. Possible return values are: itemFilter, attributeFilter, renderFilter, or unknownFilter.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.itemFilterType

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

#    Create a filter that will pass all spot lights and transforms.
#
filter = pm.itemFilter(byType=('transform', 'spotLight'))

#    Now query the type of the filter.
#
type = pm.itemFilterType(filter, q=True, type=True)
print( 'Filter type: ' + type + '\n' )

#    Delete the filter.
#
pm.delete( filter )