Detailed Description

CICEPortState is used for accessing the state of a custom ICENode input port from the cb_ICENode_BeginEvaluate BeginEvaluate callback.

dirty states:checking for port changes The state information is normally used by custom nodes for managing internal cache in order to optimize the computation and improve performance. The following port states are supported:

CICEPortState::siTimeDirtyState: This state is true if the input data is animated and the time line has changed.
CICEPortState::siDataDirtyState: This state is true when the data going through the port have been modified. CICEPortState::siTimeDirtyState is always true when siDataDirtyState is set to true. Disconnecting a port will set siDataDirtyState to true.
CICEPortState::siTypeDirtyState: This state is true if the port connection type has changed. When CICEPortState::siTypeDirtyState is true all other states are also true.

Tip:: CICEPortState::siAnyDirtyState can be used to test if at least one state is dirty.

Note:: CICEPortState cannot be used in the cb_ICENode_Evaluate Evaluate callback.

Since:: 8.0 (2010)

Example:

This example logs the dirty state information of input ports by using the CICEPortState class. For a more detailed example see the CustomICENodes/netview_CustomICENodes PortStateObserver custom ICE node example

    XSIPLUGINCALLBACK CStatus Port_State_Observer_BeginEvaluate( ICENodeContext& in_ctxt )
    {
        CICEPortState portGeomGroup( in_ctxt, ID_IN_GeometryGroup );
        CICEPortState portGeomCurve( in_ctxt, ID_IN_NurbsCurve );
        CICEPortState portGeomMesh( in_ctxt, ID_IN_MeshSurf );
        CICEPortState portGeomNurbsSurf( in_ctxt, ID_IN_NurbsSurf );
        CICEPortState portGeomCloud( in_ctxt, ID_IN_PointCloud );
        CICEPortState data( in_ctxt, ID_IN_Data );

        double dCurrentFrame = in_ctxt.GetTime();
        LogPortStates( portGeomGroup, L"GeometryGroup", dCurrentFrame );
        LogPortStates( portGeomCurve, L"NurbsCurve", dCurrentFrame );
        LogPortStates( portGeomMesh, L"MeshSurf", dCurrentFrame );
        LogPortStates( portGeomNurbsSurf, L"NurbsSurf", dCurrentFrame );
        LogPortStates( portGeomCloud, L"PointCloud", dCurrentFrame );
        LogPortStates( data, L"Data", dCurrentFrame );
        return CStatus::OK;
    }

    static void LogPortStates( CICEPortState& in_port, const CString& in_portName, double in_dCurrentFrame )
    {
        if ( in_port.IsDirty( CICEPortState::siAnyDirtyState ) )
        {
            bool bTypeDirtyState = in_port.IsDirty( CICEPortState::siTypeDirtyState );
            bool bDataDirtyState = in_port.IsDirty( CICEPortState::siDataDirtyState );
            bool bTimeDirtyState = in_port.IsDirty( CICEPortState::siTimeDirtyState );

            in_port.ClearState();

            Application app;

            // Don't log redundant information:
            // bTypeDirtyState always implies bDataDirtyState + bTimeDirtyState
            // bDataDirtyState always implies bTimeDirtyState

            if ( bTypeDirtyState)
            {
                app.LogMessage( ">>> Port " + in_portName + " siTypeDirtyState at frame " + CString(in_dCurrentFrame) + " is dirty" );
            }
            else
            {
                if ( bDataDirtyState)
                {
                    app.LogMessage( ">>> Port " + in_portName + " siDataDirtyState at frame " + CString(in_dCurrentFrame) + " is dirty" );
                }
                else if ( bTimeDirtyState)
                {
                    app.LogMessage( ">>> Port " + in_portName + " siTimeDirtyState at frame " + CString(in_dCurrentFrame) + " is dirty" );
                }
            }
        }
    }

#include <xsi_iceportstate.h>

List of all members.

Public Types
enum	DirtyState { siTypeDirtyState = 1<<0, siDataDirtyState = 1<<1, siTimeDirtyState = 1<<2, siAnyDirtyState = siTypeDirtyState\|siDataDirtyState\|siTimeDirtyState }
Public Member Functions
	CICEPortState (ICENodeContext &in_ctxt, ULONG in_nInputPortID, ULONG in_nInstanceIndex=0)
	CICEPortState ()
	~CICEPortState ()
	CICEPortState (const CICEPortState &in_obj)
bool	operator== (const CICEPortState &in_obj) const
bool	operator!= (const CICEPortState &in_obj) const
CICEPortState &	operator= (const CICEPortState &in_obj)
bool	IsValid () const
bool	IsDirty (unsigned short in_flag=siAnyDirtyState) const
void	ClearState ()

Member Enumeration Documentation

enum DirtyState

Defines the supported dirty port state types.

Enumerator:

siTypeDirtyState	Port type change. This state is true if the port connection type has changed. When `siTypeDirtyState` is true all other states are also true.
siDataDirtyState	Data change. This state is true when the data going through the port has been modified. `siTimeDirtyState` is always true when `siDataDirtyState` is set to true.
siTimeDirtyState	Time change. This state is true if the input data is animated and the time line has changed.
siAnyDirtyState	Any type.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

CICEPortState	(	ICENodeContext &	in_ctxt,
		ULONG	in_nInputPortID,
		ULONG	in_nInstanceIndex = `0`
	)

Constructor for creating and initializing an instance of CICEPortState.

Parameters:

in_ctxt	ICENode evaluation context.
in_nInputPortID	Input port identifier.
in_nInstanceIndex	The group instance of the port. Defaults to `0`.

CICEPortState ( )

Default constructor.

~CICEPortState ( )

Default destructor.

CICEPortState ( const CICEPortState & in_obj )

Copy constructor.

Parameters:

in_obj constant class object.

Member Function Documentation

bool operator== ( const CICEPortState & in_obj ) const

Equality operator. Tests whether the states on two ports are the same.

Parameters:

in_obj CICEPortState instance to compare.

Returns:: true if both objects are the same, false if different.

bool operator!= ( const CICEPortState & in_obj ) const

Inequality operator. Tests whether the states on two ports are different.

Parameters:

in_obj CICEPortState instance to compare.

Returns:: true if both objects are different, false otherwise.

CICEPortState& operator= ( const CICEPortState & in_obj )

Assignment operator. Assign this CICEPortState to another CICEPortState.

Parameters:

in_obj CICEPortState object to assign.

Returns:: A reference to new CICEPortState.

bool IsValid ( ) const

Returns true if the object is valid. Unless not created properly, the object is always valid.

Returns:: True if valid, false otherwise.

bool IsDirty ( unsigned short in_flag = siAnyDirtyState ) const

Returns the dirty state of a port for a given state type defined in the CICEPortState::DirtyState enumerator. By default, IsDirty returns true if at least one of the port states is dirty or returns false otherwise.

Returns:: true if dirty, false otherwise.

void ClearState ( )

Clears the port states.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

xsi_iceportstate.h

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Member Enumeration Documentation

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Member Function Documentation