MFnPointArrayData Class Reference
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#include <MFnPointArrayData.h>

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Detailed Description

Point array function set for dependency node data.

MFnPointArrayData allows the creation and manipulation of MPointArray data objects for use in the dependency graph.

If a user written dependency node either accepts or produces MPointArrays, then this class is used to extract or create the data that comes from or goes to other dependency graph nodes. The MDataHandle::type method will return kPointArray when data of this type is present. To access it, the MDataHandle::data method is used to get an MObject for the data and this should then be used to initialize an instance of MFnPointArrayData.

Examples:

cvColorNode.cpp.


Public Member Functions

virtual MFn::Type type () const
 Function set type.
virtual ~MFnPointArrayData ()
 Destructor.
 MFnPointArrayData ()
 Default constructor.
 MFnPointArrayData (MObject &object, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
 Constructor.
unsigned int length (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL) const
MStatus set (MPoint &element, unsigned int index)
MStatus copyTo (MPointArray &) const
MStatus set (const MPointArray &newArray)
MPointArray array (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
MObject create (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
MObject create (const MPointArray &in, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
 MFnPointArrayData (const MObject &object, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
 Constructor.
MPointoperator[] (unsigned int index)
 NO SCRIPT SUPPORT.
const MPointoperator[] (unsigned int index) const
 NO SCRIPT SUPPORT.

Protected Member Functions

virtual const char * className () const
 Class name.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

MFnPointArrayData::MFnPointArrayData ( MObject object,
MStatus ReturnStatus = NULL 
)

Constructor.

Class constructor that initializes the function set to the given MObject.

Parameters:
[in] object The MObject to attach the function set to
[out] ReturnStatus the return status
Status Codes:

MFnPointArrayData::MFnPointArrayData ( const MObject object,
MStatus ReturnStatus = NULL 
)

Constructor.

Class constructor that initializes the function set to the given MObject.

Parameters:
[in] object The MObject to attach the function set to
[out] ReturnStatus the return status
Status Codes:


Member Function Documentation

MFn::Type MFnPointArrayData::type (  )  const [virtual]

Function set type.

Return the class type : MFn::kPointArrayData

Reimplemented from MFnData.

const char * MFnPointArrayData::className (  )  const [protected, virtual]

Class name.

Return the class name : "MFnPointArrayData"

Reimplemented from MFnData.

unsigned int MFnPointArrayData::length ( MStatus ReturnStatus = NULL  )  const

Return the number of points in the instance.

Parameters:
[out] ReturnStatus kFailure if the instance is not attached to an MObject, and kSuccess otherwise.
Returns:
The number of points in the instance

MStatus MFnPointArrayData::set ( MPoint element,
unsigned int  index 
)

Set the point element at the specified index.

Parameters:
[in] element the element to be set
[in] index the index of the MPoint to set
Returns:
  • kSuccess operation successful
  • kFailure instance is not attached to an MObject

MStatus MFnPointArrayData::copyTo ( MPointArray dest  )  const

Copy all the points in the instance into the given MPointArray. No checking is done by this class on sizes, so it is up to the user to ensure that the given MPointArray is large enough to hold the number of MPoints in the instance.

Parameters:
[out] dest the MPointArray to populate
Returns:
  • kSuccess operation successful
  • kFailure instance is not attached to an MObject

MStatus MFnPointArrayData::set ( const MPointArray array  ) 

Set the instance to contain the points defined in the given MPointArray.

Parameters:
[in] array the MPointArray containing the data to set into this instance
Returns:
  • kSuccess operation successful
  • kFailure instance is not attached to an MObject

MPointArray MFnPointArrayData::array ( MStatus ReturnStatus = NULL  ) 

Get an MPointArray containing the points stored in this instance. The MPointArray returned by this method is editable, so any changes to the return instance also affects the MObject operated upon by this function set.

Parameters:
[out] ReturnStatus kFailure if the instance is not attached to an MObject, and kSuccess otherwise.
Returns:
A copy of the MPointArray held in this instance

MObject MFnPointArrayData::create ( MStatus ReturnStatus = NULL  ) 

Create a new MObject, attach it to this instance, and initialize it to contain no points.

Parameters:
[out] ReturnStatus kSuccess
Returns:
The newly created MObject
Examples:

MObject MFnPointArrayData::create ( const MPointArray arr,
MStatus ReturnStatus = NULL 
)

Create a new MObject, attach it to this instance, and initialize it to contain the data from the given MPointArray.

Parameters:
[in] arr the data to use when initializing this instance
[out] ReturnStatus kSuccess
Returns:
The newly created MObject

MPoint & MFnPointArrayData::operator[] ( unsigned int  index  ) 

NO SCRIPT SUPPORT.

Extract the indicated MPoint from the instance. The MPoint returned by this method is editable, so any changes to the return instance also affects the MObject operated upon by this function set.

No checking is done by this class to ensure that the index is valid - use the length method to determine the size of the array. If the instance is not attached to an MObject, this method will return an MPoint containing (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0).

Parameters:
[in] index the index of the MPoint to extract
Returns:
The indicated MPoint

const MPoint & MFnPointArrayData::operator[] ( unsigned int  index  )  const

NO SCRIPT SUPPORT.

Extract the indicated MPoint from the const instance. No checking is done by this class to ensure that the index is valid - use the length method to determine the size of the array. If the instance is not attached to an MObject, this method will return an MPoint containing (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0).

Parameters:
[in] index the index of the MPoint to extract
Returns:
The indicated MPoint


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