MFnData Class Reference
[FunctionSet classes, OpenMaya - API module for common classes]

#include <MFnData.h>

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List of all members.

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Detailed Description

Parent class for dependency graph data function sets.

MFnData is the parent class for all dependency graph data function sets. Conceptually, data objects are what flow through the connections in the dependency graph.

Each node in the dependency graph has a data block associated with it. The data block holds the data objects for all of the node's attributes (see MDataBlock). The data block is only available during the compute method of a node. A data handle (MDataHandle) can be created to access a particular attribute's data inside of the data block.

Once a data handle is obtained, it is possible to get the data object from it. This is only necessary for heavier data structures such as geometry or strings. Simple numeric data can be manipulated straight through the data handle.

Note: using kDynSweptGeometry data requires that a plug-in or stand alone API application be linked with the OpenMayaFX library.

Public Types
enum	Type {    kInvalid, kNumeric, kPlugin, kPluginGeometry,    kString, kMatrix, kStringArray, kDoubleArray,    kIntArray, kPointArray, kVectorArray, kComponentList,    kMesh, kLattice, kNurbsCurve, kNurbsSurface,    kSphere, kDynArrayAttrs, kDynSweptGeometry, kSubdSurface,    kNObject, kNId, kLast }
	Types of dependency graph data. More...
Public Member Functions
virtual MFn::Type	type () const
	Function set type.
virtual	~MFnData ()
	Destructor.
	MFnData (MObject &object, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Constructor.
	MFnData ()
	MFnData (const MObject &object, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Constructor.
Protected Member Functions
virtual const char *	className () const
	Class name.

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Member Enumeration Documentation

enum MFnData::Type

Types of dependency graph data.

Enumerator:

kInvalid	Invalid value.
kNumeric	Numeric, use MFnNumericData extract the node data.
kPlugin	Plugin Blind Data, use MFnPluginData to extract the node data.
kPluginGeometry	Plugin Geometry, use MFnGeometryData to extract the node data.
kString	String, use MFnStringData to extract the node data.
kMatrix	Matrix, use MFnMatrixData to extract the node data.
kStringArray	String Array, use MFnStringArrayData to extract the node data.
kDoubleArray	Double Array, use MFnDoubleArrayData to extract the node data.
kIntArray	Int Array, use MFnIntArrayData to extract the node data.
kPointArray	Point Array, use MFnPointArrayData to extract the node data.
kVectorArray	Vector Array, use MFnVectorArrayData to extract the node data.
kComponentList	Component List, use MFnComponentListData to extract the node data.
kMesh	Mesh, use MFnMeshData to extract the node data.
kLattice	Lattice, use MFnLatticeData to extract the node data.
kNurbsCurve	Nurbs Curve, use MFnNurbsCurveData to extract the node data.
kNurbsSurface	Nurbs Surface, use MFnNurbsSurfaceData to extract the node data.
kSphere	Sphere, use MFnSphereData to extract the node data.
kDynArrayAttrs	ArrayAttrs, use MFnArrayAttrsData to extract the node data.
kDynSweptGeometry	SweptGeometry, use MFnDynSweptGeometryData to extract the node data. This data node is in OpenMayaFX which must be linked to.
kSubdSurface	Subdivision Surface, use MFnSubdData to extract the node data.
kNObject	nObject data, use MFnNObjectData to extract node data
kNId	nId data, use MFnNIdData to extract node data
kLast	Last value. It does not represent real data, but can be used to loop on all possible types

Reimplemented in MFnArrayAttrsData, and MFnNumericData.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

MFnData::MFnData	(	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:

• MS::kSuccess if the function set is successfully attached
• MS::kInvalidParameter if the MObject does not represent a valid Maya object or if the function set is not allowed to attach to this MObject

MFnData::MFnData

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Default class constructor

MFnData::MFnData	(	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:

• MS::kSuccess if the function set is successfully attached
• MS::kInvalidParameter if the MObject does not represent a valid Maya object or if the function set is not allowed to attach to this MObject

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Member Function Documentation

MFn::Type MFnData::type

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const [virtual]

Function set type.

Return the class type : MFn::kData

Reimplemented from MFnBase.

Reimplemented in MFnArrayAttrsData, MFnComponentListData, MFnDoubleArrayData, MFnDynSweptGeometryData, MFnGeometryData, MFnIntArrayData, MFnLatticeData, MFnMatrixData, MFnMeshData, MFnNIdData, MFnNObjectData, MFnNumericData, MFnNurbsCurveData, MFnNurbsSurfaceData, MFnPluginData, MFnPointArrayData, MFnSphereData, MFnStringArrayData, MFnStringData, MFnSubdData, MFnUInt64ArrayData, and MFnVectorArrayData.

const char * MFnData::className

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const [protected, virtual]

Class name.

Return the class name : "MFnData"

Reimplemented from MFnBase.

Reimplemented in MFnArrayAttrsData, MFnComponentListData, MFnDoubleArrayData, MFnDynSweptGeometryData, MFnGeometryData, MFnIntArrayData, MFnLatticeData, MFnMatrixData, MFnMeshData, MFnNIdData, MFnNObjectData, MFnNumericData, MFnNurbsCurveData, MFnNurbsSurfaceData, MFnPluginData, MFnPointArrayData, MFnSphereData, MFnStringArrayData, MFnStringData, MFnSubdData, MFnUInt64ArrayData, and MFnVectorArrayData.