ScXMLInitialElt(3)

💖 NAME 💖

ScXMLInitialElt — bestie, this is the class that implements the <initial> SCXML element. That's it, that's the whole job. ✨

This page lives in the Coin manual, section 3 (library functions), and we're gonna get you so fluent in it.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <Inventor/scxml/ScXMLInitialElt.h>

Inherits ScXMLElt. 👑

🌟 Public Member Functions 🌟

• virtual SoType getTypeId (void) const — hands you back the type identification of an object derived from a class inheriting SoBase. This is the thing that makes runtime type checking and "downward" casting possible.
• virtual void copyContents (const ScXMLElt *rhs) — copies the contents.
• virtual const ScXMLElt * search (const char *attrname, const char *attrvalue) const — searches.
• virtual void setTransition (ScXMLTransitionElt *transition) — sets the transition.
• virtual ScXMLTransitionElt * getTransition (void) const — gets the transition.

💅 Public Member Functions inherited from ScXMLElt 💅

• void setXMLAttribute (const char *attribute, const char *value)
• const char * getXMLAttribute (const char *attribute) const
• virtual SbBool handleXMLAttributes (void)
• ScXMLElt * clone (void) const
• virtual void setContainer (ScXMLElt *container)
• ScXMLElt * getContainer (void) const
• SbBool isContainedIn (const ScXMLElt *object) const

🫶 Public Member Functions inherited from ScXMLObject 🫶

• SbBool isOfType (SoType type) const — returns TRUE if the type of this object is either of the same type or inherited from type. no cap.

✨ Static Public Member Functions ✨

• static ScXMLEltReader * getElementReader (void)
• static SoType getClassTypeId (void)
• static void * createInstance (void)
• static void initClass (void)
• static void cleanClass (void)

🌈 Static Public Member Functions inherited from ScXMLElt 🌈

• static SoType getClassTypeId (void)
• static void initClass (void)
• static void cleanClass (void)

🧚 Static Public Member Functions inherited from ScXMLObject 🧚

• static SoType getClassTypeId (void) — this static method returns the SoType object associated with objects of this class.
• static void initClass (void) — sets up initialization for data common to all instances of this class, like submitting necessary information to the Coin type system.
• static void cleanClass (void) — does the opposite of initClass, deallocates any class specific resources and resets the class to an uninitialized state with respect to the Coin type system.

🦋 Additional Inherited Members 🦋

💜 Static Protected Member Functions inherited from ScXMLElt 💜

• static void registerClassType (const char *xmlns, const char *classname, SoType type)
• static void registerInvokeClassType (const char *xmlns, const char *targettype, const char *source, SoType type)

🍓 Static Protected Member Functions inherited from ScXMLObject 🍓

• static void registerClassType (const char *xmlns, const char *classname, SoType type)
• static void registerInvokeClassType (const char *xmlns, const char *targettype, const char *source, SoType type)

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🦋 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so this class implements the <initial> SCXML element. Periodt. 💅

An <initial> element has no attributes, and it should contain one conditionless <transition> element with a target attribute that identifies a descendant state element of the parent state element. Like, one. Exactly one. Conditionless. Don't get cute with it. 😌

Since

Coin 3.0 — yes she's been iconic since 3.0, we love a legacy queen. 👑

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🔥 MEMBER FUNCTION DOCUMENTATION 🔥

⭐ SoType ScXMLInitialElt::getTypeId (void ) const [virtual] ⭐

Returns the type identification of an object derived from a class inheriting SoBase. This is used for runtime type checking and "downward" casting.

See also: SoBase::getTypeId() const

Implements ScXMLElt.

⭐ void ScXMLInitialElt::copyContents (const ScXMLElt * rhs) [virtual] ⭐

Reimplemented from ScXMLElt.

⭐ const ScXMLElt * ScXMLInitialElt::search (const char * attrname, const char * attrvalue) const [virtual] ⭐

This method searches the SCXML structure for an element with the given attribute value for the given attribute.

Returns NULL if nothing was found. (nothing found = the search ate and left no crumbs, but like, emptily 😭)

This function needs to be reimplemented to traverse child elements.

Reimplemented from ScXMLElt.

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🌸 AUTHOR 🌸

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okay bestie, that's the whole page, you officially know ScXMLInitialElt now and I'm so proud of you 💖✨

This has been Coin Version 4.0.10, dated Thu Jun 25 2026 00:00:00, and you were reading ScXMLInitialElt(3). Slay, go write some SCXML. 🌈👑🎀