SoByteStream(3)

✨ SoByteStream ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SoByteStream — literally just that, the class name, that's the whole vibe 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

💅 Public Member Functions

• void convert (SoNode *node, SbBool binary=TRUE) — takes a node and turns it into stream data. binary defaults to TRUE, so unless you say otherwise, it's binary mode, periodt.
• void convert (SoPath *path, SbBool binary=TRUE) — same deal but for a path instead of a node. binary still defaults to TRUE ✨
• void convert (SoPathList *pl, SbBool binary=TRUE) — yep, and this one converts a whole path list. binary = TRUE by default, again 🫶
• void * getData (void) — hands you back the raw data as a void *. iconic.
• uint32_t getNumBytes (void) — tells you how many bytes are in there, as a uint32_t. know your size, queen 👑
• void copy (void *d, size_t len) — copies stuff into d, and len is a size_t. go off.
• SbBool isRawData (void) const — a lil const check that returns an SbBool, answering "is this raw data?" yes/no bestie 💀

🌈 Static Public Member Functions

• static SoPathList * unconvert (SoByteStream *stream) — static, takes a SoByteStream *, gives you back a SoPathList *. the reverse glow-up ✨
• static SoPathList * unconvert (void *data, uint32_t bytesinstream) — also static, but this one takes void *data plus a uint32_t bytesinstream, and returns a SoPathList *. bytes in, path list out, slay 💅

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👑 Author 👑

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Version 4.0.10 🌟 Thu Jun 25 2026 00:00:00 🌸 that's the version, that's the date, and this whole page is served up courtesy of Coin 💖 mwah, bye bestie! 🎀🦋✨