SoGate(3)

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version 4.0.10 · 4 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

✨ NAME ✨

SoGate — okay bestie, the SoGate class is used to selectively copy values from input to output. That's literally the whole vibe. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <Inventor/engines/SoGate.h>

Inherits SoEngine.

💅 Public Member Functions

  • virtual SoType getTypeId (void) const — returns the type identification of an object derived from a class inheriting SoBase. It's used for runtime type checking and downward"casting.
  • virtual const SoFieldData * getFieldData (void) const
  • virtual const SoEngineOutputData * getOutputData (void) const
  • SoGate (SoType type)

🫶 Public Member Functions inherited from SoEngine

  • void evaluateWrapper (void)
  • virtual int getOutputs (SoEngineOutputList &l) const
  • SoEngineOutput * getOutput (const SbName &outputname) const
  • SbBool getOutputName (const SoEngineOutput *output, SbName &outputname) const
  • SbBool isNotifying (void) const
  • virtual void notify (SoNotList *nl)
  • SoEngine * copy (void) const
  • virtual SoFieldContainer * copyThroughConnection (void) const
  • SbBool shouldCopy (void) const

💜 Public Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer

  • void setToDefaults (void)
  • SbBool hasDefaultValues (void) const
  • SbBool fieldsAreEqual (const SoFieldContainer *container) const
  • void copyFieldValues (const SoFieldContainer *container, SbBool copyconnections=FALSE)
  • SbBool set (const char *const fielddata)
  • void get (SbString &fielddata)
  • virtual int getFields (SoFieldList &l) const
  • virtual int getAllFields (SoFieldList &l) const
  • virtual SoField * getField (const SbName &name) const
  • virtual SoField * getEventIn (const SbName &name) const
  • virtual SoField * getEventOut (const SbName &name) const
  • SbBool getFieldName (const SoField *const field, SbName &name) const
  • SbBool enableNotify (const SbBool flag)
  • SbBool isNotifyEnabled (void) const
  • SbBool set (const char *fielddata, SoInput *input)
  • void get (SbString &fielddata, SoOutput *out)
  • virtual SbBool validateNewFieldValue (SoField *field, void *newval)
  • virtual void addWriteReference (SoOutput *out, SbBool isfromfield=FALSE)
  • SbBool getIsBuiltIn (void) const
  • virtual void getFieldsMemorySize (size_t &managed, size_t &unmanaged) const
  • void setUserData (void *userdata) const
  • void * getUserData (void) const

🌈 Public Member Functions inherited from SoBase

  • void ref (void) const
  • void unref (void) const
  • void unrefNoDelete (void) const
  • int32_t getRefCount (void) const
  • void touch (void)
  • SbBool isOfType (SoType type) const — returns TRUE if the type of this object is either of the same type or inherited from type.
  • virtual SbName getName (void) const
  • virtual void setName (const SbName &newname)
  • virtual void startNotify (void)
  • void addAuditor (void *const auditor, const SoNotRec::Type type)
  • void removeAuditor (void *const auditor, const SoNotRec::Type type)
  • const SoAuditorList & getAuditors (void) const
  • SbBool shouldWrite (void)
  • void assertAlive (void) const

🎀 Static Public Member Functions

  • static SoType getClassTypeId (void)
  • static void * createInstance (void)
  • 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 Public Member Functions inherited from SoEngine

  • 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 initClasses (void)
  • static SoType getClassTypeId (void) — this static method returns the SoType object associated with objects of this class.
  • static SoEngine * getByName (const SbName &name)
  • static int getByName (const SbName &name, SoEngineList &el)

🌸 Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer

  • 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 SoType getClassTypeId (void) — this static method returns the SoType object associated with objects of this class.
  • static void cleanupClass (void)
  • static void initCopyDict (void)
  • static void addCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig, const SoFieldContainer *copy)
  • static SoFieldContainer * checkCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig)
  • static SoFieldContainer * findCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig, const SbBool copyconnections)
  • static void copyDone (void)

🦋 Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoBase

  • 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 SoType getClassTypeId (void) — this static method returns the SoType object associated with objects of this class.
  • static void addName (SoBase *const base, const char *const name)
  • static void removeName (SoBase *const base, const char *const name)
  • static void incrementCurrentWriteCounter (void)
  • static void decrementCurrentWriteCounter (void)
  • static SoBase * getNamedBase (const SbName &name, SoType type)
  • static int getNamedBases (const SbName &name, SoBaseList &baselist, SoType type)
  • static SbBool read (SoInput *input, SoBase *&base, SoType expectedtype)
  • static void setInstancePrefix (const SbString &c)
  • static void setTraceRefs (SbBool trace)
  • static SbBool getTraceRefs (void)
  • static SbBool connectRoute (SoInput *input, const SbName &fromnodename, const SbName &fromfieldname, const SbName &tonodename, const SbName &tofieldname)
  • static SbBool readRoute (SoInput *input)

👑 Public Attributes

  • SoSFBool enable
  • SoSFTrigger trigger
  • SoMField * input
  • SoEngineOutput * output

🧚 Protected Member Functions

  • virtual void inputChanged (SoField *which)

💜 Protected Member Functions inherited from SoEngine

  • SoEngine (void)
  • virtual ~SoEngine (void)
  • void writeOutputTypes (SoOutput *out)

🫶 Protected Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer

  • SoFieldContainer (void)
  • virtual ~SoFieldContainer ()

🌈 Protected Member Functions inherited from SoBase

  • SoBase (void)
  • virtual ~SoBase ()
  • SbBool hasMultipleWriteRefs (void) const
  • SbBool writeHeader (SoOutput *out, SbBool isgroup, SbBool isengine) const
  • void writeFooter (SoOutput *out) const
  • virtual const char * getFileFormatName (void) const
  • virtual SoNotRec createNotRec (void)

🎀 Static Protected Member Functions

  • static const SoFieldData ** getInputDataPtr (void)
  • static const SoEngineOutputData ** getOutputDataPtr (void)

⭐ Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoEngine

  • static const SoFieldData ** getInputDataPtr (void)
  • static const SoEngineOutputData ** getOutputDataPtr (void)

🌸 Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoBase

  • static uint32_t getCurrentWriteCounter (void)
  • static void staticDataLock (void)
  • static void staticDataUnlock (void)

🍓 Additional Inherited Members

  • Protected Types inherited from SoBase — enum BaseFlags { IS_ENGINE = 0x01, IS_GROUP = 0x02 }
  • Protected Attributes inherited from SoFieldContainer — SbBool isBuiltIn

🌟 Detailed Description 🌟

Okay so the SoGate class is used to selectively copy values from input to output. That's it, that's the girlboss job description. 💅

This engine will forward values from the SoGate::input field to the SoGate::output field when the SoGate::enable field is TRUE. Iconic behaviour honestly.

Heads up bestie 🫶 — note that this engine's output field deviates a little from the "standard" output mechanism of the majority of engine classes: the SoGate::output is not a permanent SoEngineOutput instance, but a pointer to a SoEngineOutput instance. The reason for this is that it is necessary to allocate the output field dynamically to make it match what the SoGate::input is connected to, since the type of the SoGate::output always should be the same as the type of the SoGate::input.

The file format for this field is a bit special. Note the leading type specification, which is not necessary for most other field types:

Gate {
  type <multivaluefieldtype>
  [...fields...]
}

🎀 Constructor & Destructor Documentation 🎀

💖 SoGate::SoGate (SoType type)

Constructor, periodt. The type of the input/output is specified in type.

💅 Member Function Documentation 💅

⭐ virtual SoType SoGate::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. Usage example, bestie:

void foo(SoNode * node)
{
  if (node->getTypeId() == SoFile::getClassTypeId()) {
    SoFile * filenode = (SoFile *)node;  // safe downward cast, knows the type
  }
}

For application programmers wanting to extend the library with new nodes, engines, nodekits, draggers or others: this method needs to be overridden in all subclasses. This is typically done as part of setting up the full type system for extension classes, which is usually accomplished by using the predefined macros available through for instance Inventor/nodes/SoSubNode.h (SO_NODE_INIT_CLASS and SO_NODE_CONSTRUCTOR for node classes), Inventor/engines/SoSubEngine.h (for engine classes) and so on.

For more information on writing Coin extensions, see the class documentation of the top level superclasses for the various class groups.

Implements SoBase.

🌈 virtual const SoFieldData * SoGate::getFieldData (void ) const [virtual]

Returns a pointer to the class-wide field data storage object for this instance. If no fields are present, returns NULL.

Reimplemented from SoFieldContainer.

🦋 virtual const SoEngineOutputData * SoGate::getOutputData (void ) const [virtual]

This API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer.

Implements SoEngine.

🧚 void SoGate::inputChanged (SoField * which) [protected], [virtual]

Called when an input is changed. The default method does nothing, but subclasses may override this method to do The Right Thing when a specific field is changed.

Reimplemented from SoEngine.

👑 Member Data Documentation 👑

🎀 SoSFBool SoGate::enable

Set whether or not to forward from input to output field.

⭐ SoSFTrigger SoGate::trigger

Copy the current values of the input field once to the output field.

💜 SoMField* SoGate::input

The multivalue input field which we will forward to the output when SoGate::enable is TRUE.

🌸 SoEngineOutput* SoGate::output

(SoMField) This is the field output containing the values of SoGate::input.

The type of the field will of course match the type of the input field.

💖 Author 💖

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Okay that's the whole page, no cap. This was Version 4.0.10, dated Thu Jun 25 2026 00:00:00 — and that's on SoGate(3) bestie. Slay, stay safe, and always check your enable flag before you forward anything. 💅✨🎀🦋

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