SoSFName(3)

✨ NAME ✨

SoSFName — okay so bestie, this is the SoSFName(3) page from the Coin library, and the whole entire point of this class is that it's a container for an SbName. That's it. That's the job. 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <Inventor/fields/SoSFName.h>

Inherits SoSField.

💖 Public Member Functions 💖

• virtual SoType getTypeId (void) const — the type-id getter, virtual edition.
• virtual void copyFrom (const SoField &field) — copies the value(s) over from field into this one.
• const SoSFName & operator= (const SoSFName &field) — assignment, but make it SoSFName.
• virtual SbBool isSame (const SoField &field) const — checks whether the type and the value(s) match.
• const SbName & getValue (void) const — hands you the value.
• void setValue (const SbName &newvalue) — sets the value to newvalue.
• const SbName & operator= (const SbName &newvalue) — assigns a fresh SbName in.
• int operator== (const SoSFName &field) const — equality check against another SoSFName.
• int operator!= (const SoSFName &field) const — inequality check, the little hater of ==.
• void setValue (const char *const name) — sets the value of the field.

🌸 Public Member Functions inherited from SoSField 🌸

• virtual ~SoSField () — the destructor, inherited, still slaying.

🫶 Public Member Functions inherited from SoField 🫶

Girl, the receipt is LONG. All of these come to you free of charge from SoField:

virtual ~SoField ()
void setIgnored (SbBool ignore)
SbBool isIgnored (void) const
void setDefault (SbBool defaultVal)
SbBool isDefault (void) const
SbBool isOfType (const SoType type) const
void enableConnection (SbBool flag)
SbBool isConnectionEnabled (void) const
SbBool connectFrom (SoEngineOutput *master, SbBool notnotify=FALSE,
    SbBool append=FALSE)
SbBool appendConnection (SoEngineOutput *master, SbBool notnotify=FALSE)
void disconnect (SoEngineOutput *engineoutput)
SbBool isConnectedFromEngine (void) const
SbBool getConnectedEngine (SoEngineOutput *&master) const
SbBool connectFrom (SoField *master, SbBool notnotify=FALSE, SbBool
    append=FALSE)
SbBool appendConnection (SoField *master, SbBool notnotify=FALSE)
void disconnect (SoField *field)
SbBool isConnectedFromField (void) const
SbBool getConnectedField (SoField *&master) const
int getNumConnections (void) const
int getForwardConnections (SoFieldList &slavelist) const
int getConnections (SoFieldList &masterlist) const
void disconnect (void)
SbBool isConnected (void) const
void setContainer (SoFieldContainer *cont)
SoFieldContainer * getContainer (void) const
SbBool set (const char *valuestring)
void get (SbString &valuestring)
SbBool shouldWrite (void) const
virtual void touch (void)
virtual void startNotify (void)
virtual void notify (SoNotList *nlist)
SbBool enableNotify (SbBool on)
SbBool isNotifyEnabled (void) const
void addAuditor (void *f, SoNotRec::Type type)
void removeAuditor (void *f, SoNotRec::Type type)
int operator== (const SoField &f) const
int operator!= (const SoField &f) const
virtual void connectionStatusChanged (int numconnections)
SbBool isReadOnly (void) const
virtual void fixCopy (SbBool copyconnections)
virtual SbBool referencesCopy (void) const
void copyConnection (const SoField *fromfield)
virtual SbBool read (SoInput *input, const SbName &name)
virtual void write (SoOutput *out, const SbName &name) const
virtual void countWriteRefs (SoOutput *out) const
void setFieldType (int type)
int getFieldType (void) const
SbBool getDirty (void) const
void setDirty (SbBool dirty)
void evaluate (void) const

👑 Static Public Member Functions 👑

• static void * createInstance (void) — makes a new instance.
• static SoType getClassTypeId (void) — static type-id getter energy.
• static void initClass (void) — sets up the class.

✨ Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoSField ✨

static void initClass (void)
static SoType getClassTypeId (void)
static void atexit_cleanup (void)

💜 Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoField 💜

static void initClass (void)
static void initClasses (void)
static void cleanupClass (void)
static SoType getClassTypeId (void)

🎀 Protected Attributes 🎀

• SbName value — the actual value, living its protected life.

🌈 Additional Inherited Members 🌈

Public Types inherited from SoField

enum FieldType { NORMAL_FIELD = 0, EVENTIN_FIELD, EVENTOUT_FIELD,
    EXPOSED_FIELD }

Protected Member Functions inherited from SoSField

SoSField (void)

Protected Member Functions inherited from SoField

SoField (void)
void valueChanged (SbBool resetdefault=TRUE)
virtual void evaluateConnection (void) const
virtual SbBool readConnection (SoInput *in)
virtual void writeConnection (SoOutput *out) const
SbBool isDestructing (void) const
virtual SoNotRec createNotRec (SoBase *cont)

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🌟 Detailed Description 🌟

The SoSFName class is a container for an SbName. No cap, that's the summary. 🫶

This field is used when nodes, engines, or other field containers need to store a single name string. One name. One string. Simple queen behaviour.

Fields of this type store their value to file as the name string, inside quotes. So when it writes itself out, it's <yellow>the name string</yellow> wrapped in quotes. Periodt. 💅

See also

• SoMFName

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💫 Member Function Documentation 💫

void * SoSFName::createInstance (void ) [static]

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

Creates a new instance of the class type corresponding to the SoType object.

SoType SoSFName::getClassTypeId (void ) [static]

This static method returns the SoType object associated with objects of this class.

SoType SoSFName::getTypeId (void ) const [virtual]

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

Implements SoField.

void SoSFName::copyFrom (const SoField & f) [virtual]

Copy value(s) from f into this field. f must be of the same type as this field.

Implements SoField.

SbBool SoSFName::isSame (const SoField & f) const [virtual]

Check for equal type and value(s).

Implements SoField.

void SoSFName::initClass (void ) [static]

Internal method called upon initialization of the library (from SoDB::init()) to set up the type system.

void SoSFName::setValue (const char *const name)

Set value of field.

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🌸 Author 🌸

Generated automatically by Doxygen for Coin from the source code.

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So that's the whole entire SoSFName(3) page, bestie — you ate that. 💖 It's from Coin, version 4.0.10, dated Thu Jun 25 2026 00:00:00. Go forth and store exactly one name string. Slay. 🦋✨