SOMFTIME(3iv)

✨ NAME ✨

SoMFTime — a multiple-value field that holds literally any number of SbTime values 💖 (this is the SoMFTime(3IV) page, bestie, welcome)

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🌸 INHERITS FROM 🌸

SoField > SoMField > SoMFTime

so it's giving third-generation nepo baby, but like, in a good way 👑

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <Inventor/fields/SoMFTime.h>

💅 Methods from class SoMFTime

static SoType       getClassTypeId()
virtual void        getTypeId() const
const SbTime &      operator [](int i) const
const SbTime *      getValues(int start) const
int                 find(const SbTime & targetValue, SbBool addIfNotFound
                         = FALSE)
void                setValues(int start, int num, const SbTime *newValues)
void                set1Value(int index, const SbTime & newValue)
const SbTime &      operator =(const SbTime & newValue)
void                setValue(const SbTime & newValue)
int                 operator ==(const SoMFTime &f) const
int                 operator !=(const SoMFTime &f) const
SbTime *            startEditing()
void                finishEditing()

🌈 Methods from class SoMField

int                 getNum() const
void                setNum(int num)
virtual void        deleteValues(int start, int num = -1)
virtual void        insertSpace(int start, int num)
SbBool              set1(int index, const char *valueString)
void                get1(int index, SbString &valueString)

🎀 Methods from class SoField

void                setIgnored(SbBool ignore)
SbBool              isIgnored() const
SbBool              isDefault() const
virtual SbBool      isOfType(SoType type) const
SbBool              set(const char *valueString)
void                get(SbString &valueString)
void                touch()
SbBool              connectFrom(SoField *fromField)
SbBool              connectFrom(SoEngineOutput *fromEngine)
void                disconnect()
SbBool              isConnected() const
SbBool              isConnectedFromField() const
SbBool              getConnectedField(SoField *&writingField) const
SbBool              isConnectedFromEngine() const
SbBool              getConnectedEngine(SoEngineOutput *&engineOutput)
                         const
void                enableConnection(SbBool flag)
SbBool              isConnectionEnabled() const
int                 getForwardConnections(SoFieldList &list) const
SoFieldContainer *  getContainer() const

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Okay so. SoMFTime is a multiple-value field that contains any number of SbTime values. As many as you want. No cap. 🫶

SoMFTimes get written to file as one or more double-precision floating point values, and those values represent the length of time in seconds. Absolute times are measured relative to 00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970 — yes, the epoch, she's famous, we stan her ⭐

When more than one value is present, all of the values are enclosed in square brackets and separated by commas. For example:

[ 1.0, 1345600.1200055, 99.8 ]

look at her. organized. comma-pilled. 💅

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🔥 METHODS 🔥

• static SoType getClassTypeId()
• virtual void getTypeId() const

Returns the type for this class, or for a particular object of this class. type check bestie ✨

• const SbTime & operator [](int i) const

Returns the i'th value of the field. 🎀

⚠️ Indexing past the end of the field (passing in i greater than getNum()) will return garbage. not metaphorical garbage either. actual garbage. do not do this. 🙈

• const SbTime * getValues(int start) const

Returns a pointer into the array of values in the field, starting at index start. The values are read-only — if you wanna modify values in place, go look at the startEditing()/finishEditing() methods. we don't touch the read-only ones, that's the rules 💀

• int find(const SbTime & targetValue, SbBool addIfNotFound = FALSE)

Finds the given value in the array and returns the index of that value in the array. If the value is not found, -1 is returned. And if addIfNotFound is set, then targetValue gets added to the end of the array — but -1 is still returned. yeah. she adds it and still says no. iconic behavior honestly 😭

• void setValues(int start, int num, const SbTime *newValues)

Sets num values starting at index start to the values in newValues. The array will automatically be made larger to accommodate the new values, if necessary. she grows for you. that's love 💖

• void set1Value(int index, const SbTime & newValue)

Sets the index'th value in the array to newValue. The array will be automatically expanded, if necessary. one little guy, placed with care 🌸

• const SbTime & operator =(const SbTime & newValue)
• void setValue(const SbTime & newValue)

Sets the first value in the array to newValue, and deletes the second and subsequent values. so it's giving "you're the only one now" energy. everyone else? gone. bye 👋

• int operator ==(const SoMFTime &f) const
• int operator !=(const SoMFTime &f) const

Returns TRUE if all of the values of this field equal (or do not equal, respectively) those of the given field. If the fields are different types, FALSE will always be returned — even if one field is an SoMFFloat with one value of 1.0 and the other is an SoMFInt with a value of 1, for example. like yes they're numerically the same but they're NOT the same and the field knows it. no crossover episodes. periodt 💅

• SbTime * startEditing()
• void finishEditing()

startEditing() returns a pointer to the internally-maintained array that can be modified. The values in the array may be changed, but values cannot be added or removed. 🚫

⚠️ It is illegal to call any other editing methods between startEditing() and finishEditing() (e.g. set1Value(), setValue(), etc). do not test her. she will know.

Fields, engines or sensors connected to this field and sensors are not notified that this field has changed until finishEditing() is called. 📣

Calling finishEditing() always sets the isDefault() flag to FALSE and informs engines and sensors that the field changed — even if none of the values actually were changed. like she's telling everyone the tea happened whether or not the tea happened. messy but honest 💀✨

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🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

• SbTime

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this was the SoMFTime(3IV) manual — the footer just signs off with SoMFTime(3IV)() and honestly gives us no date and no source info, which is minimalism, which is a vibe 🦋✨