com.openinventor.inventor.nodes

Class SoGroup

java.lang.Object

com.openinventor.inventor.Inventor

com.openinventor.inventor.misc.SoBase

com.openinventor.inventor.fields.SoFieldContainer

com.openinventor.inventor.nodes.SoNode

com.openinventor.inventor.nodes.SoGroup

All Implemented Interfaces:

SafeDisposable

Direct Known Subclasses:

SoArray, SoCSGGroup, SoGeoLOD, SoLevelOfDetail, SoLOD, SoMultiPathSwitch, SoMultipleCopy, SoMultipleInstanceBase, SoMultiSwitch, SoNurbsGroup, SoPathSwitch, SoScaleVizConfig, SoSeparator, SoShadowGroup, SoSwitch, SoTransformSeparator, SoVolumeClippingGroup, SoVolumeMaskGroup, SoVRMLParent, SoVRMLStaticGroup

public class SoGroup
extends SoNode

Base class for all group nodes. This node defines the base class for all group nodes. SoGroup is a node that contains an ordered list of child nodes. The ordering of the child nodes represents the traversal order for all operations (for example, rendering, picking, and so on). This node is simply a container for the child nodes and does not alter the traversal state in any way. During traversal, state accumulated for a child is passed on to each successive child and then to the parents of the group (SoGroup does not push or pop traversal state as SoSeparator does).

File format/default:

Group {

}

Action behavior:

SoGLRenderAction, SoCallbackAction, SoGetBoundingBoxAction, SoHandleEventAction, SoRayPickAction
Traverses each child in order.

SoGetMatrixAction
Does nothing unless the group is in the middle of the path chain the action is being applied to. If so, the children up to and including the next node in the chain are traversed.

SoSearchAction
If searching for group nodes, compares with this group. Otherwise, continues to search children.

SoWriteAction
Writes out the group node. This method also deals with any field data associated with the group node. As a result, this method is used for most subclasses of SoGroup as well.

See also:

SoArray, SoLevelOfDetail, SoMultipleCopy, SoPathSwitch, SoSeparator, SoSwitch

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.Inventor

Inventor.ConstructorCommand

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
SoSFBool	boundingBoxIgnoring Whether to ignore this node during bounding box traversal.

Fields inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.Inventor

VERBOSE_LEVEL, ZeroHandle

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SoGroup() Creates an empty group node.
SoGroup(int nChildren) Constructor that takes approximate number of children.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addChild(SoNode child) Adds a child as last one in group.
int	findChild(SoNode child) Finds index of given child within group.
SoNode	getChild(int index) Returns pointer the child node with the given index.
int	getNumChildren() Returns number of children.
void	insertChild(SoNode child, int newChildIndex) Adds a child so that it becomes the one with the given index.
void	removeAllChildren() Removes all children from group.
void	removeChild(int index) Removes child with given index from group.
void	removeChild(SoNode child) Removes first instance of given child from group.
void	replaceChild(int index, SoNode newChild) Replaces child with given index with new child.
void	replaceChild(SoNode oldChild, SoNode newChild) Replaces first instance of given child with new child.

Methods inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.nodes.SoNode

affectsState, callback, copy, copy, distribute, doAction, getAlternateRep, getBoundingBox, getByName, getMatrix, getPrimitiveCount, getRenderUnitID, GLRender, GLRenderBelowPath, GLRenderInPath, GLRenderOffPath, grabEventsCleanup, grabEventsSetup, handleEvent, isBoundingBoxIgnoring, isOverride, pick, rayPick, search, setOverride, touch, write

Methods inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.fields.SoFieldContainer

copyFieldValues, copyFieldValues, enableNotify, fieldsAreEqual, get, getAllFields, getEventIn, getEventOut, getField, getFieldName, hasDefaultValues, isNotifyEnabled, set, setToDefaults

Methods inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.misc.SoBase

dispose, getEXTERNPROTO, getName, getPROTO, isDisposable, isSynchronizable, setName, setSynchronizable

Methods inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.Inventor

getAddress, getNativeResourceHandle, startInternalThreads, stopInternalThreads

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

boundingBoxIgnoring

public final SoSFBool boundingBoxIgnoring

Whether to ignore this node during bounding box traversal. Default is false.

Constructor Detail

SoGroup

public SoGroup(int nChildren)

Constructor that takes approximate number of children. Space is allocated to contain the specified number of children, but the group does not contain any actual child nodes.

SoGroup

public SoGroup()

Creates an empty group node.

Method Detail

removeAllChildren

public void removeAllChildren()

Removes all children from group.

addChild

public void addChild(SoNode child)

Adds a child as last one in group.

replaceChild

public void replaceChild(SoNode oldChild,
                         SoNode newChild)

Replaces first instance of given child with new child.

removeChild

public void removeChild(int index)

Removes child with given index from group.

replaceChild

public void replaceChild(int index,
                         SoNode newChild)

Replaces child with given index with new child.

removeChild

public void removeChild(SoNode child)

Removes first instance of given child from group.

getChild

public SoNode getChild(int index)

Returns pointer the child node with the given index.

insertChild

public void insertChild(SoNode child,
                        int newChildIndex)

Adds a child so that it becomes the one with the given index.

getNumChildren

public int getNumChildren()

Returns number of children.

findChild

public int findChild(SoNode child)

Finds index of given child within group. Returns -1 if not found.