MPxCustomEvaluator Class Reference

#include <MPxCustomEvaluator.h>

Class Description

Base class for custom evaluation overrides in the evaluation manager.

Examples:

Public Types
enum	ConsolidationType { kConsolidateNone, kConsolidateSubgraph }
	Defines the type of consolidation during cluster creation. More...

Public Member Functions
	MPxCustomEvaluator ()
	Constructor. More...
	~MPxCustomEvaluator ()
	Destructor.
bool	active (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL) const
	Is evaluator active. More...
void	setActive (bool isNowActive, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Change evaluator active state. More...
bool	ready (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL) const
	Is evaluator ready to be used for evaluation. More...
void	setReady (bool isNowReady, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Change evaluator ready state. More...
ConsolidationType	consolidation (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL) const
	Get current consolidation type used during cluster creation. More...
void	setConsolidation (ConsolidationType newType, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Set the consolidation type to be used when clusters are created. More...
virtual bool	markIfSupported (const MEvaluationNode *node)
	Mark supported nodes. More...
virtual void	preEvaluate (const MEvaluationGraph *graph)
	Called just before a graph evaluation starts. More...
virtual void	postEvaluate (const MEvaluationGraph *graph)
	Called just after a graph evaluation finishes. More...
virtual bool	clusterInitialize (const MCustomEvaluatorClusterNode *cluster)
	Prepare cluster for evaluation. More...
virtual bool	clusterReady (const MCustomEvaluatorClusterNode *cluster)
	Check to see if the cluster is ready for evaluation. More...
virtual void	clusterTerminate (const MCustomEvaluatorClusterNode *cluster)
	Cleanup for cluster. More...
virtual void	clusterEvaluate (const MCustomEvaluatorClusterNode *cluster)
	Evaluate given cluster (will only receive clusters that belong to this evaluator) More...

Static Public Member Functions
static const char *	className ()
	Returns the name of this class. More...

Friends
class	MCustomEvaluatorClusterNode
class	MEvaluationNodeIterator
class	MFnPlugin

Member Enumeration Documentation

enum ConsolidationType

Defines the type of consolidation during cluster creation.

Enumerator
kConsolidateNone	Create single cluster per node/cycle cluster.
kConsolidateSubgraph	Group nodes to form subgraph cluster.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

MPxCustomEvaluator

(

)

Constructor.

Also creates our internal evaluator.

Member Function Documentation

bool active

(

MStatus *

ReturnStatus = NULL

)

const

Is evaluator active.

Parameters

[out]

ReturnStatus

Returns success or object error when internal object is not associated with this evaluator

Returns

true if evaluator should receive scheduling then evaluation notifications.

void setActive	(	bool	isNowActive,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = NULL
	)

Change evaluator active state.

Parameters

[in]	isNowActive	New active state
[out]	ReturnStatus	Returns success or object error when internal object is not associated with this evaluator

bool ready

(

MStatus *

ReturnStatus = NULL

)

const

Is evaluator ready to be used for evaluation.

Parameters

[out]

ReturnStatus

Returns success or object error when internal object is not associated with this evaluator

Returns

true when evaluator is ready for to preform evaluation

void setReady	(	bool	isNowReady,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = NULL
	)

Change evaluator ready state.

Parameters

[in]	isNowReady	New ready state
[out]	ReturnStatus	Returns success or object error when internal object is not associated with this evaluator

MPxCustomEvaluator::ConsolidationType consolidation

(

MStatus *

ReturnStatus = NULL

)

const

Get current consolidation type used during cluster creation.

Parameters

[out]

ReturnStatus

Returns success or object error when internal object is not associated with this evaluator

Returns

Current consolidation type set for this evaluator

void setConsolidation	(	MPxCustomEvaluator::ConsolidationType	newType,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = NULL
	)

Set the consolidation type to be used when clusters are created.

Parameters

[in]	newType	New consolidation type to set for this evaluator
[out]	ReturnStatus	Returns success or object error when internal object is not associated with this evaluator

bool markIfSupported ( const MEvaluationNode *  node )

virtual

Mark supported nodes.

This call marks node as supported by the evaluator. It is safe to cause evaluation in this call, but this evaluation cost will increase partitioning time and won't reduce the next evaluation time. It is up to the developer to decide whether evaluation is required or the already-evaluated data in the datablock can be used. Call .outputValue/.outputArrayValue in the first case and .inputValue/.inputArrayValue in the second (the first is preferred).

Zero, one or more nodes can be marked by this call, since the dependency node design can involve multiple nodes being joined in a single setup (e.g. IK chains).

Parameters

[in]

node

Node to set or clear supported bit

Examples:

void preEvaluate ( const MEvaluationGraph *  graph )

virtual

Called just before a graph evaluation starts.

Parameters

[in]

graph

Graph that is just about to begin evaluation

Examples:

void postEvaluate ( const MEvaluationGraph *  graph )

virtual

Called just after a graph evaluation finishes.

Parameters

[in]

graph

Graph that has just finished evaluation

Examples:

bool clusterInitialize ( const MCustomEvaluatorClusterNode *  cluster )

virtual

Prepare cluster for evaluation.

This is called just before the cluster begins evaluation.

Parameters

[in]

cluster

Cluster node to initialize

Returns

true if initialization was successful

Examples:

bool clusterReady ( const MCustomEvaluatorClusterNode *  cluster )

virtual

Check to see if the cluster is ready for evaluation.

It can happen that cluster initialization takes longer and is performed in a background thread. Instead of waiting, the evaluation manager will compute the cluster's node values using an evaluation node until the evaluator is ready to take over.

It is safe and allowed for custom evaluator to switch back to unready state.

Parameters

[in]

cluster

Cluster node to check for readiness

Returns

true if the cluster is ready for evaluation

void clusterTerminate ( const MCustomEvaluatorClusterNode *  cluster )

virtual

Cleanup for cluster.

The cluster will be deleted every time the graph is invalidated, but it's up to the custom evaluator to decide if it wants to clear its internal representation or maybe it's possible to have some of this setup reusable.

To reuse internal representation of an cluster, developer can decide to keep hash of depend nodes that were in the cluster.

Parameters

[in]

cluster

Cluster node to terminate

Examples:

void clusterEvaluate ( const MCustomEvaluatorClusterNode *  cluster )

virtual

Evaluate given cluster (will only receive clusters that belong to this evaluator)

Parameters

[in]

cluster

Cluster node to evaluate

Examples:

const char * className ( )

static

Returns the name of this class.

Returns

Name of this class.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• MPxCustomEvaluator.h
• MPxCustomEvaluator.cpp