#include <MPxParticleAttributeMapperNode.h>

Class Description

User defined per particle attribute mapping nodes.

MPxParticleAttributeMapperNode is the parent class of all user defined per particle attribute mapping nodes. This class extends Maya's internal 'arrayMapper' node, inheriting its attributes and default behaviour.

Examples:: particleAttrNode/particleAttrNode.h.

Inheritance diagram for MPxParticleAttributeMapperNode:

Public Member Functions
	MPxParticleAttributeMapperNode ()
	Class constructor. More...

virtual	~MPxParticleAttributeMapperNode ()
	Class destructor.

virtual MPxNode::Type	type () const
	Returns the type of node that this is. More...

virtual MStatus	compute (const MPlug &plug, MDataBlock &dataBlock)
	This method should be overridden in user defined nodes. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from MPxNode
	MPxNode ()
	Constructor. More...

virtual	~MPxNode ()
	Destructor.

virtual void	postConstructor ()
	Post constructor. More...

virtual bool	getInternalValueInContext (const MPlug &plug, MDataHandle &dataHandle, MDGContext &ctx)
	This method is overridden by nodes that store attribute data in some internal format. More...

virtual bool	setInternalValueInContext (const MPlug &plug, const MDataHandle &dataHandle, MDGContext &ctx)
	This method is overridden by nodes that store attribute data in some internal format. More...

virtual bool	getInternalValue (const MPlug &plug, MDataHandle &dataHandle)
	This method is obsolete. More...

virtual bool	setInternalValue (const MPlug &plug, const MDataHandle &dataHandle)
	This method is obsolete. More...

virtual int	internalArrayCount (const MPlug &plug, const MDGContext &ctx) const
	This method is overridden by nodes that have internal array attributes which are not stored in Maya's datablock. More...

virtual void	copyInternalData (MPxNode *)
	This method is overridden by nodes that store attribute data in some internal format. More...

virtual MStatus	legalConnection (const MPlug &plug, const MPlug &otherPlug, bool asSrc, bool &isLegal) const
	This method allows you to check for legal connections being made to attributes of this node. More...

virtual MStatus	legalDisconnection (const MPlug &plug, const MPlug &otherPlug, bool asSrc, bool &isLegal) const
	This method allows you to check for legal disconnections being made to attributes of this node. More...

virtual MStatus	setDependentsDirty (const MPlug &plug, MPlugArray &plugArray)
	This method can be overridden in user defined nodes to specify which plugs should be set dirty based upon an input plug {plugBeingDirtied} which Maya is marking dirty. More...

virtual MStatus	preEvaluation (const MDGContext &context, const MEvaluationNode &evaluationNode)
	Prepare a node's internal state for threaded evaluation. More...

virtual MStatus	postEvaluation (const MDGContext &context, const MEvaluationNode &evaluationNode, PostEvaluationType evalType)
	Clean up node's internal state after threaded evaluation. More...

virtual SchedulingType	schedulingType () const
	When overridden this method controls the degree of parallelism supported by the node during threaded evaluation. More...

virtual MStatus	connectionMade (const MPlug &plug, const MPlug &otherPlug, bool asSrc)
	This method gets called when connections are made to attributes of this node. More...

virtual MStatus	connectionBroken (const MPlug &plug, const MPlug &otherPlug, bool asSrc)
	This method gets called when connections are broken with attributes of this node. More...

virtual MStatus	dependsOn (const MPlug &plug, const MPlug &otherPlug, bool &depends) const
	This method may be overridden by the user defined node. More...

virtual bool	isPassiveOutput (const MPlug &plug) const
	This method may be overridden by the user defined node if it wants to provide output attributes which do not prevent value modifications to the destination attribute. More...

virtual MStatus	shouldSave (const MPlug &plug, bool &isSaving)
	This method may be overridden by the user defined node. More...

virtual MPlug	passThroughToOne (const MPlug &plug) const
	This method may be overridden by nodes that have a one-to-one relationship between an input attribute and a corresponding output attribute. More...

virtual bool	passThroughToMany (const MPlug &plug, MPlugArray &plugArray) const
	This method is overridden by nodes that want to control the traversal behavior of some Maya search algorithms which traverse the history/future of shape nodes looking for directly related nodes. More...

virtual bool	isAbstractClass () const
	Override this class to return true if this node is an abstract node. More...

virtual MStringArray	getFilesToArchive (bool shortName=false, bool unresolvedName=false, bool markCouldBeImageSequence=false) const
	Use this method to return all external files used by this node. More...

virtual void	getExternalContent (MExternalContentInfoTable &table) const
	Returns the external content (files) that this node depends on. More...

bool	addExternalContentForFileAttr (MExternalContentInfoTable &table, const MObject &attr) const
	Adds content info to the specified table from a file path attribute. More...

bool	setExternalContentForFileAttr (const MObject &attr, const MExternalContentLocationTable &table)
	Sets content info in the specified attribute from the table. More...

virtual void	setExternalContent (const MExternalContentLocationTable &table)
	Changes the location of external content in batch. More...

virtual MTypeId	typeId () const
	Returns the TYPEID of this node. More...

virtual MString	typeName () const
	Returns the type name of this node. More...

virtual MString	name () const
	Returns the name of this particular instance of this class. More...

virtual MObject	thisMObject () const
	Returns the MObject associated with this user defined node. More...

virtual MStatus	setExistWithoutInConnections (bool flag)
	This method specifies whether or not the node can exist without input connections. More...

virtual bool	existWithoutInConnections (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL) const
	Determines whether or not this node can exist without input connections. More...

virtual MStatus	setExistWithoutOutConnections (bool flag)
	This method specifies whether or not the node can exist without output connections. More...

virtual bool	existWithoutOutConnections (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL) const
	Determines whether or not this node can exist without output connections. More...

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

Static Public Member Functions inherited from MPxNode
static MStatus	addAttribute (const MObject &attr)
	This method adds a new attribute to a user defined node type during the type's initialization. More...

static MStatus	inheritAttributesFrom (const MString &parentClassName)
	This method allows a class of plugin node to inherit all of the attributes of a second class of plugin node. More...

static MStatus	attributeAffects (const MObject &whenChanges, const MObject &isAffected)
	This method specifies that a particular input attribute affects a specific output attribute. More...

static const char *	className ()
	Returns the name of this class. More...

Static Public Attributes
static MObject	computeNode
	Input node used to compute output values.

static MObject	uCoordPP
	The U component of an array of sample positions.

static MObject	vCoordPP
	The V component of an array of sample positions.

static MObject	outMinValue
	The minimum limit on the output attribute outValuePP.

static MObject	outMaxValue
	The maximum limit on the output attribute outValuePP.

static MObject	computeNodeColor
	This attribute allows the propagation of any changes to the.

static MObject	computeNodeColorR
	The R component of the computeNodeColor.

static MObject	computeNodeColorG
	The G component of the computeNodeColor.

static MObject	computeNodeColorB
	The B component of the computeNodeColor.

static MObject	time
	This attribute holds the value for time (in seconds)

static MObject	outColorPP
	The outputColor vector per-particle attribute.

static MObject	outValuePP
	The outputValue vector per-particle attribute.

Static Public Attributes inherited from MPxNode
static MObject	message
	message attribute

static MObject	isHistoricallyInteresting
	is historically interesting attribute

static MObject	caching
	caching attribute

static MObject	state
	state attribute

static MObject	frozen
	frozen attribute

Additional Inherited Members
Public Types inherited from MPxNode
enum	Type { kDependNode, kLocatorNode, kDeformerNode, kManipContainer, kSurfaceShape, kFieldNode, kEmitterNode, kSpringNode, kIkSolverNode, kHardwareShader, kHwShaderNode, kTransformNode, kObjectSet, kFluidEmitterNode, kImagePlaneNode, kParticleAttributeMapperNode, kCameraSetNode, kConstraintNode, kManipulatorNode, kMotionPathNode, kClientDeviceNode, kThreadedDeviceNode, kAssembly, kSkinCluster, kGeometryFilter, kBlendShape, kLast }
	Defines the type of node. More...

enum	SchedulingType { kParallel, kSerial, kGloballySerial, kUntrusted, kDefaultScheduling = kSerial }
	Defines the degree of parallelism of a node. More...

Protected Member Functions inherited from MPxNode
virtual MDataBlock	forceCache (MDGContext &ctx=MDGContext::fsNormal)
	USE _forceCache() IN SCRIPT. More...

virtual void	setMPSafe (bool flag)
	USE _setMPSafe() IN SCRIPT. More...

virtual MStatus	setDoNotWrite (bool flag)
	USE _setDoNotWrite() IN SCRIPT. More...

virtual bool	doNotWrite (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL) const
	USE _doNotWrite() IN SCRIPT. More...

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

MPxParticleAttributeMapperNode ( )

Class constructor.

Any calls the MPxParticleAttributeMapperNode methods must be done in the postConstructor method and not here.

Member Function Documentation

MPxNode::Type type ( ) const

virtual

Returns the type of node that this is.

This is used to differentiate user defined nodes that are derived off different MPx base classes.

It is not necessary to override this method.

Returns: Type of the node (MPxNode::kDependNode)

Reimplemented from MPxNode.

MStatus compute	(	const MPlug &	plug,
		MDataBlock &	dataBlock
	)

virtual

This method should be overridden in user defined nodes.

Recompute the given output based on the nodes inputs. The plug represents the data value that needs to be recomputed, and the data block holds the storage for all of the node's attributes.

The MDataBlock will provide smart handles for reading and writing this node's attribute values. Only these values should be used when performing computations.

When evaluating the dependency graph, Maya will first call the compute method for this node. If the plug that is provided to the compute indicates that that the attribute was defined by the Maya parent node, the compute method should return MS::kUnknownParameter. When this occurs, Maya will call the internal Maya node from which the user-defined node is derived to compute the plug's value.

This means that a user defined node does not need to be concerned with computing inherited output attributes. However, if desired, these can be safely recomputed by this method to change the behaviour of the node.

Parameters

[in]	plug	plug representing the attribute that needs to be recomputed
[in]	dataBlock	data block containing storage for the node's attributes

Returns: Status code

Status Codes:

MS::kSuccess Compute was successful
MS::kFailure Compute failed

Reimplemented from MPxNode.

Examples:: particleAttrNode/particleAttrNode.h.

const char * className ( )

static

Returns the name of this class.

Returns: The name of this class.

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

MPxParticleAttributeMapperNode.h
MPxParticleAttributeMapperNode.cpp

MPxParticleAttributeMapperNode Class Reference

Class Description

Public Member Functions

Static Public Member Functions

Static Public Attributes

Additional Inherited Members

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Member Function Documentation