MAttributeSpec Class Reference

An attribute specification. More...

#include <MAttributeSpec.h>

Public Member Functions
	MAttributeSpec ()
	Constructor.
	MAttributeSpec (const char *name)
	Constructor. More...
	MAttributeSpec (const MString &name)
	Constructor. More...
	MAttributeSpec (const MAttributeSpec &other)
	Copy constructor. More...
	~MAttributeSpec ()
	Destructor.
const MString	name () const
	Returns the attribute name part of the specification. More...
int	dimensions () const
	Returns the dimension of the attribute specification. More...
void	setName (const MString &name)
	Set the attribute name part of the specification. More...
void	setDimensions (int value)
	Set the dimension of the attribute specification. More...
MAttributeSpec &	operator= (const MAttributeSpec &rhs)
	Assignment operator. More...
const MAttributeIndex	operator[] (int index) const
	Returns an attribute index object for the specified element. More...
bool	operator== (const MAttributeSpec &other) const
	Comparison operator. More...
MAttributeIndex	operator[] (int index)
	This method is not available in Python. More...

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

Detailed Description

An attribute specification.

Class that encapsulates component/attribute information for generating selection items.

This class is used by MPxSurfaceShape::matchComponent for validating attributes specified as strings and converting that specification to a component object.

The attribute specification ".foo.bar[3].x" would be expressed like this (using a pseudo-structure description):

MAttributeSpecArray[0..3] {
    MAttributeSpec[0] {
        name      = "foo"
        dimension = 0
    }
    MAttributeSpec[1] {
        name      = "bar"
        dimension = 1
        MAttributeIndex[0] = {
            type      = kInteger
            isRange   = false
            isBounded = true
            value     = 3
        }
    }
    MAttributeSpec[2] {
        name      = "x"
        dimension = 0
    }
}

Examples:

apiMeshShape/apiMeshShape.cpp.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

MAttributeSpec

(

const char *

name

)

Constructor.

Creates an attribute specification with the given attribute name.

Parameters

[in]

name

the attribute name to set

MAttributeSpec

(

const MString &

name

)

Constructor.

Creates an attribute specification with the given attribute name.

Parameters

[in]

name

the attribute name to set

MAttributeSpec

(

const MAttributeSpec &

other

)

Copy constructor.

Parameters

[in]

other

the attribute specification to copy

Member Function Documentation

const MString name

(

)

const

Returns the attribute name part of the specification.

Returns

The attribute name

Examples:

apiMeshShape/apiMeshShape.cpp.

int dimensions

(

)

const

Returns the dimension of the attribute specification.

For array attributes the dimension is > 0.

Returns

The attributes dimension

Examples:

apiMeshShape/apiMeshShape.cpp.

void setName

(

const MString &

name

)

Set the attribute name part of the specification.

Parameters

[in]

name

the name to be set

void setDimensions

(

int

value

)

Set the dimension of the attribute specification.

Array attribute dimensions are > 0.

Parameters

[in]

value

the dimension value to be set

MAttributeSpec & operator=

(

const MAttributeSpec &

rhs

)

Assignment operator.

Parameters

[in]

rhs

attribute specification to copy

Returns

A reference to the copied MAttributeSpec object.

const MAttributeIndex operator[]

(

int

index

)

const

Returns an attribute index object for the specified element.

Parameters

[in]

index

attribute index to return

Returns

The MAttributeIndex associated with the given index.

bool operator==

(

const MAttributeSpec &

other

)

const

Comparison operator.

Parameters

[in]

other

attribute specifier to be compared

Returns

The boolean indicating whether the object are same or not.

MAttributeIndex operator[]

(

int

index

)

This method is not available in Python.

Returns an attribute index object for the specified element.

Parameters

[in]

index

attribute index to return

Returns

The MAttributeIndex associated with the given index.

const char * className ( )

static

Returns the name of this class.

Returns

The name of this class.

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

• MAttributeSpec.h
• MAttributeSpec.cpp