INodeInstancingPool Class Reference

Abstracts a set of nodes that all point to the the same object instance. More...

#include <INodeInstancingPool.h>

Inheritance diagram for INodeInstancingPool:

Classes
class	IManager
	Manages the creation and existence of node instancing pools. More...
class	INotifier
	Notification callback for monitoring changes in a node instancing pool. More...

Public Member Functions
virtual INode *	GetRepresentativeNode () const =0
	Returns the pool's representative node. More...
virtual void	MonitorNodePool (INotifier &notifier) const =0
	Registers a change notification callback, which gets called whenever the pool, or the instanced object, changes. More...
virtual void	StopMonitoringNodePool (INotifier &notifier) const =0
	Unregisteres a notification callback previously registered with MonitorNodePool(). More...

Protected Member Functions
virtual	~INodeInstancingPool ()

Detailed Description

Abstracts a set of nodes that all point to the the same object instance.

This interface represents a set of nodes which, for rendering purposes, can be treated as all being instances of the same object. As such, the pool has a front-facing representative node which may be used to evaluate that shared/instanced object.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

~INodeInstancingPool()

virtual ~INodeInstancingPool ( )

inlineprotectedvirtual

{}

Member Function Documentation

GetRepresentativeNode()

virtual INode* GetRepresentativeNode ( ) const

pure virtual

Returns the pool's representative node.

The representative node is the front-facing node that may be used to evaluate the object that is instanced by the pool. In theory, any node in the pool may be used for this purpose; this method simply chooses one of them.

MonitorNodePool()

virtual void MonitorNodePool ( INotifier &  notifier ) const

pure virtual

Registers a change notification callback, which gets called whenever the pool, or the instanced object, changes.

Parameters

notifier

The notification callback to be registered.

StopMonitoringNodePool()

virtual void StopMonitoringNodePool ( INotifier &  notifier ) const

pure virtual

Unregisteres a notification callback previously registered with MonitorNodePool().

Parameters

notifier

The notification callback to be unregistered.