C++ API Reference
eventTest/eventTest.cpp
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// DESCRIPTION:
//
// Produces the MEL command "eventTest".
//
// The eventTest plug-in is a simple plug-in that displays the "events" occurring in Maya.
// An event in Maya that occurs at a specific point in time is of interest to the Maya internals or plug-ins.
// For example, "SelectionChanged" and "timeChanged" are two events.
// These events can be tracked at the MEL level with the -event flag to the "scriptJob" command.
//
// The plug-in adds an "eventTest" command that lets you know which events are available, track specific events,
// and know which events are being tracked. The basic command syntax is:
//
// eventTest [-m on|off] [eventName ...]
//
// The "eventName" arguments must be the names of events. If no names are specified, the command
// will operate on all available events.
//
// If you use the -m flag, you can specify whether the plug-in must track messages for the specified events.
// If you specify the -m flag without any event names, it will turn on or turn off tracking for all events.
// For example:
//
// mel: eventTest -m 1 timeChanged
// Event Name Msgs On
// -------------------- -------
// timeChanged yes
//
// After this example, the plug-in will display the following each time when the current time changes:
//
// event timeChanged occurred
//
// You can disable all event tracking with the command:
//
// eventTest -m off;
//
#include <stdio.h>
#include <maya/MIOStream.h>
#include <maya/MGlobal.h>
#include <maya/MString.h>
#include <maya/MStringArray.h>
#include <maya/MEventMessage.h>
#include <maya/MFnPlugin.h>
#include <maya/MPxCommand.h>
#include <maya/MSyntax.h>
#include <maya/MArgDatabase.h>
//
// Definitions
//
// Message flag
//
#define kMessageFlag "m"
#define kMessageFlagLong "message"
//
// Declarations
//
// Callback function for messages
//
static void eventCB(void * data);
// Array of callback ids.
//
typedef MCallbackId* MCallbackIdPtr;
static MCallbackIdPtr callbackId = NULL;
// Array of event names.
//
static MStringArray eventNames;
//
// Command class declaration
//
class eventTest : public MPxCommand
{
public:
eventTest();
~eventTest() override;
MStatus doIt( const MArgList& args ) override;
static MSyntax newSyntax();
static void* creator();
private:
MStatus parseArgs( const MArgList& args );
bool addMessage;
bool delMessage;
MStringArray events;
};
//
// Command class implementation
//
// Constructor
//
eventTest::eventTest()
: addMessage(false)
, delMessage(false)
{
events.clear();
}
// Destructor
//
eventTest::~eventTest()
{
// Do nothing
}
// creator
//
void* eventTest::creator()
{
return (void *) (new eventTest);
}
// newSyntax
//
MSyntax eventTest::newSyntax()
{
MSyntax syntax;
syntax.addFlag(kMessageFlag, kMessageFlagLong, MSyntax::kBoolean);
return syntax;
}
// parseArgs
//
MStatus eventTest::parseArgs(const MArgList& args)
{
MStatus status;
MArgDatabase argData(syntax(), args);
if (argData.isFlagSet(kMessageFlag))
{
bool flag;
status = argData.getFlagArgument(kMessageFlag, 0, flag);
if (!status)
{
status.perror("could not parse message flag");
return status;
}
if (flag)
{
addMessage = true;
}
else
{
delMessage = true;
}
}
status = argData.getObjects(events);
if (!status)
{
status.perror("could not parse event names");
}
// If there are no events specified, operate on all of them
//
if (events.length() == 0)
{
// eventNames is set in initializePlugin to all the
// currently available event names.
//
events = eventNames;
}
return status;
}
// doIt
//
MStatus eventTest::doIt(const MArgList& args)
{
MStatus status;
status = parseArgs(args);
if (!status)
{
return status;
}
// Allocate an array of indices. events[n] is a user provided
// event name. Look it up in the static eventNames array
// and set indices[n] to the index of the entry in eventNames.
//
// This maps the user specified events to the global events
// so we can track callback adds and removes globally.
//
int * indices = new int [events.length()];
int i, j;
for (i = 0; i < (int)events.length(); ++i)
{
// Initialize the entry to "not found".
//
indices[i] = -1;
// Search event names for a match.
//
for (j = 0; j < (int)eventNames.length(); ++j)
{
if (events[i] == eventNames[j])
{
// Found a match. Store the index and stop looking for
//
indices[i] = j;
break;
}
}
}
for (i = 0; i < (int)events.length(); ++i)
{
j = indices[i];
if (j == -1)
{
MString("is not a valid event name\n"));
break;
}
if (addMessage && callbackId[j] == 0)
{
events[i],
eventCB,
(void *)(size_t)j,
&status);
if (!status)
{
status.perror("failed to add callback for " + events[i]);
callbackId[j] = 0;
}
}
else if (delMessage && callbackId[j] != 0)
{
status = MMessage::removeCallback(callbackId[j]);
if (!status)
{
status.perror("failed to remove callback for " + events[i]);
}
callbackId[j] = 0;
}
}
// Ok, we've made all the necessary changes. Now show the status.
//
MGlobal::displayInfo("Event Name Msgs On\n");
MGlobal::displayInfo("-------------------- -------\n");
char tmpStr[128];
bool msgs;
for (i = 0; i < (int)events.length(); ++i)
{
j = indices[i];
if (j == -1)
{
continue;
}
msgs = (callbackId[j] != 0);
sprintf(tmpStr, "%-20s %s\n",
events[i].asChar(),
msgs ? "yes" : "no");
}
// Free up the indices we allocated.
//
delete [] indices;
return status;
}
//
// Plug-in functions
//
MStatus initializePlugin( MObject obj )
{
MStatus status;
MFnPlugin plugin( obj, PLUGIN_COMPANY, "3.0", "Any");
status = MEventMessage::getEventNames(eventNames);
if (!status)
{
return status;
}
// Search for and remove idle and idleHigh events since they will
// completely swamp the output. They are tested by the idleTest
// plug-in
//
int i;
for (i = 0; i < (int)eventNames.length(); ++i)
{
if (eventNames[i] == "idle" ||
eventNames[i] == "idleHigh")
{
eventNames.remove(i);
--i;
}
}
cout<<"eventTest: "<<eventNames.length()<<" events are defined"<<endl;
callbackId = new MCallbackId [eventNames.length()];
if (!callbackId)
{
return MStatus(MS::kInsufficientMemory);
}
for (i = 0; i < (int)eventNames.length(); ++i)
{
callbackId[i] = 0;
}
// Register the command so we can actually do some work
//
status = plugin.registerCommand("eventTest",
eventTest::creator,
eventTest::newSyntax);
if (!status)
{
status.perror("registerCommand");
}
return status;
}
MStatus uninitializePlugin( MObject obj)
{
MStatus status;
MFnPlugin plugin( obj );
// Loop through all the ids and remove the callbacks
//
int i;
int len = eventNames.length();
for (i = 0; i < len; ++i)
{
if (callbackId[i] != 0)
{
MGlobal::displayWarning("Removing callback for " +
eventNames[i] +
"\n");
MMessage::removeCallback(callbackId[i]);
callbackId[i] = 0;
}
}
eventNames.clear();
delete [] callbackId;
// Deregister the command
//
status = plugin.deregisterCommand("eventTest");
if (!status)
{
status.perror("deregisterCommand");
}
return status;
}
//
// Callback function
//
static void eventCB(void * data)
{
int i = (int)(size_t)data;
if (i >= 0 && i < (int)eventNames.length())
{
eventNames[i] +
" occurred\n");
}
else
{
MGlobal::displayWarning("BOGUS client data in eventCB!\n");
}
}