SoEventCallback Class Reference

The SoEventCallback class provides functionality for catching events.Use SoEventCallback nodes in the scenegraph for catching user interaction events with the scenegraph's render canvas. More...

#include <Inventor/nodes/SoEventCallback.h>

Inheritance diagram for SoEventCallback:

Public Member Functions
virtual SoType	getTypeId (void) const
	Returns the type identification of an object derived from a class inheriting SoBase. This is used for run-time type checking and "downward" casting. More...
	SoEventCallback (void)
void	setPath (SoPath *path)
const SoPath *	getPath (void)
void	addEventCallback (SoType eventtype, SoEventCallbackCB *f, void *userdata=NULL)
void	removeEventCallback (SoType eventtype, SoEventCallbackCB *f, void *userdata=NULL)
SoHandleEventAction *	getAction (void) const
const SoEvent *	getEvent (void) const
const SoPickedPoint *	getPickedPoint (void) const
void	setHandled (void)
SbBool	isHandled (void) const
void	grabEvents (void)
void	releaseEvents (void)
Public Member Functions inherited from SoNode
void	setOverride (const SbBool state)
SbBool	isOverride (void) const
void	setNodeType (const NodeType type)
NodeType	getNodeType (void) const
virtual SoNode *	copy (SbBool copyconnections=FALSE) const
virtual SbBool	affectsState (void) const
virtual void	doAction (SoAction *action)
virtual void	GLRender (SoGLRenderAction *action)
virtual void	GLRenderBelowPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)
virtual void	GLRenderInPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)
virtual void	GLRenderOffPath (SoGLRenderAction *action)
virtual void	callback (SoCallbackAction *action)
virtual void	getBoundingBox (SoGetBoundingBoxAction *action)
virtual void	getMatrix (SoGetMatrixAction *action)
virtual void	pick (SoPickAction *action)
virtual void	rayPick (SoRayPickAction *action)
virtual void	search (SoSearchAction *action)
virtual void	write (SoWriteAction *action)
virtual void	audioRender (SoAudioRenderAction *action)
virtual void	getPrimitiveCount (SoGetPrimitiveCountAction *action)
virtual void	grabEventsSetup (void)
virtual void	grabEventsCleanup (void)
virtual void	startNotify (void)
virtual void	notify (SoNotList *l)
uint32_t	getNodeId (void) const
virtual SoChildList *	getChildren (void) const
virtual void	writeInstance (SoOutput *out)
virtual SoNode *	addToCopyDict (void) const
virtual void	copyContents (const SoFieldContainer *from, SbBool copyconnections)
virtual SoFieldContainer *	copyThroughConnection (void) const
Public Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer
void	setToDefaults (void)
SbBool	hasDefaultValues (void) const
SbBool	fieldsAreEqual (const SoFieldContainer *container) const
void	copyFieldValues (const SoFieldContainer *container, SbBool copyconnections=FALSE)
SbBool	set (const char *const fielddata)
void	get (SbString &fielddata)
virtual int	getFields (SoFieldList &l) const
virtual int	getAllFields (SoFieldList &l) const
virtual SoField *	getField (const SbName &name) const
virtual SoField *	getEventIn (const SbName &name) const
virtual SoField *	getEventOut (const SbName &name) const
SbBool	getFieldName (const SoField *const field, SbName &name) const
SbBool	enableNotify (const SbBool flag)
SbBool	isNotifyEnabled (void) const
SbBool	set (const char *fielddata, SoInput *input)
void	get (SbString &fielddata, SoOutput *out)
virtual SbBool	validateNewFieldValue (SoField *field, void *newval)
virtual void	addWriteReference (SoOutput *out, SbBool isfromfield=FALSE)
SbBool	getIsBuiltIn (void) const
virtual void	getFieldsMemorySize (size_t &managed, size_t &unmanaged) const
void	setUserData (void *userdata) const
void *	getUserData (void) const
Public Member Functions inherited from SoBase
void	ref (void) const
void	unref (void) const
void	unrefNoDelete (void) const
int32_t	getRefCount (void) const
void	touch (void)
SbBool	isOfType (SoType type) const
	Returns TRUE if the type of this object is either of the same type or inherited from type. More...
virtual SbName	getName (void) const
virtual void	setName (const SbName &newname)
void	addAuditor (void *const auditor, const SoNotRec::Type type)
void	removeAuditor (void *const auditor, const SoNotRec::Type type)
const SoAuditorList &	getAuditors (void) const
SbBool	shouldWrite (void)
void	assertAlive (void) const

Static Public Member Functions
static SoType	getClassTypeId (void)
static void	initClass (void)
Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoNode
static uint32_t	getCompatibilityTypes (const SoType &nodetype)
static SoType	getClassTypeId (void)
static SoNode *	getByName (const SbName &name)
static int	getByName (const SbName &name, SoNodeList &l)
static void	initClass (void)
static void	initClasses (void)
static uint32_t	getNextNodeId (void)
static int	getActionMethodIndex (const SoType type)
static void	getBoundingBoxS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void	GLRenderS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void	callbackS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void	getMatrixS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void	handleEventS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void	pickS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void	rayPickS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void	searchS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void	writeS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void	audioRenderS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
static void	getPrimitiveCountS (SoAction *action, SoNode *node)
Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer
static void	initClass (void)
static SoType	getClassTypeId (void)
static void	cleanupClass (void)
static void	initCopyDict (void)
static void	addCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig, const SoFieldContainer *copy)
static SoFieldContainer *	checkCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig)
static SoFieldContainer *	findCopy (const SoFieldContainer *orig, const SbBool copyconnections)
static void	copyDone (void)
Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoBase
static void	initClass (void)
	Sets up initialization for data common to all instances of this class, like submitting necessary information to the Coin type system.
static SoType	getClassTypeId (void)
	This static method returns the SoType object associated with objects of this class.
static void	addName (SoBase *const base, const char *const name)
static void	removeName (SoBase *const base, const char *const name)
static void	incrementCurrentWriteCounter (void)
static void	decrementCurrentWriteCounter (void)
static SoBase *	getNamedBase (const SbName &name, SoType type)
static int	getNamedBases (const SbName &name, SoBaseList &baselist, SoType type)
static SbBool	read (SoInput *input, SoBase *&base, SoType expectedtype)
static void	setInstancePrefix (const SbString &c)
static void	setTraceRefs (SbBool trace)
static SbBool	getTraceRefs (void)
static SbBool	connectRoute (SoInput *input, const SbName &fromnodename, const SbName &fromfieldname, const SbName &tonodename, const SbName &tofieldname)
static SbBool	readRoute (SoInput *input)

Protected Member Functions
virtual const SoFieldData *	getFieldData (void) const
virtual	~SoEventCallback ()
virtual void	handleEvent (SoHandleEventAction *action)
Protected Member Functions inherited from SoNode
	SoNode (void)
virtual	~SoNode ()
virtual SbBool	readInstance (SoInput *in, unsigned short flags)
Protected Member Functions inherited from SoFieldContainer
	SoFieldContainer (void)
virtual	~SoFieldContainer ()
Protected Member Functions inherited from SoBase
	SoBase (void)
virtual	~SoBase ()
virtual void	destroy (void)
SbBool	hasMultipleWriteRefs (void) const
SbBool	writeHeader (SoOutput *out, SbBool isgroup, SbBool isengine) const
void	writeFooter (SoOutput *out) const
virtual const char *	getFileFormatName (void) const
virtual SoNotRec	createNotRec (void)

Static Protected Member Functions
static const SoFieldData **	getFieldDataPtr (void)
Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoNode
static const SoFieldData **	getFieldDataPtr (void)
static void	setNextActionMethodIndex (int index)
static int	getNextActionMethodIndex (void)
static void	incNextActionMethodIndex (void)
static void	setCompatibilityTypes (const SoType &nodetype, const uint32_t bitmask)
Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SoBase
static uint32_t	getCurrentWriteCounter (void)
static void	staticDataLock (void)
static void	staticDataUnlock (void)

Additional Inherited Members
Public Types inherited from SoNode
enum	NodeType {   INVENTOR = 0x0000, VRML1 = 0x0001, VRML2 = 0x0002, INVENTOR_1 = 0x0004,   INVENTOR_2_0 = 0x0008, INVENTOR_2_1 = 0x0010, INVENTOR_2_5 = 0x0020, INVENTOR_2_6 = 0x0040,   COIN_1_0 = 0x0080, COIN_2_0 = 0x0100, EXTENSION = 0x0200, COIN_2_2 = 0x0400,   COIN_2_3 = 0x0800, COIN_2_4 = 0x1000, INVENTOR_5_0 = 0x2000, COIN_2_5 = 0x4000,   COIN_3_0 = 0x8000, INVENTOR_6_0 = 0x10000, COIN_4_0 = 0x20000 }
Protected Types inherited from SoBase
enum	BaseFlags { IS_ENGINE = 0x01, IS_GROUP = 0x02 }
Protected Attributes inherited from SoNode
uint32_t	uniqueId
Protected Attributes inherited from SoFieldContainer
SbBool	isBuiltIn
Static Protected Attributes inherited from SoNode
static uint32_t	nextUniqueId = 1
static int	nextActionMethodIndex = 0

Detailed Description

The SoEventCallback class provides functionality for catching events.

Use SoEventCallback nodes in the scenegraph for catching user interaction events with the scenegraph's render canvas.

This is how event handling works in Coin: when the user interacts with the render canvas, for instance by using the mouse pointer or by hitting the keyboard, the GUI interface toolkit (ie SoQt, SoWin, SoXt, Sc21 ...) will catch the event and translate it from a windowsystem-specific event to a generic Coin event. (For the types of generic Coin events, see the classes derived from SoEvent.) This event will then be wrapped inside a SoHandleEventAction and applied to the scenegraph. All this happens within the So[Qt|Xt|Win|...] toolkit.

The SoHandleEventAction then traverses the scenegraph, delivering the event to any node type which "is interested" in it. The SoEventCallback nodetype catches the action and forwards the event to a callback function set up by the application programmer.

Be careful about which position in the scenegraph you insert SoEventCallback nodes if you are also using any of the built-in Coin library elements which are interested in user interaction events (like for instance the dragger and manipulator classes and the SoSelection nodes). These Coin elements might catch the event for themselves, short-circuiting the SoHandleEventAction traversal so the event will never reach the SoEventCallback node(s) you insert.

FILE FORMAT/DEFAULTS:

EventCallback {
}

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

SoEventCallback::SoEventCallback

(

void

)

Constructor.

SoEventCallback::~SoEventCallback ( )

protectedvirtual

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

SoType SoEventCallback::getTypeId ( void  ) const

virtual

Returns the type identification of an object derived from a class inheriting SoBase. This is used for run-time type checking and "downward" casting.

Usage example:

void foo(SoNode * node)
{
  if (node->getTypeId() == SoFile::getClassTypeId()) {
    SoFile * filenode = (SoFile *)node;  // safe downward cast, knows the type
  }
}

For application programmers wanting to extend the library with new nodes, engines, nodekits, draggers or others: this method needs to be overridden in all subclasses. This is typically done as part of setting up the full type system for extension classes, which is usually accomplished by using the pre-defined macros available through for instance Inventor/nodes/SoSubNode.h (SO_NODE_INIT_CLASS and SO_NODE_CONSTRUCTOR for node classes), Inventor/engines/SoSubEngine.h (for engine classes) and so on.

For more information on writing Coin extensions, see the class documentation of the toplevel superclasses for the various class groups.

Implements SoBase.

const SoFieldData * SoEventCallback::getFieldData ( void  ) const

protectedvirtual

Returns a pointer to the class-wide field data storage object for this instance. If no fields are present, returns NULL.

Reimplemented from SoFieldContainer.

void SoEventCallback::setPath

(

SoPath *

pathptr

)

Sets the path that must be picked before the registered callbacks are invoked. If NULL, callbacks will be invoked for every event that matches the callback event type.

See also

getPath()

const SoPath * SoEventCallback::getPath

(

void

)

Returns the path that must be picked before callbacks are invoked.

See also

setPath()

void SoEventCallback::addEventCallback	(	SoType	eventtype,
		SoEventCallbackCB *	f,
		void *	userdata = NULL
	)

Set up a callback function f which will be invoked for the given eventtype. userdata will be given as the first argument to the function.

void SoEventCallback::removeEventCallback	(	SoType	eventtype,
		SoEventCallbackCB *	f,
		void *	userdata = NULL
	)

Unregister the given callback function f.

SoHandleEventAction * SoEventCallback::getAction

(

void

)

const

Returns the SoHandleEventAction instance currently traversing the scene graph with the SoEvent-derived event object.

const SoEvent * SoEventCallback::getEvent

(

void

)

const

Returns a pointer to the event object which is currently being sent through the scenegraph.

If your application code handles the event, you probably want to call SoEventCallback::setHandled() to notify the SoHandleEventAction that it should stop traversing the scenegraph with the event.

const SoPickedPoint * SoEventCallback::getPickedPoint

(

void

)

const

Returns the picked point for the current handle event traversal.

This is obviously only related to events which can be considered "pick-style" events, like mousebutton presses.

void SoEventCallback::setHandled

(

void

)

Use this method from a callback function to notify the node that the event has been handled.

The rest of the callbacks registered with the node will still be called, but further SoEventCallback nodes in the scene will not be notified about the event, neither will any other Coin elements in the scenegraph (like for instance SoDragger objects, SoSelection nodes or manipulators).

Since callbacks registered within the same SoEventCallback node will still be invoked after the event has been handled, it is likely that you should use SoEventCallback::isHandled() to check for this condition from your callback functions.

SbBool SoEventCallback::isHandled

(

void

)

const

Check whether or not the event from the SoHandleEventAction has been handled.

void SoEventCallback::grabEvents

(

void

)

Set up the node so all future events (until releaseEvents() is called) in Coin will be directly forwarded to this node.

void SoEventCallback::releaseEvents

(

void

)

Do not grab event handling any more.

See also

grabEvents()

void SoEventCallback::handleEvent ( SoHandleEventAction *  action )

protectedvirtual

Invokes the registered callback functions.

Reimplemented from SoNode.

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

• SoEventCallback.h
• SoEventCallback.cpp