ObjectReader.h

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#ifndef Alembic_AbcCoreAbstract_ObjectReader_h
#define Alembic_AbcCoreAbstract_ObjectReader_h

#include <Alembic/Util/Export.h>
#include <Alembic/AbcCoreAbstract/Foundation.h>
#include <Alembic/AbcCoreAbstract/ForwardDeclarations.h>
#include <Alembic/AbcCoreAbstract/ObjectHeader.h>

namespace Alembic {
namespace AbcCoreAbstract {
namespace ALEMBIC_VERSION_NS {

//-*****************************************************************************
//! An Object consists of a list of children objects, which may be empty,
//! and a single compound property which is the root of any properties
//! which the object may contain.
//! Objects have MetaData, which is identical to the MetaData of the root
//! Compound Property.
class ALEMBIC_EXPORT ObjectReader
    : private Alembic::Util::noncopyable
{
public:
    //! Virtual destructor
    //! ...
    virtual ~ObjectReader();

    //-*************************************************************************
    // NEW FUNCTIONS
    //-*************************************************************************

    //! All objects have a header, which contains all the MetaData that was
    //! specified upon their creation.
    //! This function returns a constant reference to that Header.
    virtual const ObjectHeader &getHeader() const = 0;

    //! All objects have a name. This name is unique amongst their siblings
    //! Returned by reference, since it is guaranteed to exist and be
    //! unchanging.
    //! This is a convenience function which returns the header's name.
    const std::string &getName() const
    { return getHeader().getName(); }

    //! The full name of an object is the complete path name all the way
    //! to the root object of the archive. It is guaranteed to be fully
    //! unique within the entire archive.
    //! This is a convenience function which returns the header's full name.
    const std::string &getFullName() const
    { return getHeader().getFullName(); }

    //! All objects have metadata. This metadata is identical to the
    //! Metadata of the top level compoundProperty "properties".
    //! Because the metadata must exist and be initialized in order to
    //! bootstrap the object, it is guaranteed to exist and is returned
    //! by reference.
    //! This is a convenience function which returns the header's MetaData.
    const MetaData &getMetaData() const
    { return getHeader().getMetaData(); }

    //! All objects have a shared link to the root. This may seem
    //! wasteful, but it is essential in order to allow for the flexible,
    //! reference-counted autonomy of the reader objects. Alembic
    //! allows you to keep references to readers wherever you want,
    //! without requiring you to keep track of (or store) the parental
    //! hierarchy directly. In order to make this possible, we have
    //! the ability to walk upwards. This may be stored as a direct
    //! link, or retrieved by walking up the parent chain, which is
    //! a feature of the individual implementations. (it might not be
    //! cheap, basically).
    //! In order to prevent shared_ptr cycles, it is important
    //! that objects only store their children via weak ptrs.
    virtual ArchiveReaderPtr getArchive() = 0;

    //! All objects have a shared link to their parent. This may seem
    //! wasteful, but it is essential in order to allow for the flexible,
    //! reference-counted autonomy of the reader objects. Alembic
    //! allows you to keep references to readers wherever you want,
    //! without requiring you to keep track of (or store) the parental
    //! hierarchy directly. In order to make this possible, we have
    //! the ability to walk upwards.
    //! In order to prevent shared_ptr cycles, it is important
    //! that objects only store their children via weak ptrs.
    virtual ObjectReaderPtr getParent() = 0;

    //! All objects have one and only one compound property which
    //! is the root for any properties which are associated with this object.
    //! If no properties were written to the object, this may return an
    //! empty pointer.
    virtual CompoundPropertyReaderPtr getProperties() = 0;

    //-*************************************************************************
    // Children!
    //-*************************************************************************

    //! Returns the number of objects that are contained as children.
    //! Objects do not have to have children, this may return zero.
    virtual size_t getNumChildren() = 0;

    //! Return the header of an object by index.
    //! This will throw an exception on out-of-range access.
    virtual const ObjectHeader & getChildHeader( size_t i ) = 0;

    //! Return the header of an object by name.
    //! This will return a NULL pointer if no header by that name is found.
    virtual const ObjectHeader *
    getChildHeader( const std::string &iName ) = 0;

    //! Get a child object by name.
    //! This is a convenience function that uses getChildHeader and
    //! the various named "get" functions here.
    virtual ObjectReaderPtr getChild( const std::string &iName ) = 0;

    //! Get a child object by index.
    //! It is an error to call with out-of-range indices.
    //! This is a convenience function that uses getChildHeader and
    //! the various named "get" functions here.
    virtual ObjectReaderPtr getChild( size_t i ) = 0;

    //-*************************************************************************
    // Hierarchical hash stuff
    //-*************************************************************************

    //! If an aggregated properties hash exists fill oDigest with it and
    //! return true, if it doesn't exist return false
    virtual bool getPropertiesHash( Util::Digest & oDigest );

    //! If an aggregated child objects hash exists fill oDigest with it and
    //! return true, if it doesn't exist return false
    virtual bool getChildrenHash( Util::Digest & oDigest );

    //-*************************************************************************
    // YUP
    //-*************************************************************************

    //! Returns shared pointer to myself.
    //! This is non-virtual
    virtual ObjectReaderPtr asObjectPtr() = 0;
};

} // End namespace ALEMBIC_VERSION_NS

using namespace ALEMBIC_VERSION_NS;

} // End namespace AbcCoreAbstract
} // End namespace Alembic

#endif