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SdfChangeBlock Class Reference

#include <changeBlock.h>

Public Member Functions

SDF_API SdfChangeBlock ()
 
 ~SdfChangeBlock ()
 

Detailed Description

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Please make sure you have read and fully understand the issues below before using a changeblock! They are very easy to use in an unsafe way that could make the system crash or corrupt data. If you have any questions, please contact the USD team, who would be happy to help!

SdfChangeBlock provides a way to group a round of related changes to scene description in order to process them more efficiently.

Normally, Sdf sends notification immediately as changes are made so that downstream representations like UsdStage can update accordingly.

However, sometimes it can be advantageous to group a series of Sdf changes into a batch so that they can be processed more efficiently, with a single round of change processing. An example might be when setting many avar values on a model at the same time.

Opening a changeblock tells Sdf to delay sending notification about changes until the outermost changeblock is exited. Until then, Sdf internally queues up the notification it needs to send.

Note
It is not safe to use Usd or other downstream API while a changeblock is open!! This is because those derived representations will not have had a chance to update while the changeblock is open. Not only will their view of the world be stale, it could be unsafe to even make queries from, since they may be holding onto expired handles to Sdf objects that no longer exist.

If you need to make a bunch of changes to scene description, the best approach is to build a list of necessary changes that can be performed directly via the Sdf API, then submit those all inside a changeblock without talking to any downstream libraries. For example, this is how many mutators in Usd that operate on more than one field or Spec work.

Definition at line 73 of file changeBlock.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

SDF_API SdfChangeBlock::SdfChangeBlock ( )
SdfChangeBlock::~SdfChangeBlock ( )
inline

Definition at line 77 of file changeBlock.h.

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