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36 
37 #ifndef Alembic_AbcCoreAbstract_BasePropertyWriter_h
38 #define Alembic_AbcCoreAbstract_BasePropertyWriter_h
39 
40 #include <Alembic/Util/Export.h>
41 #include <Alembic/AbcCoreAbstract/Foundation.h>
42 #include <Alembic/AbcCoreAbstract/ForwardDeclarations.h>
43 #include <Alembic/AbcCoreAbstract/PropertyHeader.h>
44 
45 namespace Alembic {
46 namespace AbcCoreAbstract {
47 namespace ALEMBIC_VERSION_NS {
48 
49 //-*****************************************************************************
50 //! The BasePropertyWriter is the base class for all properties,
51 //! from Simple (which encompasses Scalar and Array properties) to
52 //! Compound. The functions here establish the things which all properties
53 //! have in common - name, metaData, propertyType, as well as
54 //! upcasting capabilities. We don't want to rely on dynamic_cast - it's
55 //! slow and potentially has problems across DSO interfaces.
56 class ALEMBIC_EXPORT BasePropertyWriter
57     : private Alembic::Util::noncopyable
58 {
59 public:
60     //! Virtual destructor
61     //! ...
62     virtual ~BasePropertyWriter();
63 
64     //-*************************************************************************
65     // NEW FUNCTIONS
66     //-*************************************************************************
67 
68     //! Properties are created with a collection of metadata that is stored
69     //! in a lightweight structure called PropertyHeader.
70     //! This returns a constant reference to the PropertyHeader which
71     //! was given upon creation.
72     virtual const PropertyHeader & getHeader() const = 0;
73 
74     //! All properties have a name, which is unique amongst its siblings
75     //! in the compund property they all live in. This is the name that
76     //! was given when the property was created, and is part of the property
77     //! header.
getName()78     const std::string &getName() const
79     { return getHeader().getName(); }
80 
81     //! There are three types of abstract properties.
82     //! They are Scalar, Array, and Compound properties. This function
83     //! returns an enum PropertyType which indicates which property
84     //! type is returned. This is simply a convenience function which
85     //! returns data from the PropertyHeader.
getPropertyType()86     PropertyType getPropertyType() const
87     { return getHeader().getPropertyType(); }
88 
89     //! Convenience to return whether the property is scalar.
90     //! Same as getPropertyType() == kScalarProperty
isScalar()91     bool isScalar() const { return getPropertyType() == kScalarProperty; }
92 
93     //! Convenience to return whether the property is array.
94     //! Same as getPropertyType() == kArrayProperty
isArray()95     bool isArray() const { return getPropertyType() == kArrayProperty; }
96 
97     //! Convenience to return whether the property is compound.
98     //! Same as getPropertyType() == kCompoundProperty
isCompound()99     bool isCompound() const { return getPropertyType() == kCompoundProperty; }
100 
101     //! Convenience to return whether the property is simple (non-compound)
102     //! Same as getPropertyType() != kCompoundProperty
isSimple()103     bool isSimple() const { return !isCompound(); }
104 
105     //! All properties have MetaData. This just returns the
106     //! MetaData portion of the header that was used in creation.
getMetaData()107     const MetaData &getMetaData() const
108     { return getHeader().getMetaData(); }
109 
110     //! Non-compound properties have a DataType. It is an error
111     //! to call this function for CompoundProperties, and an exception will
112     //! be thrown. This is a convenience function which just returns the
113     //! DataType from the header that was used in creation.
getDataType()114     const DataType &getDataType() const
115     { return getHeader().getDataType(); }
116 
117     //! Non-compound properties have a TimeSampling. It is an error
118     //! to call this function for CompoundProperties, and an exception will
119     //! be thrown. This is a convenience function which just returns the
120     //! TimeSamplingType from the header that was used in creation.
getTimeSampling()121     TimeSamplingPtr getTimeSampling() const
122     { return getHeader().getTimeSampling(); }
123 
124     //! All properties have an object that owns them, and in order to
125     //! ensure the object stays alive as long as the properties do, they
126     //! retain a shared pointer to their object.
127     virtual ObjectWriterPtr getObject() = 0;
128 
129     //! Most properties live in a compound property. (Except for
130     //! the top-compound property in any object)
131     //! This returns a pointer to the parent compound property.
132     virtual CompoundPropertyWriterPtr getParent() = 0;
133 
134     //! Up-cast this base property to a ScalarProperty, if such an
135     //! upcast is valid. This can be checked with the \ref isScalar()
136     //! function. If the upcast is not valid, an empty pointer will
137     //! be returned. This default implementation returns an empty
138     //! pointer.
139     virtual ScalarPropertyWriterPtr asScalarPtr();
140 
141     //! Up-cast this base property to an ArrayProperty, if such an
142     //! upcast is valid. This can be checked with the \ref isArray()
143     //! function. If the upcast is not valid, an empty pointer will
144     //! be returned. This default implementation returns an empty
145     //! pointer.
146     virtual ArrayPropertyWriterPtr asArrayPtr();
147 
148     //! Up-cast this base property to a CompoundProperty, if such an
149     //! upcast is valid. This can be checked with the \ref isCompound()
150     //! function. If the upcast is not valid, an empty pointer will
151     //! be returned. This default implementation returns an empty
152     //! pointer.
153     virtual CompoundPropertyWriterPtr asCompoundPtr();
154 };
155 
156 } // End namespace ALEMBIC_VERSION_NS
157 
158 using namespace ALEMBIC_VERSION_NS;
159 
160 } // End namespace AbcCoreAbstract
161 } // End namespace Alembic
162 
163 #endif
164