SoEngine — base class for all engines

SoEngine is the abstract base class for all engines. Engines are objects used for animation and behavior.
       They  are  lightweight  objects  that  are  connected between nodes, the clock, and other engines to form
       interesting behaviorial objects (e.g., a spinning windmill).

       Engines are used to animate parts of a scene and/or to constrain one part of a scene in relation to  some
       other  part  of  the scene. An engine receives a number of input values, performs some operation on them,
       and then copies the results into one or more output fields. Both  the  inputs  and  the  outputs  can  be
       connected  to  other  fields or engines in the scene graph.  When an engine's output values change, those
       new values are sent to any fields or engines connected to them.

       This is an abstract class. See the reference page of a derived class for the format and default values.

       SoBase > SoFieldContainer > SoEngine

staticSoTypegetClassTypeId()
          Returns the type identifier for the SoEngine class.

     virtualintgetOutputs(SoEngineOutputList&list)const
          Returns a list of outputs in this engine. Use getOutputName to get the names of the outputs,  and  use
          SoEngineOutput::getConnectionType  to determine their types.

     SoEngineOutput*getOutput(constSbName&outputName)const
          Returns  a  pointer  to  the  engine  output  with  the  given name. If no such output exists, NULL is
          returned.

     SbBoolgetOutputName(constSoEngineOutput*output,SbName&outputName)const
          Returns (in outputName) the name of the engine output (output). Returns FALSE if the engine output  is
          not contained within the engine instance.

     SoEngine*copy()const
          Creates  and  returns an exact copy of the engine. All connections to inputs are copied as is (without
          copying what's at the other end).

     staticSoEngine*getByName(constSbName&name)staticintgetByName(constSbName&name,SoEngineList&list)
          Look up engine(s) by name.

       SoEngine — base class for all engines

SoBoolOperation,SoCalculator,SoComposeMatrix,SoComposeRotation,SoComposeRotationFromTo,SoComposeVec2f,SoComposeVec3f,SoComposeVec4f,SoComputeBoundingBox,SoConcatenate,SoCounter,SoDecomposeMatrix,SoDecomposeRotation,SoDecomposeVec2f,SoDecomposeVec3f,SoDecomposeVec4f,SoElapsedTime,SoGate,SoInterpolate,SoOnOff,SoOneShot,SoSelectOne,SoTimeCounter,SoTransformVec3f,SoTriggerAnySoEngine(3IV)()

#include<Inventor/engines/SoEngine.h>

          Methods from class SoEngine:

     staticSoTypegetClassTypeId()virtualintgetOutputs(SoEngineOutputList&list)constSoEngineOutput*getOutput(constSbName&outputName)constSbBoolgetOutputName(constSoEngineOutput*output,SbName&outputName)constSoEngine*copy()conststaticSoEngine*getByName(constSbName&name)staticintgetByName(constSbName&name,SoEngineList&list)

          Methods from class SoFieldContainer:

     voidsetToDefaults()SbBoolhasDefaultValues()constSbBoolfieldsAreEqual(constSoFieldContainer*fc)constvoidcopyFieldValues(constSoFieldContainer*fc,SbBoolcopyConnections=FALSE)SbBoolset(constchar*fieldDataString)voidget(SbString&fieldDataString)virtualintgetFields(SoFieldList&resultList)constvirtualSoField*getField(constSbName&fieldName)constSbBoolgetFieldName(constSoField*field,SbName&fieldName)constSbBoolisNotifyEnabled()constSbBoolenableNotify(SbBoolflag)

          Methods from class SoBase:

     voidref()voidunref()constvoidunrefNoDelete()constvoidtouch()virtualSoTypegetTypeId()constSbBoolisOfType(SoTypetype)constvirtualvoidsetName(constSbName&name)virtualSbNamegetName()const