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PCURVE Class Reference
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Defines a 2D parameter-space approximation to a curve as an object in the model. More...

#include <pcurve.hxx>

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Public Member Functions

virtual void add ()
 If this ENTITY is use counted, adds one to the count.
void add_owner (ENTITY *owner, logical increment_use_count=TRUE)
 Adds the owner argument to the list of owners.
virtual logical apply_transform (SPAtransf const &, ENTITY_LIST &, logical=FALSE, logical=TRUE)
 Transforms this ENTITY.
ATTRIBattrib () const
 Returns this ENTITY's attribute pointer, or NULL if there is no attached attribute.
ENTITYbackup ()
 Creates a duplicate record and a change bulletin, if needed, as a backup for roll back.
int bulletin_count () const
 Returns the number of bulletins referring to this ENTITY.
virtual logical call_method (METHOD_ID const &, METHOD_ARGS const &)
 Executes the implementation function for a routine virtual method.
virtual ENTITYcopy_data (ENTITY_LIST &, pointer_map *pm=NULL, logical dpcpy_skip=FALSE, SCAN_TYPE reason=SCAN_COPY) const
 Allocates a new ENTITY and calls copy_common to fill it in.
virtual void copy_scan (ENTITY_LIST &, SCAN_TYPE reason=SCAN_COPY, logical dpcpy_skip=FALSE) const
 Adds dependent ENTITYs of this ENTITY to the list of ENTITYs to be copied.
virtual void debug_ent (FILE *) const
 Prints the type and address of this ENTITY, roll back pointer, attributes, and any unknown subtype information.
const pcurvedef_pcur () const
 Returns the definition pcurve, or NULL if the pcurve is not private.
virtual logical deletable () const
 Indicates whether this PCURVE is normally destroyed by lose.
pcurve equation (logical temporary=FALSE) const
 Returns the equation of this PCURVE, for reading only.
virtual void fix_pointers (ENTITY *[], SCAN_TYPE reason=SCAN_COPY)
 Converts pointers from copy indices into real pointers.
void full_size (SizeAccumulator &est, logical countSelf=TRUE) const
 Increments the SizeAccumulator by the size, in bytes, of everything owned by this ENTITY and, optionally, of the ENTITY itself.
int get_owners (ENTITY_LIST &list) const
 Copies the list of owners of this CURVE to the list argument.
HISTORY_STREAMhistory () const
 Returns a pointer to the history stream for this ENTITY.
virtual int identity (int=0) const
 Returns a type identifier for this ENTITY.
int index () const
 Returns the definition type of this PCURVE.
virtual logical is_deepcopyable () const
 Returns TRUE if this ENTITY can be deep copied.
virtual logical is_use_counted () const
 Indicates if this ENTITY is use-counted or not.
virtual int lookup (logical) const
 Looks up this ENTITY in the appropriate debug list.
virtual void lose ()
 Posts a delete bulletin to the bulletin board indicating the instance is no longer used in the active model.
logical needs_rollback () const
 Checks whether or not the record is already backed up.
void negate ()
 Negates the pcurve, either by reversing the pcurve or by reversing the value of a nonzero def_type.
SPApar_vec offset () const
 Returns the SPApar_vec parameter space vector offset.
void operator*= (const SPAtransf &t)
 Transforms this PCURVE.
ENTITYowner () const
 Returns the first owner of this PCURVE.
 PCURVE (PCURVE *pcrv)
 Copy-constructs a PCURVE.
 PCURVE (CURVE *crv, int def, logical negate=FALSE, const SPApar_vec &pv=*(const class SPApar_vec *) NULL_REF)
 Constructs a PCURVE that points to an existing PCURVE, via a CURVE.
 PCURVE (const pcurve &pcur)
 Constructs a PCURVE containing a specified pcurve.
 PCURVE ()
 Constructs a PCURVE (default constructor).
CURVEref_curve () const
 Returns the reference CURVE.
virtual void remove (logical lose_if_zero=TRUE)
 Decrements the use count of this ENTITY.
void remove_owner (ENTITY *owner, logical decrement_use_count=TRUE, logical zero_flag=TRUE)
 Removes the owner argument from the list of owners.
void restore_common ()
 Restores data for a record from disc to memory.
void restore_end (char *id_str)
 Terminates a restore record.
void roll_notify (BULLETIN_TYPE, ENTITY *)
 Fields notifications of rollback operations.
BULLETIN *& rollback () const
 Returns the pointer to the bulletin board entry for this ENTITY.
virtual void save (ENTITY_LIST &) const
 Performs a save operation.
void set_attrib (ATTRIB *attr)
 Changes the attribute pointer of this ENTITY to point to the given attribute.
void set_def (CURVE *crv, int index, logical negate=FALSE, const SPApar_vec &offset=*(SPApar_vec *) NULL_REF)
 Sets def to the nth pcurve of an existing CURVE, where n as a positive integer.
void set_def (const pcurve &pcrv)
 Puts the specified pcurve in def.
virtual void set_use_count (int val)
 Sets the reference use count of this ENTITY.
void shift (const SPApar_vec &shift_vec)
 Shifts this PCURVE in parameter space by integral multiples of the period on a periodic surface.
virtual unsigned size () const
 Returns the size, in bytes, of this ENTITY.
tag_id_type tag (logical assign_new=TRUE) const
 Data reading routine.
pcurvetrans_pcurve (const SPAtransf &t=*(SPAtransf *) NULL_REF, logical negate=FALSE) const
 Constructs a transformed pcurve.
virtual const char * type_name () const
 Returns a name for this ENTITY's type.
virtual int use_count () const
 Returns the use count of this ENTITY.

Static Public Member Functions

static MethodFunction add_method (METHOD_ID const &, MethodFunction)
 Registers an implementation function for a run-time virtual method.

Protected Member Functions

virtual logical bulletin_no_change_vf (ENTITY const *other, logical identical_comparator) const
 Compares subclass data.
void check_destroy () const
 Checks that entity deletion is legitimate.
void copy_common (ENTITY_LIST &list, const ENTITY *from, pointer_map *pm=NULL, logical dpcpy_skip=FALSE, SCAN_TYPE reason=SCAN_COPY)
 Fills in this ENTITY with data from the copied ENTITY, converting pointers into indices in the supplied ENTITY_LIST.
void fix_common (ENTITY *[], SCAN_TYPE reason=SCAN_COPY)
 Converts pointers from copy indices into real pointers.
void fixup_copy (ENTITY *rollback) const
 Fixes any pointers in the ENTITY after copying for backup.
logical holds_pattern () const
 Returns TRUE if this entity can have a pattern_holder.
logical is_unknown_entity (void) const
 Returns TRUE if this is an unknown entity.
void save_begin (logical terminator=FALSE) const
 Starts a save record.
void save_common (ENTITY_LIST &) const
 Handles the save operation.
void save_end (ENTITY_LIST &list) const
 Terminates a save record.


Detailed Description

Defines a 2D parameter-space approximation to a curve as an object in the model.


Role: The purpose of a PCURVE is to provide a persistent, logable, savable object to manage pcurve information associated with a COEDGE.

PCURVE is a model geometry class that provides a (lowercase) pcurve, the corresponding construction geometry class. In general, a model geometry class is derived from ENTITY and is used to define a permanent model object. It provides model management functionality, in addition to the geometry definition.

A PCURVE provides a procedural 2D parameter-space representation of a CURVE lying on a parameterized SURFACE. The representation may be a private copy (i.e., contained within a lowercase pcurve associated with the PCURVE), or it may refer to information contained within an intcurve. In either case, it may be negated from the underlying parameter space representation. Because there is only one such representation, this class does not need to have derived classes for specific geometries.

Along with the usual ENTITY class methods, PCURVE has member methods to provide access to specific implementations of the geometry. For example, a pcurve can be transformed by a given transform operator.

A use count allows multiple references to a PCURVE. The construction of a new PCURVE initializes the use count to 0. Methods are provided to increment and decrement the use count, and after the use count returns to 0, the entity is deleted.

See also:
CURVE, ENTITY, pcurve, COEDGE, SPApar_vec

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

PCURVE::PCURVE (  ) 

Constructs a PCURVE (default constructor).



Role: Requests memory for this object but does not populate it. The allocation constructor is used primarily by restore. Applications should call this constructor only with the overloaded new operator, because this reserves the memory on the heap, a requirement to support roll back and history management.

PCURVE::PCURVE ( const pcurve pcur  ) 

Constructs a PCURVE containing a specified pcurve.



Role: Requests memory for this object and populates it with the data supplied as the argument. Applications should call this constructor only with the overloaded new operator, because this reserves the memory on the heap, a requirement to support roll back and history management.

Parameters:
pcur pcurve to be wrapped by the constructed PCURVE.

PCURVE::PCURVE ( CURVE crv,
int  def,
logical  negate = FALSE,
const SPApar_vec pv = *(const class SPApar_vec *) NULL_REF 
)

Constructs a PCURVE that points to an existing PCURVE, via a CURVE.



Role: Requests memory for this object and populates it with the data supplied as the argument. Applications should call this constructor only with the overloaded new operator, because this reserves the memory on the heap, a requirement to support roll back and history management.

Makes a PCURVE to that points to an existing PCURVE via the crv argument. The index def is positive 1 or 2, representing the two surfaces in order. Setting negate to TRUE means the PCURVE referenced via the CURVE is to be considered negated, and par_vec offsets the spline surface in parametric space.

Parameters:
crv CURVE relating the constructed PCURVE to an existing one.
def definition type index.
negate flag to consider the constructed PCURVE as negated.
pv offset to the spline surface in parametric space.

PCURVE::PCURVE ( PCURVE pcrv  ) 

Copy-constructs a PCURVE.



Role: Requests memory for this object and populates it with the data supplied as the argument. Applications should call this constructor only with the overloaded new operator, because this reserves the memory on the heap, a requirement to support roll back and history management.

Parameters:
pcrv PCURVE whose data is to be copied.


Member Function Documentation

virtual void PCURVE::add (  )  [virtual]

If this ENTITY is use counted, adds one to the count.



Role: If this ENTITY is not use counted, signals an error.

Every held pointer to a use counted ENTITY should be declared by calling add. There should a corresponding call to remove when the user is done with the pointer. For normal ENTITYs, simply call lose when the ENTITY is no longer part of the active model. For use counted ENTITYs, the implementations of add and remove come from macros in usecount.hxx. Use counted ENTITYs implemented without the macros should implement these virtual methods manually.

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

static MethodFunction PCURVE::add_method ( METHOD_ID const &  method_id,
MethodFunction  method_func 
) [static]

Registers an implementation function for a run-time virtual method.



Role: (Supplied by the ENTITY_FUNCTIONS and UTILITY_DEF macros.)

Parameters:
method_id method id.
method_func method function.

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

void PCURVE::add_owner ( ENTITY owner,
logical  increment_use_count = TRUE 
)

Adds the owner argument to the list of owners.



Parameters:
owner owner to be added.
increment_use_count flag to increment use count or not.

virtual logical PCURVE::apply_transform ( SPAtransf const &  t,
ENTITY_LIST list,
logical  negate = FALSE,
logical  reset_pattern = TRUE 
) [virtual]

Transforms this ENTITY.



Role: The ENTITY_LIST is used to prevent sub-entities from being transformed more than once. This method is not included with the standard ENTITY methods in order to allow nontransformable ENTITYs to use the default implementation. (Supplied by the TRANSFORM_FUNCTION and TRANSFORM_DEF macros.)

Parameters:
t the transform to apply.
list list of entities to which the transform has already been applied.
negate negation flag.
reset_pattern internal use only.

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

ATTRIB* ENTITY::attrib (  )  const [inline, inherited]

Returns this ENTITY's attribute pointer, or NULL if there is no attached attribute.

ENTITY* ENTITY::backup (  )  [inherited]

Creates a duplicate record and a change bulletin, if needed, as a backup for roll back.



Role: The duplication is done via the virtual function make_copy, to let each derived type do its own backup. Before performing a change, each routine checks whether the data structure is posted on the bulletin board. If not, the posting is done automatically. Called by all system change functions.

int ENTITY::bulletin_count (  )  const [inline, inherited]

Returns the number of bulletins referring to this ENTITY.

virtual logical PCURVE::bulletin_no_change_vf ( ENTITY const *  other,
logical  identical_comparator 
) const [protected, virtual]

Compares subclass data.



Role: This virtual method is called by bulletin_no_change. When the identical_comparator argument is TRUE, it requires an exact match when comparing doubles, and returns the result of memcmp as a default (for non-overridden subclasses). A FALSE argument indicates tolerant compares, in which case FALSE is returned by default.

Parameters:
other other ENTITY in the bulletin.
identical_comparator identity compare flag.

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

virtual logical PCURVE::call_method ( METHOD_ID const &  method_id,
METHOD_ARGS const &  method_args 
) [virtual]

Executes the implementation function for a routine virtual method.



Role: (Supplied by the ENTITY_FUNCTIONs and UTILITY_DEF macros).

Parameters:
method_id method id.
method_args method args.

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

void ENTITY::check_destroy (  )  const [inline, protected, inherited]

Checks that entity deletion is legitimate.



Role: This method complains if there is an attempt to delete an entity other than through the private member function destroy, which is carefully controlled.

void ENTITY::copy_common ( ENTITY_LIST list,
const ENTITY from,
pointer_map pm = NULL,
logical  dpcpy_skip = FALSE,
SCAN_TYPE  reason = SCAN_COPY 
) [protected, inherited]

Fills in this ENTITY with data from the copied ENTITY, converting pointers into indices in the supplied ENTITY_LIST.



Role: Supports the copy operation. (Supplied by the ENTITY_FUNCTIONS and COPY_DEF macros.) Whenever the operation encounters a pointer to a dependent ENTITY, it find the index of the latter in the supplied ENTITY_LIST and sets the corresponding pointer in the copy to that index.

Parameters:
list list of ENTITYs being copied.
from original ENTITY being copied.
pm pointer map.
dpcpy_skip Used only by the base ENTITY and base ATTRIB class. No other derived entity or attribute should need to utilize this value. This logical indicates how non- deepcopyable attributes are handled during a deep copy. If TRUE, the copy will continue even if it encounters attributes marked as not deep-copyable. By default (FALSE), if any attributes that are found to be not deep-copyable, a sys_error will be thrown. (This flag only effects how attributes are handled; any non-deepcopyable non-attribute entities encountered will cause a sys_error to be thrown regardless of this flag's setting.)
reason type of scan.

virtual ENTITY* PCURVE::copy_data ( ENTITY_LIST list,
pointer_map pm = NULL,
logical  dpcpy_skip = FALSE,
SCAN_TYPE  reason = SCAN_COPY 
) const [virtual]

Allocates a new ENTITY and calls copy_common to fill it in.



Role: Supports the copy operation. (Supplied by the ENTITY_FUNCTIONS and UTILITY_DEF macros.)

Parameters:
list ENTITYs to copy.
pm pointer map.
dpcpy_skip Used only by the base ENTITY and base ATTRIB class. No other derived entity or attribute should need to utilize this value. This logical indicates how non- deepcopyable attributes are handled during a deep copy. If TRUE, the copy will continue even if it encounters attributes marked as not deep-copyable. By default (FALSE), if any attributes that are found to be not deep-copyable, a sys_error will be thrown. (This flag only effects how attributes are handled; any non-deepcopyable non-attribute entities encountered will cause a sys_error to be thrown regardless of this flag's setting.)
reason scan type.

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

virtual void PCURVE::copy_scan ( ENTITY_LIST list,
SCAN_TYPE  reason = SCAN_COPY,
logical  dpcpy_skip = FALSE 
) const [virtual]

Adds dependent ENTITYs of this ENTITY to the list of ENTITYs to be copied.



Role: Supports the copy operation. (Supplied by the ENTITY_FUNCTIONS and SCAN_DEF macros.) The default type of scan (reason) is SCAN_COPY.

Parameters:
list ENTITYs to copy.
reason type of copy.
dpcpy_skip Used only by the base ENTITY and base ATTRIB class. No other derived entity or attribute should need to utilize this value. This logical indicates how non- deepcopyable attributes are handled during a deep copy. If TRUE, the copy will continue even if it encounters attributes marked as not deep-copyable. By default (FALSE), if any attributes that are found to be not deep-copyable, a sys_error will be thrown. (This flag only effects how attributes are handled; any non-deepcopyable non-attribute entities encountered will cause a sys_error to be thrown regardless of this flag's setting.)

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

virtual void PCURVE::debug_ent ( FILE *  file_pointer  )  const [virtual]

Prints the type and address of this ENTITY, roll back pointer, attributes, and any unknown subtype information.



Role: This method is called by DEBUG_LIST::debug for an entirely unknown ENTITY type, or at the start of any derived class's debug_ent method. Each derived class's debug_ent method uses the debug function described in the Spatial Product Documentation to print information added at that level. (Supplied by the ENTITY_FUNCTIONS and DEBUG_DEF macros.)

Parameters:
file_pointer file pointer.

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

const pcurve& PCURVE::def_pcur (  )  const [inline]

Returns the definition pcurve, or NULL if the pcurve is not private.

virtual logical PCURVE::deletable (  )  const [virtual]

Indicates whether this PCURVE is normally destroyed by lose.



Role: The method returns FALSE, indicating that PCURVEs are, by default, shared among multiple owners by means of use-count tracking, and so are destroyed implicitly when every owner has been lost. Classes derived from PCURVE may of course override this behavior

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

pcurve PCURVE::equation ( logical  temporary = FALSE  )  const

Returns the equation of this PCURVE, for reading only.



Parameters:
temporary internal use only.

void PCURVE::fix_common ( ENTITY array[],
SCAN_TYPE  reason = SCAN_COPY 
) [protected]

Converts pointers from copy indices into real pointers.



Role: Called by fix_pointers. For ENTITY, converts the attribute pointer, and any pointers in the unknown_entity_text record. (Supplied by the ENTITY_FUNCTIONS and FIX_POINTER_DEF macros.)

Parameters:
array ENTITY pointers to fix.
reason type of scan.

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

virtual void PCURVE::fix_pointers ( ENTITY entity_array[],
SCAN_TYPE  reason = SCAN_COPY 
) [virtual]

Converts pointers from copy indices into real pointers.



Role: The fix_pointers method for each entity in the restore array is called, with the given array as an argument. This calls fix_common, which calls its parent's fix_common, and then corrects any pointers in the derived class. In practice there is never anything special for fix_pointers to do, but it is retained for consistency and compatibility. (Supplied by the ENTITY_FUNCTIONS and UTILITY_DEF macros.)

Parameters:
entity_array ENTITY pointers to fix.
reason type of scan.

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

void ENTITY::fixup_copy ( ENTITY rollback  )  const [protected, inherited]

Fixes any pointers in the ENTITY after copying for backup.



Role: For ENTITY, this method has nothing to do, but because it is called by all data types, it is required to terminate the copy chain. (Supplied by the ENTITY_FUNCTIONS and SIMPLE_COPY_CONE macros.)

Parameters:
rollback the ENTITY to copy for backup.

Reimplemented in GA_WORKSPACE.

void PCURVE::full_size ( SizeAccumulator &  est,
logical  countSelf = TRUE 
) const [virtual]

Increments the SizeAccumulator by the size, in bytes, of everything owned by this ENTITY and, optionally, of the ENTITY itself.



Role: If countSelf is TRUE, increments the SizeAccumulator by the size, in bytes, of the ENTITY and everything owned by the ENTITY. If countSelf is FALSE, increments the SizeAccumulator by the size, in bytes, of everything owned by the ENTITY, but not including the size of the ENTITY itself.

For example, if an ENTITY contained a character string and full_size were called with countSelf == FALSE, the SizeAccumulator would be incremented by the size, in bytes, of the character string.

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

int PCURVE::get_owners ( ENTITY_LIST list  )  const

Copies the list of owners of this CURVE to the list argument.



Role: Returns the number of owners copied.

Parameters:
list list of owners.

HISTORY_STREAM* ENTITY::history (  )  const [inline, inherited]

Returns a pointer to the history stream for this ENTITY.

logical PCURVE::holds_pattern (  )  const [inline, protected, virtual]

Returns TRUE if this entity can have a pattern_holder.

For internal use only.

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

virtual int PCURVE::identity ( int  level = 0  )  const [virtual]

Returns a type identifier for this ENTITY.



Role: If level is unspecified or 0, returns the type identifier ENTITY_TYPE. If level is specified, returns ENTITY_TYPE for that level of derivation from ENTITY. The level of this class is defined as ENTITY_LEVEL.

A positive level specifies the level of derivation down from the ENTITY class to examine. ENTITY itself has level 0. If level is unspecified or 0, the type of the most specific class of object is returned. If level is 1, the type of the class one level down from ENTITY is returned. If level is 2, the type of the parent class 2 levels down from ENTITY is returned, and so on. If level is greater than the level of the instance, -1 ("unknown") is returned.

A negative level similarly specifies the level of derivation up from the most specific class of object returned.

(Supplied by the ENTITY_FUNCTIONS and UTILITY_DEF macros.)

Parameters:
level the derivation level at which the object is to be identified.

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

int PCURVE::index (  )  const [inline]

Returns the definition type of this PCURVE.



Role: A 0 value indicates a private pcurve. A positive 1 or 2 represents the first or second pcurve in an intcurve definition, while a negative 1 or 2 represents the reverse of the corresponding pcurve.

virtual logical PCURVE::is_deepcopyable (  )  const [virtual]

Returns TRUE if this ENTITY can be deep copied.

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

logical ENTITY::is_unknown_entity ( void   )  const [protected, inherited]

Returns TRUE if this is an unknown entity.

An unknown entity is one that is restored from SAT/SAB but is not native to the running app.

virtual logical PCURVE::is_use_counted (  )  const [virtual]

Indicates if this ENTITY is use-counted or not.



Role: The default implementation returns FALSE.

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

virtual int PCURVE::lookup ( logical  insert  )  const [virtual]

Looks up this ENTITY in the appropriate debug list.



Role: This method is not included among the standard ENTITY methods because often subclasses may wish to be included in their parent's debug list. This is done simply by not including a lookup method in the subclass.

When the logical argument is TRUE, the ENTITY is inserted into the debug list if it does not already exist in the list. If it is FALSE and the ENTITY does not exist in the list, a -1 is returned. (Supplied by the LOOK_FUNCTION and LOOKUP_DEF macros.)

Parameters:
insert flag to insert into debug list.

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

virtual void PCURVE::lose (  )  [virtual]

Posts a delete bulletin to the bulletin board indicating the instance is no longer used in the active model.



Role: The lose methods for attached attributes are also called.

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

logical ENTITY::needs_rollback (  )  const [inline, inherited]

Checks whether or not the record is already backed up.

void PCURVE::negate (  ) 

Negates the pcurve, either by reversing the pcurve or by reversing the value of a nonzero def_type.



Role: Before performing the change, it checks if the data structure is posted on the bulletin board. If not, the method calls backup to put an entry on the bulletin board.

SPApar_vec PCURVE::offset (  )  const [inline]

Returns the SPApar_vec parameter space vector offset.



Role: The offset is the displacement in parameter space between the "fit" definition and this PCURVE. This allows the PCURVE to be positioned in the infinite parameter space of a periodic surface, so that continuous curve sequences in object space are continuous in parameter space. The components of this vector should always be integer multiples of the corresponding surface parameter period, zero if it is not periodic in that direction.

void PCURVE::operator*= ( const SPAtransf t  ) 

Transforms this PCURVE.



Role: If the definition is a CURVE reference, this method assumes that the curve will be transformed as well, so it does nothing. Before performing the change, it checks if the data structure is posted on the bulletin board. If not, the method calls backup to put an entry on the bulletin board.

Parameters:
t transform to apply.

ENTITY* PCURVE::owner (  )  const [virtual]

Returns the first owner of this PCURVE.



Role: If there are no owners, NULL is returned.

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

CURVE* PCURVE::ref_curve (  )  const [inline]

Returns the reference CURVE.

virtual void PCURVE::remove ( logical  lose_if_zero = TRUE  )  [virtual]

Decrements the use count of this ENTITY.



Role: If the use count reaches 0, the ENTITY's lose method is called if the argument lose_if_zero is set to TRUE. (If the entity is not use counted, an error is signaled.)

Every held pointer to a use counted ENTITY should be declared by calling add. There should a corresponding call to remove when the user is done with the pointer. For normal ENTITYs, simply call lose when the ENTITY is no longer part of the active model. For use counted ENTITYs, the implementations of add and remove come from macros in usecount.hxx. Use counted ENTITYs implemented without the macros should implement these virtual methods manually.

Parameters:
lose_if_zero flag to lose the ENTITY when the use count drops to 0.

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

void PCURVE::remove_owner ( ENTITY owner,
logical  decrement_use_count = TRUE,
logical  zero_flag = TRUE 
)

Removes the owner argument from the list of owners.



Parameters:
owner owner to be removed.
decrement_use_count flag to decrement the use count.
zero_flag flag to lose if use count is zero.

void PCURVE::restore_common (  ) 

Restores data for a record from disc to memory.



Role: Writes pointers as indices (fix_pointers turns them back into pointers) and returns a pointer to the ENTITY made. Generally, "common" functions that do the main work are protected, as they are called only from the main entry functions or by themselves up the derivation tree.

This method is public, however, because the main restore function is not a member function, and making it a friend would make it unable to be declared static, i.e., local to the defining module. (Supplied by the ENTITY_FUNCTIONS and RESTORE_DEF macros.)

    read_ptr  Pointer to record in save file for first attribute owned by entity.
    if (restore_version_number >= ENTITY_TAGS_VERSION)
       read_int      new tag 

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

void ENTITY::restore_end ( char *  id_str  )  [inherited]

Terminates a restore record.



Role: Reads any trailing text and fills in the unknown text pointer. Used only by the save/restore system.

Parameters:
id_str the id string.

void PCURVE::roll_notify ( BULLETIN_TYPE  bulletin_type,
ENTITY ent 
) [virtual]

Fields notifications of rollback operations.



Role: The first argument specifies the type of bulletin being rolled back (create, delete or change). In the case of a change notification, the second argument contains the information to be restored into this object. The base implementation, which is used for almost every derived class, does nothing at all.

Parameters:
bulletin_type type of bulletin being rolled back.
ent information to be restored into this argument.

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

BULLETIN*& ENTITY::rollback (  )  const [inline, inherited]

Returns the pointer to the bulletin board entry for this ENTITY.

virtual void PCURVE::save ( ENTITY_LIST entity_list  )  const [virtual]

Performs a save operation.



Role: Calls save_begin, the particular class's save_common, and then save_end. (Supplied by the ENTITY_FUNCTIONS and UTILITY_DEF macros.)

This save method is just like any other save, except that it calls save_begin with an optional argument to suppress writing of a trailing dash, because save_common does not write out an identifier, or call any parent class's save_common.

Parameters:
entity_list ENTITYs to save.

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

void ENTITY::save_begin ( logical  terminator = FALSE  )  const [protected, inherited]

Starts a save record.



Role: Writes a preamble to a save file record, which contains any subclass identifiers not known to this version of ACIS. Called by the save method.

Parameters:
terminator terminator flag.

void PCURVE::save_common ( ENTITY_LIST entity_list  )  const [protected]

Handles the save operation.



Role: Writes out the savable data associated with the base class. In the case of ENTITY, saveable data is simply the attribute pointer. In the case of child classes derived from ENTITY, class-specific save_common methods handle the class-specific data. Called by the save method. (Supplied by the ENTITY_FUNCTIONS and SAVE_DEF macros.)

Each derived class's save_common method first writes out that class's identifier, calls its parent class's save_common method, and then writes out data particular to the derived class. Thus the save record consists of identifiers in leaf-to-base order, followed by class data in base-to-leaf order. As it writes out any ENTITY pointers, it adds them to the ENTITY_LIST, so that any dependent data also gets written to the file.

Parameters:
entity_list ENTITYs to save

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

void ENTITY::save_end ( ENTITY_LIST list  )  const [protected, inherited]

Terminates a save record.



Role: Writes out any data associated with subclasses not known to this version of ACIS before terminating the record. Called by the save method.

Parameters:
list list of entities.

void ENTITY::set_attrib ( ATTRIB attr  )  [inherited]

Changes the attribute pointer of this ENTITY to point to the given attribute.



Parameters:
attr the new attribute.

void PCURVE::set_def ( CURVE crv,
int  index,
logical  negate = FALSE,
const SPApar_vec offset = *(SPApar_vec *) NULL_REF 
)

Sets def to the nth pcurve of an existing CURVE, where n as a positive integer.



Role: The logical negate is TRUE for a reversed pcurve. Removes any previous reference in cur to a CURVE, and increments the use count for the given CURVE. Makes a NULL pcurve and puts it in def. Before performing the change, it checks if the data structure is posted on the bulletin board. If not, the method calls backup to put an entry on the bulletin board.

Parameters:
crv curve to which cur is to be set.
index pcurve index.
negate flags a reversed pcurve.
offset parameter space vector.

void PCURVE::set_def ( const pcurve pcrv  ) 

Puts the specified pcurve in def.



Role: Checks that this PCURVE has been backed up, then removes any curve referred to by cur (which is set to NULL), sets def_type to zero, and puts the given pcurve in def. Before performing the change, it checks if the data structure is posted on the bulletin board. If not, the method calls backup to put an entry on the bulletin board.

Parameters:
pcrv pcurve to which def is to be set.

virtual void PCURVE::set_use_count ( int  use  )  [virtual]

Sets the reference use count of this ENTITY.



Role: If the ENTITY is not use counted, this method does nothing.

Parameters:
use new use count.

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

void PCURVE::shift ( const SPApar_vec shift_vec  ) 

Shifts this PCURVE in parameter space by integral multiples of the period on a periodic surface.



Role: Before performing the change, it checks if the data structure is posted on the bulletin board. If not, the method calls backup to put an entry on the bulletin board.

Parameters:
shift_vec parameter-space vector specifying the shift.

virtual unsigned PCURVE::size (  )  const [virtual]

Returns the size, in bytes, of this ENTITY.



Role: (Supplied by the ENTITY_FUNCTIONS and UTILITY_DEF macros.)

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

tag_id_type ENTITY::tag ( logical  assign_new = TRUE  )  const [inline, inherited]

Data reading routine.



Parameters:
assign_new flag to assign a new tag number or not.

pcurve* PCURVE::trans_pcurve ( const SPAtransf t = *(SPAtransf *) NULL_REF,
logical  negate = FALSE 
) const

Constructs a transformed pcurve.



Role: The logical negate is TRUE if the pcurve is considered to be reversed. Before performing the change, it checks if the data structure is posted on the bulletin board. If not, the method calls backup to put an entry on the bulletin board.

Parameters:
t transform to apply.
negate flag to consider the pcurve as reversed.

virtual const char* PCURVE::type_name (  )  const [virtual]

Returns a name for this ENTITY's type.



Role: For the ENTITY class, unknown is returned.

Reimplemented from ENTITY.

virtual int PCURVE::use_count (  )  const [virtual]

Returns the use count of this ENTITY.



Role: Returns zero if the ENTITY is not use counted.

Reimplemented from ENTITY.