Class representing a specific type of nodes. More...

#include <NodeType.h>

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Public Types
typedef QMap< QString, NodeType * >	Map
	Type definition for a map with node type names as keys and pointers to node type objects as values.

typedef QPair< QString, QString >	Category
	Type definition of a node type category data structure containing a node type category name and node type category icon name.

typedef QList< Category >	CategoryList
	Type definition for a list of node type categories.

Public Member Functions
	NodeType (const QString &filename)
	Constructor of the NodeType class.

	~NodeType ()
	Destructor of the NodeType class.

QString	getName () const
	Returns the name of the node type.

QString	getCategoryName () const
	Returns the name of the category under which nodes of this type should be filed.

QColor	getColor () const
	Returns the color associated with this node type.

bool	isAvailable () const
	Returns whether nodes of this type can be created.

bool	isInternal () const
	Returns whether nodes of this type are reserved for internal use.

bool	isErroneous () const
	Returns whether errors or warnings occured while parsing the description file.

Node *	createNode (const QString &name)
	Creates a node of this type.

Static Public Attributes
static Category	CategorySeparator = NodeType::Category(QString(), QString())
	A special kind of node type category used for separating categories in menus.

Private Member Functions
bool	parseDescriptionFile (const QString &filename)
	Parses the XML description file with the given name and creates the list of parameters and connectors that nodes of this type hold.

ParameterGroup *	parseParameters (QDomElement rootElement)
	Parses the given DOM element and creates the tree of parameters that nodes of this type hold.

void	parseAffections (QDomElement rootElement)
	Parses the given DOM element and creates the list of forward and backward affections that nodes of this type hold.

Private Attributes
NodeTypeInterface *	m_nodeTypeInterface
	Pointer to a object which implements the NodeTypeInterface. For Node Plugins.

ParameterGroup *	m_parameterRoot
	The tree containing the parameters with default values for the node type.

QString	m_name
	The name of the node type.

QString	m_categoryName
	The name of the category under which nodes of this type should be filed.

QColor	m_color
	The color associated with the node type.

bool	m_available
	Flag that states whether this node type is available. Is set to false when parsing the XML description file failed.

bool	m_internal
	Flag that states whether nodes of this type are reserved for internal use.

bool	m_erroneous
	Flag that states whether errors or warnings occured while parsing the description file.

QMultiMap< QString, QString >	m_affectionMap
	Which input pin is affecting which output pins.

Static Private Attributes
static QMap< QString, unsigned int >	s_nodeIndex
	The indices of nodes created of the different node types.

Detailed Description

Class representing a specific type of nodes.

Member Typedef Documentation

typedef QMap<QString, NodeType *> Frapper::NodeType::Map

Type definition for a map with node type names as keys and pointers to node type objects as values.

typedef QPair<QString, QString> Frapper::NodeType::Category

Type definition of a node type category data structure containing a node type category name and node type category icon name.

typedef QList<Category> Frapper::NodeType::CategoryList

Type definition for a list of node type categories.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Frapper::NodeType::NodeType ( const QString & filename )

Constructor of the NodeType class.

Constructors and Destructors.

Parameters

filename The name of an XML file describing the node type.

Constructor of the NodeType class.

Parameters

filename The name of an XML file describing the node type.

Frapper::NodeType::~NodeType ( )

Destructor of the NodeType class.

Member Function Documentation

QString Frapper::NodeType::getName ( ) const

Returns the name of the node type.

Public Functions.

Returns: The name of the node type.

Returns the name of the node type.

Returns: The name of the node type.

QString Frapper::NodeType::getCategoryName ( ) const

Returns the name of the category under which nodes of this type should be filed.

Returns: The name of the category under which nodes of this type should be filed.

QColor Frapper::NodeType::getColor ( ) const

Returns the color associated with this node type.

Returns: The color associated with this node type.

bool Frapper::NodeType::isAvailable ( ) const

Returns whether nodes of this type can be created.

Returns: True if nodes of this type can be created, otherwise False.

bool Frapper::NodeType::isInternal ( ) const

Returns whether nodes of this type are reserved for internal use.

It should not be possible to create nodes of internal node types from the framework's user interface.

Returns: True if nodes of this type are reserved for internal use, otherwise False.

bool Frapper::NodeType::isErroneous ( ) const

Returns whether errors or warnings occured while parsing the description file.

Returns: True if errors or warnings occured while parsing the description file, otherwise False.

Node * Frapper::NodeType::createNode ( const QString & name )

Creates a node of this type.

Parameters

name	The name for the new node.

Returns: A pointer to a new node of this type.

bool Frapper::NodeType::parseDescriptionFile ( const QString & filename )

private

Parses the XML description file with the given name and creates the list of parameters and connectors that nodes of this type hold.

Private Functions.

Parameters

filename The name of the XML description file to parse.

Parses the XML description file with the given name and creates the list of parameters and connectors that nodes of this type hold.

Parameters

filename The name of the XML description file to parse.

Returns: True if parsing the file succeeded, otherwise False.

ParameterGroup * Frapper::NodeType::parseParameters ( QDomElement rootElement )

private

Parses the given DOM element and creates the tree of parameters that nodes of this type hold.

Parameters

rootElement The DOM element containing a list of <parameter> and <parameters> elements.

Returns: A parameter group containing the created parameters.

Parameters

rootElement The DOM element containing a list of <parameter> and >parameters> elements.

Returns: A parameter group containing the created parameters.

void Frapper::NodeType::parseAffections ( QDomElement rootElement )

private

Parses the given DOM element and creates the list of forward and backward affections that nodes of this type hold.

Parameters

rootElement	The DOM element containing a list of `<connector>` elements.
rootElement	The DOM element containing a list of <connector> elements.

Member Data Documentation

NodeType::Category Frapper::NodeType::CategorySeparator = NodeType::Category(QString(), QString())

static

A special kind of node type category used for separating categories in menus.

Public Static Data.

QMap< QString, unsigned int > Frapper::NodeType::s_nodeIndex

staticprivate

The indices of nodes created of the different node types.

Private Static Data.

See Also: createNode

The index of nodes created of this node type.

See Also: createNode

NodeTypeInterface* Frapper::NodeType::m_nodeTypeInterface

private

Pointer to a object which implements the NodeTypeInterface. For Node Plugins.

ParameterGroup* Frapper::NodeType::m_parameterRoot

private

The tree containing the parameters with default values for the node type.

QString Frapper::NodeType::m_name

private

The name of the node type.

QString Frapper::NodeType::m_categoryName

private

The name of the category under which nodes of this type should be filed.

QColor Frapper::NodeType::m_color

private

The color associated with the node type.

bool Frapper::NodeType::m_available

private

Flag that states whether this node type is available. Is set to false when parsing the XML description file failed.

See Also: NodeType::NodeType; parseDescriptionFile

bool Frapper::NodeType::m_internal

private

Flag that states whether nodes of this type are reserved for internal use.

bool Frapper::NodeType::m_erroneous

private

Flag that states whether errors or warnings occured while parsing the description file.

QMultiMap<QString, QString> Frapper::NodeType::m_affectionMap

private

Which input pin is affecting which output pins.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

Public Types

Public Member Functions

Static Public Attributes

Private Member Functions

Private Attributes

Static Private Attributes

Detailed Description

Member Typedef Documentation

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Member Function Documentation

Member Data Documentation