SoNode(3IV)

NAME
     SoNode (SoNode) - abstract base class for all database nodes

INHERITS FROM
     SoBase > SoFieldContainer > SoNode

SYNOPSIS
     #include <Inventor_c/nodes/SoNode.h>

          Functions from class SoNode:

     void                SoNodeSetOverride(SoNode *this, SbBool state)
     SbBool              SoNodeIsOverride(const SoNode *this)
     SoNode *            SoNodeCopy(const SoNode *this, SbBool copyConnections
                              = FALSE)
     SbBool              SoNodeAffectsState(const SoNode *this)
     SoNode *            SoNodeGetByName(const char *name)
     int                 SoNodeGetByNameList(const char *name, SoNodeList
                              *list)
     SoType              SoNodeGetClassTypeId()

          Functions from class SoFieldContainer:

     void                SoNodeSetToDflts(SoNode *this)
     SbBool              SoNodeHasDfltVals(const SoNode *this)
     SbBool              SoNodeFldsAreEq(const SoNode *this, const
                              SoFieldContainer *fc)
     void                SoNodeCopyFieldVals(SoNode *this, const
                              SoFieldContainer *fc, SbBool copyConnections =
                              FALSE)
     SbBool              SoNodeSet(SoNode *this, const char *fieldDataString)
     void                SoNodeGet(SoNode *this, SbString *fieldDataString)
     int                 SoNodeGetFields(const SoNode *this, SoFieldList
                              *resultList)
     SoField *           SoNodeGetField(const SoNode *this, const char
                              *fieldName)
     SbBool              SoNodeGetFieldName(const SoNode *this, const SoField
                              *field, SbName *fieldName)
     SbBool              SoNodeIsNotifyEnabled(const SoNode *this)
     SbBool              SoNodeEnableNotify(SoNode *this, SbBool flag)

          Functions from class SoBase:

     void                SoNodeRef(SoNode *this)
     void                SoNodeUnref(const SoNode *this)
     void                SoNodeUnrefNoDelete(const SoNode *this)
     void                SoNodeTouch(SoNode *this)
     SoType              SoNodeGetTypeId(const SoNode *this)
     SbBool              SoNodeIsOfType(const SoNode *this, SoType type)
     void                SoNodeSetName(SoNode *this, const char *name)
     SbName              SoNodeGetName(const SoNode *this)
DESCRIPTION
     This is the abstract base class from which all scene graph node classes
     are derived.

FUNCTIONS
     void                SoNodeSetOverride(SoNode *this, SbBool state)
          Turns override flag on or off.

     SbBool              SoNodeIsOverride(const SoNode *this)
          Returns the state of the override flag.

     SoNode *            SoNodeCopy(const SoNode *this, SbBool copyConnections
                              = FALSE)
          Creates and returns an exact copy of the node. If the node is a
          group, it copies the children as well. If copyConnections is TRUE
          (it is FALSE by default), any connections to (but not from) fields
          of the node are copied, as well. Note that multiple references to a
          node under the node to be copied will result in multiple references
          to the copy of that node.

     SbBool              SoNodeAffectsState(const SoNode *this)
          Returns TRUE if a node has an effect on the state during traversal.
          The default method returns TRUE. Node classes (such as SoSeparator)
          that isolate their effects from the rest of the graph override this
          method to return FALSE.

     SoNode *            SoNodeGetByName(const char *name)
     int                 SoNodeGetByNameList(const char *name, SoNodeList
                              *list)
          A node's name can be set using  SoBaseSetName(). These methods allow
          nodes to be looked up by name. The first one returns the last node
          given the specified name. The second one returns the number of nodes
          with the given name, and adds to list pointers to those nodes.

     SoType              SoNodeGetClassTypeId()
          Returns type identifier for the SoNode class.


ACTION BEHAVIOR
     SoSearchAction
          If the node pointer, type, or name matches the search criteria,
          returns a path to the node.

     SoWriteAction
          Writes the contents of the node to the current SoOutput.


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

SEE ALSO
     SoPath, SoAction, SoNodeKit