SoSFNode(3IV)

NAME
     SoSFNode - field containing a pointer to a node

INHERITS FROM
     SoField > SoSField > SoSFNode

SYNOPSIS
     #include <Inventor/fields/SoSFNode.h>

          Methods from class SoSFNode:

     static SoType       getClassTypeId()
     virtual void        getTypeId() const
     SoNode *            getValue() const
     SoNode *            operator =(SoNode * newValue)
     void                setValue(SoNode * newValue)
     int                 operator ==(const SoSFNode &f) const
     int                 operator !=(const SoSFNode &f) const

          Methods from class SoField:

     void                setIgnored(SbBool ignore)
     SbBool              isIgnored() const
     SbBool              isDefault() const
     virtual SbBool      isOfType(SoType type) const
     SbBool              set(const char *valueString)
     void                get(SbString &valueString)
     void                touch()
     SbBool              connectFrom(SoField *fromField)
     SbBool              connectFrom(SoEngineOutput *fromEngine)
     void                disconnect()
     SbBool              isConnected() const
     SbBool              isConnectedFromField() const
     SbBool              getConnectedField(SoField *&writingField) const
     SbBool              isConnectedFromEngine() const
     SbBool              getConnectedEngine(SoEngineOutput *&engineOutput)
                              const
     void                enableConnection(SbBool flag)
     SbBool              isConnectionEnabled() const
     int                 getForwardConnections(SoFieldList &list) const
     SoFieldContainer *  getContainer() const


DESCRIPTION
     This field maintains a pointer to an SoNode instance, correctly
     maintaining its reference count.

     SoSFNodes are written to file as the node they are pointing to. For
     example:

          mySoSFNodeField Cube {}
     is an SoSFNode field named 'mySoSFNodeField', pointing to an SoCube node.
     If the node is used elsewhere, the regular DEF/USE instancing mechanism
     applies:

          anotherSoSFNodeField USE topSeparator

     is an SoSFNode field that points to a node named 'topSeparator' that was
     DEF'ed earlier in the scene.

METHODS
     static SoType       getClassTypeId()
     virtual void        getTypeId() const
          Returns the type for this class or a particular object of this
          class.

     SoNode *            getValue() const
          Returns this field's value.

     SoNode *            operator =(SoNode * newValue)
     void                setValue(SoNode * newValue)
          Sets this field to newValue.

     int                 operator ==(const SoSFNode &f) const
     int                 operator !=(const SoSFNode &f) const
          Returns TRUE if f is of the same type and has the same value as this
          field.


SEE ALSO
     SoField, SoSField, SoMFNode, SoNode