SoNode(3IV)

NAME
     SoNode - abstract base class for all database nodes

INHERITS FROM
     SoBase > SoFieldContainer > SoNode

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

          Methods from class SoNode:

     void                setOverride(SbBool state)
     SbBool              isOverride() const
     SoNode *            copy(SbBool copyConnections = FALSE) const
     virtual SbBool      affectsState() const
     static SoNode *     getByName(const SbName &name)
     static int          getByName(const SbName &name, SoNodeList &list)
     static SoType       getClassTypeId()

          Methods from class SoFieldContainer:

     void                setToDefaults()
     SbBool              hasDefaultValues() const
     SbBool              fieldsAreEqual(const SoFieldContainer *fc) const
     void                copyFieldValues(const SoFieldContainer *fc, SbBool
                              copyConnections = FALSE)
     SbBool              set(const char *fieldDataString)
     void                get(SbString &fieldDataString)
     virtual int         getFields(SoFieldList &resultList) const
     virtual SoField *   getField(const SbName &fieldName) const
     SbBool              getFieldName(const SoField *field, SbName &fieldName)
                              const
     SbBool              isNotifyEnabled() const
     SbBool              enableNotify(SbBool flag)

          Methods from class SoBase:

     void                ref()
     void                unref() const
     void                unrefNoDelete() const
     void                touch()
     virtual SoType      getTypeId() const
     SbBool              isOfType(SoType type) const
     virtual void        setName(const SbName &name)
     virtual SbName      getName() const


DESCRIPTION
     This is the abstract base class from which all scene graph node classes
     are derived.
METHODS
     void                setOverride(SbBool state)
          Turns override flag on or off.

     SbBool              isOverride() const
          Returns the state of the override flag.

     SoNode *            copy(SbBool copyConnections = FALSE) const
          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.

     virtual SbBool      affectsState() const
          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.

     static SoNode *     getByName(const SbName &name)
     static int          getByName(const SbName &name, SoNodeList &list)
          A node's name can be set using SoBase::setName().  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.

     static SoType       getClassTypeId()
          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