DCClass

class DCClass

Bases: DCDeclaration

Defines a particular DistributedClass as read from an input .dc file.

Inheritance diagram

Datagram ai_format_generate(PyObject *distobj, DOID_TYPE do_id, ZONEID_TYPE parent_id, ZONEID_TYPE zone_id, CHANNEL_TYPE district_channel_id, CHANNEL_TYPE from_channel_id, PyObject *optional_fields) const

Generates a datagram containing the message necessary to generate a new distributed object from the AI. This requires querying the object for the initial value of its required fields.

optional_fields is a list of fieldNames to generate in addition to the normal required fields.

Datagram ai_format_update(std::string const &field_name, DOID_TYPE do_id, CHANNEL_TYPE to_id, CHANNEL_TYPE from_id, PyObject *args) const: Generates a datagram containing the message necessary to send an update for the indicated distributed object from the AI.

Datagram ai_format_update_msg_type(std::string const &field_name, DOID_TYPE do_id, CHANNEL_TYPE to_id, CHANNEL_TYPE from_id, int msg_type, PyObject *args) const: Generates a datagram containing the message necessary to send an update, using the indicated msg type for the indicated distributed object from the AI.

Datagram client_format_generate_CMU(PyObject *distobj, DOID_TYPE do_id, ZONEID_TYPE zone_id, PyObject *optional_fields) const

Generates a datagram containing the message necessary to generate a new distributed object from the client. This requires querying the object for the initial value of its required fields.

optional_fields is a list of fieldNames to generate in addition to the normal required fields.

This method is only called by the CMU implementation.

Datagram client_format_update(std::string const &field_name, DOID_TYPE do_id, PyObject *args) const: Generates a datagram containing the message necessary to send an update for the indicated distributed object from the client.

void direct_update(PyObject *distobj, std::string const &field_name, vector_uchar const &value_blob)

void direct_update(PyObject *distobj, std::string const &field_name, Datagram const &datagram)

Processes an update for a named field from a packed value blob.

Processes an update for a named field from a packed datagram.

PyObject *get_class_def(void) const: Returns the class object that was previously associated with this DistributedClass. This will return a new reference to the object.

DCField *get_constructor(void) const: Returns the constructor method for this class if it is defined, or NULL if the class uses the default constructor.

DCFile *get_dc_file(void) const: Returns the DCFile object that contains the class.

DCField *get_field(int n) const: Returns the nth field in the class. This is not necessarily the field with index n; this is the nth field defined in the class directly, ignoring inheritance.

DCField *get_field_by_index(int index_number) const: Returns a pointer to the DCField that has the indicated index number. If the numbered field is not found in the current class, the parent classes will be searched, so the value returned may not actually be a field within this class. Returns NULL if there is no such field defined.

DCField *get_field_by_name(std::string const &name) const: Returns a pointer to the DCField that shares the indicated name. If the named field is not found in the current class, the parent classes will be searched, so the value returned may not actually be a field within this class. Returns NULL if there is no such field defined.

DCField *get_inherited_field(int n) const

Returns the nth field field in the class and all of its ancestors.

This used to be the same thing as get_field_by_index(), back when the fields were numbered sequentially within a class’s inheritance hierarchy. Now that fields have a globally unique index number, this is no longer true.

std::string const &get_name(void) const: Returns the name of this class.

int get_num_fields(void) const: Returns the number of fields defined directly in this class, ignoring inheritance.

int get_num_inherited_fields(void) const: Returns the total number of field fields defined in this class and all ancestor classes.

int get_num_parents(void) const: Returns the number of base classes this class inherits from.

int get_number(void) const: Returns a unique index number associated with this class. This is defined implicitly when the .dc file(s) are read.

PyObject *get_owner_class_def(void) const: Returns the owner class object that was previously associated with this DistributedClass. This will return a new reference to the object.

DCClass *get_parent(int n) const: Returns the nth parent class this class inherits from.

bool has_class_def(void) const: Returns true if the DCClass object has an associated Python class definition, false otherwise.

bool has_constructor(void) const: Returns true if this class has a constructor method, false if it just uses the default constructor.

bool has_owner_class_def(void) const: Returns true if the DCClass object has an associated Python owner class definition, false otherwise.

bool inherits_from_bogus_class(void) const: Returns true if this class, or any class in the inheritance heirarchy for this class, is a “bogus” class–a forward reference to an as-yet-undefined class.

bool is_bogus_class(void) const: Returns true if the class has been flagged as a bogus class. This is set for classes that are generated by the parser as placeholder for missing classes, as when reading a partial file; it should not occur in a normal valid dc file.

bool is_struct(void) const: Returns true if the class has been identified with the “struct” keyword in the dc file, false if it was declared with “dclass”.

virtual void output(std::ostream &out) const: Write a string representation of this instance to <out>.

bool pack_required_field(Datagram &datagram, PyObject *distobj, DCField const *field) const

bool pack_required_field(DCPacker &packer, PyObject *distobj, DCField const *field) const

Looks up the current value of the indicated field by calling the appropriate get*() function, then packs that value into the datagram. This field is presumably either a required field or a specified optional field, and we are building up a datagram for the generate-with-required message.

Returns true on success, false on failure.

Looks up the current value of the indicated field by calling the appropriate get*() function, then packs that value into the packer. This field is presumably either a required field or a specified optional field, and we are building up a datagram for the generate-with-required message.

Returns true on success, false on failure.

void receive_update(PyObject *distobj, DatagramIterator &di) const: Extracts the update message out of the packer and applies it to the indicated object by calling the appropriate method.

void receive_update_all_required(PyObject *distobj, DatagramIterator &di) const: Processes a big datagram that includes all of the “required” fields that are sent when an avatar is created. This is all of the atomic fields that are marked “required”, whether they are broadcast or not.

void receive_update_broadcast_required(PyObject *distobj, DatagramIterator &di) const: Processes a big datagram that includes all of the “required” fields that are sent along with a normal “generate with required” message. This is all of the atomic fields that are marked “broadcast required”.

void receive_update_broadcast_required_owner(PyObject *distobj, DatagramIterator &di) const: Processes a big datagram that includes all of the “required” fields that are sent along with a normal “generate with required” message. This is all of the atomic fields that are marked “broadcast ownrecv”. Should be used for ‘owner-view’ objects.

void receive_update_other(PyObject *distobj, DatagramIterator &di) const: Processes a datagram that lists some additional fields that are broadcast in one chunk.

void set_class_def(PyObject *class_def): Sets the class object associated with this DistributedClass. This object will be used to construct new instances of the class.

void set_owner_class_def(PyObject *owner_class_def): Sets the owner class object associated with this DistributedClass. This object will be used to construct new owner instances of the class.

void start_generate(void)

Starts the PStats timer going on the “generate” task, that is, marks the beginning of the process of generating a new object, for the purposes of timing this process.

This should balance with a corresponding call to stop_generate().

void stop_generate(void): Stops the PStats timer on the “generate” task. This should balance with a preceding call to start_generate().