ModelRoot

class ModelRoot

Bases: ModelNode

A node of this type is created automatically at the root of each model file that is loaded. It may eventually contain some information about the contents of the model; at the moment, it contains no special information, but can be used as a flag to indicate the presence of a loaded model file.

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class ModelReference

Bases: ReferenceCount

This class is used to unify references to the same model.

ModelReference(void)

ModelReference(ModelRoot::ModelReference const&) = default

explicit ModelRoot(std::string const &name)

explicit ModelRoot(Filename const &fullpath, time_t timestamp)

static TypeHandle get_class_type(void)

Filename const &get_fullpath(void) const

Returns the full pathname of the model represented by this node, as found on disk. This is mainly useful for reference purposes, but is also used to index the ModelRoot into the ModelPool.

int get_model_ref_count(void) const

Returns the number of copies that exist of this particular ModelRoot node. Each time ModelRoot::copy_subgraph() or make_copy() is called (or some other copying mechanism, such as NodePath.copy_to(), is used), this count will increment by one in all copies; when one of the copies is destructed, this count will decrement.

ModelReference *get_reference(void) const

Returns the pointer that represents the object shared between all copies of this ModelRoot. Since there’s not much associated with this object other than a reference count, normally there’s not much reason to get the pointer (though it may be compared pointerwise with other ModelRoot objects).

time_t get_timestamp(void) const

Returns the timestamp of the file on disk that was read for this model, at the time it was read, if it is known. Returns 0 if the timestamp is not known or could not be provided. This can be used as a quick (but fallible) check to verify whether the file might have changed since the model was read.

void set_fullpath(Filename const &fullpath)

Sets the full pathname of the model represented by this node, as found on disk. This is mainly useful for reference purposes, but is also used to index the ModelRoot into the ModelPool.

This is normally set automatically when a model is loaded, and should not be set directly by the user. If you change this on a loaded model, then ModelPool::release_model() may fail.

void set_reference(ModelRoot::ModelReference *ref)

Changes the pointer that represents the object shared between all copies of this ModelRoot. This will disassociate this ModelRoot from all of its copies. Normally, there’s no reason to do this.

void set_timestamp(time_t timestamp)

Sets the timestamp of the file on disk that was read for this model. This is normally set automatically when a model is loaded, and should not be set directly by the user.