Timeline Class Reference

#include "steam/asset/timeline.hpp"

Description

Todo:

this new Timeline API was invented about 2010 and remained in half finished state ever since.

we need some actual interface, beyond just creating timelines!

Todo:

2016 can confirm that we still want to go that route

Definition at line 100 of file timeline.hpp.

Static Public Member Functions
static PTimeline	create (Asset::Ident const &idi, RBinding const &sequenceBinding)
	create and register a new Timeline instance
Static Public Member Functions inherited from AutoRegistered< Timeline >
static PTarget	create ()
	factory for creating smart-ptr managed TAR instances, automatically registered with the element-tracking registry.
static void	deactivateRegistryLink ()
static bool	is_attached_to (Registry const &someRegistry)
static void	setRegistryInstance (Registry &registry_to_use)

Protected Member Functions
virtual void	unlink ()
	release all links to other Asset objects held internally. More...
Protected Member Functions inherited from Struct
	Struct (const Asset::Ident &idi)
Protected Member Functions inherited from Asset
	Asset (const Ident &idi)
	Asset is a Interface class; usually, objects of concrete subclasses are created via specialised Factories. More...
virtual	~Asset ()=0
void	defineDependency (PAsset parent)
	establish a connection between this and the given parent asset, denoting we are in some way dependent on the parent. More...
void	defineDependency (Asset &parent)
virtual void	unlink (IDA target)
	variant of unlink() dropping only the links to the given specific Asset, leaving all other links intact. More...

Private Types
typedef mobject::session::RBinding	RBinding

Private Member Functions
	Timeline (Ident const &, RBinding const &)

Private Attributes
RBinding	boundSequence_

Additional Inherited Members
Public Types inherited from AutoRegistered< Timeline >
typedef P< Timeline >	PTarget
typedef lib::ElementTracker< Timeline >	Registry
typedef lib::OptionalRef< Registry >	RegistryLink
Public Member Functions inherited from Struct
virtual const ID< Struct > &	getID () const
	< More...
Public Member Functions inherited from Asset
bool	enable (bool on=true)
	change the enabled status of this asset. More...
const vector< PAsset > &	getDependant () const
	All the other assets requiring this asset to be functional. More...
const vector< PAsset > &	getParents () const
	List of entities this asset depends on or requires to be functional. More...
bool	isActive () const
	weather this asset is switched on and consequently included in the fixture and participates in rendering More...
virtual	operator string () const
bool	operator< (Asset const &oa) const
bool	operator== (Asset const &oa) const
Public Member Functions inherited from AutoRegistered< Timeline >
void	detach ()
	detach this element from the element-tracking registry. More...
Static Public Attributes inherited from Struct
static StructFactory	retrieve
	storage for the static StructFactory instance
Public Attributes inherited from Asset
const Ident	ident
	Asset identification tuple.
Protected Attributes inherited from Asset
vector< PAsset >	dependants
bool	enabled
set< string >	groups
	additional classification, selections or departments this asset belongs to. More...
const ID< Asset >	id
	Asset primary key.
const string	longDesc
	user visible qualification of the thing, unit or concept represented by this asset. More...
vector< PAsset >	parents
const string	shortDesc
	user visible Name-ID. More...
Static Protected Attributes inherited from AutoRegistered< Timeline >
static RegistryLink	getRegistry
	storage for the functor to link an AutoRegistered entity to the corresponding registration service

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Timeline()

Timeline ( Ident const &  idi, RBinding const &  sequenceBinding  )

private

Todo:

anything significant to do here???

Definition at line 42 of file timeline.cpp.

Referenced by Timeline::create().

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Member Function Documentation

unlink()

void unlink ( )

protectedvirtual

release all links to other Asset objects held internally.

release all links to other dependent asset objects held internally and advise all parent assets to do so with the link to this asset.

The lifecycle of Asset objects is managed by smart pointers and the Asset manager. Calling unlink() breaks interconnections to other Assets in the central Object network comprising the session. Especially, the downward links to dependent entities are released, while the primary (upward) smart-ptr links to our prerequisites are still retained. The rationale is, after releasing these redundant or cyclic interlinking, when the AssetManager removes its DB entry for this asset, the smart pointer goes out of scope and causes unwinding of the whole dependency chain.

Note

we don't release upward links to parent assets, thus effectively keeping the parents alive, because frequently the accessibility of parent assets is part of our own contract. (e.g. media for clip assets)

Reimplemented from Asset.

Definition at line 65 of file timeline.cpp.

References AutoRegistered< TAR >::detach(), MORef< MO >::purge(), and Asset::unlink().

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• timeline.hpp
• timeline.cpp