variantSets.h

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#ifndef PXR_USD_USD_VARIANT_SETS_H
#define PXR_USD_USD_VARIANT_SETS_H

#include "pxr/pxr.h"
#include "pxr/usd/usd/api.h"
#include "pxr/usd/usd/common.h"
#include "pxr/usd/usd/editTarget.h"
#include "pxr/usd/usd/prim.h"

#include "pxr/usd/sdf/declareHandles.h"

#include <string>
#include <vector>

PXR_NAMESPACE_OPEN_SCOPE


SDF_DECLARE_HANDLES(SdfLayer);
SDF_DECLARE_HANDLES(SdfPrimSpec);
SDF_DECLARE_HANDLES(SdfVariantSetSpec);

class SdfPath;

/// \class UsdVariantSet
///
/// A UsdVariantSet represents a single VariantSet in USD
/// (e.g. modelingVariant or shadingVariant), which can have multiple
/// variations that express different sets of opinions about the scene
/// description rooted at the prim that defines the VariantSet.
///
/// (More detailed description of variants to follow)
///
class UsdVariantSet {
public:
    /// Author a variant spec for \a variantName in this VariantSet at the
    /// stage's current EditTarget, in the position specified by
    /// \p position.  Return true if the spec was successfully authored,
    /// false otherwise.
    ///
    /// This will create the VariantSet itself, if necessary, so as long as
    /// UsdPrim "prim" is valid, the following should always work:
    /// \code
    /// UsdVariantSet vs = prim.GetVariantSet("myVariantSet");
    /// vs.AddVariant("myFirstVariation");
    /// vs.SetVariantSelection("myFirstVariation");
    /// {
    ///     UsdEditContext ctx(vs.GetVariantEditContext());
    ///     // Now all of our subsequent edits will go "inside" the 
    ///     // 'myFirstVariation' variant of 'myVariantSet'
    /// }
    /// \endcode
    USD_API
    bool AddVariant(const std::string& variantName,
                    UsdListPosition position=UsdListPositionBackOfPrependList);

    /// Return the composed variant names for this VariantSet, ordered
    /// lexicographically.
    USD_API
    std::vector<std::string> GetVariantNames() const;

    /// Returns true if this VariantSet already possesses a variant 
    // named \p variantName in any layer.
    USD_API
    bool HasAuthoredVariant(const std::string& variantName) const;

    /// Return the variant selection for this VariantSet.  If there is
    /// no selection, return the empty string.
    USD_API
    std::string GetVariantSelection() const;

    /// Returns true if there is a selection authored for this VariantSet
    /// in any layer.
    ///
    /// If requested, the variant selection (if any) will be returned in
    /// \p value .
    USD_API
    bool HasAuthoredVariantSelection(std::string *value = nullptr) const;

    /// Author a variant selection for this VariantSet, setting it to
    /// \a variantName in the stage's current EditTarget. If \p variantName 
    /// is empty, clear the variant selection (see ClearVariantSelection). 
    /// Call BlockVariantSelection to explicitly set an empty variant 
    /// selection.
    ///
    /// Return true if the selection was successfully authored or cleared, 
    /// false otherwise.
    USD_API
    bool SetVariantSelection(const std::string &variantName);

    /// Clear any selection for this VariantSet from the current EditTarget.
    /// Return true on success, false otherwise.
    USD_API
    bool ClearVariantSelection();

    /// Block any weaker selections for this VariantSet by authoring an 
    /// empty string at the stage's current EditTarget. 
    /// Return true on success, false otherwise.
    USD_API
    bool BlockVariantSelection();

    /// Return a \a UsdEditTarget that edits the currently selected variant in
    /// this VariantSet in \a layer.  If there is no currently
    /// selected variant in this VariantSet, return an invalid EditTarget.
    ///
    /// If \a layer is unspecified, then we will use the layer of our prim's
    /// stage's current UsdEditTarget.
    ///
    /// Currently, we require \a layer to be in the stage's local LayerStack
    /// (see UsdStage::HasLocalLayer()), and will issue an error and return
    /// an invalid EditTarget if \a layer is not.  We may relax this
    /// restriction in the future, if need arises, but it introduces several
    /// complications in specification and behavior.
    USD_API
    UsdEditTarget
    GetVariantEditTarget(const SdfLayerHandle &layer = SdfLayerHandle()) const;

    /// Helper function for configuring a UsdStage's EditTarget to author
    /// into the currently selected variant.  Returns configuration for a
    /// UsdEditContext
    ///
    /// To begin editing into VariantSet \em varSet's currently selected
    /// variant:
    ///
    /// In C++, we would use the following pattern:
    /// \code
    /// {
    ///     UsdEditContext ctxt(varSet.GetVariantEditContext());
    ///
    ///     // All Usd mutation of the UsdStage on which varSet sits will
    ///     // now go "inside" the currently selected variant of varSet
    /// }
    /// \endcode
    ///
    /// In python, the pattern is:
    /// \code{.py}
    ///     with varSet.GetVariantEditContext():
    ///         # Now sending mutations to current variant
    /// \endcode
    ///
    /// See GetVariantEditTarget() for discussion of \p layer parameter
    USD_API
    std::pair<UsdStagePtr, UsdEditTarget>
    GetVariantEditContext(const SdfLayerHandle &layer = SdfLayerHandle()) const;


    /// Return this VariantSet's held prim.
    UsdPrim const &GetPrim() const { return _prim; }


    /// Return this VariantSet's name
    std::string const &GetName() const { return _variantSetName; }


    /// Is this UsdVariantSet object usable?  If not, calling any of
    /// its other methods is likely to crash.
    bool IsValid() const {
        return static_cast<bool>(_prim);
    }

    /// Equivalent to IsValid().
    explicit operator bool() const {
        return IsValid();
    }

private:
    UsdVariantSet(const UsdPrim &prim,
                  const std::string &variantSetName)
        : _prim(prim)
        , _variantSetName(variantSetName)
    {
    }

    SdfPrimSpecHandle _CreatePrimSpecForEditing();
    SdfVariantSetSpecHandle _AddVariantSet(UsdListPosition position);

    UsdPrim _prim;
    std::string _variantSetName;

    friend class UsdPrim;
    friend class UsdVariantSets;
};


// TODO:
// VariantSet Names are stored as SdListOps, but a VariantSet is an actual spec
// (like a Prim). Is it important to make that distinction here?

/// \class UsdVariantSets
///
/// UsdVariantSets represents the collection of
/// \ref UsdVariantSet "VariantSets" that are present on a UsdPrim.
///
/// A UsdVariantSets object, retrieved from a prim via 
/// UsdPrim::GetVariantSets(), provides the API for interrogating and modifying
/// the composed list of VariantSets active defined on the prim, and also
/// the facility for authoring a VariantSet \em selection for any of those
/// VariantSets.
///
class UsdVariantSets {
public:

    /// Find an existing, or create a new VariantSet on the originating UsdPrim,
    /// named \p variantSetName.
    ///
    /// This step is not always necessary, because if this UsdVariantSets
    /// object is valid, then 
    /// \code
    /// varSetsObj.GetVariantSet(variantSetName).AddVariant(variantName);
    /// \endcode
    /// will always succeed, creating the VariantSet first, if necessary.  This
    /// method exists for situations in which you want to create a VariantSet
    /// without necessarily populating it with variants.
    USD_API
    UsdVariantSet AddVariantSet(const std::string& variantSetName,
                UsdListPosition position=UsdListPositionBackOfPrependList);

    // TODO: don't we want remove and reorder, clear, etc. also?

    /// Compute the list of all VariantSets authored on the originating
    /// UsdPrim.  Always return true.  Clear the contents of \p names and store
    /// the result there.
    USD_API
    bool GetNames(std::vector<std::string>* names) const;

    /// Return a list of all VariantSets authored on the originating UsdPrim.
    USD_API
    std::vector<std::string> GetNames() const;

    UsdVariantSet operator[](const std::string& variantSetName) const {
        return GetVariantSet(variantSetName);
    }

    /// Return a UsdVariantSet object for \p variantSetName.  This always
    /// succeeds, although the returned VariantSet will be invalid if
    /// the originating prim is invalid
    USD_API
    UsdVariantSet GetVariantSet(const std::string& variantSetName) const;

    /// Returns true if a VariantSet named \p variantSetName exists on
    /// the originating prim.
    USD_API
    bool HasVariantSet(const std::string& variantSetName) const;

    /// Return the composed variant selection for the VariantSet named
    /// \a variantSetName.  If there is no selection, (or \p variantSetName
    /// does not exist) return the empty string.
    USD_API
    std::string GetVariantSelection(const std::string& variantSetName) const;

    USD_API
    bool SetSelection(const std::string& variantSetName,
                      const std::string& variantName);

    /// Returns the composed map of all variant selections authored on the
    /// the originating UsdPrim, regardless of whether a corresponding 
    /// variant set exists.
    USD_API
    SdfVariantSelectionMap GetAllVariantSelections() const;


private:
    explicit UsdVariantSets(const UsdPrim& prim) 
        : _prim(prim)
    {
        /* NOTHING */
    }

    UsdPrim _prim;

    friend class UsdPrim;
};


PXR_NAMESPACE_CLOSE_SCOPE

#endif //PXR_USD_USD_VARIANT_SETS_H