Class: TCanvasPolylineCreationTool

Declaration: CanvasPolyline.h

Taxonomy Categories:

Member Functions:

Interface Category:

API.

Inherits From:

TSimpleMouseTool

Inherited By:

None.

Purpose:

A cursor tool that creates canvas polylines.

Instantiation:

Allocate on the heap or the stack.

Deriving Classes:

Intended to be used as is but can also be derived.

Concurrency:

Not multithread safe.

Resource Use:

No special requirements.

Member Function: TCanvasPolylineCreationTool::TCanvasPolylineCreationTool

TCanvasPolylineCreationTool ()
TCanvasPolylineCreationTool (const TCanvasPolylineCreationTool &)

Interface Category:

API.

Purpose:

Default constructor.
Copy constructor.

Calling Context:

Called to create a new object and by the stream-in operators.
Called to copy an object.

Parameters:

Takes no parameters.
const TCanvasPolylineCreationTool & -The object to copy.

Return Value:

None.

Exceptions:

Throws no exceptions, passes all exceptions through.

Concurrency:

Not multithread safe.

Other Considerations:

None.

Member Function: TCanvasPolylineCreationTool::~TCanvasPolylineCreationTool

virtual ~ TCanvasPolylineCreationTool ()

Interface Category:

API.

Purpose:

Destructor.

Calling Context:

Called to destroy an object.

Parameters:

Takes no parameters.

Return Value:

None.

Exceptions:

Throws no exceptions, passes all exceptions through.

Concurrency:

Not multithread safe.

Other Considerations:

None.

Member Function: TCanvasPolylineCreationTool::operator=

TCanvasPolylineCreationTool & operator =(const TCanvasPolylineCreationTool &)

Interface Category:

API.

Purpose:

Assignment operator.

Calling Context:

Called when an object is assigned to another compatible object.

Parameters:

const TCanvasPolylineCreationTool & -The object to be copied.

Return Value:

A non-const reference to the left-hand side object.

Exceptions:

Throws no exceptions, passes all exceptions through.

Concurrency:

Not multithread safe.

Other Considerations:

None.

Member Function: TCanvasPolylineCreationTool::operator>>=

virtual TStream & operator >>=(TStream &) const

Interface Category:

API.

Purpose:

Stream-out operator.

Calling Context:

Called to stream out data.

Parameters:

TStream & -The stream the object is streamed out to.

Return Value:

Returns a reference to the stream the object streams itself out to.

Exceptions:

Throws no exceptions, passes all exceptions through.

Concurrency:

Not multithread safe.

Other Considerations:

None.

Member Function: TCanvasPolylineCreationTool::operator<<=

virtual TStream & operator <<= (TStream &)

Interface Category:

API.

Purpose:

Stream-in operator.

Calling Context:

Called to stream in data.

Parameters:

TStream & -The stream the object is streamed in from.

Return Value:

Returns a reference to the stream the object streams itself in from.

Exceptions:

Throws TStandardException (kStreamBadVersion,0) if streaming in a version other than kOriginalVersion. Passes all exceptions through.

Concurrency:

Not multithread safe.

Other Considerations:

None.

Member Function: TCanvasPolylineCreationTool::GetPaletteText

virtual void GetPaletteText (TText &) const

Interface Category:

API.

Purpose:

Produces the text to represent the tool in a menu or palette.

Calling Context:

Called by clients creating menus or palettes.

Parameters:

TText & -A reference to a TText object that is assigned the palette text when GetPaletteText is called. Sets this parameter to TStandardText ( Polyline ).

Return Value:

None.

Exceptions:

Throws no exceptions, passes all exceptions through.

Concurrency:

Not multithread safe.

Other Considerations:

Derived classes override to produce different text to represent the tool.

Member Function: TCanvasPolylineCreationTool::CreatePaletteGraphic

virtual MGraphic * CreatePaletteGraphic () const

Interface Category:

API.

Purpose:

Creates a graphic to represent the tool in a menu or palette.

Calling Context:

Called by clients creating menus or palettes.

Parameters:

Takes no parameters.

Return Value:

MGraphic * -Currently returns NIL.

Exceptions:

Throws no exceptions, passes all exceptions through.

Concurrency:

Not multithread safe.

Other Considerations:

Derived classes override to create and return a different graphic.

Member Function: TCanvasPolylineCreationTool::CreateCursorGraphic

virtual MGraphic * CreateCursorGraphic () const

Interface Category:

API.

Purpose:

Creates a graphic to be used to represent the tool as a cursor.

Calling Context:

Called by the Cursor Tools framework.

Parameters:

Takes no parameters.

Return Value:

MGraphic * -A crosshair graphic.

Exceptions:

Throws no exceptions, passes all exceptions through.

Concurrency:

Not multithread safe.

Other Considerations:

Derived classes override to create and return a different graphic.

Member Function: TCanvasPolylineCreationTool::CreateInteractor

virtual TToolInteractor * CreateInteractor (MToolTarget * target) const

Interface Category:

API.

Purpose:

Creates an interactor to manage the interaction of creating a canvas polyline for the tool.

Calling Context:

Called by the Cursor Tools framework.

Parameters:

MToolTarget * target -The target of the mouse down.

Return Value:

TToolInteractor * -A new TCanvasPolylineCreationInteractor.

Exceptions:

Throws no exceptions, passes all exceptions through.

Concurrency:

Not multithread safe.

Other Considerations:

None.

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