Re: Scripting: How to query available Objects?

["Ponthieux, Joey" <j.ponthieux(at)nasa.gov>]

Stephen,
   Is that specific to only Python?  I don't have Python installed at 
the moment and I don't know the language yet. Is there any reason why it 
could not be written in JScript or does Python expose stuff not 
available to the other languages? I assume you're gonna tell me it's 
time to learn Python? :)

Joey Ponthieux
NCI Information Systems Inc.
NASA Langley Research Center
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Stephen Blair wrote:
> http://softimage.wiki.avid.com/index.php/Python_%28XSISDK%29#Python_Intr
> ospection
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> Of Ponthieux, Joey
> Sent: Wed 02 January 2008 2:31 PM
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> Subject: Scripting: How to query available Objects?
>
> Hello,
>     I am wondering if it is possible to query the available Objects
> relative to another object? I'm looking for something similar to
> classname() but what I want is something that will return all available
> Methods or Properties available to the current Object. Say for example I
> have an XSICollection oColl1, it possesses a reference to a
> CollectionItem which in turn possesses a SubComponent, etc, etc. I am
> looking for a command which will list available
> Objects(Method,Properties etc) to the current object, so in this case I
> want to know what is available to oColl1, or at least oColl1(0). 
> Assuming of course that this is say a collection of points, it would
> possess other Objects such as SubComponent, SubElements, etc.  I want to
> list  these available objects directly from the script editor rather
> than having to look them up  in the manual. In other words I want to
> list  everything that will plug into
>
> oColl(0).?
>
> Since this is a CollectionItem which would ultimately posses a
> PointCollection then SubComponent and SubElements, among others are
> available to it, once I know that SubComponent is available I want to
> list everything under
>
> oColl(0).SubComponent.?
>
> and so on. I've tried NestedObjects that does not seem to do what I
> want. PropertyCollection only seems to refer to properties available to
> the X3DObject and the like. Stuff like parameters etc such as
> kine.local.posx etc and not the Object Model properties or Methods. Or
> maybe I don't quite understand how to use Property or PropertyCollection
> here. Anyway, if anyone has some insight to this it would be
> appreciated.
>
>
>
>
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> Joey Ponthieux
> NCI Information Systems Inc.
> NASA Langley Research Center
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