PxRepXSerializer#

Defined in include/extensions/PxRepXSerializer.h

class PxRepXSerializer#

Serializer interface for RepX (Xml) serialization.

Deprecated:

Xml serialization is deprecated. An alternative serialization system is provided through USD Physics.

In order to serialize a class to RepX both a PxSerializer and a PxRepXSerializer implementation are needed.

A repx Serializer provides the ability to capture a live object to a descriptor or static state and the ability to write that state out to a file. Objects allocated by the Serializer using the allocator are freed when the collection itself is freed. SnRepXCoreSerializers.cpp implements a set of Serializers for the core PhysX types.

Note

Implementing a PxRepXSerializer is currently not practical without including the internal PhysXExtension header “SnRepXSerializerImpl.h”.

Public Functions

virtual const char *getTypeName() = 0#

The type this Serializer is meant to operate on.

virtual void objectToFile(
const PxRepXObject &inLiveObject,
PxCollection *inCollection,
XmlWriter &inWriter,
MemoryBuffer &inTempBuffer,
PxRepXInstantiationArgs &inArgs,
) = 0#

Convert from a RepX object to a key-value pair hierarchy.

Parameters:
  • inLiveObject[in] The object to convert to the passed in descriptor.

  • inCollection[in] The collection to use to find ids of references of this object.

  • inWriter[in] Interface to write data to.

  • inTempBuffer[in] used to for temporary allocations.

  • inArgs[in] The arguments used in create resources and objects.

virtual PxRepXObject fileToObject(
XmlReader &inReader,
XmlMemoryAllocator &inAllocator,
PxRepXInstantiationArgs &inArgs,
PxCollection *inCollection,
) = 0#

Convert from a descriptor to a live object.

Must be an object of this Serializer type.

Parameters:
  • inReader[in] The inverse of the writer, a key-value pair database.

  • inAllocator[in] An allocator to use for temporary allocations. These will be freed after instantiation completes.

  • inArgs[in] The arguments used in create resources and objects.

  • inCollection[in] The collection used to find references.

Returns:

The new live object. It can be an invalid object if the instantiation cannot take place.

Protected Functions

inline virtual ~PxRepXSerializer()#