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/*!
  \class SoSFString SoSFString.h Inventor/fields/SoSFString.h
  \brief The SoSFString class is a container for an SbString.
  \ingroup fields

  This field is used where nodes, engines or other field containers
  needs to store a single string.

  Fields of this type stores their value to file as a the string
  within quotes.

  \sa SoMFString
*/

// *************************************************************************

#include <Inventor/fields/SoSFString.h>
#include <Inventor/fields/SoSubFieldP.h>

#include <Inventor/SoInput.h>
#include <Inventor/errors/SoDebugError.h>
#include <Inventor/errors/SoReadError.h>

#include "shared.h"

// *************************************************************************

SO_SFIELD_SOURCE(SoSFString, SbString, const SbString &);

// *************************************************************************

// Override from parent class.
void
SoSFString::initClass(void)
{
  SO_SFIELD_INTERNAL_INIT_CLASS(SoSFString);
}

// No need to document readValue() and writeValue() here, as the
// necessary information is provided by the documentation of the
// parent classes.
#ifndef DOXYGEN_SKIP_THIS

SbBool
SoSFString::readValue(SoInput * in)
{
  return in->read(this->value);
}

void
SoSFString::writeValue(SoOutput * out) const
{
  sosfstring_write_value(this, out, this->getValue());
}

#endif // DOXYGEN_SKIP_THIS


/*!
  Set string field value from \a str.
*/
void
SoSFString::setValue(const char * str)
{
  this->setValue(SbString(str));
}

// *************************************************************************