Add a checkbox to node group inputs to force inputs to be single values
and not accept varying fields. While this could also be done more
automatically, and it could be argued that requiring the flexibility is
helpful for users who want to use attributes, there are cases where the
field inferencing doesn't work, or the "use attribute" option is just
unhelpful. People use workarounds with primitive nodes to get the same
behavior anyway.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/112745
Inlined sockets in the same vertical space are no longer supported.
This removes `input_output` socket declarations, the inlining feature in
node drawing, and the `Both` option for node group interface sockets.
Versioning code splits existing node group sockets into individual
sockets again. Unfortunately some links may get lost in versioning files
using the feature, because of an unnoticed bug: Socket identifiers have
to be unique in the node group items list but inlined input/output
sockets have the same identifier. This still works for most situations
because uniqueness is only required within input/output lists. Creating
proper unique identifiers will discard any link from the previous output
socket. This cannot easily be fixed without `after_linking` versioning
code, which should be avoided.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/112560
- Use `StringRef` over `StringRefNull`, since it handles `nullptr` in
its constructor and gives more flexibility about the string's source.
- Change `const char *` to `StringRef` as well, for improved ergonomics
and efficiency.
- Move `add_interface_socket_from_node` to a .cc file. It's not small
or performance sensitive enough to be inlined.
- Avoid allocating empty strings for item descriptions.
- Allocate with `BLI_strdupn` to avoid unnecessary `strlen` calls.
- Move a bit more code into a proper namespace.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/112721
Calling an API function after the node panels patch does not internally
tag the node tree with `NTREE_CHANGED_INTERFACE` any more, because the
node tree is not directly accessible from `bNodeTreeInterface`. Before
node panels the API functions for interfaces could tag the tree directly
for later update consideration, which now requires explicit tagging
calls.
The fix is to add a flag and mutex directly to `bNodeTreeInterface`, so
API methods can tag after updates. This mostly copies runtime data
concepts from `bNodeTree`. The `ensure_interface_cache` method is
equivalent to `ensure_topology_cache` and should be called before
accessing `interface_inputs` and similar cache data.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/111741
There are a couple of functions that create rna pointers. For example
`RNA_main_pointer_create` and `RNA_pointer_create`. Currently, those
take an output parameter `r_ptr` as last argument. This patch changes
it so that the functions actually return a` PointerRNA` instead of using
the output parameters.
This has a few benefits:
* Output parameters should only be used when there is an actual benefit.
Otherwise, one should default to returning the value.
* It's simpler to use the API in the large majority of cases (note that this
patch reduces the number of lines of code).
* It allows the `PointerRNA` to be const on the call-site, if that is desired.
No performance regression has been measured in production files.
If one of these functions happened to be called in a hot loop where
there is a regression, the solution should be to use an inline function
there which allows the compiler to optimize it even better.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/111976
Mostly the issues were because drag and drop moving to a different
index in the parent didn't take into account the root panel. Also add
a null check for safety similar to b36367e663.
Library overrides crashed with on trying to access the interface root
panel. The root panel should not be exposed through RNA, but also
accessing its position property should be allowed.
Several fixes here:
- Fix position property getter when the item has no parent panel
(i.e. the root panel).
- Avoid infinite loops in the greedy override comparison: exclude the
loopback parent property.
- Don't return the root panel via the parent property in the first
place, just return nullptr.
Second attempt at fix, first one in #111755 broke the
bl_node_group_interface test due to incorrect handling of the nullptr
parent case (reverted by 68440742)
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/111782
Library overrides crashed with on trying to access the interface root panel. The root panel should not be exposed through RNA, but also accessing its `position` property should be allowed.
Several fixes here:
- Fix `position` property getter when the item has no parent panel (i.e. the root panel).
- Avoid infinite loops in the greedy override comparison: exclude the loopback `parent` property.
- Don't return the root panel via the `parent` property in the first place, just return nullptr.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/111755
Part 3/3 of #109135, #110272
Switch to new node group interfaces and deprecate old DNA and API.
This completes support for panels in node drawing and in node group
interface declarations in particular.
The new node group interface DNA and RNA code has been added in parts
1 and 2 (#110885, #110952) but has not be enabled yet. This commit
completes the integration by
* enabling the new RNA API
* using the new API in UI
* read/write new interfaces from blend files
* add versioning for backward compatibility
* add forward-compatible writing code to reconstruct old interfaces
All places accessing node group interface declarations should now be
using the new API. A runtime cache has been added that allows simple
linear access to socket inputs and outputs even when a panel hierarchy
is used.
Old DNA has been deprecated and should only be accessed for versioning
(inputs/outputs renamed to inputs_legacy/outputs_legacy to catch
errors). Versioning code ensures both backward and forward
compatibility of existing files.
The API for old interfaces is removed. The new API is very similar but
is defined on the `ntree.interface` instead of the `ntree` directly.
Breaking change notifications and detailed instructions for migrating
will be added.
A python test has been added for the node group API functions. This
includes new functionality such as creating panels and moving items
between different levels.
This patch does not yet contain panel representations in the modifier
UI. This has been tested in a separate branch and will be added with a
later PR (#108565).
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/111348
This was noted in code comments and checked in Python documentation
generation but not at build time.
Since these enums are identifiers that end up included in various places
enforce the `rna_enum_*_items` convention which was noted as
the convention but not followed strictly.
Partially reverts [0], avoids having to deal with multiple prefix types.
[0]: 3ea7117ed1
Part 2/3 of #109135, #110272
Defines the RNA API for the new node tree interfaces.
The bulk of the RNA definition lives in `rna_node_tree_interface.cc`. The legacy socket interfaces remain in place and will be removed later.
Since the socket items share the `bNodeSocketValueXXX` structs with the `bNodeSocket` types they also use the same RNA. The `rna_def_node_socket_interface_subtypes` function is exposed so that when defining the interface RNA it can use the same code as the regular socket RNA.
Pull Request: https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/110952
