def __init__(self,varName,varType = None,value = None, defaultValue = None):
"""
Intializes an optionVar class handler
Keyword arguments:
varName(string) -- name for the optionVar
varType(string) -- 'int','float','string' (default 'int')
value() -- will attempt to set the optionVar with the value
defaultValue() -- will ONLY use if the optionVar doesn't exist
"""
#Default to creation of a var as an int value of 0
### input check
self.name = varName
self.form = ''
self.value = ''
#>>> If it doesn't exist, create, else update
if not mc.optionVar(exists = self.name):
if varType is not None:
requestVarType = self.returnVarTypeFromCall(varType)
elif defaultValue is not None:
requestVarType = search.returnDataType(defaultValue)
elif value is not None:
requestVarType = search.returnDataType(value)
else:
requestVarType = 'int'
if requestVarType:
self.form = requestVarType
self.create(self.form)
if defaultValue is not None:
self.initialStore(defaultValue)
elif value is not None:
self.initialStore(value)
self.value = mc.optionVar(q=self.name)
else:
guiFactory.warning("'%s' is not a valid variable type"%varType)
else:
self.update(varType)
#Attempt to set a value on call
if value is not None:
self.initialStore(value)
def update(self,varType = None):
"""
Update the data in case some other process has changed on optionVar
"""
dataBuffer = mc.optionVar(q=self.name)
requestVarType = self.returnVarTypeFromCall(varType)
if not mc.optionVar(exists = self.name):
if requestVarType:
self.form = requestVarType
self.create(self.form)
self.value = mc.optionVar(q=self.name)
return
else:
return guiFactory.warning("'%s' is not a valid variable type"%varType)
else:
#If it exists, first check for data buffer
typeBuffer = search.returnDataType(dataBuffer) or False
if not typeBuffer:
print'changing to int!'
typeBuffer = 'int'
if varType is not None:
if typeBuffer == requestVarType:
self.form = typeBuffer
self.value = dataBuffer
return
else:
self.form = requestVarType
self.create(self.form)
self.value = mc.optionVar(q=self.name)
return
else:
self.form = typeBuffer
self.value = mc.optionVar(q=self.name)
return
