PLY Namespace Reference

All the classes for this project fall within the PLY namespace. More...

Classes
struct	FloatValue
	An example Value: a float. More...
struct	Vertex
	An example Object: a Vertex with x,y,z coordinates. More...
struct	Face
	An example Object: a Face with a list of indices. More...
struct	VertexArray
	An example Array: a collection of Vertices. More...
struct	FaceArray
	An example Array: a collection of Faces. More...
struct	VertexExternal
	An example Array: an collection of Vertices. More...
struct	FaceExternal
	An example Array: an collection of Faces. More...
struct	Property
	The description of a Property of an Element. More...
struct	Element
	The description of an Element in the Header. More...
struct	Header
	The Header of a ply file. More...
struct	Reader
	The reader for extracting Objects from a ply stream. More...
struct	Writer
	The writer for storing Objects into a ply stream. More...
struct	Value
	A Value representing a Property. More...
struct	Object
	The basis for an Object containing some data. More...
struct	Array
	A collection of Objects. More...
struct	Storage
	A container for all Objects. More...
struct	AnyValue
	A Value representing a generic Property. More...
struct	AnyObject
	An Object representing a generic Element. More...
struct	AnyArray
	An Array representing a generic Element. More...

Enumerations
enum	Stream_type { ASCII = 1, BINARY_BE = 2, BINARY_LE = 3 }
	The storage type of the objects. More...
enum	Scalar_type {   StartType = 0, Int8 = 1, Int16 = 2, Int32 = 3,   Uint8 = 4, Uint16 = 5, Uint32 = 6, Float32 = 7,   Float64 = 8, EndType = 9 }
	Scalar data types supported by PLY format. More...
enum	Variable_type { SCALAR = 0, LIST = 1, STRING = 2 }
	Variable types supported by PLY format. More...
enum	Verbatim { IGNORE, WARNING, EXCEPTION, ERROR }
	Ways to handle faults. More...

Variables
const char *	type_names []
	The names used to describe the data types. More...
const char *	old_type_names []
	Old names used in early versions to describe the data types. More...
const char	_VERSION [] = "1.2.0"
	The version of the PLY code.
const size_t	ply_type_bytes [] = {0, 1, 2, 4, 1, 2, 4, 4, 8, 0}
	The sizes (in bytes) of the different data types.
const int	BIG_STRING = 4096
	The maximum number of characters in a line to read.
const Verbatim	ON_FAULT = EXCEPTION
	How faults are handled.

Detailed Description

All the classes for this project fall within the PLY namespace.

Enumeration Type Documentation

enum PLY::Scalar_type

Scalar data types supported by PLY format.

Enumerator
StartType	start marker
Int8	char
Int16	short
Int32	int
Uint8	unsigned char
Uint16	unsigned short
Uint32	unsigned int
Float32	float
Float64	double
EndType	end marker

enum PLY::Stream_type

The storage type of the objects.

Enumerator
ASCII	ASCII PLY file.
BINARY_BE	Binary PLY file, big endian.
BINARY_LE	Binary PLY file, little endian.

enum PLY::Variable_type

Variable types supported by PLY format.

Enumerator
SCALAR	Scalar value.
LIST	List of scalars.
STRING	String of chars.

enum PLY::Verbatim

Ways to handle faults.

Enumerator
IGNORE	Ignore faults. Note that this may lead to unexpected results.
WARNING	Give a message and ignore.
EXCEPTION	Give a message and break.
ERROR	Give a message and exit.

Variable Documentation

const char * PLY::old_type_names

Initial value:

=
       {"invalid",
         "char",
         "short",
         "int",
         "uchar",
         "ushort",
         "uint",
         "float",
         "double"}

Old names used in early versions to describe the data types.

const char * PLY::type_names

Initial value:

=
       {"invalid",
        "int8",
        "int16",
        "int32",
        "uint8",
        "uint16",
        "uint32",
        "float32",
        "float64"}

The names used to describe the data types.