sDNA

Collaboration diagram for sDNA:

Files
file	DNA_action_types.h
file	DNA_actuator_types.h
file	DNA_anim_types.h
file	DNA_armature_types.h
file	DNA_boid_types.h
file	DNA_brush_types.h
file	DNA_camera_types.h
file	DNA_cloth_types.h
file	DNA_color_types.h
file	DNA_constraint_types.h
file	DNA_controller_types.h
file	DNA_curve_types.h
file	DNA_customdata_types.h
file	DNA_defs.h
file	DNA_dynamicpaint_types.h
file	DNA_effect_types.h
file	DNA_fileglobal_types.h
file	DNA_genfile.h
	blenloader genfile private function prototypes
file	DNA_gpencil_types.h
file	DNA_group_types.h
file	DNA_ID.h
	ID and Library types, which are fundamental for sdna.
file	DNA_image_types.h
file	DNA_ipo_types.h
file	DNA_key_types.h
file	DNA_lamp_types.h
file	DNA_lattice_types.h
file	DNA_listBase.h
	These structs are the foundation for all linked lists in the library system.
file	DNA_material_types.h
file	DNA_mesh_types.h
file	DNA_meshdata_types.h
file	DNA_meta_types.h
file	DNA_modifier_types.h
file	DNA_movieclip_types.h
file	DNA_nla_types.h
file	DNA_node_types.h
file	DNA_object_fluidsim.h
file	DNA_object_force.h
file	DNA_object_types.h
	Object is a sort of wrapper for general info.
file	DNA_outliner_types.h
file	DNA_packedFile_types.h
file	DNA_particle_types.h
file	DNA_property_types.h
file	DNA_scene_types.h
file	DNA_screen_types.h
file	DNA_sdna_types.h
file	DNA_sensor_types.h
file	DNA_sequence_types.h
file	DNA_smoke_types.h
file	DNA_sound_types.h
file	DNA_space_types.h
file	DNA_speaker_types.h
file	DNA_text_types.h
file	DNA_texture_types.h
file	DNA_tracking_types.h
file	DNA_userdef_types.h
file	DNA_vec_types.h
file	DNA_vfont_types.h
file	DNA_view2d_types.h
file	DNA_view3d_types.h
file	DNA_windowmanager_types.h
file	DNA_world_types.h
file	dna_genfile.c
file	makesdna.c
	Struct muncher for making SDNA.

makesdna

About the DNA module

The DNA module holds all type definitions that are serialized in a blender file. There is an executable that scans all files, looking for struct-s to serialize (hence sdna: Struct sDNA). From this information, it builds a file with numbers that encode the format, the names of variables, and the plce to look for them.

Known issues with DNA

• Function pointers:

Because of historical reasons, some function pointers were untyped. The parser/dna generator has been modified to explicitly handle these special cases. Most pointers have been given proper proto's by now. DNA_space_types.h::Spacefile::returnfunc may still be badly defined. The reason for this is that it is called with different types of arguments. It takes a char* at this moment...

• Path to the header files

Also because of historical reasons, there is a path prefix to the headers that need to be scanned. This is the BASE_HEADER define. If you change the file-layout for DNA, you will probably have to change this (Not very flexible, but it is hardly ever changed. Sorry.).

Dependencies

DNA has no external dependencies (except for a few system includes).

NOTE

PLEASE READ INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT ADDING VARIABLES IN 'DNA' STRUCTS IN

intern/dna_genfile.c (ton)