Contents

• About QuickDraw 3D Objects
• The QuickDraw 3D Class Hierarchy
• QuickDraw 3D Objects
• QuickDraw 3D Object Subclasses
• Shared Object Subclasses
• Set Object Subclasses
• Shape Object Subclasses
• Group Object Subclasses
• Shader Object Subclasses
• Reference Counts
• Using QuickDraw 3D Objects
• Determining the Type of a QuickDraw 3D Object
• Defining an Object Metahandler
• How Your Metahandler is Called
• Defining Custom Elements
• QuickDraw 3D Objects Reference
• QuickDraw 3D Objects Routines
• Managing Objects
• Q3Object_Submit
• Q3Object_Dispose
• Q3Object_Duplicate
• Q3Object_IsDrawable
• Q3Object_IsWritable
• Determining Object Types
• Q3Object_GetType
• Q3Object_GetLeafType
• Q3Object_IsType
• Analyzing the Object Hierarchy
• Q3ObjectHierarchy_GetTypeFromString
• Q3ObjectHierarchy_GetStringFromType
• Q3ObjectHierarchy_IsTypeRegistered
• Q3ObjectHierarchy_IsNameRegistered
• Q3ObjectHierarchy_GetSubClassData
• Q3ObjectHierarchy_EmptySubClassData
• Managing Shared Objects
• Q3Shared_GetReference
• Q3Shared_IsReferenced
• Q3Shared_GetType
• Q3Shared_GetEditIndex
• Q3Shared_Edited
• Extending Shapes and Sets
• Creating Custom Object Subclasses
• Custom Class Metahandlers
• TQ3MetaHandler
• Object Types and Names
• Data Structures Associated With a Class
• Registering a Custom Class
• Q3XObjectHierarchy_RegisterClass
• Q3XObjectHierarchy_UnregisterClass
• Q3ElementClass_Register
• Q3ElementType_GetElementSize
• Registering a Shared Library
• Q3XSharedLibrary_Register
• Q3XSharedLibrary_Unregister
• Creating a Hierarchy
• Object Methods
• Multilevel Methods
• Class Routines
• Instantiating an Object
• Q3XObjectHierarchy_NewObject
• Accessing Types in a Class
• Q3XObjectClass_GetType
• Q3XObjectClass_GetLeafType
• Q3XObjectClass_GetSubClassType
• Q3XObject_GetClass
• Q3XObject_GetSubClassType
• Version Checking
• Q3XObjectHierarchy_GetClassVersion
• Class Method Retrieval
• Q3XObjectHierarchy_GetMethod
• Q3XObjectClass_GetMethod
• Accessing Private Data
• Q3XObjectClass_GetPrivate
• Q3XObject_GetClassPrivate
• Q3XObjectClass_GetClassPrivate
• Class Methods
• Class Registration and Unregistration
• TQ3XObjectClassRegisterMethod
• TQ3XObjectClassUnregisterMethod
• TQ3XObjectClassReplaceMethod
• Class Version
• Q3XMethodTypeObjectClassVersion
• Object Creation and Deletion
• TQ3XObjectNewMethod
• TQ3XObjectDeleteMethod
• TQ3XObjectDuplicateMethod
• TQ3XObjectUnregisterMethod
• Shared Objects
• TQ3XSharedLibraryRegister
• I/O Methods
• TQ3XObjectAttachMethod
• Object Errors, Warnings, and Notices