SGNode Methods

The methods of the SGNode class are listed here. For a complete list of SGNode class members, see SGNode class.

Name	Description
appendChild Method	Adds a child node under the caller’s node.
removeChild Method	Removes a child node from the caller’s node.
parentNode Method	Returns the parent node of the caller’s node.
hasChildNodes Method	Checks if there are child nodes under the caller’s node.
firstChild Method	Returns the first child node of the caller’s node.
lastChild Method	Returns the last child node of the caller’s node.
nextSibling Method	Returns the next sibling node of the caller’s node.
childNodes Method	Returns a list of child nodes.
selectSingleNode Method	Searches for a child node under the caller’s node.
setVisibility Method	Sets the visibility of the caller’s node and all of its children.
getVisibility Method	Returns the visibility status of the node.
sort Method	Sets the sort mode for the node.
save Method	Saves the caller node and all its children as a fly layer.
load Method	Loads a previously saved fly layer to the node.
getPosition Method	Returns the node position in the 3D world.
setPosition Method	Sets the position of the node in the 3D world.
setMessage Method	Attaches a message object to the caller’s node.
setAttribute Method	Sets an attribute to the node.
getAttribute Method	Returns a node attribute.
setData Method	Stores a data string (usually an XML) in the node.
getData Method	Returns a data string that was stored in the node.
nodeType Method	Returns the node type.
nodeId Method	Returns a number that represents the ID of the node.
getName Method	Returns the name of the node.
setName Method	Sets the name of the node.
isEqual Method	Returns true if the two nodes represent internally the same innerObj.