Method setDataField

Engine/source/console/simObject.cpp:904–975

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void SimObject::setDataField(StringTableEntry slotName, const char *array, const char *value)
{
   // first search the static fields if enabled
   if(mFlags.test(ModStaticFields))
   {
      const AbstractClassRep::Field *fld = findField(slotName);
      if(fld)
      {
         // Skip the special field types as they are not data.
         if ( fld->type >= AbstractClassRep::ARCFirstCustomField )
            return;

         S32 array1 = array ? dAtoi(array) : 0;

         if(array1 >= 0 && array1 < fld->elementCount && fld->elementCount >= 1)
         {
            // If the set data notify callback returns true, then go ahead and
            // set the data, otherwise, assume the set notify callback has either
            // already set the data, or has deemed that the data should not
            // be set at all.
            FrameTemp<char> buffer(2048);
            FrameTemp<char> bufferSecure(2048); // This buffer is used to make a copy of the data
            // so that if the prep functions or any other functions use the string stack, the data
            // is not corrupted.

            ConsoleBaseType *cbt = ConsoleBaseType::getType( fld->type );
            AssertFatal( cbt != NULL, "Could not resolve Type Id." );

            const char* szBuffer = cbt->prepData( value, buffer, 2048 );
            dMemset( bufferSecure, 0, 2048 );
            dMemcpy( bufferSecure, szBuffer, dStrlen( szBuffer ) );

            if( (*fld->setDataFn)( this, array, bufferSecure ) )
               Con::setData(fld->type, (void *) (((const char *)this) + fld->offset), array1, 1, &value, fld->table);

            if(fld->validator)
               fld->validator->validateType(this, (void *) (((const char *)this) + fld->offset));

            onStaticModified( slotName, value );

            return;
         }

         if(fld->validator)
            fld->validator->validateType(this, (void *) (((const char *)this) + fld->offset));

         onStaticModified( slotName, value );
         return;
      }
   }

   if(mFlags.test(ModDynamicFields))
   {
      if(!mFieldDictionary)
         mFieldDictionary = new SimFieldDictionary;

      if(!array)
      {