Method sendSelf

SRC/element/zeroLength/ZeroLengthSection.cpp:420–475

int
ZeroLengthSection::sendSelf(int commitTag, Channel &theChannel)
{
	int res = 0;

	// note: we don't check for dataTag == 0 for Element
	// objects as that is taken care of in a commit by the Domain
	// object - don't want to have to do the check if sending data
	int dataTag = this->getDbTag();

	// ZeroLengthSection packs its data into an ID and sends this to theChannel
	// along with its dbTag and the commitTag passed in the arguments
	static ID idData(9);

	idData(0) = this->getTag();
	idData(1) = dimension;
	idData(2) = numDOF;
	idData(3) = order;
	idData(4) = connectedExternalNodes(0);
	idData(5) = connectedExternalNodes(1);
	idData(6) = theSection->getClassTag();
	
	int secDbTag = theSection->getDbTag();
	if (secDbTag == 0) {
		secDbTag = theChannel.getDbTag();
		if (secDbTag != 0)
			theSection->setDbTag(secDbTag);
	}
	idData(7) = secDbTag;
	idData(8) = useRayleighDamping;


	res += theChannel.sendID(dataTag, commitTag, idData);
	if (res < 0) {
	  opserr << "ZeroLengthSection::sendSelf -- failed to send ID data\n";
			
		return res;
	}

	// Send the 3x3 direction cosine matrix, have to send it since it is only set
	// in the constructor and not setDomain()
	res += theChannel.sendMatrix(dataTag, commitTag, transformation);
	if (res < 0) {
	  opserr << "ZeroLengthSection::sendSelf -- failed to send transformation Matrix\n";
	  return res;
	}

	// Send the section
	res += theSection->sendSelf(commitTag, theChannel);
	if (res < 0) {
	  opserr << "ZeroLengthSection::sendSelf -- failed to send Section\n";
	  return res;
	}

	return res;
}

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