Method writeFields

Engine/source/console/simObject.cpp:306–383

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void SimObject::writeFields(Stream &stream, U32 tabStop)
{
   // Write static fields.

   // Create a default object of the same type
   ConsoleObject* defaultConObject = ConsoleObject::create(getClassName());
   SimObject* defaultObject = dynamic_cast<SimObject*>(defaultConObject);
   
   const AbstractClassRep::FieldList &list = getFieldList();

   for(U32 i = 0; i < list.size(); i++)
   {
      const AbstractClassRep::Field* f = &list[i];

      // Skip the special field types.
      if ( f->type >= AbstractClassRep::ARCFirstCustomField )
         continue;

      for(U32 j = 0; S32(j) < f->elementCount; j++)
      {
         char array[8];
         dSprintf( array, 8, "%d", j );
         const char *val = getDataField(StringTable->insert( f->pFieldname ), array );

         // Make a copy for the field check.
         if (!val)
            continue;

         U32 nBufferSize = dStrlen( val ) + 1;
         FrameTemp<char> valCopy( nBufferSize );
         dStrcpy( (char *)valCopy, val, nBufferSize );

         if (!writeField(f->pFieldname, valCopy))
            continue;

         //If the field hasn't been changed from the default value, then don't bother writing it out
         const char* defaultValueCheck = defaultObject->getDataField(f->pFieldname, array);
         if (defaultValueCheck && defaultValueCheck[0] != '\0' && dStricmp(defaultValueCheck, valCopy) == 0)
            continue;

         val = valCopy;

         U32 expandedBufferSize = ( nBufferSize  * 2 ) + dStrlen(f->pFieldname) + 32;
         FrameTemp<char> expandedBuffer( expandedBufferSize );
         if(f->elementCount == 1)
            dSprintf(expandedBuffer, expandedBufferSize, "%s = \"", f->pFieldname);
         else
            dSprintf(expandedBuffer, expandedBufferSize, "%s[%d] = \"", f->pFieldname, j);

         // detect and collapse relative path information
         char fnBuf[1024];
         if (f->type == TypeFilename       ||
             f->type == TypeStringFilename ||
             f->type == TypeImageFilename  ||
             f->type == TypePrefabFilename ||
             f->type == TypeShapeFilename  ||
             f->type == TypeSoundFilename )
         {