WsfSixDOF_Formation

WsfSixDOF_Formation

Creation

To create WsfSixDOF_Formation objects, use one of the methods provided by WsfSixDOF_FormationManager.

Name Methods

string GetQualifiedName()

Returns the qualified name of this formation. The qualified name is unique among all the defined formations. The qualified name is composed from the relative names of this formation and all of its parent formations. For example, if the relative name of a formation is ‘beta’ and it is a sub-formation of a formation with relative name ‘red’, then the qualified name of that formation would be ‘red.beta’.

string GetRelativeName()

Return the relative name of this formation. The relative name is used to distinguish between the sub-formations of a formation, and does not need to be unique among all of the defined formations. Instead, it only needs to be unique among the sub-formations of its parent.

bool Rename(string aNewName)

Change the relative name of this formation. If successful, this will change the name of this formation as well as updating the qualified names of all of the sub-formations of this formation, and this method will return true. If there proposed name change creates a conflict in the set of qualified names, this method will do nothing and return false.

Structure Related Methods

WsfSixDOF_Formation GetParentFormation()

Get the parent formation of this formation. This will return an invalid object if this has no parent.

bool IsRoot()

Returns true if this formation is a top-level formation (if this formation has no parent).

int GetNumSubFormations()

Returns the number of sub-formations of this formation.

WsfSixDOF_Formation GetSubFormation(string aRelativeName)

Returns the sub-formation of this formation with the given relative name. If there is no such formation, this will return an invalid object.

Array<WsfSixDOF_Formation> GetAllSubFormations()

Returns an array of all of the sub-formations of this formation. If there are no sub-formations, this will return an empty array.

bool IsLeaf()

Returns true if this formation is a leaf (has no sub-formations).

bool AddSubFormation(WsfSixDOF_Formation aFormation, WsfSixDOF_FormationOffset aOffset)

Add the given formation as a sub-formation of this formation with the given offset. This method will return true if the addition was successful, and false otherwise. Reasons that this method might fail include: the input formation being invalid, the input formation already having a parent formation, and this formation already having a sub-formation with the same relative name as the input formation.

After the addition, the given formation will be a sub-formation of this formation and will have had its and all its descendants qualified names updated to indicate the new ancestor.

WsfSixDOF_Formation RemoveSubFormation(string aRelativeName)

Remove the sub-formation of this formation with the given relative name. The removed sub-formation will have its parent reset, making it a top-level formation, as well as having its and all its descendants’ qualified names updated. Note that this does not disband the formation, it merely removes it as a sub-formation of this formation. If this removal is successful, this will return true.

Leader Related Methods

WsfSixDOF_Formation GetLeadSubFormation()

Return the lead sub-formation of this formation. If there is no lead formation specified, this will return an invalid object.

WsfSixDOF_Formation GetFormationLeader()

Return the overall formation leader of this formation. This is distinct from WsfSixDOF_Formation.GetLeadSubFormation in that this will continue down to a leaf formation, following the lead each time.

bool HasLeader()

Returns true if this formation has a leader assigned. If this is true, then WsfSixDOF_Formation.GetLeadSubFormation will return a valid object.

bool IsLeader()

Returns true if this formation is the lead formation of its parent formation. If there is no parent formation, this will always return false.

bool SetLeader(string aRelativeName)

Set the lead sub-formation of this formation to be the sub-formation with the given relative name, and return true. If there is no such formation, then this will return false.

Member Related Methods

int GetNumMemberPlatforms()

Get the number of member platforms in all formations descendant from this formation.

WsfPlatform GetMemberPlatform()

Return the platform member of this formation. If this is not a unit formation this will return an invalid object.

bool HasMemberPlatform()

Return if this formation has a member platform assigned to it. This method could return false because the formation type does not support setting a member, or because the formation type does, but a member is not assigned.

bool SetMember(string aPlatformName)

Set the member of this formation to be the platform with the given name. This will return false if the formation type does not support setting a member platform.

bool SetMember(WsfPlatform aPlatform)

Set the member of this formation to be the given platform. If the formation type does not support setting a member platform, this will return false.

Offset Related Methods

WsfOffset GetOffset()

Return the offset of this formation relative to the parent formation.

Note

One cannot set the offset directly using this object. Instead, one must use a command, WsfSixDOF_FormationChangeOffsetCommand.

Command Related Methods

bool IsAttached()

Return if this formation is attached to its parent. A formation that is attached is subject to commands forwarded from its parent. Further, attached sub-formations will move to form up with the other members of its formation and will keep station in that formation.

WsfSixDOF_FormationCommand GetCurrentCommand()

Get the current command assigned to this formation. If there is no such command, this will return an invalid object.

bool ExecuteCommand(WsfSixDOF_FormationCommand aCommand)

Execute the given command. This will assign the given command to this formation, forward transformed versions of this command to the attached sub-formations or both. If the command is assigned to this formation, this will return true. If not, including the case where the command is forwarded, this will return false.

bool ExecuteCommand(WsfSixDOF_FormationCommand aCommand, WsfSixDOF_FormationCommandConstraint aConstraint)

Execute the given command with the given constraint. This will either assign this command to this formation, in which case this method will return true, or transformed versions of this command will be forwarded to the attached sub-formations of this formation, in which case this method will return false.