void getDirectConnectedPlugs(const char *attrName, MFnDependencyNode& depFn, bool dest, MPlugArray& thisNodePlugs, MPlugArray& otherSidePlugs)
{
MPlug thisPlug = depFn.findPlug(attrName);
if (!thisPlug.isArray())
{
if (thisPlug.isConnected())
{
thisNodePlugs.append(thisPlug);
otherSidePlugs.append(getDirectConnectedPlug(thisPlug, dest));
}
return;
}
for (uint i = 0; i < thisPlug.numElements(); i++)
{
if (thisPlug.isCompound())
{
// we only support simple compounds like colorListEntry
if (MString(attrName) == MString("colorEntryList"))
{
MPlug element = thisPlug[i];
if (element.child(0).isConnected())
{
MPlug connectedPlug = element.child(0);
thisNodePlugs.append(connectedPlug);
otherSidePlugs.append(getDirectConnectedPlug(connectedPlug, dest));
}
if (element.child(1).isConnected())
{
MPlug connectedPlug = element.child(1);
thisNodePlugs.append(connectedPlug);
otherSidePlugs.append(getDirectConnectedPlug(connectedPlug, dest));
}
}
}
else{
if (!thisPlug[i].isConnected())
{
continue;
}
MPlug connectedPlug = thisPlug[i];
thisNodePlugs.append(connectedPlug);
otherSidePlugs.append(getDirectConnectedPlug(connectedPlug, dest));
}
}
}
void getConnectedChildPlugs(const MPlug& plug, bool dest, MPlugArray& thisNodePlugs, MPlugArray& otherSidePlugs)
{
if (plug.numConnectedChildren() == 0)
return;
for (uint chId = 0; chId < plug.numChildren(); chId++)
if (plug.child(chId).isConnected())
{
if ((plug.child(chId).isDestination() && dest) || (plug.child(chId).isSource() && !dest))
{
thisNodePlugs.append(plug.child(chId));
otherSidePlugs.append(getDirectConnectedPlug(plug, dest));
}
}
}