[x3d-public] Question about a Python and x3d.py Error message

[John Carlson]

self is the first parameter to instance methods.  I don’t know about class
methods.  My guess is you might want instance methods, but it’s your design.

On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM Bergstrom, Aaron via x3d-public <
x3d-public at web3d.org> wrote:

> John,
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> Thanks for responding.
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> So in the case of the code below, would the instance method be the “def
> creator(cls):” method? If so, would I think do the following: “def
> creator(cls, self):”
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> Or am I not understanding what you are saying?
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> Thanks,
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> Aaron
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> *From:* John Carlson <yottzumm at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 15, 2025 10:12 AM
> *To:* Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics public discussion <x3d-public at web3d.org
> >
> *Cc:* Bergstrom, Aaron <aaron.bergstrom at und.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [x3d-public] Question about a Python and x3d.py Error
> message
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> Aaron, AFAIK, you need “self” as the first parameter in your instance
> methods (not functions, of course).  I don’t know about class methods.
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> If you’re familiar with Java or C++, this is similar to “this”.
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> On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM Bergstrom, Aaron via x3d-public <
> x3d-public at web3d.org> wrote:
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> I need help troubleshooting a x3d.py error message.
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> In developing a Python version of the Rawkee X3D exporter plugin for Maya,
> I am attempting to create nodes that inherit from both the Maya Python API
> 2.0 and x3d.py
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> As such, I have a question about python and multiple class inheritance,
> and an error I am seeing. Admittedly, I am not the strongest Python
> programmer.
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> I am getting the following error when I execute the Python code in Maya,
> and I’m pretty sure I do not of the __init__() function setup correctly.
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> # Error: TypeError: file C:\Users\user.name\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\x3d\x3d.py
> line 14984: Scene.hasChild() missing 1 required positional argument: 'self'
> #
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> Can anyone with some Python experience give me an idea of what I am doing
> wrong here?
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> Here is the code:
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> #################################################################
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> import x3d
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> import maya.api.OpenMaya as aom
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> import maya.api.OpenMayaUI as aomui
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> import maya.api.OpenMayaRender as aomr
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> # import xmltodict
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> # import json
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> class X3DScene (aom.MPxNode, x3d.Scene):
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>     TYPE_NAME    = "Scene"
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>     TYPE_ID      = aom.MTypeId(0x00108FFF)
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>     PROFILE_TYPE = "Full"
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>     VERSION      = "4.0"
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>     def __init__(self):
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>         super(X3DScene, self).__init__()
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>     @classmethod
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>     def creator(cls):
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>         return X3DScene()
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>     @classmethod
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>     def initialize(cls):
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>         cls.x3dDoc = x3d.X3D(profile=cls.PROFILE_TYPE, version=cls.VERSION)
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>         cls.x3dDoc.Scene = cls
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>         #######################################################
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>         # Test dump to make sure the class works as expected
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>         #print(json.dumps(xmltodict.parse(cls.x3dDoc.XML()), indent=4))
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>         print(cls.x3dDoc.XML())
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