Added Action class NodeVisitor that supports osgPresentation nodes.

examples/osgpresentation/osgpresentation.cpp

@@ -29,32 +29,28 @@
 
 #include <osg/NodeVisitor>
 
-class PrintSupportedProperties : public osg::NodeVisitor
+class PrintSupportedProperties : public osgPresentation::Action
 {
 public:
-    PrintSupportedProperties() : osg::NodeVisitor(osg::NodeVisitor::TRAVERSE_ALL_CHILDREN) {}
+    PrintSupportedProperties() :
+        osgPresentation::Action(osg::NodeVisitor::TRAVERSE_ALL_CHILDREN) {}
 
-    void apply(osg::Node& node)
+    void apply(osgPresentation::Group& group)
     {
-        osgPresentation::Group* pres_group = dynamic_cast<osgPresentation::Group*>(&node);
+        OSG_NOTICE<<"osgPresentation object : "<<group.className()<<std::endl;
-        if (pres_group)
+        osgPresentation::PropertyList properties;
+        if (group.getSupportedProperties(properties))
         {
-            OSG_NOTICE<<"osgPresentation object : "<<pres_group->className()<<std::endl;
+            for(osgPresentation::PropertyList::iterator itr = properties.begin();
-            osgPresentation::PropertyList properties;
+                itr != properties.end();
-            if (pres_group->getSupportedProperties(properties))
+                ++itr)
             {
-                for(osgPresentation::PropertyList::iterator itr = properties.begin();
+                osgPresentation::ObjectDescription& od = *itr;
-                    itr != properties.end();
+                OSG_NOTICE<<"    "<<od.first->className()<<" : "<<od.first->getName()<<", description = "<<od.second<<std::endl;
-                    ++itr)
-                {
-                    osgPresentation::ObjectDescription& od = *itr;
-                    OSG_NOTICE<<"    "<<od.first->className()<<" : "<<od.first->getName()<<", description = "<<od.second<<std::endl;
 
-                }
             }
-
         }
-        traverse(node);
+        traverse(group);
     }
 };
 
@@ -141,6 +137,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     osg::ref_ptr<osgPresentation::Layer> layer = new osgPresentation::Layer;
     osg::ref_ptr<osgPresentation::Group> group = new osgPresentation::Group;
     osg::ref_ptr<osgPresentation::Element> element = new osgPresentation::Element;
+    osg::ref_ptr<osgPresentation::Element> text = new osgPresentation::Text;
     presentation->addChild(slide.get());
     slide->addChild(layer.get());
     //layer->addChild(element.get());
@@ -148,15 +145,24 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     group->addChild(element.get());
     element->addChild(model.get());
     group->addChild(new osgPresentation::Model);
-    group->addChild(new osgPresentation::Text);
+    group->addChild(text.get());
     group->addChild(new osgPresentation::Audio);
     group->addChild(new osgPresentation::Movie);
     group->addChild(new osgPresentation::Volume);
 
 
+    text->setProperty("string",std::string("This is a first test"));
+    text->setProperty("font",std::string("times.ttf"));
+    text->setProperty("character_size",2.2);
+    text->setProperty("width",std::string("103.2"));
+
+
     PrintSupportedProperties psp;
     presentation->accept(psp);
 
+    osgPresentation::LoadAction load;
+    presentation->accept( load );
+
     viewer.setSceneData( presentation.get() );
 
 

include/osgPresentation/Action

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/* -*-c++-*- OpenSceneGraph - Copyright (C) 1998-2013 Robert Osfield
+ *
+ * This library is open source and may be redistributed and/or modified under
+ * the terms of the OpenSceneGraph Public License (OSGPL) version 0.0 or
+ * (at your option) any later version.  The full license is in LICENSE file
+ * included with this distribution, and on the openscenegraph.org website.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * OpenSceneGraph Public License for more details.
+*/
+
+#ifndef OSGPRESENTATION_ACTION
+#define OSGPRESENTATION_ACTION 1
+
+#include <osgPresentation/Export>
+#include <osg/NodeVisitor>
+
+namespace osgPresentation
+{
+
+// forward declare osgPresention nodes
+class Group;
+
+class Element;
+class Text;
+class Volume;
+class Model;
+class Image;
+class Movie;
+
+class Section;
+class Layer;
+class Slide;
+class Presentation;
+
+/** Action base class that is a NodeVistor that addes osgPresentation node support.*/
+class OSGPRESENTATION_EXPORT Action : public osg::NodeVisitor
+{
+    public:
+      Action(osg::NodeVisitor::TraversalMode traversalMode=osg::NodeVisitor::TRAVERSE_ACTIVE_CHILDREN):
+        osg::NodeVisitor(traversalMode) {}
+
+      virtual void apply(osgPresentation::Group& group);
+
+      virtual void apply(osgPresentation::Element& element);
+      virtual void apply(osgPresentation::Text& text);
+      virtual void apply(osgPresentation::Volume& volume);
+      virtual void apply(osgPresentation::Model& model);
+      virtual void apply(osgPresentation::Image& image);
+      virtual void apply(osgPresentation::Movie& movie);
+
+      virtual void apply(osgPresentation::Section& section);
+      virtual void apply(osgPresentation::Layer& layer);
+      virtual void apply(osgPresentation::Slide& slide);
+      virtual void apply(osgPresentation::Presentation& presentation);
+};
+
+
+struct OSGPRESENTATION_EXPORT LoadAction : public Action
+{
+    void apply(osgPresentation::Element& element);
+};
+
+struct OSGPRESENTATION_EXPORT UnloadAction : public Action
+{
+    void apply(osgPresentation::Element& element);
+};
+
+struct OSGPRESENTATION_EXPORT ResetAction : public Action
+{
+    void apply(osgPresentation::Element& element);
+};
+
+struct OSGPRESENTATION_EXPORT PauseAction : public Action
+{
+    void apply(osgPresentation::Element& element);
+};
+
+struct OSGPRESENTATION_EXPORT PlayAction : public Action
+{
+    void apply(osgPresentation::Element& element);
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif

include/osgPresentation/Audio

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class OSGPRESENTATION_EXPORT Audio : public osgPresentation::Element
         /** Copy constructor using CopyOp to manage deep vs shallow copy. */
         Audio(const Audio& audio,const osg::CopyOp& copyop=osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY) : osgPresentation::Element(audio,copyop) {}
 
-        META_Node(osgPresentation, Audio);
+        META_Presentation(Audio);
 
 protected :
 

include/osgPresentation/Element

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* -*-c++-*- OpenSceneGraph - Copyright (C) 1998-2006 Robert Osfield
+/* -*-c++-*- OpenSceneGraph - Copyright (C) 1998-2013 Robert Osfield
  *
  * This library is open source and may be redistributed and/or modified under
  * the terms of the OpenSceneGraph Public License (OSGPL) version 0.0 or
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ class OSGPRESENTATION_EXPORT Element : public osgPresentation::Group
         /** Copy constructor using CopyOp to manage deep vs shallow copy. */
         Element(const Element& element,const osg::CopyOp& copyop=osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY) : osgPresentation::Group(element,copyop) {}
 
-        META_Node(osgPresentation, Element);
+        META_Presentation(Element);
-
-        virtual void traverse(osg::NodeVisitor& nv);
 
         /** Load the subgraph implementation of the element.*/
         virtual bool load() { return false; }
@@ -45,12 +43,6 @@ class OSGPRESENTATION_EXPORT Element : public osgPresentation::Group
         virtual bool loaded() const { return getNumChildren()!=0; }
 
 
-        /** Do updates as part of the update traversal.*/
-        virtual void updateTraversal(osgUtil::UpdateVisitor& uv);
-
-        /** Do updates as part of the event traversal.*/
-        virtual void eventTraversal(osgGA::EventVisitor& ev);
-
         /** Enter the element for the first time, starting any animations, movies, audio etc..*/
         virtual void enter() {}
 
@@ -58,6 +50,15 @@ class OSGPRESENTATION_EXPORT Element : public osgPresentation::Group
         virtual void leave() {}
 
 
+        /** Pause any animatios, videos, audio etc.*/
+        virtual void pause() {}
+
+        /** Play any animatios, videos, audio etc.*/
+        virtual void play() {}
+
+        /** Reset any animations, vidoes, audio etc. back to the begininng.*/
+        virtual void reset() {}
+
 protected :
 
         virtual ~Element() {}

include/osgPresentation/Group

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* -*-c++-*- OpenSceneGraph - Copyright (C) 1998-2006 Robert Osfield
+/* -*-c++-*- OpenSceneGraph - Copyright (C) 1998-2013 Robert Osfield
  *
  * This library is open source and may be redistributed and/or modified under
  * the terms of the OpenSceneGraph Public License (OSGPL) version 0.0 or
@@ -15,14 +15,37 @@
 #define OSGPRESENTATION_GROUP 1
 
 #include <osg/MatrixTransform>
-#include <osgPresentation/Export>
+#include <osg/ValueObject>
+#include <osgPresentation/Action>
+
+#include <sstream>
 
 namespace osgPresentation {
 
-
 typedef std::pair< osg::ref_ptr<osg::Object>, std::string> ObjectDescription;
 typedef std::list< ObjectDescription > PropertyList;
 
+/** META_Presentation macro define the standard clone, isSameKindAs, className
+  * and accept methods.  Use when subclassing from Node to make it
+  * more convenient to define the required pure virtual methods.*/
+#define META_Presentation(name) \
+        virtual osg::Object* cloneType() const { return new name (); } \
+        virtual osg::Object* clone(const osg::CopyOp& copyop) const { return new name (*this,copyop); } \
+        virtual bool isSameKindAs(const osg::Object* obj) const { return dynamic_cast<const name *>(obj)!=NULL; } \
+        virtual const char* className() const { return #name; } \
+        virtual const char* libraryName() const { return "osgPresentation"; } \
+        virtual void accept(osg::NodeVisitor& nv) \
+        { \
+            if (nv.validNodeMask(*this)) \
+            { \
+                nv.pushOntoNodePath(this); \
+                osgPresentation::Action* action = dynamic_cast<osgPresentation::Action*>(&nv); \
+                if (action) action->apply(*this); \
+                else nv.apply(*this); \
+                nv.popFromNodePath(); \
+            } \
+        }
+
 /** osgPresentation::Group
 */
 class OSGPRESENTATION_EXPORT Group : public osg::MatrixTransform
@@ -34,7 +57,7 @@ class OSGPRESENTATION_EXPORT Group : public osg::MatrixTransform
         /** Copy constructor using CopyOp to manage deep vs shallow copy. */
         Group(const Group& group,const osg::CopyOp& copyop=osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY) : osg::MatrixTransform(group,copyop) {}
 
-        META_Node(osgPresentation, Group);
+        META_Presentation(Group);
 
         /** Convinience method that casts the named UserObject to osg::TemplateValueObject<T> and gets the value.
             * To use this template method you need to include the osg/ValueObject header.*/
@@ -53,6 +76,34 @@ class OSGPRESENTATION_EXPORT Group : public osg::MatrixTransform
             return setUserValue(name, value);
         }
 
+        /** Check for named Property, if it doesn't exist on this object check parents recursively for instances.*/
+        osg::Object* getPropertyObject(const std::string& name, bool checkParents = true);
+
+        /** Check for name Property, and convert to desired template value where possible. */
+        template<typename T>
+        bool getPropertyValue(const std::string& name, T& value, bool checkParents = true)
+        {
+            osg::Object* object = getPropertyObject(name, checkParents);
+            if (!object) return false;
+
+            typedef osg::TemplateValueObject<T> UserValueObject;
+            const UserValueObject* uvo = dynamic_cast<const UserValueObject*>(object);
+            if (uvo)
+            {
+                value = uvo->getValue();
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            osg::StringValueObject* svo = dynamic_cast<osg::StringValueObject*>(object);
+            if (svo)
+            {
+                std::istringstream str(svo->getValue());
+                str >> value;
+                return !str.fail();
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+
         /** Get all types of Properties supported by Presentation Object type, return true if the Properties are supported, false otherwise.*/
         virtual bool getSupportedProperties(PropertyList&) { return false; }
 

include/osgPresentation/Image

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class OSGPRESENTATION_EXPORT Image : public osgPresentation::Element
         /** Copy constructor using CopyOp to manage deep vs shallow copy. */
         Image(const Image& image,const osg::CopyOp& copyop=osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY) : osgPresentation::Element(image,copyop) {}
 
-        META_Node(osgPresentation, Image);
+        META_Presentation(Image);
 
 protected :
 

include/osgPresentation/Layer

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class OSGPRESENTATION_EXPORT Layer : public osgPresentation::Group
         /** Copy constructor using CopyOp to manage deep vs shallow copy. */
         Layer(const Layer& layer,const osg::CopyOp& copyop=osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY) : osgPresentation::Group(layer,copyop) {}
 
-        META_Node(osgPresentation, Layer);
+        META_Presentation(Layer);
 
 protected :
 

include/osgPresentation/Model

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class OSGPRESENTATION_EXPORT Model : public osgPresentation::Element
         /** Copy constructor using CopyOp to manage deep vs shallow copy. */
         Model(const Model& model,const osg::CopyOp& copyop=osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY) : osgPresentation::Element(model,copyop) {}
 
-        META_Node(osgPresentation, Model);
+        META_Presentation(Model);
 
 protected :
 

include/osgPresentation/Movie

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class OSGPRESENTATION_EXPORT Movie : public osgPresentation::Element
         /** Copy constructor using CopyOp to manage deep vs shallow copy. */
         Movie(const Movie& movie,const osg::CopyOp& copyop=osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY) : osgPresentation::Element(movie,copyop) {}
 
-        META_Node(osgPresentation, Movie);
+        META_Presentation(Movie);
 
 protected :
 

include/osgPresentation/Presentation

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class OSGPRESENTATION_EXPORT Presentation : public osgPresentation::Group
         /** Copy constructor using CopyOp to manage deep vs shallow copy. */
         Presentation(const Presentation& presentation,const osg::CopyOp& copyop=osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY) : osgPresentation::Group(presentation,copyop) {}
 
-        META_Node(osgPresentation, Presentation);
+        META_Presentation(Presentation);
 
 protected :
 

include/osgPresentation/Section

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class OSGPRESENTATION_EXPORT Section : public osgPresentation::Group
         /** Copy constructor using CopyOp to manage deep vs shallow copy. */
         Section(const Section& section,const osg::CopyOp& copyop=osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY) : osgPresentation::Group(section,copyop) {}
 
-        META_Node(osgPresentation, Section);
+        META_Presentation(Section);
 
 protected :
 

include/osgPresentation/Slide

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class OSGPRESENTATION_EXPORT Slide : public osgPresentation::Group
         /** Copy constructor using CopyOp to manage deep vs shallow copy. */
         Slide(const Slide& slide,const osg::CopyOp& copyop=osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY) : osgPresentation::Group(slide,copyop) {}
 
-        META_Node(osgPresentation, Slide);
+        META_Presentation(Slide);
 
 protected :
 

include/osgPresentation/Text

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* -*-c++-*- OpenSceneGraph - Copyright (C) 1998-2006 Robert Osfield
+/* -*-c++-*- OpenSceneGraph - Copyright (C) 1998-2013 Robert Osfield
  *
  * This library is open source and may be redistributed and/or modified under
  * the terms of the OpenSceneGraph Public License (OSGPL) version 0.0 or
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class OSGPRESENTATION_EXPORT Text : public osgPresentation::Element
         /** Copy constructor using CopyOp to manage deep vs shallow copy. */
         Text(const Text& text,const osg::CopyOp& copyop=osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY) : osgPresentation::Element(text,copyop) {}
 
-        META_Node(osgPresentation, Text);
+        META_Presentation(Text);
 
         /** load the text subgraph.*/
         virtual bool load();

include/osgPresentation/Volume

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class OSGPRESENTATION_EXPORT Volume : public osgPresentation::Element
         /** Copy constructor using CopyOp to manage deep vs shallow copy. */
         Volume(const Volume& volume,const osg::CopyOp& copyop=osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY) : osgPresentation::Element(volume,copyop) {}
 
-        META_Node(osgPresentation, Volume);
+        META_Presentation(Volume);
 
 protected :
 

src/osgPresentation/Action.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+/* -*-c++-*- OpenSceneGraph - Copyright (C) 1998-2013 Robert Osfield
+ *
+ * This library is open source and may be redistributed and/or modified under
+ * the terms of the OpenSceneGraph Public License (OSGPL) version 0.0 or
+ * (at your option) any later version.  The full license is in LICENSE file
+ * included with this distribution, and on the openscenegraph.org website.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * OpenSceneGraph Public License for more details.
+*/
+
+#include <osgPresentation/Action>
+
+#include <osgPresentation/Group>
+#include <osgPresentation/Element>
+#include <osgPresentation/Text>
+#include <osgPresentation/Model>
+#include <osgPresentation/Volume>
+#include <osgPresentation/Movie>
+#include <osgPresentation/Image>
+#include <osgPresentation/Section>
+#include <osgPresentation/Layer>
+#include <osgPresentation/Slide>
+#include <osgPresentation/Presentation>
+
+using namespace osgPresentation;
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+//  Action base class
+//
+void Action::apply(osgPresentation::Group& group)
+{
+    OSG_NOTICE<<"LoadAction::apply()"<<std::endl;
+    osg::NodeVisitor::apply(group);
+}
+
+void Action::apply(osgPresentation::Element& element)
+{
+    apply(static_cast<osgPresentation::Group&>(element));
+}
+
+void Action::apply(osgPresentation::Text& text)
+{
+    apply(static_cast<osgPresentation::Element&>(text));
+}
+
+void Action::apply(osgPresentation::Volume& volume)
+{
+    apply(static_cast<osgPresentation::Element&>(volume));
+}
+
+void Action::apply(osgPresentation::Model& model)
+{
+    apply(static_cast<osgPresentation::Element&>(model));
+}
+
+void Action::apply(osgPresentation::Image& image)
+{
+    apply(static_cast<osgPresentation::Element&>(image));
+}
+
+void Action::apply(osgPresentation::Movie& movie)
+{
+    apply(static_cast<osgPresentation::Element&>(movie));
+}
+
+
+void Action::apply(osgPresentation::Section& section)
+{
+    apply(static_cast<osgPresentation::Group&>(section));
+}
+
+void Action::apply(osgPresentation::Layer& layer)
+{
+    apply(static_cast<osgPresentation::Group&>(layer));
+}
+
+void Action::apply(osgPresentation::Slide& slide)
+{
+    apply(static_cast<osgPresentation::Group&>(slide));
+}
+
+void Action::apply(osgPresentation::Presentation& presentation)
+{
+    apply(static_cast<osgPresentation::Group&>(presentation));
+}
+
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Specific Action implementations
+//
+void LoadAction::apply(osgPresentation::Element& element)
+{
+    OSG_NOTICE<<"LoadAction::apply()"<<std::endl;
+    element.load();
+}
+
+void UnloadAction::apply(osgPresentation::Element& element)
+{
+    element.unload();
+}
+
+void ResetAction::apply(osgPresentation::Element& element)
+{
+    element.reset();
+}
+
+void PauseAction::apply(osgPresentation::Element& element)
+{
+    element.pause();
+}
+
+void PlayAction::apply(osgPresentation::Element& element)
+{
+    element.play();
+}

src/osgPresentation/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ ENDIF()
 SET(LIB_NAME osgPresentation)
 SET(HEADER_PATH ${OpenSceneGraph_SOURCE_DIR}/include/${LIB_NAME})
 SET(TARGET_H
+    ${HEADER_PATH}/Action
     ${HEADER_PATH}/Export
     ${HEADER_PATH}/Cursor
     ${HEADER_PATH}/Group
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ SET(TARGET_H
 
 # FIXME: For OS X, need flag for Framework or dylib
 SET(TARGET_SRC
+    Action.cpp
     Cursor.cpp
     Group.cpp
     Element.cpp

src/osgPresentation/Element.cpp

@@ -16,37 +16,3 @@
 using namespace osgPresentation;
 
 
-void Element::traverse(osg::NodeVisitor& nv)
-{
-    if (nv.getVisitorType()==osg::NodeVisitor::UPDATE_VISITOR)
-    {
-        osgUtil::UpdateVisitor* uv = dynamic_cast<osgUtil::UpdateVisitor*>(&nv);
-        if (uv)
-        {
-            updateTraversal(*uv);
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-    else if (nv.getVisitorType()==osg::NodeVisitor::EVENT_VISITOR)
-    {
-        osgGA::EventVisitor* ev = dynamic_cast<osgGA::EventVisitor*>(&nv);
-        if (ev)
-        {
-            eventTraversal(*ev);
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-    osgPresentation::Group::traverse(nv);
-}
-
-void Element::updateTraversal(osgUtil::UpdateVisitor& uv)
-{
-    OSG_NOTICE<<"Element::updateTraversal()"<<std::endl;
-    osgPresentation::Group::traverse(uv);
-}
-
-void Element::eventTraversal(osgGA::EventVisitor& ev)
-{
-    OSG_NOTICE<<"Element::eventTraversal()"<<std::endl;
-    osgPresentation::Group::traverse(ev);
-}

src/osgPresentation/Group.cpp

@@ -11,8 +11,31 @@
  * OpenSceneGraph Public License for more details.
 */
 
+#include <osg/UserDataContainer>
 #include <osgPresentation/Group>
 
 using namespace osgPresentation;
 
-/** Nothing to implement yet...*/
+class PropertyVisitor : public osg::NodeVisitor
+{
+    public:
+      PropertyVisitor(const std::string& name) : _name(name), _object(0) {}
+
+      void apply(osg::Node& node)
+      {
+        osg::UserDataContainer* udc = node.getUserDataContainer();
+        _object = udc ? udc->getUserObject(_name) : 0;
+        if (!_object) traverse(node);
+      };
+
+      std::string       _name;
+      osg::Object*      _object;
+};
+
+osg::Object* Group::getPropertyObject(const std::string& name, bool checkParents)
+{
+    PropertyVisitor pv(name);
+    if (checkParents) pv.setTraversalMode(osg::NodeVisitor::TRAVERSE_PARENTS);
+    accept(pv);
+    return pv._object;
+}

src/osgPresentation/Text.cpp

@@ -20,7 +20,25 @@ using namespace osgPresentation;
 
 bool Text::load()
 {
-    OSG_NOTICE<<"Not implemented yet"<<std::endl;
+    OSG_NOTICE<<"Text::load() Not implemented yet"<<std::endl;
+
+    std::string value;
+    getPropertyValue("string", value);
+
+    std::string font("arial.ttf");
+    getPropertyValue("font", font);
+
+    double width = 1.0;
+    getPropertyValue("width", width);
+
+    double character_size = 0.06;
+    getPropertyValue("character_size", character_size);
+
+    OSG_NOTICE<<"Text : string = "<<value<<std::endl;
+    OSG_NOTICE<<"       font = "<<font<<std::endl;
+    OSG_NOTICE<<"       width = "<<width<<std::endl;
+    OSG_NOTICE<<"       character_size = "<<character_size<<std::endl;
+
     return false;
 }