Safe Pointer's to SceneObjects

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// Create a smart pointer to contain a GameBase reference
//
SimObjectPtr<GameBase> mOrbitObject = NULL;
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// Create a second standard pointer for demonstration purposes
//
GameBase * pOtherPointer = NULL;
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// Locate an object by the name "theCamera" and store a reference to it in 
// the smart pointer and the (dumb) standard pointer:
// 
mOrbitObject = pOtherPointer = Sim::findObject("theCamera"); 
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// Loop while the SMART pointer is not NULL
//
while( NULL != mOrbitObject ) {

    Con::printf("The ID of theCamera is %d" , getId() );
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    // Tell object to unregister and then delete itself, using the dumb
    // pointer.
    pOtherPointer->deleteObject(); // we will talk about this method later...
}

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The above code will find an object by the name "theCamera" and store a reference to it in both a standard (dumb) pointer and a smart pointer. The code then loops until the smart pointer is NULL. Inside the loop, we print the objects ID and then tell it to unregister and to delete itself. The key thing to notice is that this unregister/delete request is made with the dumb pointer, but that the smart pointer is automatically updated to NULL. Of course, the dumb pointer will still have an address in it (now invalid), which is why it is dumb.

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