In contrast to the above routines, these mirror routines allow an
application program to make inquiries about the hierarchical database or to inquire about
the internal state of the system.
Ni_Enumerate(...)
Enumerate info in a
specific linked list (cameras, lights, etc).
Ni_Inquire_Atmosphere(...)
Inquire about atmospheric
shaders and their parameters.
Ni_Inquire_Background(...)
Inquire about the
background color scheme and attributes.
Ni_Inquire_Camera(...)
Inquire about parameters of
a camera definition.
Ni_Inquire_Light(...)
Inquire about parameters of
a light definition.
Ni_Inquire_Mapping(...)
Inquire about a specific
pipeline transformation matrix.
Ni_Inquire_Option(...)
Inquire about renderer
runtime options.
Ni_Inquire_Output_Driver(...)
Inquire about paramerters
of an output driver.
Ni_Inquire_Primitive(...)
Inquire about a specific
primitive in an object definition.
Ni_Inquire_Surface(...)
Inquire about parameters of
a surface definition.
Ni_Inquire_Texture(...)
Inquire about parameters of
a texture definition.
Ni_Inquire_TxtrParam(...)
Inquire about the texture
parameterization of an instance/object.