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Most Python functions have identical return types and arguments as their C++ counterparts, with two notable exceptions: the MString class is replaced by regular Python strings, and Maya array classes are replaced with plain Python lists of the contained type (e.g. a list of MVector objects instead of MVectorArray). Functions which return boolean values in the C++ API to indicate success or failure raise exceptions instead in Python. The Create* methods from MaxwellMayaAPI are replaced by calling the constructors of the respective types directly. A few methods are changed so that they work in a manner which is better suited to the Python programming practices (e.g., the GetNumLayers and GetLayer methods have been replaced by a single GetLayers method which returns a list of layers in the material). This documentation will describe the methods using the C++ syntax, noting Python differences where they exist.
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