Cleanup: Alembic export, split `ABCHierarchyIterator::get_alembic_parent()`

Split `ABCHierarchyIterator::get_alembic_parent()` into two functions:
- For a given export path, find the Alembic object
- Ensure that that object is usable as parent object (Alembic uses a
  specific 'top' object as parent to indicate "no parent").

The new function is `public` as it will be used in an upcoming feature,
and is required to be public then.

No functional changes.

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/io/alembic/exporter/abc_hierarchy_iterator.cc b/source/blender/io/alembic/exporter/abc_hierarchy_iterator.cc
index e8ca06d75fc..5fc5c47d4b9 100644
--- a/source/blender/io/alembic/exporter/abc_hierarchy_iterator.cc
+++ b/source/blender/io/alembic/exporter/abc_hierarchy_iterator.cc
@@ -126,17 +126,27 @@ AbstractHierarchyIterator::ExportGraph::key_type ABCHierarchyIterator::determine
       context, dupli_object, dupli_parent_finder);
 }
 
-Alembic::Abc::OObject ABCHierarchyIterator::get_alembic_parent(
-    const HierarchyContext *context) const
+Alembic::Abc::OObject ABCHierarchyIterator::get_alembic_object(
+    const std::string &export_path) const
 {
-  Alembic::Abc::OObject parent;
+  if (export_path.empty()) {
+    return Alembic::Abc::OObject();
+  }
 
-  if (!context->higher_up_export_path.empty()) {
-    AbstractHierarchyWriter *writer = get_writer(context->higher_up_export_path);
-    ABCAbstractWriter *abc_writer = static_cast<ABCAbstractWriter *>(writer);
-    parent = abc_writer->get_alembic_object();
+  AbstractHierarchyWriter *writer = get_writer(export_path);
+  if (writer == nullptr) {
+    return Alembic::Abc::OObject();
   }
 
+  ABCAbstractWriter *abc_writer = static_cast<ABCAbstractWriter *>(writer);
+  return abc_writer->get_alembic_object();
+}
+
+Alembic::Abc::OObject ABCHierarchyIterator::get_alembic_parent(
+    const HierarchyContext *context) const
+{
+  Alembic::Abc::OObject parent = get_alembic_object(context->higher_up_export_path);
+
   if (!parent.valid()) {
     /* An invalid parent object means "no parent", which should be translated to Alembic's top
      * archive object. */
diff --git a/source/blender/io/alembic/exporter/abc_hierarchy_iterator.h b/source/blender/io/alembic/exporter/abc_hierarchy_iterator.h
index b8abfd74c4c..5bc82564cdb 100644
--- a/source/blender/io/alembic/exporter/abc_hierarchy_iterator.h
+++ b/source/blender/io/alembic/exporter/abc_hierarchy_iterator.h
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ class ABCHierarchyIterator : public AbstractHierarchyIterator {
   virtual void iterate_and_write() override;
   virtual std::string make_valid_name(const std::string &name) const override;
 
+  Alembic::Abc::OObject get_alembic_object(const std::string &export_path) const;
+
  protected:
   virtual bool mark_as_weak_export(const Object *object) const override;