Role info question

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   Hi,
I hope this isn't a dumb question 

In my language I have a relationship between two objects. I.e. an association between two classes. I am writing a generator that iterates all the associations and outputs the role info at each end. My problem is that I also need to output the connected class ObjectId when I format the role information. I only have the association and the roles i.e. >Association~Role. How do I get the ObjectId for the class the role is attached to?

Cheers,
Reece

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ReeceRobinson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 25.Mar.2014 Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote ReeceRobinson Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Role info question Posted: 09.Apr.2014 at 23:36
	Hi, I hope this isn't a dumb question In my language I have a relationship between two objects. I.e. an association between two classes. I am writing a generator that iterates all the associations and outputs the role info at each end. My problem is that I also need to output the connected class ObjectId when I format the role information. I only have the association and the roles i.e. >Association~Role. How do I get the ObjectId for the class the role is attached to? Cheers, Reece

stevek Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MetaCase Joined: 11.Mar.2008 Points: 643	Post Options Post Reply Quote stevek Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10.Apr.2014 at 01:06
	If I understand correctly, you want something like this: foreach >Association { 'Association ' id newline do ~Role { 'Role: ' id ' for object: ' do .Class { id } newline } newline } That will give you the name (human-readable identifier) of the Class (adjust the green type names if they don't match what you have, or use () to match any type name). You mentioned objectID, which is actually a separate MERL command, and answers just the object number part of the internal id of this element, unique in this project; if you want that number instead of the Class name, replace id with objectID in the innermost loop.

ReeceRobinson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 25.Mar.2014 Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote ReeceRobinson Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10.Apr.2014 at 11:09
	Thanks for your help. That is exactly what I wanted to know. Cheers, Reece