To output the object(s) that contain the current object’s or relationship’s symbol use:

containers

which answers the objects whose representations contain the first (from back to front) representation of the current object or relationship, in the oldest diagram representation of the current graph. The elements are sorted by area (smallest first), then by normal sorting order (type, id, oid).

Similarly, to output the objects contained in the current object’s symbol use:

contents

The elements are sorted by area (largest first), then by normal sorting order (type, id, oid).

These commands can also be used as the basis of a do or dowhile loop, e.g. do containers.

Note that containers and contents have special semantics when iterating over properties with do :() – see Section 6.3.6. Similarly, contents has special semantics when iterating over lines of a Text that has Live Code links to model elements – see ‘Iterating over texts as collections of objects’ in Section 6.3.5.