Hi all,
I read some configuration settings from a file and one of them is the type of an attribute, for instance a DateTimeNullable.
How can I instantiate this object, by only knowing it's ClassType?
I think it can be done by using the FindClass method on the Library class, but how can I find the correct library, i.e. FrameWork?
If you have a ClassType object, then the instanceAlloc() method will do the trick. If you just have the name of the ClassType, then you could try one of the following:
1) Execute the following call:
MyLibrary = task.part.Findlibrary(
projectName = 'Framework'
distributionID = ''
compatybilitylevel = 0
libraryName= '<not sure what this value is>"
loadOptions=SH_FINDLIB_NOLOAD);
then with the library you call
MyLibrary.FindClass(className='MyClass');
2) Create a class factory that you custom build to include a HashTable that contains the name of each framework class as the key with the actual classtype as the object.
e.g. hashTab.enter(key="DateTimeNullable",object=DateTimeNullable);
...
hastTab.find(key="DateTimeNullable") will return correct classtype.
Then you could do an instanceAlloc on the returning class type.
Regards.
John Parks
INVISION Inc.
Rene,
I figured it out. The following code works:
MyLibrary : Library = task.part.Findlibrary(
projectName = 'Framework',
distributionID = '',
compatibilitylevel = 0,
libraryName= 'SP',
loadOptions=SH_FINDLIB_NOLOAD);
c : ClassType = MyLibrary.FindClass(className='qqsp_Integer');
i : IntegerData = (IntegerData)(c.newInstance());
i.setValue(5);
If you export the framework plan you'll see that most of what you need is in the SP library. Good luck.
Regards,
John Parks
john.parks@invisioninc.com
