engiGetEntityNoArguments

This call is deprecated, please use call engiGetEntityNoAttributes(..) instead.

Syntax

C++ 32 bit
C++ 64 bit
C# 32 bit
C# 64 bit
public const string ifcenginedll = @"ifcengine.dll";

[DllImport(ifcenginedll, EntryPoint = "engiGetEntityNoArguments")]
public static extern Int32 engiGetEntityNoArguments(int_t entity);

Property entity

Size: 32 bit / 4 byte (value)
...

Example (based on pure API calls)

Here you can find code snippets that show how the API call engiGetEntityNoArguments can be used.

C++ 32 bit
C++ 64 bit
C# 32 bit
C# 64 bit
using RDF;      //  include at least IFCEngine.cs within your solution

Int64 WriteEntityStructure(Int64 ifcEntity)
{
    if (ifcEntity != 0)
    {
        //
        //  Iterate over the parents
        //
        Int64 attributeCnt = WriteEntityStructure(RDF.IFCEngine.engiGetEntityParent(ifcEntity));

        //
        //  Print Entity name
        //
        IntPtr entityName = RDF.IFCEngine.engiGetEntityName(ifcEntity);
        Console.WriteLine("Entity  " + entityName);

        //
        //  Walk over attributes
        //
        while  (attributeCnt < RDF.IFCEngine.engiGetEntityNoArguments(ifcEntity)) {
            string attributeName = RDF.IFCEngine.engiGetEntityArgumentName(ifcEntity, attributeCnt);
            Int64 attributeType = 0;
            RDF.IFCEngine.engiGetEntityArgumentType(ifcEntity, attributeCnt, out attributeType);

            Console.Write("  " + attributeName + "  ");
            switch  (attributeType) {
                case  RDF.IFCEngine.sdaiSTRING:
                    Console.WriteLine("STRING");
                    break;

                ...

                default:
                    break;
            }

            attributeCnt++;
        }

        return  attributeCnt;
    }

    return  0;
}