sdaiInsertByIndex

valueType argument to specify what type of data caller wants to put Table 1 shows type of buffer the caller should provide depending on the valueType for sdaiInsertByIndex, and it works similarly for all put-functions. Note: with SDAI API it is impossible to check buffer type at compilation or execution time and this is responsibility of a caller to ensure that requested valueType is matching with the value argument, a mismatch will lead to unpredictable results.

Table 1 – Required value buffer depending on valueType (on the example of sdaiInsertByIndex but valid for all put-functions)

valueType               C/C++                                                           C#

sdaiINTEGER             int_t val = 123;                                                int_t val = 123;
                        sdaiInsertByIndex (aggregate, index, sdaiINTEGER, &val);        ifcengine.sdaiInsertByIndex (aggregate, index, ifcengine.sdaiINTEGER, ref val);

sdaiREAL or sdaiNUMBER  double val = 123.456;                                           double val = 123.456;
                        sdaiInsertByIndex (aggregate, index, sdaiREAL, &val);           ifcengine.sdaiInsertByIndex (aggregate, index, ifcengine.sdaiREAL, ref val);

sdaiBOOLEAN             SdaiBoolean val = sdaiTRUE;                                     bool val = true;
                        sdaiInsertByIndex (aggregate, index, sdaiBOOLEAN, &val);        ifcengine.sdaiInsertByIndex (aggregate, index, ifcengine.sdaiBOOLEAN, ref val);

sdaiLOGICAL             const TCHAR* val = "U";                                         string val = "U";
                        sdaiInsertByIndex (aggregate, index, sdaiLOGICAL, val);         ifcengine.sdaiInsertByIndex (aggregate, index, ifcengine.sdaiLOGICAL, val);

sdaiENUM                const TCHAR* val = "NOTDEFINED";                                string val = "NOTDEFINED";
                        sdaiInsertByIndex (aggregate, index, sdaiENUM, val);            ifcengine.sdaiInsertByIndex (aggregate, index, ifcengine.sdaiENUM, val);

sdaiBINARY              const TCHAR* val = "0123456ABC";                                string val = "0123456ABC";
                        sdaiInsertByIndex (aggregate, index, sdaiBINARY, val);          ifcengine.sdaiInsertByIndex (aggregate, index, ifcengine.sdaiBINARY, val);

sdaiSTRING              const char* val = "My Simple String";                           string val = "My Simple String";
                        sdaiInsertByIndex (aggregate, index, sdaiSTRING, val);          ifcengine.sdaiInsertByIndex (aggregate, index, ifcengine.sdaiSTRING, val);

sdaiUNICODE             const wchar_t* val = L"Any Unicode String";                     string val = "Any Unicode String";
                        sdaiInsertByIndex (aggregate, index, sdaiUNICODE, val);         ifcengine.sdaiInsertByIndex (aggregate, index, ifcengine.sdaiUNICODE, val);

sdaiEXPRESSSTRING       const char* val = "EXPRESS format, i.e. \\X2\\00FC\\X0\\";      string val = "EXPRESS format, i.e. \\X2\\00FC\\X0\\";
                        sdaiInsertByIndex (aggregate, index, sdaiEXPRESSSTRING, val);   ifcengine.sdaiInsertByIndex (aggregate, index, ifcengine.sdaiEXPRESSSTRING, val);

sdaiINSTANCE            SdaiInstance val = sdaiCreateInstanceBN (model, "IFCSITE");     int_t val = ifcengine.sdaiCreateInstanceBN (model, "IFCSITE");
                        sdaiInsertByIndex (aggregate, index, sdaiINSTANCE, val);        ifcengine.sdaiInsertByIndex (aggregate, index, ifcengine.sdaiINSTANCE, val);

sdaiAGGR                SdaiAggr val = sdaiCreateAggr (inst, 0);                        int_t val = sdaiCreateAggr (inst, 0);
                        sdaiPutAttr (val, sdaiINSTANCE, inst);                          ifcengine.sdaiPutAttr (val, ifcengine.sdaiINSTANCE, inst);
                        sdaiInsertByIndex (aggregate, index, sdaiAGGR, val);            ifcengine.sdaiInsertByIndex (aggregate, index, ifcengine.sdaiAGGR, val);

sdaiADB                 int_t integerValue = 123;                                       int_t integerValue = 123;   
                        SdaiADB val = sdaiCreateADB (sdaiINTEGER, &integerValue);       int_t val = ifcengine.sdaiCreateADB (ifcengine.sdaiINTEGER, ref integerValue);
                        sdaiPutADBTypePath (val, 1, "IFCINTEGER");                      ifcengine.sdaiPutADBTypePath (val, 1, "IFCINTEGER");
                        sdaiInsertByIndex (aggregate, index, sdaiADB, val);             ifcengine.sdaiInsertByIndex (aggregate, index, ifcengine.sdaiADB, val); 
                        sdaiDeleteADB (val);                                            ifcengine.sdaiDeleteADB (val);

Table 2 - valueType can be requested depending on actual model data.

valueType       Works for following values in the model
                  integer      real     .T. or .F.     .U.      other enum    binary      string     instance      list      $ (empty)
sdaiINTEGER         Yes          .           .           .           .           .           .           .           .           .
sdaiREAL             .          Yes          .           .           .           .           .           .           .           .
sdaiNUMBER           .          Yes          .           .           .           .           .           .           .           .
sdaiBOOLEAN          .           .          Yes          .           .           .           .           .           .           .
sdaiLOGICAL          .           .          Yes         Yes          .           .           .           .           .           .
sdaiENUM             .           .          Yes         Yes         Yes          .           .           .           .           .
sdaiBINARY           .           .           .           .           .          Yes          .           .           .           .
sdaiSTRING           .           .           .           .           .           .          Yes          .           .           .
sdaiUNICODE          .           .           .           .           .           .          Yes          .           .           .
sdaiEXPRESSSTRING    .           .           .           .           .           .          Yes          .           .           .
sdaiINSTANCE         .           .           .           .           .           .           .          Yes          .           .
sdaiAGGR             .           .           .           .           .           .           .           .          Yes          .
sdaiADB             Yes         Yes         Yes         Yes         Yes         Yes         Yes         Yes         Yes          .