XPRMfindattrdesc
XPRMfindattrdesc |
Purpose
Find an attribute descriptor from its name.
Synopsis
XPRMattrdesc XPRMfindattrdesc(XPRMmodel model, int type, const char **name, int *atype);
Arguments
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model
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Reference to a model
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type
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Type number for the attribute
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name
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Name of the attribute
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Return value
Reference pointer to an attribute descriptor or
NULL if no corresponding function could be found.
Further information
The attribute
att of an entity of type
T is obtained by calling the function
get
att returning an integer, a string, a real or a Boolean and taking as its only argument an entity of type
T. This routine returns a descriptor of such a function that can be used with
XPRMgetattr in order to retrieve the corresponding attribute of an entity of the corresponding type.
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