Syntax for adding a connector?

[Tim Twe]

      Hi,

Whats the syntax for correctly adding a connector?


       var c as EA.Connector;
      c = element.Connectors.AddNew( "", "" );
      c.Alias = "Generated";
      c.Type = "CommunicationPath";
      c.ClientID = elementAlpha.ElementID;
      c.SupplierID = elementBeta.ElementID;
      c.Update();
      elementAlpha.Connectors.Refresh();

[Geert Bellekens]

You have to tell EA what type of connector you are adding.
I think the allowed parameters are strings containing the name of the type such as "Association" or "Dependency".
Look at the help page for connector to find the different types.

Geert

[mrf]

Here's an example of how to create a connector in JScript.

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/*
 * Creates a connector between supplier and client
 */
function createConnector( clientElement , supplierElement )
{
      // Assign the client and supplier IDs
      var clientID = clientElement.ElementID;
      var supplierID = supplierElement.ElementID;
      
      // Get the connectors collection
      var connectors as EA.Collection;
      connectors = clientElement.Connectors;
      
      // Create a new connector and set the appropriate details
      var c as EA.Connector;
      c = connectors.AddNew( "", "Association" );
      c.ClientID = clientID;
      c.SupplierID = supplierID;
      c.Direction( "Unspecified" );
      c.Update();

      //      
      // OPTIONAL: Set details on the connector ends
      //

      // Set details on the client connector end
      var clientEnd as EA.ConnectorEnd;
      clientEnd = c.ClientEnd;
      clientEnd.Role = "";
      clientEnd.Cardinality = "";
      clientEnd.Navigable = true;
      clientEnd.Update();
      
      // Set details on the supplier connector end
      var supplierEnd as EA.ConnectorEnd;
      supplierEnd = c.SupplierEnd;
      supplierEnd.Role = "";
      supplierEnd.Cardinality = "1";
      supplierEnd.Navigable = true;
      supplierEnd.Update();
      
      c.Update();
}



[Tim Twe]

That you, that is absolutely great.

You dont have a repository like http://www.exampledepot.com do you ?

-Tim

[mrf]

EA itself ships with an example repository. Open up the Scripting window (View | Scripting from the main menu) and check out the Local Scripts group.

For more specialised scripts check out the Community Resources section of the EA Community site http://community.sparxsystems.com/resources