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getElement

Get data element from data interface

Since R2023b

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    Syntax

    dataElementObj = getElement(dataInterfaceObj,elementName)

    Description

    dataElementObj = getElement(dataInterfaceObj,elementName) returns the data element object with the name elementName contained in the data interface specified by dataInterfaceObj.

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    Examples

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    This example shows how to add, get, and remove data elements from a data interface.

    Use the Simulink.dictionary.archdata.open function to open an existing data dictionary. This creates a Simulink.dictionary.ArchitecturalData object, archDataObj.

    archDataObj = Simulink.dictionary.archdata.open("myInterfaceDict.sldd")
    archDataObj = 

  ArchitecturalData with properties:

    DictionaryFileName: 'myInterfaceDict.sldd'
            Interfaces: [1×1 Simulink.dictionary.archdata.DataInterface]
             DataTypes: [0×0 Simulink.dictionary.archdata.DataType]
             Constants: [0×0 Simulink.dictionary.archdata.Constant]

    The data dictionary contains one data interface definition.

    interfaceObj = getInterface(archDataObj,"DataInterface")
    interfaceObj = 

  DataInterface with properties:

           Name: 'DataInterface'
    Description: ''
       Elements: [0×0 Simulink.dictionary.archdata.DataElement]
          Owner: [1×1 Simulink.dictionary.ArchitecturalData]

    Data interfaces are composed of data elements that describe parts of a data interface. This interface definition contains two data elements.

    getElement(interfaceObj,"Element1")
    ans = 

  DataElement with properties:

           Name: 'Element1'
           Type: [1×1 Simulink.dictionary.archdata.ValueType]
    Description: ''
     Dimensions: '1'
          Owner: [1×1 Simulink.dictionary.archdata.DataInterface]
    getElement(interfaceObj,"Element2")
    ans = 

  DataElement with properties:

           Name: 'Element2'
           Type: [1×1 Simulink.dictionary.archdata.ValueType]
    Description: ''
     Dimensions: '1'
          Owner: [1×1 Simulink.dictionary.archdata.DataInterface]

    Use the addElement function to add a new data element to the data interface.

    dataElem1 = addElement(interfaceObj,"element3")
    dataElem1 = 

  DataElement with properties:

           Name: 'element3'
           Type: [1×1 Simulink.dictionary.archdata.ValueType]
    Description: ''
     Dimensions: '1'
          Owner: [1×1 Simulink.dictionary.archdata.DataInterface]

    You can get an existing data element using the getElement function.

    dataElem3 = getElement(interfaceObj,"element3")
    dataElem3 = 

  DataElement with properties:

           Name: 'element3'
           Type: [1×1 Simulink.dictionary.archdata.ValueType]
    Description: ''
     Dimensions: '1'
          Owner: [1×1 Simulink.dictionary.archdata.DataInterface]

    Remove a data element from an interface using the removeElement function.

    removeElement(interfaceObj,"element3")

    Input Arguments

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    Data interface object containing the data element, specified as a Simulink.dictionary.archdata.DataInterface object.

    Name of the data element in the dataInterfaceObj object, specified as a character vector or string scalar.

    Output Arguments

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    Data element object, specified as a Simulink.dictionary.archdata.DataElement object.

    Version History

    Introduced in R2023b

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