serializeContextReferenceToJSON

The serializeContextReferenceToJSON function is used to serialize the context-dependent meta-data of a single reference from an object.

Syntax

c4i:serializeContextReferenceToJSON(reference [, lov] [, units] [, values] [, keyMetaAttribute] [, displayReferenceTarget] [, keysOrder] [, displayMultiContextValues])

Parameters

reference

XPath to the reference

lov (optional) :

  • Indicates how to represent LOV values
  • The authorized values are "DISPLAY_LOV_VALUE_LABEL" (default), "DISPLAY_LOV_VALUE_ID" or "DISPLAY_BOTH"

unit (optional)

  • Indicates how to represent units
  • The authorized values are "NO_UNITS" (default), "DISPLAY_UNIT_ID", "DISPLAY_UNIT_LABEL"

value (optional) :

  • Indicates if values and units should be concatenated or separated
  • The authorized values are "CONCAT_VALUE_UNIT" (default) or "ISOLATE_VALUE"

keyMetaAttribute (optional)

  • By default, attributes are indexed using their attribute ID
  • If this parameter is supplied, attributes will be indexed using a meta-attribute value, if it is present

displayReferenceTarget (optional)

  • Indicates whether to display reference target ID or key value
  • The authorized values are "BY_ID" (default) or "BY_KEY"

keysOrder (optional)

  • Indicates the order in with the keys should be used when an object has multiple key values
  • Separate keys using a comma (,). Example : "Key1,Key2"

displayMultiContextValues (optional)

  • Indicates if values should be indexed by context, then by attribute ID, or the other way around
  • The authorized values are "BY_CONTEXT" (default) or "BY_ATTRIBUTE"

Return value

A JSON document containing the reference and associated meta-data.

Examples

Given the following STEP XML:

<STEP-ProductInformation ExportTime="2020-06-05 10:13:28" ContextID="FR" WorkspaceID="Main">
    <AttributeList>
        <Attribute ID="Quantity"><Validation BaseType="integer"/></Attribute>
        <Attribute ID="Label"><Validation BaseType="text"/></Attribute>
    </AttributeList>
    <Products>
        <Product UserTypeID="PROD_ARTICLE" ID="PRD1">
            <ProductCrossReference Type="GlobalComponentReference" ProductID="PRD2">
                <MetaData>
                    <Value AttributeID="Quantity">2</Value>
                    <Value AttributeID="Label" ContextID="FR">Label 1 FR</Value>
                    <Value AttributeID="Label" ContextID="EN">Label 1 EN</Value>
                </MetaData>
            </ProductCrossReference>
        </Product>
    </Products>
</STEP-ProductInformation>

The following YAML configuration will produce the following output :

- c4i:serializeContextReferenceToJSON(ProductCrossReference[@Type="GlobalComponentReference"][1]): globalReference

{
  "globalReference": {
    "target": "PRD2",
    "metaData": {
      "globalValues": {
        "Quantity": 2
      },
      "contextValues": {
        "EN": {
          "Label": "Label 1 EN"
        },
        "FR": {
          "Label": "Label 1 FR"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Please refer to the documentation of multiValuesToJSON for more info on using the parameter values of this function.

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