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API: Util

Filename:
fwpUtil_collection.ctyp

Released With:
5.0.0

Current Version:
1.1.0

Status: Active

Min Lasso Tested: 8.1.0

Max Lasso Tested: 8.5.3

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API Reference

fwp_collection (Type)

Description

Creates a custom type and sets any submitted parameter name value pair into instance variables of that type. Used to create a temporary collection of data.

Syntax

variable=(fwp_collection:
-name=value,
...
-name=value)

Parameters & Member Tags

All parameters are programmer defined in order to create instance variables.

Names must be literal text values in the program code. Values can be any legal Lasso literal or substitution.

Examples

To create an object:

$userChoices=(fwp_collection:
  -color = $productColor,
  -size = $productSize)

To retrieve an object's instance variable value:

$userChoices->'color';

Source Code

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<?lassoscript
//............................................................................
//
//    pageblocks: (c) 2002-2007 http://www.pageblocks.org/
//
//............................................................................
/*

    {fileName=        fwp_collection.ctyp }
    {rsrcType=        type }
    {rsrcName=        fwp_collection }
    {rsrcHTTP=        http://www.pageblocks.org/refc/fwp_collection }

    {lassoVrsnMin=    8.1.0 }
    {lassoVrsnMax=    8.5.3 }

    {author=        Greg Willits }
    {authorEmail=    subscribe to pbTalk at www.pageblocks.org/talk/ }
    {authorHTTP=    www.pageblocks.org }

    {desc=            This routine converts any variable set to the type 
                    (fwp_collection) to a generic custom type. Any -parameter 
                    submitted as part of the definition will be 
                    initialized as an instance variable of the type. }

    {maintvsrn=        1.0 }
    {maintrelease=    5.0.0 }
    {maintdate=        2006-01-16 }
    {maintauthor=    Greg Willits }
    {maintnotes=    initial release }

*/
//............................................................................

//     this ctype cannot be a prototype
//    because the entire precept is that it creates 
//    arbitrary local variables as instance vars
//    which cannot be precompiled as a prototype

define_type:'fwp_collection';
    iterate: params, local:'thisParam';
        if: #thisParam->type == 'pair';
            local:'fw_pName' = #thisParam->first;
            #fw_pName->removeleading:'-';
            local: #fw_pName = #thisParam->second;
        else;
            #thisParam->removeleading:'-';
            local: #thisParam = true;
        /if;
    /iterate;
/define_type;
?>

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