copyEntry

Class: coder.dictionary.Section
Namespace: coder.dictionary

Copy Embedded Coder Dictionary entry

Syntax

newEntry = copyEntry(sectionObj,defName)
newEntry = copyEntry(sectionObj,defName,targetCoderDict)


Description

newEntry = copyEntry(sectionObj,defName) copies the definition named defName in the Embedded Coder dictionary section represented by sectionObj. The copyEntry syntax returns a coder.dictionary.Entry object that represents the new definition.

newEntry = copyEntry(sectionObj,defName,targetCoderDict) creates a copy of the definition in the target Embedded Coder Dictionary represented by targetCoderDict.

Input Arguments

sectionObj — Source Embedded Coder Dictionary section

coder.dictionary.Section object

Source Embedded Coder Dictionary section that contains the code definition, specified as a coder.dictionary.Section object. The section name identifies the type of code definition that addEntry creates.

defName — Name of Embedded Coder Dictionary definition

character vector | string scalar

Name of Embedded Coder Dictionary definition that you want to copy, specified as a string.

Example: 'StorageClass2'

targetCoderDict — Target Embedded Coder Dictionary

coder.Dictionary object

Target Embedded Coder Dictionary, specified as a coder.Dictionary object.

Output Arguments

newEntry — Embedded Coder Dictionary entry

coder.dictionary.Entry object

New Embedded Coder Dictionary entry, returned as a coder.dictionary.Entry object. The new entry represents a copy of the code definition in the target section of the Embedded Coder Dictionary.

Examples

Copy Storage Class in Embedded Coder Dictionary

Open the model RollAxisAutopilot and represent the Embedded Coder Dictionary by using a coder.Dictionary object. The dictionary contains an example storage class definition named SignalStruct.

openExample('RollAxisAutopilot')
coderDictionary = coder.dictionary.open('RollAxisAutopilot');

Create a coder.dictionary.Section object that represents the Storage Classes section of the Embedded Coder Dictionary.

storageClassesSect = getSection(coderDictionary, 'StorageClasses');

Copy the storage class definition SignalStruct. The new storage class has the name SignalStruct_copy.

newEntry = copyEntry(storageClassesSect,'SignalStruct')

newEntry = 

  Entry with properties:

          Name: 'SignalStruct_copy'
    DataSource: 'RollAxisAutopilot'

Copy Storage Class to Different Embedded Coder Dictionary

Open the model RollAxisAutopilot and represent the Embedded Coder Dictionary with a coder.Dictionary object. The dictionary contains an example storage class definition named SignalStruct.

openExample('RollAxisAutopilot')
coderDictionary = coder.dictionary.open('RollAxisAutopilot');

Create a coder.dictionary.Section object that represents the Storage Classes section of the Embedded Coder Dictionary.

storageClassesSect = getSection(coderDictionary, 'StorageClasses');

Create a data dictionary that contains an Embedded Coder Dictionary to store the copy of SignalStruct.

newSLDD = Simulink.data.dictionary.create('newSLDD.sldd');
slddCoderDictionary = coder.dictionary.create('newSLDD.sldd');

Copy the storage class definition SignalStruct from the model's Embedded Coder Dictionary to the data dictionary. The new storage class has the name SignalStruct.

newEntry = copyEntry(storageClassesSect,'SignalStruct',slddCoderDictionary)

newEntry = 

  Entry with properties:

          Name: 'SignalStruct'
    DataSource: 'X:\newSLDD.sldd'

Version History

Introduced in R2019b