edmiGetDefinedType

 
Returns a numeric typeID that uniquely identifies a defined type instance in the EDMdatabase. The actual defined type is specified by the name of the defined type and a numeric modelID that uniquely identifies a data model in the EDMdatabase that has the Express schema that defines the actual defined type as the underlying schema.
The returned typeID can be used to identify the actual defined type in subsequent EDMinterface operations. The returned typeID will be a constant value throughout the lifetime of the actual defined type instance in the EDMdatabase.
If the actual defined type is not found in the actual dictionary model, then this operation will search for the specified defined type in the EDMmetaMetaModel named SDAI_DICTIONARY_MODEL_DICTIONARY_DATA.
The specified data model must be open before this function can be successfully performed.
Related functions: edmiGetDefinedTypeBN , edmiGetSchema , sdaiGetAttrDefinition , sdaiGetAttrDefinitionBN
Header:
#include "sdai.h"
Prototype:
SdaiInstance edmiGetDefinedType(SdaiModel  modelId,
                                 SdaiString typeName); 
Arguments:

Returns:
A numeric typeID that uniquely identifies a defined type instance in an EDMdatabase will be returned. The typeID can have the following values:
typeID = 0 : Error in operation. Use sdaiErrorQuery to get error code and edmiGetErrorText to get the error message.
typeID != 0: Function successfully performed.
EXAMPLE
SdaiModel modelId;
SdaiInstance typeId;
. . .
typeId = edmiGetDefinedType(modelId,"Length_Measure");
if (! typeId) {
/* Error in operation */ 
printf("\nError: %s in edmiGetDefinedType\n", 
edmiGetErrorText(rstat)); 
goto error; 
}
printf("\ntypeId: %lu", typeId);
. . .