[Smtk-developers] Attribute "paths"

[Robert Michael O'Bara]

Hi David,

You can’t add an item whose name already exists in either the attribute definition OR in the definitions its derived from.

Bob

Robert M. O'Bara, MEng.
Assistant Director of Scientific Computing

Kitware Inc.
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> On Jun 8, 2015, at 4:17 PM, David Thompson <david.thompson at kitware.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I don't see a way in SMTK to specify the path to an attribute item; one can ask Attribute::find() to search for a given name but as I understand it, two items are allowed to  share the same name as long as they aren't owned by the same parent item.
> 
> It would be nice to have something like
> 
>   AttributePtr circle;
>   circle->item("construction method/three points/point 1");
>   // or even:
>   circle->item("construction method/three points/point 1", '/');
> 
> Would anyone object to me adding this? I could use it as I develop operator logging.
> 
> 	Thanks,
> 	David
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