API support for hierarchical components (How to get information about containment relations via API?)
Hello SCM team,
From 6.0 it is possible to create components hierarchies (HC). So now we want to take the "containment relation" as a basis for the creation the Load Rule, which then creates the sandbox structure.
In other words: "if component B is a subcomponent of component A, then it will be loaded as ..../sandbox/A/B"
Question: Can you please provide us the HC related API documentation with some examples?
Thank you in advance!
From 6.0 it is possible to create components hierarchies (HC). So now we want to take the "containment relation" as a basis for the creation the Load Rule, which then creates the sandbox structure.
In other words: "if component B is a subcomponent of component A, then it will be loaded as ..../sandbox/A/B"
Question: Can you please provide us the HC related API documentation with some examples?
Thank you in advance!
2 answers
Hi Alexander, since hierarchical components is a new feature we're still flushing out the documentation before the official release but you can see an introduction in the New and Noteworthy here [1].
I'll look at putting together a code example, but a good starting point is IFlowNodeConnection#getComponentHierarchy. This will return a dictionary-like structure that you can traverse to determine the parent/child relationships.
[1] https://jazz.net/downloads/rational-team-concert/milestones/6.0M11?p=news#new-workspace-configuration
I'll look at putting together a code example, but a good starting point is IFlowNodeConnection#getComponentHierarchy. This will return a dictionary-like structure that you can traverse to determine the parent/child relationships.
[1] https://jazz.net/downloads/rational-team-concert/milestones/6.0M11?p=news#new-workspace-configuration
Hi Alexander, unfortunately I've confirmed that we don't yet have APIs which will allow you to create Load Rules files based on an existing component hierarchy in the repository. There are some Load Rules creation commands available with the Command-Line Interface, but they examine your current sandbox and generate a file from what you have loaded. (and it is not yet hierarchical component aware)
But given that this is an operation which multiple clients would like to perform, it is something which is definitely being discussed on the development team and we would like to enable users to be able to do this.
But given that this is an operation which multiple clients would like to perform, it is something which is definitely being discussed on the development team and we would like to enable users to be able to do this.
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