slreportgen.finder.StateflowDiagramElementFinder Class

Namespace: slreportgen.finder
Superclasses: slreportgen.finder.StateflowObjectFinder

Find Stateflow diagram elements

Description

StateflowDiagramElementFinder creates a finder object that finds elements in a Stateflow^® chart diagram.

The slreportgen.finder.StateflowDiagramElementFinder class is a handle class.

Creation

Description

finder = StateflowDiagramElementFinder(diagram) creates a finder that finds elements of a Stateflow chart diagram. By default this finder finds states, transitions, truth tables, and other elements in the specified Stateflow chart diagram. Use the properties of the finder to constrain the search to specific types of elements.

Note

This finder provides these options to get search results:

• To return the search results as an array, use the find method. Add the results directly to a report or process the results in a for-loop.

• To iterate through the results one at a time, use the hasNext and next methods in a while-loop.

Neither option has a performance advantage.

finder = StateflowDiagramElementFinder(Name=Value) sets properties using name-value arguments. You can specify multiple name-value arguments in any order.

Input Arguments

diagram — Chart Diagram to search

path | handle | chart ID | chart object

See Container property.

Properties

Container — Chart diagram to search

path | handle | chart ID | chart object

Chart diagram in which to search, specified as one of these values:

• Handle to a Stateflow chart block

• Path to a Stateflow chart block

• Stateflow chart ID

• Stateflow chart object

• Stateflow

  state object

• Path or handle to a Simulink^® model

• Finder result representing a model, chart, or state

Types — Types of diagram elements to find

string | character array | array of strings | cell array of character arrays

Types of Stateflow diagram elements to find, specified as a string, character array, array of strings, or a cell array of character arrays. If the type is an array, it specifies a set of element types. The default is All or all, which finds all elements in all diagrams. Use one of these values to constrain the search to specific diagram element types. You can use either the fully qualified name or the short name.

Fully Qualified Name	Short Name
All	all
Stateflow.Annotation	annotation
Stateflow.Box	box
Stateflow.EMFunction	emfunction
Stateflow.Function	function
Stateflow.Junction	junction
Stateflow.Port	port
Stateflow.SLFunction	slfunction
Stateflow.State	state
Stateflow.Transition	transition
Stateflow.TruthTable	truthtable

IncludeCommented — Include commented-out chart elements

false (default) | true

Whether to include commented-out chart elements in the search results, specified as a logical. If false, commented-out elements are excluded from the search results.

SearchDepth — Number of levels to search Container

[] (default) | inf | nonnegative integer

Number of levels to search Container, specified as one of these values:

Value	Description
[] (default)	Search only for elements visible from the top level of the chart. The search includes elements in nested states but excludes elements in subcharts.
nonnegative integer	Search the specified number of levels
inf	Search all levels

SortType — Sort finder results

"none" (default) | "alphabetical" | "systemAlpha" | "depth"

Sort finder results, specified as one of these values:

Value	Description
"none"	Do not sort results.
"alphabetical"	Sort results alphabetically by name.
"systemAlpha"	Sort results alphabetically by parent system name.
"depth"	Sort results by depth in the model hierarchy. The first result in the sorted list belong to the object that is highest in the hierarchy. For example, a model and its subsystems are sorted in the order: myModel/block1, myModel/subsystem1/block2, myModel/subsystem1/nestedSubststem/block3.

Properties — Properties of elements to find

cell array

Properties of objects to find, specified as a cell array of name-value pairs. The finder returns only elements that have the specified properties with the specified values.

Example: finder.Properties = {"ArrowSize","5"}

Methods

Public Methods

Method	Description
find	results = find(finder) finds Stateflow chart diagram elements in the diagram specified by the finder. This method returns the chart diagram elements it finds wrapped in result objects of type slreportgen.finder.DiagramElementResult. To add tables of the chart diagram element properties, add the results objects directly to the report or add them to a reporter that you then add to a report. The reports to which you can add the results of this method must be reports of type slreportgen.report.Report.
hasNext	tf = hasNext(finder) determines if the chart diagram that the finder searches contains at least one element. If the chart diagram has at least one element, the hasNext method queues that element as the next element that the next method will return. The hasNext method then returns true. Use the next method to obtain that element. On subsequent calls, the hasNext method determines if the chart diagram has an element that the next method has not yet retrieved. It queues the element for the next method to retrieve and returns true. If there are no more elements to be retrieved, this method returns false. To search a chart diagram progressively for elements, use the hasNext method with the next method in a while loop.
next	result = next(finder) returns the next search result in the result queue that the hasNext method created. This method returns the chart diagram element that it finds wrapped in a result object of type slreportgen.finder.DiagramElementResult. To add tables of the chart diagram element properties, add the results objects directly to the report or add them to a reporter that you then add to a report. The reports to which you can add the results of this method must be of type slreportgen.report.Report.

Examples

Find Stateflow States and Transitions

Create a report that finds Stateflow states and transitions in the slrgex_fuelsys_fuel_rate_control model.

import mlreportgen.report.*
import slreportgen.report.*
import slreportgen.finder.*
model_name = "slrgex_fuelsys_fuel_rate_control";
load_system(model_name)

rpt = slreportgen.report.Report("output","pdf");
add(rpt, TitlePage(Title=sprintf("%s Charts",model_name)))
add(rpt, TableOfContents)

chartFinder = ChartDiagramFinder(model_name);
while hasNext(chartFinder)
    chart = next(chartFinder);
    chapter = Chapter(Title=chart.Name);
    add(chapter, chart)
    sect = Section(Title="States");
    stateFinder = StateFinder(chart.Object);
    states = find(stateFinder);
    for state = states
        add(sect,state)
    end  
    add(chapter,sect)

    sect = Section(Title="Transitions");
    transitionFinder = StateflowDiagramElementFinder...
       (Container=chart.Object,Types="transition");
    transitions = find(transitionFinder);
    for transition = transitions
        add(sect,transition)
    end  
    add(chapter,sect)
    add(rpt, chapter)
end

close(rpt);
close_system(model_name);
rptview(rpt)

Version History

Introduced in R2017b