Hi all,

Is there a ForEach statement to retrieve a list of subtypes from a supertype?

I like to iterate over a supertype's subtype so that I can generate the appropriate ServiceKnownType attribute declarations.

i.e.

<ServiceKnownType(MySubType1)> _ <ServiceKnownType(MySubType2)> _ <ServiceKnownType(MySubType3)> _ Public Class MyGeneratedSuperType

End Class

Thanks!

The code below is sort of what I'm looking for:

<[If IsSuperType]>
    <[Foreach Entity]><[ If IsInHierarchyType TargetPerEntityHierarchy ]><[If IsSubType]><ServiceKnownType(GetType(<[CurrentEntityName]>))> _<[EndIf]><[EndIf]><[NextForeach]>
    <[EndIf]>

However, since I'm calling Foreach Entity, it's modifying the current entity context and causing the rest of my template to screw up. Any suggestions?

I think the best thing you can do is to write an .lpt template instead of using TDL for this. TDL doesn't have a statement for this, so it's not useful for this type of thing, while in .lpt you can access anything you want.

To obtain all subtypes of a given entity, use in an .lpt template, the method GetSubTypes() on an EntityDefinition instance.

Otis wrote:

I think the best thing you can do is to write an .lpt template instead of using TDL for this. TDL doesn't have a statement for this, so it's not useful for this type of thing, while in .lpt you can access anything you want.

To obtain all subtypes of a given entity, use in an .lpt template, the method GetSubTypes() on an EntityDefinition instance.

Thank you Otis for the information