/// <summary>
/// Check whether an entity (string) is a supertype of another entity
/// </summary>
/// <param name="context">the IFC version in context for the check</param>
/// <param name="superTypeName">the supertype name</param>
/// <param name="subTypeName">the subtype name</param>
/// <param name="strict">whether the supertype is strictly supertype. Set to false if it "supertype == subtype" is acceptable</param>
/// <returns>true if it is supertype</returns>
static public bool IsSuperTypeOf(string context, string superTypeName, string subTypeName, bool strict = true)
{
IfcSchemaEntityTree ifcEntitySchemaTree = GetEntityDictFor(context);
//var ifcEntitySchemaTree = IfcSchemaEntityTree.GetEntityDictFor(context);
if (ifcEntitySchemaTree == null || ifcEntitySchemaTree.IfcEntityDict == null || ifcEntitySchemaTree.IfcEntityDict.Count == 0)
{
throw new Exception("Unable to locate IFC Schema xsd file! Make sure the relevant xsd " + context + " exists.");
}
IfcSchemaEntityNode theNode = ifcEntitySchemaTree.Find(superTypeName);
if (theNode != null)
{
if (strict)
{
return(theNode.IsSuperTypeOf(subTypeName));
}
else
{
return(theNode.Name.Equals(subTypeName, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase) || theNode.IsSuperTypeOf(subTypeName));
}
}
return(false);
}
/// <summary>
/// Check whether an entity is a supertype of another entity
/// </summary>
/// <param name="superTypeName">candidate of the supertype entity name</param>
/// <param name="subTypeName">candidate of the subtype entity name</param>
/// <returns>true: if the the superTypeName is the supertype of subtTypeName</returns>
static public bool IsSuperTypeOf(string superTypeName, string subTypeName)
{
IfcSchemaEntityNode theNode = Find(superTypeName);
if (theNode != null)
{
return(theNode.IsSuperTypeOf(subTypeName));
}
return(false);
}
/// <summary>
/// Check whether an entity is a supertype of another entity
/// </summary>
/// <param name="superTypeName">candidate of the supertype entity name</param>
/// <param name="subTypeName">candidate of the subtype entity name</param>
/// <returns>true: if the the superTypeName is the supertype of subtTypeName</returns>
static public bool IsSuperTypeOf(string superTypeName, string subTypeName, bool strict = true)
{
IfcSchemaEntityNode theNode = Find(superTypeName);
if (theNode != null)
{
if (strict)
{
return(theNode.IsSuperTypeOf(subTypeName));
}
else
{
return(theNode.Name.Equals(subTypeName, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase) || theNode.IsSuperTypeOf(subTypeName));
}
}
return(false);
}