/// <summary>
/// This method copies an element (for instance a class) into a target package
/// note : the EA SDK does not provide a simple way to clone an element. It only
/// provides a way to clone a package in the same parent package. We use this capabilities
/// to clone an element from one package to another
/// </summary>
/// <param name="repository">The current repository</param>
/// <param name="sourceElement">An element to copy</param>
/// <param name="targetPackage">The target package</param>
/// <returns>The newly-created element or null of the copy fails</returns>
public static EA.Element copyElement(EA.Repository repository, EA.Element sourceElement, EA.Package targetPackage)
{
// we get the parent package of the source element
EA.Package sourcePackage = repository.GetPackageByID(sourceElement.PackageID);
// create an temporary package into the parent package
EA.Package tmpPackage = sourcePackage.Packages.AddNew("tmp", "");
if (!(tmpPackage.Update()))
{
return(null);
}
sourcePackage.Packages.Refresh();
// move the source element into the temporary package
sourceElement.PackageID = tmpPackage.PackageID;
sourceElement.Update();
sourcePackage.Elements.Refresh();
tmpPackage.Elements.Refresh();
// clone the temporary package
EA.Package clonePackage = tmpPackage.Clone();
clonePackage.Update();
sourcePackage.Packages.Refresh();
// move back the source element into it original parent package
sourceElement.PackageID = sourcePackage.PackageID;
sourceElement.Update();
tmpPackage.Elements.Refresh();
sourcePackage.Elements.Refresh();
// getting the copy of the source element
EA.Element targetElement = clonePackage.Elements.GetByName(sourceElement.Name);
// move the copy into the targetPackage
targetElement.PackageID = targetPackage.PackageID;
targetElement.Update();
clonePackage.Elements.Refresh();
targetPackage.Elements.Refresh();
// delete the temporary packages
short tmpPackageIndex = getIndex(sourcePackage, tmpPackage);
short clonePackageIndex = getIndex(sourcePackage, clonePackage);
sourcePackage.Packages.Delete(tmpPackageIndex);
sourcePackage.Packages.Refresh();
sourcePackage.Packages.Delete(clonePackageIndex);
sourcePackage.Packages.Refresh();
repository.RefreshModelView(sourcePackage.PackageID);
return(targetElement);
}
