Simulink.dictionary.archdata.DataInterface

Edit data interface in Simulink data dictionary programmatically

Since R2023b

Description

Data interfaces represent information that is shared through a connector and enters or exits a component through a port. Data interfaces are composed of data elements that describe the structure of the transmitted data. Data interfaces can not be composite when using an AUTOSAR platform mapping.

Creation

To create a Simulink.dictionary.archdata.DataInterface object, add a data interface to an existing Simulink.dictionary.ArchitecturalData object using the addDataInterface function.

dataInterfaceObj = addDataInterface(archDataObj,"DataInterface")

dataInterfaceObj = 

  DataInterface with properties:

           Name: 'DataInterface'
    Description: ''
       Elements: [0×0 Simulink.dictionary.archdata.DataElement]
          Owner: [1×1 Simulink.dictionary.ArchitecturalData]

Properties

Name — Name of data interface

character vector | string scalar

Name of the data interface, specified as a character vector or string scalar.

Data Types: char | string

Description — Description of data interface

'' (default) | character vector | string scalar

Description of the data interface, specified as a character vector or string scalar.

Data Types: char | string

Elements — Elements belonging to Architectural Data object

array of Simulink.dictionary.archdata.DataElement objects

Elements belonging to the Architectural Data object, specified as an array of Simulink.dictionary.archdata.DataElement objects.

Owner — Architectural Data object of data dictionary containing data interface

Simulink.dictionary.ArchitecturalData object

Architectural Data object of the data dictionary containing the data interface, specified as a Simulink.dictionary.ArchitecturalData object.

Object Functions

addElement	Add data element to data interface
destroy	Delete data element and remove from data interface
getElement	Get data element from data interface
removeElement	Remove data element from data interface
show	View architectural data of Simulink data dictionary in Architectural Data Editor

Examples

Add and Remove Data Elements from a Data Interface

This example shows how to add, get, and remove data elements from a data interface.

Open an existing data dictionary. This creates a Simulink.dictionary.ArchitecturalData object, archDataObj.

archDataObj = Simulink.dictionary.archdata.open("MyInterfaces.sldd")

archDataObj = 

  ArchitecturalData with properties:

    DictionaryFileName: 'MyInterfaces.sldd'
            Interfaces: [1×1 Simulink.dictionary.archdata.DataInterface]
             DataTypes: [1×2 Simulink.dictionary.archdata.DataType]
             Constants: [1×1 Simulink.dictionary.archdata.Constant]

The archDataObj contains a data interface.

interfaceObj = getInterface(archDataObj,"DataInterface")

interfaceObj = 

  DataInterface with properties:

           Name: 'DataInterface'
    Description: ''
       Elements: [1×2 Simulink.dictionary.archdata.DataElement]
          Owner: [1×1 Simulink.dictionary.ArchitecturalData]

Data interfaces are composed of data elements that describe parts of a data interface. This interface definition contains two data elements.

interfaceObj.Elements(1)

ans = 

  DataElement with properties:

           Name: 'Element1'
           Type: [1×1 Simulink.dictionary.archdata.ValueType]
    Description: ''
     Dimensions: '1'
          Owner: [1×1 Simulink.dictionary.archdata.DataInterface]

interfaceObj.Elements(2)

ans = 

  DataElement with properties:

           Name: 'Element2'
           Type: [1×1 Simulink.dictionary.archdata.ValueType]
    Description: ''
     Dimensions: '1'
          Owner: [1×1 Simulink.dictionary.archdata.DataInterface]

Use the addElement function to add a new data element to the data interface.

dataElem3 = addElement(interfaceObj,"Element3")

dataElem3 = 

  DataElement with properties:

           Name: 'Element3'
           Type: [1×1 Simulink.dictionary.archdata.ValueType]
    Description: ''
     Dimensions: '1'
          Owner: [1×1 Simulink.dictionary.archdata.DataInterface]

You can get an existing data element using the getElement function.

dataElem3 = getElement(interfaceObj,"Element3")

dataElem3 = 

  DataElement with properties:

           Name: 'Element3'
           Type: [1×1 Simulink.dictionary.archdata.ValueType]
    Description: ''
     Dimensions: '1'
          Owner: [1×1 Simulink.dictionary.archdata.DataInterface]

Remove a data element from an interface using the removeElement function.

removeElement(interfaceObj, 'Element3')

Version History

Introduced in R2023b