access variable context of another feature

adamohern

I'm using a FeatureList parameter to select a previously-created feature. Is it possible to look into that feature's context to access its definition variables and/or internal feature id's within the feature?

kevin_o_toole_1

You can assign variables to the context with setVariable and retrieve them with getVariable. Note that these values can also be accessed by a user using #varName

You can also attach data to entities as attributes.

For your case, I'd probably use setVariable and getVariable using the featureId to store the relevant data.

if (isTopLevelId(id))
{
    setVariable(context, id[0] as string, data);
}

Note the isTopLevelId check. If any variable-setting features get patterned, they'll have nested ids which fail the check, and also won't be selectable via feature pattern.

adamohern

What about accessing a query from the definition of the other feature? Is that possible?

ilya_baran

If the feature stores the query, sure.  Otherwise (for like the query input to an extrude feature), not yet, but I would like it to be accessible.