Access protocols variables example

Short Description

This script quickly shows how to retrieve all block descriptors from a (loaded) protocol and how to retrieve output variable value

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• Version 1 • Released on: 2021-08-31 18:00:00
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  Initial version

  importClass(Packages.plugins.adufour.blocks.lang.BlockDescriptor)
  importClass(Packages.plugins.adufour.protocols.Protocols)
  
  mf = Protocols.getInstance()
  proto = mf.getActiveProtocol()
  workflow = proto.getWorkFlow()
  
  // get all blocks from workflow
  blocks = workflow.getBlockDescriptors(true)
  
  // we want only output variable blocks
  //blocks = workflow.getOutputBlockDescriptors(true)
  
  // find output variable block with given command line id (work ame as input block)
  out_block = BlockDescriptor.findOutputBlockDescriptor("text out", blocks)
  // handy function to quickly return variable of single variable block
  out_var = out_block.getVariable()
  
  if (out_var != null)
  	println("Output var value = " + out_var.getValueAsString())
  
  for(i = 0; i < blocks.size(); i++)
  {
  	block = blocks.get(i)
  	println(block.getName() + " - " + block.getID() + " - " + block.getCommandLineID())
  
  	v = block.getVariable()
  	if (v != null)
  		println("    value = " + v.getValueAsString())
  }