%setcustom and setting model attributes (SDL script)

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This topic applies to TDK SDL script extensions. For more information, see Overview of SDL script extensions for TDK (SDL script).

SDL Script Extensions for TDK:

%setcustom "Name" = "TheNewName" $ object will be generated with new name,
$ but UML model gets unmodified
%object O
O = %current
O.Name = "TheNewName" $ same as above (model not modified)
%modelsetcustom "Name" = "TheNewName" $ object will be generated with new name
$ and model is really changed

With TDK, %setcustom does not write to the model, even if it changes the attribute value inside the ACS cache. TDK/ACS are not intended for changing the model. If a model modification is absolutely needed, %modelsetcustom does that.

Model attributes changed with %setmodel (or with the object.attribute notation) are reset to their original value before the next generation takes place ('next' means the generation after the one that changed the value with %setcustom).