How verify if a attribute exists in a object?

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Flávio Lúcio Na... · Jun 22, 2021

I create a object.

SET nlsoref=##class(%SYS.NLS.Locale).%New()

So I want to verify if the attribute 'test' exists in the object, I tryied use $data

write $data(nlsoref.test)

But show this message:

<PROPERTY DOES NOT EXIST> *test,%SYS.NLS.Locale

Someone can help?

Best regards, Flávio.

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Steven Hobbs · Jun 23, 2021

By the looks of it, the original question applied $DATA to an element of the %DynamicAbstractObject classes. The $DATA and $GET functions can only be applied to Multidimensional variables. All ObjectScript local and global variables are Multidimensional. By default a property variable of a class object is not multidimensional unless the property default is over ridden with the [ Multidimensional ] attribute. The %DynamicAbstractObject classes provide no way of supporting elements which are Multidimensional. If dynobj is an object reference to a %DynamicObject then dynobj.%Get(key) is defined for all possible string values of 'key'. If dynobj.%GetTypeOf(key) returns "unassigned", or "null", then dynobj.%Get(key) will return the empty string value.

Currently, $DATA(dynobj.keyname) signals <PROPERTY DOES NOT EXIST> which is what is signaled for by all classes if the Property 'keyname' does not exist. In a future IRIS release it will report

<INVALID CLASS> *Class '%Library.DynamicObject' does not support MultiDimensional operations

The correct way to see if keyname "test" exists in a %DynamicObject is to evaluate (dynobj.%GetTypeOf("test") '= "undefined") .

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score 0 · Answer 1 · 2021-06-22T10:11:32-04:00

Herman Slagman · Jun 22, 2021

Use oList.%IsDefined("Language")

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score 0 · Answer 2 · 2021-06-22T10:49:15-04:00

You changed the question, my answer was for a DynamicObject/Array.
For regular classes you use:
##class(%Dictionary.CompiledProperty).%ExistsId(ClassName_"||"_PropertyName)
or just use a Try-Catch construct.

score 0 · Answer 3 · 2021-06-22T13:55:30-04:00

Sorry, I changed to be more clear, but don't solve my problem. This command show to me the error below:

<METHOD DOES NOT EXIST> *%IsDefined,%ZEN.proxyObject

score 0 · Answer 4 · 2021-06-22T11:15:04-04:00

Have you tried the %IsDefined method?

set a={}

if a.%IsDefined("test") write "defined"

set a.tset=1

if a.%IsDefined("test") write "defined"

score 0 · Answer 5 · 2021-07-06T07:19:29-04:00

Joel Solon · Jul 6, 2021

I think Ben meant:

set a.test = 1

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score 0 · Answer 6 · 2021-06-22T11:30:14-04:00

Timothy Leavitt · Jun 22, 2021

I'd typically use:
$$$comMemberDefined("%SYS.NLS.Locale",$$$cCLASSproperty,"test")

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