libSBML C++ API  5.20.2
Port Class Reference
Inheritance diagram for Port:
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Detailed Description

comp An interface to be used in composition.

The Port class was introduced by the SBML Level 3 Hierarchical Model Composition (“comp”) package to allow a Model to define a standard interface between it and other models that might use it as a submodel. It derives from the SBaseRef class, and the elements defined there refer to elements in the same parent Model as the Port object. A Port object instance therefore uses those attributes to define a port for a component in a model. When other SBaseRef or SBaseRef-derived classes refer to a Port object using a "portRef" attribute, the element being referenced is the element the Port object itself points to.

In the present formulation of the Hierarchical Model Composition package, the use of ports is not enforced, nor is there any mechanism to restrict which ports may be used in what ways—they are only an advisory construct. Future versions of this SBML package may provide additional functionality to support explicit restrictions on port use. For the present definition of Hierarchical Model Composition, users of models containing ports are encouraged to respect the modeler's intention in defining ports, and use the port definitions to interact with components through their ports (when they have ports defined) rather than interact directly with the components.

The required attribute "id" is used to give an identifier to a Port object so that other objects can refer to it. The attribute has type PortSId and is essentially identical to the SBML primitive type SId, except that its namespace is limited to the identifiers of Port objects defined within a Model object. In parallel, the PortSId type has a companion type, PortSIdRef, that corresponds to the SBML primitive type SIdRef; the value space of PortSIdRef is limited to PortSId values.

Examples
spec_example3.cpp, and spec_example4.cpp.

Public Member Functions

int addCVTerm (CVTerm *term, bool newBag=false)
 Adds a copy of the given CVTerm object to this SBML object. More...
 
int addModifiedDate (Date *date)
 Adds a modified date to the ModelHistory of this object. More...
 
virtual int appendAnnotation (const std::string &annotation)
 Appends the given annotation to the "annotation" subelement of this object. More...
 
virtual int appendAnnotation (const XMLNode *annotation)
 Appends the given annotation to the "annotation" subelement of this object. More...
 
int appendNotes (const std::string &notes)
 Appends the given notes to the "notes" subelement of this object. More...
 
int appendNotes (const XMLNode *notes)
 Appends the given notes to the "notes" subelement of this object. More...
 
virtual void clearReferencedElement ()
 Removes the saved referenced element, if it had been saved earlier. More...
 
virtual Portclone () const
 Creates and returns a deep copy of this Port object. More...
 
SBaseRefcreateSBaseRef ()
 Creates a new, empty SBaseRef, adds it to this SBaseRef and returns the created SBaseRef. More...
 
void deleteDisabledPlugins (bool recursive=true)
 Deletes all information stored in disabled plugins. More...
 
int disablePackage (const std::string &pkgURI, const std::string &pkgPrefix)
 Disables the given SBML Level 3 package on this object. More...
 
int enablePackage (const std::string &pkgURI, const std::string &pkgPrefix, bool flag)
 Enables or disables the given SBML Level 3 package on this object. More...
 
virtual ListgetAllElements (ElementFilter *filter=NULL)
 Returns a List of all child SBase* objects, including those nested to an arbitrary depth. More...
 
virtual ListgetAllElementsFromPlugins (ElementFilter *filter=NULL)
 Returns a List of all child SBase objects contained in SBML package plug-ins. More...
 
SBasegetAncestorOfType (int type, const std::string &pkgName="core")
 Returns the first ancestor object that has the given SBML type code from the given package. More...
 
const SBasegetAncestorOfType (int type, const std::string pkgName="core") const
 Returns the first ancestor object that has the given SBML type code from the given package. More...
 
XMLNodegetAnnotation ()
 Returns the content of the "annotation" subelement of this object as a tree of XMLNode objects. More...
 
XMLNodegetAnnotation () const
 Returns the content of the "annotation" subelement of this object as a tree of XMLNode objects. More...
 
std::string getAnnotationString ()
 Returns the content of the "annotation" subelement of this object as a character string. More...
 
std::string getAnnotationString () const
 Returns the content of the "annotation" subelement of this object as a character string. More...
 
unsigned int getColumn () const
 Returns the column number where this object first appears in the XML representation of the SBML document. More...
 
DategetCreatedDate ()
 Returns the "creation date" portion of the ModelHistory of this object. More...
 
DategetCreatedDate () const
 Returns the "creation date" portion of the ModelHistory of this object. More...
 
CVTermgetCVTerm (unsigned int n)
 Returns the nth CVTerm in the list of CVTerms of this SBML object. More...
 
ListgetCVTerms ()
 Returns a list of CVTerm objects in the annotations of this SBML object. More...
 
ListgetCVTerms () const
 Returns a list of CVTerm objects in the annotations of this SBML object. More...
 
SBasePlugingetDisabledPlugin (unsigned int n)
 Returns the nth disabled plug-in object (extension interface) for an SBML Level 3 package extension. More...
 
const SBasePlugingetDisabledPlugin (unsigned int n) const
 Returns the nth disabled plug-in object (extension interface) for an SBML Level 3 package extension. More...
 
virtual SBasegetElementByMetaId (const std::string &metaid)
 Returns the first child element it can find with the given metaid, or itself if it has the given metaid, or NULL if no such object is found. More...
 
const SBasegetElementByMetaId (const std::string &metaid) const
 Returns the first child element it can find with a specific "metaid" attribute value, or NULL if no such object is found. More...
 
virtual SBasegetElementBySId (const std::string &id)
 Returns the first child element found that has the given id in the model-wide SId namespace, or NULL if no such object is found. More...
 
virtual const SBasegetElementBySId (const std::string &id) const
 Returns the first child element found that has the given id in the model-wide SId namespace, or NULL if no such object is found. More...
 
virtual const std::string & getElementName () const
 Returns the XML element name of this SBML object. More...
 
virtual const std::string & getId () const
 Returns the value of the "id" attribute of this Port. More...
 
const std::string & getIdAttribute () const
 Returns the value of the "id" attribute of this SBML object. More...
 
virtual const std::string & getIdRef () const
 Returns the value of the "idRef" attribute of this SBaseRef. More...
 
unsigned int getLevel () const
 Returns the SBML Level of the SBMLDocument object containing this object. More...
 
unsigned int getLine () const
 Returns the line number where this object first appears in the XML representation of the SBML document. More...
 
std::string & getMetaId ()
 Returns the value of the "metaid" attribute of this SBML object. More...
 
const std::string & getMetaId () const
 Returns the value of the "metaid" attribute of this SBML object. More...
 
virtual const std::string & getMetaIdRef () const
 Returns the value of the "metaIdRef" attribute of this SBaseRef. More...
 
const ModelgetModel () const
 Returns the Model object for the SBML Document in which the current object is located. More...
 
ModelHistorygetModelHistory ()
 Returns the ModelHistory object, if any, attached to this object. More...
 
ModelHistorygetModelHistory () const
 Returns the ModelHistory object, if any, attached to this object. More...
 
DategetModifiedDate (unsigned int n)
 Get the nth Date object in the list of "modified date" values stored in the ModelHistory of this object. More...
 
virtual const std::string & getName () const
 Returns the value of the "name" attribute of this Port object. More...
 
virtual XMLNamespacesgetNamespaces () const
 Returns a list of the XML Namespaces declared on the SBML document owning this object. More...
 
XMLNodegetNotes ()
 Returns the content of the "notes" subelement of this object as a tree of XMLNode objects. More...
 
XMLNodegetNotes () const
 Returns the content of the "notes" subelement of this object as a tree of XMLNode objects. More...
 
std::string getNotesString ()
 Returns the content of the "notes" subelement of this object as a string. More...
 
std::string getNotesString () const
 Returns the content of the "notes" subelement of this object as a string. More...
 
unsigned int getNumCVTerms () const
 Returns the number of CVTerm objects in the annotations of this SBML object. More...
 
unsigned int getNumDisabledPlugins () const
 Returns the number of disabled plug-in objects (extension interfaces) for SBML Level 3 package extensions known. More...
 
unsigned int getNumModifiedDates ()
 Get the number of Date objects in the ModelHistory of this Iobject's list of "modified dates". More...
 
unsigned int getNumPlugins () const
 Returns the number of plug-in objects (extenstion interfaces) for SBML Level 3 package extensions known. More...
 
virtual int getNumReferents () const
 Returns how many elements are being referred to by this SBaseRef. More...
 
unsigned int getPackageCoreVersion () const
 Returns the SBML Core Version within the SBML Level of the actual object. More...
 
const std::string & getPackageName () const
 Returns the package name of this plugin object. More...
 
const std::string & getPackageURI () const
 Returns the XML namespace (URI) of the package extension of this object. More...
 
unsigned int getPackageVersion () const
 Returns the package version of the package extension of this plugin object. More...
 
SBasegetParentSBMLObject ()
 Returns the parent SBML object containing this object. More...
 
const SBasegetParentSBMLObject () const
 Returns the parent SBML object containing this object. More...
 
SBasePlugingetPlugin (const std::string &package)
 Returns a plug-in object (extension interface) for an SBML Level 3 package extension with the given package name or URI. More...
 
const SBasePlugingetPlugin (const std::string &package) const
 Returns a plug-in object (extension interface) for an SBML Level 3 package extension with the given package name or URI. More...
 
SBasePlugingetPlugin (unsigned int n)
 Returns the nth plug-in object (extension interface) for an SBML Level 3 package extension. More...
 
const SBasePlugingetPlugin (unsigned int n) const
 Returns the nth plug-in object (extension interface) for an SBML Level 3 package extension. More...
 
virtual const std::string & getPortRef () const
 Returns the value of the "portRef" attribute of this SBaseRef. More...
 
std::string getPrefix () const
 Returns the XML namespace prefix of this element. More...
 
virtual SBasegetReferencedElement ()
 Returns the object pointed to by this element. More...
 
virtual SBasegetReferencedElementFrom (Model *model)
 Examines the referenced Model for the referenced object, and returns it, if found. More...
 
BiolQualifierType_t getResourceBiologicalQualifier (std::string resource) const
 Returns the MIRIAM biological qualifier associated with the given resource. More...
 
ModelQualifierType_t getResourceModelQualifier (std::string resource) const
 Returns the MIRIAM model qualifier associated with the given resource. More...
 
SBaseRefgetSBaseRef ()
 Get the child sBaseRef of this SBaseRef. More...
 
const SBaseRefgetSBaseRef () const
 Get the child sBaseRef of this sBaseRef. More...
 
SBMLDocumentgetSBMLDocument ()
 Returns the SBMLDocument object containing this object instance. More...
 
const SBMLDocumentgetSBMLDocument () const
 Returns the SBMLDocument object containing this object instance. More...
 
int getSBOTerm () const
 Returns the integer portion of the value of the "sboTerm" attribute of this object. More...
 
std::string getSBOTermAsURL () const
 Returns the URL representation of the "sboTerm" attribute of this object. More...
 
std::string getSBOTermID () const
 Returns the string representation of the "sboTerm" attribute of this object. More...
 
virtual int getTypeCode () const
 Returns the libSBML type code of this object instance. More...
 
virtual const std::string & getUnitRef () const
 Returns the value of the "unitRef" attribute of this SBaseRef. More...
 
std::string getURI () const
 Returns the namespace URI to which this element belongs to. More...
 
void * getUserData () const
 Returns the user data that has been previously set via setUserData(). More...
 
unsigned int getVersion () const
 Returns the Version within the SBML Level of the SBMLDocument object containing this object. More...
 
virtual bool hasRequiredAttributes () const
 Returns true if the 'id' attribute is set, and if exactly one of the optional attributes of SBaseRef (portRef, idRef, metaIdRef, and unitRef)are set. More...
 
bool isPackageEnabled (const std::string &pkgName) const
 Predicate returning true if the given SBML Level 3 package is enabled with this object. More...
 
bool isPackageURIEnabled (const std::string &pkgURI) const
 Predicate returning true if an SBML Level 3 package with the given URI is enabled with this object. More...
 
bool isPkgEnabled (const std::string &pkgName) const
 Predicate returning true if the given SBML Level 3 package is enabled with this object. More...
 
bool isPkgURIEnabled (const std::string &pkgURI) const
 Predicate returning true if an SBML Level 3 package with the given URI is enabled with this object. More...
 
bool isSetAnnotation () const
 Predicate returning true if this object's "annotation" subelement exists and has content. More...
 
bool isSetCreatedDate () const
 Predicate returning true if this object has a ModelHistory object attached to it and the created date is set. More...
 
virtual bool isSetId () const
 Predicate returning true or false depending on whether this Port's "id" attribute has been set. More...
 
bool isSetIdAttribute () const
 Predicate returning true if this object's "id" attribute is set. More...
 
virtual bool isSetIdRef () const
 Predicate returning true or false depending on whether this SBaseRef's "idRef" attribute has been set. More...
 
bool isSetMetaId () const
 Predicate returning true if this object's "metaid" attribute is set. More...
 
virtual bool isSetMetaIdRef () const
 Predicate returning true or false depending on whether this SBaseRef's "metaIdRef" attribute has been set. More...
 
bool isSetModelHistory () const
 Predicate returning true if this object has a ModelHistory object attached to it. More...
 
bool isSetModifiedDate () const
 Predicate returning true or false depending on whether the ModelHistory's "modified date" of this object is set. More...
 
virtual bool isSetName () const
 Predicate returning true or false depending on whether this Port's "name" attribute has been set. More...
 
bool isSetNotes () const
 Predicate returning true if this object's "notes" subelement exists and has content. More...
 
virtual bool isSetPortRef () const
 Predicate returning true or false depending on whether this SBaseRef's "portRef" attribute has been set. More...
 
bool isSetSBaseRef () const
 Predicate for testing whether the sBaseRef for this SBaseRef is set. More...
 
bool isSetSBOTerm () const
 Predicate returning true if this object's "sboTerm" attribute is set. More...
 
virtual bool isSetUnitRef () const
 Predicate returning true or false depending on whether this SBaseRef's "unitRef" attribute has been set. More...
 
bool isSetUserData () const
 Predicate returning true or false depending on whether the user data of this element has been set. More...
 
bool matchesRequiredSBMLNamespacesForAddition (const SBase *sb)
 Returns true if this object's set of XML namespaces are a subset of the given object's XML namespaces. More...
 
bool matchesRequiredSBMLNamespacesForAddition (const SBase *sb) const
 Returns true if this object's set of XML namespaces are a subset of the given object's XML namespaces. More...
 
bool matchesSBMLNamespaces (const SBase *sb)
 Returns true if this object's set of XML namespaces are the same as the given object's XML namespaces. More...
 
bool matchesSBMLNamespaces (const SBase *sb) const
 Returns true if this object's set of XML namespaces are the same as the given object's XML namespaces. More...
 
Portoperator= (const Port &source)
 Assignment operator. More...
 
virtual int performDeletion ()
 DEPRECATED FUNCTION: DO NOT USE. More...
 
 Port (CompPkgNamespaces *compns)
 Creates a new Port with the given CompPkgNamespaces object. More...
 
 Port (const Port &source)
 Copy constructor. More...
 
 Port (unsigned int level=CompExtension::getDefaultLevel(), unsigned int version=CompExtension::getDefaultVersion(), unsigned int pkgVersion=CompExtension::getDefaultPackageVersion())
 Creates a new Port with the given level, version, and package version. More...
 
void read (const XMLNode &node, XMLErrorSeverityOverride_t flag=LIBSBML_OVERRIDE_DISABLED)
 Reads (initializes) this SBML object by reading from the given XMLNode. More...
 
virtual int removeFromParentAndDelete ()
 Finds this SBaseRef's parent, which can either be a List or can be another SBaseRef, and tells it to remove this. More...
 
int removeTopLevelAnnotationElement (const std::string &elementName, const std::string elementURI="", bool removeEmpty=true)
 Removes the top-level element within the "annotation" subelement of this SBML object with the given name and optional URI. More...
 
virtual void renameMetaIdRefs (const std::string &oldid, const std::string &newid)
 
virtual void renameSIdRefs (const std::string &oldid, const std::string &newid)
 
virtual void renameUnitSIdRefs (const std::string &oldid, const std::string &newid)
 
int replaceTopLevelAnnotationElement (const std::string &annotation)
 Replaces the given top-level element within the "annotation" subelement of this SBML object and with the annotation element supplied. More...
 
int replaceTopLevelAnnotationElement (const XMLNode *annotation)
 Replaces the given top-level element within the "annotation" subelement of this SBML object and with the annotation element supplied. More...
 
virtual int saveReferencedElement ()
 Finds and stores the referenced object by finding its Model parent, calling 'getReferencedElementFrom()' on that model, and storing the result. More...
 
virtual int setAnnotation (const std::string &annotation)
 Sets the value of the "annotation" subelement of this SBML object. More...
 
virtual int setAnnotation (const XMLNode *annotation)
 Sets the value of the "annotation" subelement of this SBML object. More...
 
int setCreatedDate (Date *date)
 Sets the creation date of the ModelHistory of this object. More...
 
virtual int setId (const std::string &sid)
 Sets the value of the "id" attribute of this Port. More...
 
virtual int setIdAttribute (const std::string &sid)
 Sets the value of the "id" attribute of this SBML object. More...
 
virtual int setIdRef (const std::string &id)
 Sets the value of the "idRef" attribute of this SBaseRef. More...
 
int setMetaId (const std::string &metaid)
 Sets the value of the meta-identifier attribute of this SBML object. More...
 
virtual int setMetaIdRef (const std::string &id)
 Sets the value of the "metaIdRef" attribute of this SBaseRef. More...
 
int setModelHistory (ModelHistory *history)
 Sets the ModelHistory of this object. More...
 
virtual int setName (const std::string &name)
 Sets the value of the "name" attribute of this Port. More...
 
int setNamespaces (XMLNamespaces *xmlns)
 Sets the namespaces relevant of this SBML object. More...
 
int setNotes (const std::string &notes, bool addXHTMLMarkup=false)
 Sets the value of the "notes" subelement of this SBML object to a copy of the string notes. More...
 
int setNotes (const XMLNode *notes)
 Sets the value of the "notes" subelement of this SBML object. More...
 
virtual int setPortRef (const std::string &id)
 Overrides SBaseRef::setPortRef to always fail, because Port objects themselves cannot refer to model elements by PortSId. More...
 
int setSBaseRef (const SBaseRef *sBaseRef)
 Sets the sBaseRef definition of this SBaseRef to a copy of the given SBaseRef object instance. More...
 
virtual int setSBOTerm (const std::string &sboid)
 Sets the value of the "sboTerm" attribute by string. More...
 
virtual int setSBOTerm (int value)
 Sets the value of the "sboTerm" attribute. More...
 
virtual int setUnitRef (const std::string &id)
 Sets the value of the "unitRef" attribute of this SBaseRef. More...
 
int setUserData (void *userData)
 Sets the user data of this element. More...
 
char * toSBML ()
 Returns a string consisting of a partial SBML corresponding to just this object. More...
 
XMLNodetoXMLNode ()
 Returns this element as an XMLNode. More...
 
int unsetAnnotation ()
 Unsets the value of the "annotation" subelement of this SBML object. More...
 
int unsetCreatedDate ()
 Unsets the created date of the ModelHistory object attached to this object. More...
 
int unsetCVTerms ()
 Clears the list of CVTerm objects attached to this SBML object. More...
 
virtual int unsetId ()
 Unsets the value of the "id" attribute of this Port. More...
 
int unsetIdAttribute ()
 Unsets the value of the "id" attribute of this SBML object. More...
 
virtual int unsetIdRef ()
 Unsets the value of the "idRef" attribute of this SBaseRef. More...
 
int unsetMetaId ()
 Unsets the value of the "metaid" attribute of this SBML object. More...
 
virtual int unsetMetaIdRef ()
 Unsets the value of the "metaIdRef" attribute of this SBaseRef. More...
 
int unsetModelHistory ()
 Unsets the ModelHistory object attached to this object. More...
 
int unsetModifiedDates ()
 Unsets the modified dates of the ModelHistory object attached to this object. More...
 
virtual int unsetName ()
 Unsets the value of the "name" attribute of this Port. More...
 
int unsetNotes ()
 Unsets the value of the "notes" subelement of this SBML object. More...
 
virtual int unsetPortRef ()
 Unsets the value of the "portRef" attribute of this SBaseRef. More...
 
virtual int unsetSBaseRef ()
 Unsets the child SBaseRef of this SBaseRef. More...
 
int unsetSBOTerm ()
 Unsets the value of the "sboTerm" attribute of this SBML object. More...
 
virtual int unsetUnitRef ()
 Unsets the value of the "unitRef" attribute of this SBaseRef. More...
 
int unsetUserData ()
 Unsets the user data of this element. More...
 
virtual ~Port ()
 Destructor. More...
 

Static Public Member Functions

static ModelgetParentModel (SBase *child)
 Returns the Model object to which the referenced child object belongs. More...
 

Protected Member Functions

bool hasValidLevelVersionNamespaceCombination ()
 Predicate returning true if this object's level/version and namespace values correspond to a valid SBML specification. More...
 
virtual void logEmptyString (const std::string &attribute, const std::string &element)
 Helper to log a common type of error. More...
 
virtual void logInvalidId (const std::string &attribute, const std::string &wrongattribute, const std::string object="")
 Helper to log a common type of error. More...
 
virtual void logMissingAttribute (const std::string &attribute, const std::string &element)
 Helper to log a common type of error. More...
 
virtual void logUnknownAttribute (const std::string &attribute, const std::string &element)
 Helper to log a common type of error. More...
 
virtual void logUnknownElement (const std::string &element)
 Helper to log a common type of error for elements. More...
 
virtual void readAttributes (const XMLAttributes &attributes, const ExpectedAttributes &expectedAttributes, bool hasCompIdName, bool idRequired, CompSBMLErrorCode_t errcode)
 Subclasses should override this method to read values from the given XMLAttributes set into their specific fields. More...
 
virtual void setElementText (const std::string &text)
 When overridden allows SBase elements to use the text included in between the elements tags. More...
 
virtual void writeAttributes (XMLOutputStream &stream) const
 Subclasses should override this method to write their XML attributes to the XMLOutputStream. More...
 

Static Protected Member Functions

static int removeFromParentAndPorts (SBase *todelete, std::set< SBase * > *removed)
 Remove the given SBase object, and any Ports that point to it. More...
 

Private Member Functions

virtual int collectDeletions (std::set< SBase * > *removed, std::set< SBase * > *toremove)
 Collects (in 'toremove') the referenced object, plus any other elements that element points to through ReplacedElement or ReplacedBy children. More...
 

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ Port() [1/3]

Port::Port ( unsigned int  level = CompExtension::getDefaultLevel(),
unsigned int  version = CompExtension::getDefaultVersion(),
unsigned int  pkgVersion = CompExtension::getDefaultPackageVersion() 
)

Creates a new Port with the given level, version, and package version.

Parameters
levelthe SBML Level.
versionthe Version within the SBML Level.
pkgVersionthe version of the package.
Note
Attempting to add an object to an SBMLDocument having a different combination of SBML Level, Version and XML namespaces than the object itself will result in an error at the time a caller attempts to make the addition. A parent object must have compatible Level, Version and XML namespaces. (Strictly speaking, a parent may also have more XML namespaces than a child, but the reverse is not permitted.) The restriction is necessary to ensure that an SBML model has a consistent overall structure. This requires callers to manage their objects carefully, but the benefit is increased flexibility in how models can be created by permitting callers to create objects bottom-up if desired. In situations where objects are not yet attached to parents (e.g., SBMLDocument), knowledge of the intented SBML Level and Version help libSBML determine such things as whether it is valid to assign a particular value to an attribute. For packages, this means that the parent object to which this package element is being added must have been created with the package namespace, or that the package namespace was added to it, even if that parent is not a package object itself.

◆ Port() [2/3]

Port::Port ( CompPkgNamespaces compns)

Creates a new Port with the given CompPkgNamespaces object.

The package namespaces object used in this constructor is derived from a SBMLNamespaces object, which encapsulates SBML Level/Version/namespaces information. It is used to communicate the SBML Level, Version, and package version and name information used in addition to SBML Level 3 Core. A common approach to using libSBML's SBMLNamespaces facilities is to create an package namespace object somewhere in a program once, then hand that object as needed to object constructors of that package that accept it as and argument, such as this one.
Parameters
compnsthe CompPkgNamespaces object.
Note
Attempting to add an object to an SBMLDocument having a different combination of SBML Level, Version and XML namespaces than the object itself will result in an error at the time a caller attempts to make the addition. A parent object must have compatible Level, Version and XML namespaces. (Strictly speaking, a parent may also have more XML namespaces than a child, but the reverse is not permitted.) The restriction is necessary to ensure that an SBML model has a consistent overall structure. This requires callers to manage their objects carefully, but the benefit is increased flexibility in how models can be created by permitting callers to create objects bottom-up if desired. In situations where objects are not yet attached to parents (e.g., SBMLDocument), knowledge of the intented SBML Level and Version help libSBML determine such things as whether it is valid to assign a particular value to an attribute. For packages, this means that the parent object to which this package element is being added must have been created with the package namespace, or that the package namespace was added to it, even if that parent is not a package object itself.

◆ Port() [3/3]

Port::Port ( const Port source)

Copy constructor.

Parameters
sourcethe instance to copy.

◆ ~Port()

Port::~Port ( )
virtual

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

◆ addCVTerm()

int SBase::addCVTerm ( CVTerm term,
bool  newBag = false 
)
inherited

Adds a copy of the given CVTerm object to this SBML object.

Parameters
termthe CVTerm to assign.
newBagif true, creates a new RDF bag with the same identifier as a previous bag, and if false, adds the term to an existing RDF bag with the same type of qualifier as the term being added.
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
Note
Since the CV Term uses the "metaid" attribute of the object as a reference, if the object has no "metaid" attribute value set, then the CVTerm will not be added.
This method should be used with some caution. The fact that this method copies the object passed to it means that the caller will be left holding a physically different object instance than the one contained inside this object. Changes made to the original object instance (such as resetting attribute values) will not affect the instance in this object. In addition, the caller should make sure to free the original object if it is no longer being used, or else a memory leak will result. Please see other methods on this class (particularly a corresponding method whose name begins with the word create) for alternatives that do not lead to these issues.
Examples
addCVTerms.cpp, addingEvidenceCodes_1.cpp, and addingEvidenceCodes_2.cpp.

◆ addModifiedDate()

int SBase::addModifiedDate ( Date date)
inherited

Adds a modified date to the ModelHistory of this object.

Parameters
datea Date object representing the date to which the "modified date" portion of this ModelHistory should be set.
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:

◆ appendAnnotation() [1/2]

int SBase::appendAnnotation ( const std::string &  annotation)
virtualinherited

Appends the given annotation to the "annotation" subelement of this object.

Whereas the SBase "notes" subelement is a container for content to be shown directly to humans, the "annotation" element is a container for optional software-generated content not meant to be shown to humans. Every object derived from SBase can have its own value for "annotation". The element's content type is XML type "any", allowing essentially arbitrary well-formed XML data content.

SBML places a few restrictions on the organization of the content of annotations; these are intended to help software tools read and write the data as well as help reduce conflicts between annotations added by different tools. Please see the SBML specifications for more details.

Unlike SBase::setAnnotation(const XMLNode* annotation) or SBase::setAnnotation(const std::string& annotation), this method allows other annotations to be preserved when an application adds its own data.

Parameters
annotationan XML string that is to be copied and appended to the content of the "annotation" subelement of this object.
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
See also
getAnnotationString()
isSetAnnotation()
setAnnotation(const XMLNode* annotation)
setAnnotation(const std::string& annotation)
appendAnnotation(const XMLNode* annotation)
unsetAnnotation()

Reimplemented in SpeciesReference, and Model.

◆ appendAnnotation() [2/2]

int SBase::appendAnnotation ( const XMLNode annotation)
virtualinherited

Appends the given annotation to the "annotation" subelement of this object.

Whereas the SBase "notes" subelement is a container for content to be shown directly to humans, the "annotation" element is a container for optional software-generated content not meant to be shown to humans. Every object derived from SBase can have its own value for "annotation". The element's content type is XML type "any", allowing essentially arbitrary well-formed XML data content.

SBML places a few restrictions on the organization of the content of annotations; these are intended to help software tools read and write the data as well as help reduce conflicts between annotations added by different tools. Please see the SBML specifications for more details.

Unlike SBase::setAnnotation(const XMLNode* annotation) or SBase::setAnnotation(const std::string& annotation), this method allows other annotations to be preserved when an application adds its own data.

Parameters
annotationan XML structure that is to be copied and appended to the content of the "annotation" subelement of this object.
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
See also
getAnnotationString()
isSetAnnotation()
setAnnotation(const XMLNode* annotation)
setAnnotation(const std::string& annotation)
appendAnnotation(const std::string& annotation)
unsetAnnotation()

Reimplemented in SpeciesReference, and Model.

Examples
addingEvidenceCodes_2.cpp, and appendAnnotation.cpp.

◆ appendNotes() [1/2]

int SBase::appendNotes ( const std::string &  notes)
inherited

Appends the given notes to the "notes" subelement of this object.

The content of the parameter notes is copied.

The optional SBML element named "notes", present on every major SBML component type, is intended as a place for storing optional information intended to be seen by humans. An example use of the "notes" element would be to contain formatted user comments about the model element in which the "notes" element is enclosed. Every object derived directly or indirectly from type SBase can have a separate value for "notes", allowing users considerable freedom when adding comments to their models.

The format of "notes" elements must be XHTML 1.0. To help verify the formatting of "notes" content, libSBML provides the static utility method SyntaxChecker::hasExpectedXHTMLSyntax(); however, readers are urged to consult the appropriate SBML specification document for the Level and Version of their model for more in-depth explanations. The SBML Level 2 and 3 specifications have considerable detail about how "notes" element content must be structured.

Parameters
notesan XML string that is to appended to the content of the "notes" subelement of this object.
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
See also
getNotesString()
isSetNotes()
setNotes(const XMLNode* notes)
setNotes(const std::string& notes, bool addXHTMLMarkup)
appendNotes(const XMLNode* notes)
unsetNotes()
SyntaxChecker::hasExpectedXHTMLSyntax()

◆ appendNotes() [2/2]

int SBase::appendNotes ( const XMLNode notes)
inherited

Appends the given notes to the "notes" subelement of this object.

The content of notes is copied.

The optional SBML element named "notes", present on every major SBML component type, is intended as a place for storing optional information intended to be seen by humans. An example use of the "notes" element would be to contain formatted user comments about the model element in which the "notes" element is enclosed. Every object derived directly or indirectly from type SBase can have a separate value for "notes", allowing users considerable freedom when adding comments to their models.

The format of "notes" elements must be XHTML 1.0. To help verify the formatting of "notes" content, libSBML provides the static utility method SyntaxChecker::hasExpectedXHTMLSyntax(); however, readers are urged to consult the appropriate SBML specification document for the Level and Version of their model for more in-depth explanations. The SBML Level 2 and 3 specifications have considerable detail about how "notes" element content must be structured.

Parameters
notesan XML node structure that is to appended to the content of the "notes" subelement of this object.
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
See also
getNotesString()
isSetNotes()
setNotes(const XMLNode* notes)
setNotes(const std::string& notes, bool addXHTMLMarkup)
appendNotes(const std::string& notes)
unsetNotes()
SyntaxChecker::hasExpectedXHTMLSyntax()

◆ clearReferencedElement()

void SBaseRef::clearReferencedElement ( )
virtualinherited

Removes the saved referenced element, if it had been saved earlier.

◆ clone()

Port * Port::clone ( ) const
virtual

Creates and returns a deep copy of this Port object.

Returns
a (deep) copy of this Port object.

Reimplemented from SBaseRef.

◆ collectDeletions()

int SBaseRef::collectDeletions ( std::set< SBase * > *  removed,
std::set< SBase * > *  toremove 
)
privatevirtualinherited

Collects (in 'toremove') the referenced object, plus any other elements that element points to through ReplacedElement or ReplacedBy children.

Does not delete the object directly; this should be done carefully to avoid double-deletions or misinterpretation of nested replacements/deletions. Any element already in 'removed' will not be added to 'toremove', nor will its children be checked.

◆ createSBaseRef()

SBaseRef * SBaseRef::createSBaseRef ( )
inherited

Creates a new, empty SBaseRef, adds it to this SBaseRef and returns the created SBaseRef.

Returns
the newly created SBaseRef object instance.

◆ deleteDisabledPlugins()

void SBase::deleteDisabledPlugins ( bool  recursive = true)
inherited

Deletes all information stored in disabled plugins.

If the plugin is re-enabled later, it will then not have any previously-stored information.

SBML Level 3 consists of a Core definition that can be extended via optional SBML Level 3 packages. A given model may indicate that it uses one or more SBML packages, and likewise, a software tool may be able to support one or more packages. LibSBML does not come preconfigured with all possible packages included and enabled, in part because not all package specifications have been finalized. To support the ability for software systems to enable support for the Level 3 packages they choose, libSBML features a plug-in mechanism. Each SBML Level 3 package is implemented in a separate code plug-in that can be enabled by the application to support working with that SBML package. A given SBML model may thus contain not only objects defined by SBML Level 3 Core, but also objects created by libSBML plug-ins supporting additional Level 3 packages.
If a plugin is disabled, the package information it contains is no longer considered to be part of the SBML document for the purposes of searching the document or writing out the document. However, the information is still retained, so if the plugin is enabled again, the same information will once again be available, and will be written out to the final model.
Parameters
recursiveif true, the disabled information will be deleted also from all child elements, otherwise only from this SBase element.
See also
getNumDisabledPlugins()

◆ disablePackage()

int SBase::disablePackage ( const std::string &  pkgURI,
const std::string &  pkgPrefix 
)
inherited

Disables the given SBML Level 3 package on this object.

This method disables the specified package on this object and other objects connected by child-parent links in the same SBMLDocument object.

An example of when this may be useful is during construction of model components when mixing existing and new models. Suppose your application read an SBML document containing a model that used the SBML Hierarchical Model Composition (“comp”) package, and extracted parts of that model in order to construct a new model in memory. The new, in-memory model will not accept a component drawn from an other SBMLDocument with different package namespace declarations. You could reconstruct the same namespaces in the in-memory model first, but as a shortcut, you could also disable the package namespace on the object being added. Here is a code example to help clarify this:

// We read in an SBML L3V1 model that uses the 'comp'
// package namespace.
doc = readSBML("sbml-file-with-comp-elements.xml");
// We extract one of the species from the model.
Species* s1 = doc->getModel()->getSpecies(0);
// We construct a new model. This model does not use the
// 'comp' package.
Model * newModel = new Model(3,1);
// The following will fail with an error, because addSpecies()
// will first check that the parent of the given object has
// namespaces declared, and will discover that s1 does but
// newModel does not.
// newModel->addSpecies(s1);
// However, if we disable the 'comp' package on s1, then
// the call to addSpecies will work.
s1->disablePackage("http://www.sbml.org/sbml/level3/version1/comp/version1",
"comp");
newModel->addSpecies(s1);
SBMLDocument_t * readSBML(const char *filename)
Reads an SBML document from the given file.
Definition: Model.h:485
const Species * getSpecies(unsigned int n) const
Get the nth Species object in this Model.
Definition: Model.cpp:2564
int addSpecies(const Species *s)
Adds a copy of the given Species object to this Model.
Definition: Model.cpp:1265
int disablePackage(const std::string &pkgURI, const std::string &pkgPrefix)
Disables the given SBML Level&#160;3 package on this object.
Definition: SBase.cpp:3642
const Model * getModel() const
Returns the Model object for the SBML Document in which the current object is located.
Definition: SBase.cpp:3117
Definition: Species.h:429
Parameters
pkgURIthe URI of the package.
pkgPrefixthe XML prefix of the package.
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
See also
enablePackage(const std::string& pkgURI, const std::string& pkgPrefix, bool flag)

◆ enablePackage()

int SBase::enablePackage ( const std::string &  pkgURI,
const std::string &  pkgPrefix,
bool  flag 
)
inherited

Enables or disables the given SBML Level 3 package on this object.

This method enables the specified package on this object and other objects connected by child-parent links in the same SBMLDocument object. This method is the converse of SBase::disablePackage(const std::string& pkgURI, const std::string& pkgPrefix).

Parameters
pkgURIthe URI of the package.
pkgPrefixthe XML prefix of the package.
flagwhether to enable (true) or disable (false) the package.
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
See also
disablePackage(const std::string& pkgURI, const std::string& pkgPrefix)
Examples
addLayout.cpp.

◆ getAllElements()

List * SBaseRef::getAllElements ( ElementFilter filter = NULL)
virtualinherited

Returns a List of all child SBase* objects, including those nested to an arbitrary depth.

Parameters
filtera pointer to an ElementFilter, which causes the function to return only elements that match a particular set of constraints. If NULL (the default), the function will return all child objects.
Returns
a List of pointers to all children objects.

Reimplemented from SBase.

◆ getAllElementsFromPlugins()

List * SBase::getAllElementsFromPlugins ( ElementFilter filter = NULL)
virtualinherited

Returns a List of all child SBase objects contained in SBML package plug-ins.

SBML Level 3 consists of a Core definition that can be extended via optional SBML Level 3 packages. A given model may indicate that it uses one or more SBML packages, and likewise, a software tool may be able to support one or more packages. LibSBML does not come preconfigured with all possible packages included and enabled, in part because not all package specifications have been finalized. To support the ability for software systems to enable support for the Level 3 packages they choose, libSBML features a plug-in mechanism. Each SBML Level 3 package is implemented in a separate code plug-in that can be enabled by the application to support working with that SBML package. A given SBML model may thus contain not only objects defined by SBML Level 3 Core, but also objects created by libSBML plug-ins supporting additional Level 3 packages.

This method walks down the list of all SBML Level 3 packages used by this object and returns all child objects defined by those packages.

Parameters
filtera pointer to an ElementFilter, which causes the function to return only elements that match a particular set of constraints. If NULL (the default), the function will return all child objects.
Returns
a pointer to a List of pointers to all children objects from plug-ins.

◆ getAncestorOfType() [1/2]

SBase * SBase::getAncestorOfType ( int  type,
const std::string &  pkgName = "core" 
)
inherited

Returns the first ancestor object that has the given SBML type code from the given package.

LibSBML attaches an identifying code to every kind of SBML object. These are known as SBML type codes. The set of possible type codes is defined in the enumeration SBMLTypeCode_t. The names of the type codes all begin with the characters SBML_.

This method searches the tree of objects that are parents of this object, and returns the first one that has the given SBML type code from the given pkgName.

Parameters
typethe SBML type code of the object sought.
pkgName(optional) the short name of an SBML Level 3 package to which the sought-after object must belong.
Returns
the ancestor SBML object of this SBML object that corresponds to the given SBMLTypeCode_t value, or NULL if no ancestor exists.
Warning
The optional argument pkgName must be used for all type codes from SBML Level 3 packages. Otherwise, the function will search the "core" namespace alone, not find any corresponding elements, and return NULL.

◆ getAncestorOfType() [2/2]

const SBase * SBase::getAncestorOfType ( int  type,
const std::string  pkgName = "core" 
) const
inherited

Returns the first ancestor object that has the given SBML type code from the given package.

LibSBML attaches an identifying code to every kind of SBML object. These are known as SBML type codes. The set of possible type codes is defined in the enumeration SBMLTypeCode_t. The names of the type codes all begin with the characters SBML_.

This method searches the tree of objects that are parents of this object, and returns the first one that has the given SBML type code from the given pkgName.

Parameters
typethe SBML type code of the object sought.
pkgName(optional) the short name of an SBML Level 3 package to which the sought-after object must belong.
Returns
the ancestor SBML object of this SBML object that corresponds to the given SBMLTypeCode_t value, or NULL if no ancestor exists.
Warning
The optional argument pkgName must be used for all type codes from SBML Level 3 packages. Otherwise, the function will search the "core" namespace alone, not find any corresponding elements, and return NULL.

◆ getAnnotation() [1/2]

XMLNode * SBase::getAnnotation ( )
inherited

Returns the content of the "annotation" subelement of this object as a tree of XMLNode objects.

Whereas the SBML "notes" subelement is a container for content to be shown directly to humans, the "annotation" element is a container for optional software-generated content not meant to be shown to humans. Every object derived from SBase can have its own value for "annotation". The element's content type is XML type "any", allowing essentially arbitrary well-formed XML data content.

SBML places a few restrictions on the organization of the content of annotations; these are intended to help software tools read and write the data as well as help reduce conflicts between annotations added by different tools. Please see the SBML specifications for more details.

The annotations returned by this method will be in XML form. LibSBML provides an object model and related interfaces for certain specific kinds of annotations, namely model history information and RDF content. See the ModelHistory, CVTerm and RDFAnnotationParser classes for more information about the facilities available.

Returns
the annotation of this SBML object as a tree of XMLNode objects.
See also
getAnnotationString()
isSetAnnotation()
setAnnotation(const XMLNode* annotation)
setAnnotation(const std::string& annotation)
appendAnnotation(const XMLNode* annotation)
appendAnnotation(const std::string& annotation)
unsetAnnotation()

◆ getAnnotation() [2/2]

XMLNode * SBase::getAnnotation ( ) const
inherited

Returns the content of the "annotation" subelement of this object as a tree of XMLNode objects.

Whereas the SBML "notes" subelement is a container for content to be shown directly to humans, the "annotation" element is a container for optional software-generated content not meant to be shown to humans. Every object derived from SBase can have its own value for "annotation". The element's content type is XML type "any", allowing essentially arbitrary well-formed XML data content.

SBML places a few restrictions on the organization of the content of annotations; these are intended to help software tools read and write the data as well as help reduce conflicts between annotations added by different tools. Please see the SBML specifications for more details.

The annotations returned by this method will be in XML form. LibSBML provides an object model and related interfaces for certain specific kinds of annotations, namely model history information and RDF content. See the ModelHistory, CVTerm and RDFAnnotationParser classes for more information about the facilities available.

Returns
the annotation of this SBML object as a tree of XMLNode objects.
See also
getAnnotationString()
isSetAnnotation()
setAnnotation(const XMLNode* annotation)
setAnnotation(const std::string& annotation)
appendAnnotation(const XMLNode* annotation)
appendAnnotation(const std::string& annotation)
unsetAnnotation()

◆ getAnnotationString() [1/2]

std::string SBase::getAnnotationString ( )
inherited

Returns the content of the "annotation" subelement of this object as a character string.

Whereas the SBML "notes" subelement is a container for content to be shown directly to humans, the "annotation" element is a container for optional software-generated content not meant to be shown to humans. Every object derived from SBase can have its own value for "annotation". The element's content type is XML type "any", allowing essentially arbitrary well-formed XML data content.

SBML places a few restrictions on the organization of the content of annotations; these are intended to help software tools read and write the data as well as help reduce conflicts between annotations added by different tools. Please see the SBML specifications for more details.

The annotations returned by this method will be in string form. See the method getAnnotation() for a version that returns annotations in XML form.

Returns
the annotation of this SBML object as a character string.
See also
getAnnotation()
isSetAnnotation()
setAnnotation(const XMLNode* annotation)
setAnnotation(const std::string& annotation)
appendAnnotation(const XMLNode* annotation)
appendAnnotation(const std::string& annotation)
unsetAnnotation()
Examples
printAnnotation.cpp.

◆ getAnnotationString() [2/2]

std::string SBase::getAnnotationString ( ) const
inherited

Returns the content of the "annotation" subelement of this object as a character string.

Whereas the SBML "notes" subelement is a container for content to be shown directly to humans, the "annotation" element is a container for optional software-generated content not meant to be shown to humans. Every object derived from SBase can have its own value for "annotation". The element's content type is XML type "any", allowing essentially arbitrary well-formed XML data content.

SBML places a few restrictions on the organization of the content of annotations; these are intended to help software tools read and write the data as well as help reduce conflicts between annotations added by different tools. Please see the SBML specifications for more details.

The annotations returned by this method will be in string form. See the method getAnnotation() for a version that returns annotations in XML form.

Returns
the annotation of this SBML object as a character string.
See also
getAnnotation()
isSetAnnotation()
setAnnotation(const XMLNode* annotation)
setAnnotation(const std::string& annotation)
appendAnnotation(const XMLNode* annotation)
appendAnnotation(const std::string& annotation)
unsetAnnotation()

◆ getColumn()

unsigned int SBase::getColumn ( ) const
inherited

Returns the column number where this object first appears in the XML representation of the SBML document.

Returns
the column number of this SBML object. If this object was created programmatically and not read from a file, this method will return the value 0.
Note
The column number for each construct in an SBML model is set upon reading the model. The accuracy of the column number depends on the correctness of the XML representation of the model, and on the particular XML parser library being used. The former limitation relates to the following problem: if the model is actually invalid XML, then the parser may not be able to interpret the data correctly and consequently may not be able to establish the real column number. The latter limitation is simply that different parsers seem to have their own accuracy limitations, and out of all the parsers supported by libSBML, none have been 100% accurate in all situations. (At this time, libSBML supports the use of libxml2, Expat and Xerces.)
See also
getLine()

◆ getCreatedDate() [1/2]

Date * SBase::getCreatedDate ( )
inherited

Returns the "creation date" portion of the ModelHistory of this object.

Returns
a Date object representing the creation date stored in this ModelHistory object.
Note
In SBML Level 2, model history annotations were only permitted on the Model element. In SBML Level 3, they are permitted on all SBML components derived from SBase.

◆ getCreatedDate() [2/2]

Date * SBase::getCreatedDate ( ) const
inherited

Returns the "creation date" portion of the ModelHistory of this object.

Returns
a Date object representing the creation date stored in this ModelHistory object.
Note
In SBML Level 2, model history annotations were only permitted on the Model element. In SBML Level 3, they are permitted on all SBML components derived from SBase.

◆ getCVTerm()

CVTerm * SBase::getCVTerm ( unsigned int  n)
inherited

Returns the nth CVTerm in the list of CVTerms of this SBML object.

Parameters
nunsigned int the index of the CVTerm to retrieve.
Returns
the nth CVTerm in the list of CVTerms for this SBML object. If the index n is invalid, NULL is returned.

◆ getCVTerms() [1/2]

List * SBase::getCVTerms ( )
inherited

Returns a list of CVTerm objects in the annotations of this SBML object.

Returns
the list of CVTerms for this SBML object.

◆ getCVTerms() [2/2]

List * SBase::getCVTerms ( ) const
inherited

Returns a list of CVTerm objects in the annotations of this SBML object.

Returns
the list of CVTerms for this SBML object.

◆ getDisabledPlugin() [1/2]

SBasePlugin * SBase::getDisabledPlugin ( unsigned int  n)
inherited

Returns the nth disabled plug-in object (extension interface) for an SBML Level 3 package extension.

If no such plugin exists, NULL is returned.

SBML Level 3 consists of a Core definition that can be extended via optional SBML Level 3 packages. A given model may indicate that it uses one or more SBML packages, and likewise, a software tool may be able to support one or more packages. LibSBML does not come preconfigured with all possible packages included and enabled, in part because not all package specifications have been finalized. To support the ability for software systems to enable support for the Level 3 packages they choose, libSBML features a plug-in mechanism. Each SBML Level 3 package is implemented in a separate code plug-in that can be enabled by the application to support working with that SBML package. A given SBML model may thus contain not only objects defined by SBML Level 3 Core, but also objects created by libSBML plug-ins supporting additional Level 3 packages.
If a plugin is disabled, the package information it contains is no longer considered to be part of the SBML document for the purposes of searching the document or writing out the document. However, the information is still retained, so if the plugin is enabled again, the same information will once again be available, and will be written out to the final model.
Parameters
nthe index of the disabled plug-in to return.
Returns
the nth disabled plug-in object (the libSBML extension interface) of a package extension. If the index n is invalid, NULL is returned.
See also
getNumDisabledPlugins()
getPlugin(const std::string& package)

◆ getDisabledPlugin() [2/2]

const SBasePlugin * SBase::getDisabledPlugin ( unsigned int  n) const
inherited

Returns the nth disabled plug-in object (extension interface) for an SBML Level 3 package extension.

If no such plugin exists, NULL is returned.

SBML Level 3 consists of a Core definition that can be extended via optional SBML Level 3 packages. A given model may indicate that it uses one or more SBML packages, and likewise, a software tool may be able to support one or more packages. LibSBML does not come preconfigured with all possible packages included and enabled, in part because not all package specifications have been finalized. To support the ability for software systems to enable support for the Level 3 packages they choose, libSBML features a plug-in mechanism. Each SBML Level 3 package is implemented in a separate code plug-in that can be enabled by the application to support working with that SBML package. A given SBML model may thus contain not only objects defined by SBML Level 3 Core, but also objects created by libSBML plug-ins supporting additional Level 3 packages.
If a plugin is disabled, the package information it contains is no longer considered to be part of the SBML document for the purposes of searching the document or writing out the document. However, the information is still retained, so if the plugin is enabled again, the same information will once again be available, and will be written out to the final model.
Parameters
nthe index of the disabled plug-in to return.
Returns
the nth disabled plug-in object (the libSBML extension interface) of a package extension. If the index n is invalid, NULL is returned.
See also
getNumDisabledPlugins()
getPlugin(const std::string& package)

◆ getElementByMetaId() [1/2]

SBase * SBaseRef::getElementByMetaId ( const std::string &  metaid)
virtualinherited

Returns the first child element it can find with the given metaid, or itself if it has the given metaid, or NULL if no such object is found.

Parameters
metaidstring representing the metaid of the object to find.
Returns
a pointer to the SBase element with the given metaid.

Reimplemented from SBase.

◆ getElementByMetaId() [2/2]

const SBase * SBase::getElementByMetaId ( const std::string &  metaid) const
inherited

Returns the first child element it can find with a specific "metaid" attribute value, or NULL if no such object is found.

The optional attribute named "metaid", present on every major SBML component type, is for supporting metadata annotations using RDF (Resource Description Format). The attribute value has the data type XML ID, the XML identifier type, which means each "metaid" value must be globally unique within an SBML file. The latter point is important, because the uniqueness criterion applies across any attribute with type ID anywhere in the file, not just the "metaid" attribute used by SBML—something to be aware of if your application-specific XML content inside the "annotation" subelement happens to use the XML ID type. Although SBML itself specifies the use of XML ID only for the "metaid" attribute, SBML-compatible applications should be careful if they use XML ID's in XML portions of a model that are not defined by SBML, such as in the application-specific content of the "annotation" subelement. Finally, note that LibSBML does not provide an explicit XML ID data type; it uses ordinary character strings, which is easier for applications to support.
Parameters
metaidstring representing the "metaid" attribute value of the object to find.
Returns
pointer to the first element found with the given meta-identifier.

◆ getElementBySId() [1/2]

SBase * SBaseRef::getElementBySId ( const std::string &  id)
virtualinherited

Returns the first child element found that has the given id in the model-wide SId namespace, or NULL if no such object is found.

Parameters
idstring representing the id of the object to find.
Returns
a pointer to the SBase element with the given id.

Reimplemented from SBase.

◆ getElementBySId() [2/2]

const SBase * SBase::getElementBySId ( const std::string &  id) const
virtualinherited

Returns the first child element found that has the given id in the model-wide SId namespace, or NULL if no such object is found.

Parameters
idstring representing the "id" attribute value of the object to find.
Returns
pointer to the first element found with the given identifier.

◆ getElementName()

const std::string & Port::getElementName ( ) const
virtual

Returns the XML element name of this SBML object.

Returns
the name of this element, as a text string.

Reimplemented from SBaseRef.

◆ getId()

const string & Port::getId ( ) const
virtual

Returns the value of the "id" attribute of this Port.

Note
Because of the inconsistent behavior of this function with respect to assignments and rules, it is now recommended to use the getIdAttribute() function instead.
The identifier given by an object's "id" attribute value is used to identify the object within the SBML model definition. Other objects can refer to the component using this identifier. The data type of "id" is always SId or a type derived from that, such as UnitSId, depending on the object in question. All data types are defined as follows:
     letter ::= 'a'..'z','A'..'Z'
     digit  ::= '0'..'9'
     idChar ::= letter | digit | '_'
     SId    ::= ( letter | '_' ) idChar*
   
The characters ( and ) are used for grouping, the character * "zero or more times", and the character | indicates logical "or". The equality of SBML identifiers is determined by an exact character sequence match; i.e., comparisons must be performed in a case-sensitive manner. This applies to all uses of SId, SIdRef, and derived types.

Users need to be aware of some important API issues that are the result of the history of SBML and libSBML. Prior to SBML Level 3 Version 2, SBML defined "id" and "name" attributes on only a subset of SBML objects. To simplify the work of programmers, libSBML's API provided get, set, check, and unset on the SBase object class itself instead of on individual subobject classes. This made the get/set/etc. methods uniformly available on all objects in the libSBML API. LibSBML simply returned empty strings or otherwise did not act when the methods were applied to SBML objects that were not defined by the SBML specification to have "id" or "name" attributes. Additional complications arose with the rule and assignment objects: InitialAssignment, EventAssignment, AssignmentRule, and RateRule. In early versions of SBML, the rule object hierarchy was different, and in addition, then as now, they possess different attributes: "variable" (for the rules and event assignments), "symbol" (for initial assignments), or neither (for algebraic rules). Prior to SBML Level 3 Version 2, getId() would always return an empty string, and isSetId() would always return false for objects of these classes.

With the addition of "id" and "name" attributes on SBase in Level 3 Version 2, it became necessary to introduce a new way to interact with the attributes more consistently in libSBML to avoid breaking backward compatibility in the behavior of the original "id" methods. For this reason, libSBML provides four functions (getIdAttribute(), setIdAttribute(), isSetIdAttribute(), and unsetIdAttribute()) that always act on the actual "id" attribute inherited from SBase, regardless of the object's type. These new methods should be used instead of the older getId()/setId()/etc. methods unless the old behavior is somehow necessary. Regardless of the Level and Version of the SBML, these functions allow client applications to use more generalized code in some situations (for instance, when manipulating objects that are all known to have identifiers). If the object in question does not posess an "id" attribute according to the SBML specification for the Level and Version in use, libSBML will not allow the identifier to be set, nor will it read or write "id" attributes for those objects.

Returns
the id of this Port.
See also
getIdAttribute()
setIdAttribute(const std::string& sid)
isSetIdAttribute()
unsetIdAttribute()

Reimplemented from SBase.

◆ getIdAttribute()

const string & SBase::getIdAttribute ( ) const
inherited

Returns the value of the "id" attribute of this SBML object.

The identifier given by an object's "id" attribute value is used to identify the object within the SBML model definition. Other objects can refer to the component using this identifier. The data type of "id" is always SId or a type derived from that, such as UnitSId, depending on the object in question. All data types are defined as follows:
     letter ::= 'a'..'z','A'..'Z'
     digit  ::= '0'..'9'
     idChar ::= letter | digit | '_'
     SId    ::= ( letter | '_' ) idChar*
   
The characters ( and ) are used for grouping, the character * "zero or more times", and the character | indicates logical "or". The equality of SBML identifiers is determined by an exact character sequence match; i.e., comparisons must be performed in a case-sensitive manner. This applies to all uses of SId, SIdRef, and derived types.

Users need to be aware of some important API issues that are the result of the history of SBML and libSBML. Prior to SBML Level 3 Version 2, SBML defined "id" and "name" attributes on only a subset of SBML objects. To simplify the work of programmers, libSBML's API provided get, set, check, and unset on the SBase object class itself instead of on individual subobject classes. This made the get/set/etc. methods uniformly available on all objects in the libSBML API. LibSBML simply returned empty strings or otherwise did not act when the methods were applied to SBML objects that were not defined by the SBML specification to have "id" or "name" attributes. Additional complications arose with the rule and assignment objects: InitialAssignment, EventAssignment, AssignmentRule, and RateRule. In early versions of SBML, the rule object hierarchy was different, and in addition, then as now, they possess different attributes: "variable" (for the rules and event assignments), "symbol" (for initial assignments), or neither (for algebraic rules). Prior to SBML Level 3 Version 2, getId() would always return an empty string, and isSetId() would always return false for objects of these classes.

With the addition of "id" and "name" attributes on SBase in Level 3 Version 2, it became necessary to introduce a new way to interact with the attributes more consistently in libSBML to avoid breaking backward compatibility in the behavior of the original "id" methods. For this reason, libSBML provides four functions (getIdAttribute(), setIdAttribute(), isSetIdAttribute(), and unsetIdAttribute()) that always act on the actual "id" attribute inherited from SBase, regardless of the object's type. These new methods should be used instead of the older getId()/setId()/etc. methods unless the old behavior is somehow necessary. Regardless of the Level and Version of the SBML, these functions allow client applications to use more generalized code in some situations (for instance, when manipulating objects that are all known to have identifiers). If the object in question does not posess an "id" attribute according to the SBML specification for the Level and Version in use, libSBML will not allow the identifier to be set, nor will it read or write "id" attributes for those objects.

Returns
the id of this SBML object, if set and valid for this level and version of SBML; an empty string otherwise.
Note
Because of the inconsistent behavior of this function with respect to assignments and rules, callers should use getIdAttribute() instead.
See also
setIdAttribute(const std::string& sid)
isSetIdAttribute()
unsetIdAttribute()

◆ getIdRef()

const string & SBaseRef::getIdRef ( ) const
virtualinherited

Returns the value of the "idRef" attribute of this SBaseRef.

Returns
the value of the "idRef" attribute of this SBaseRef.

◆ getLevel()

unsigned int SBase::getLevel ( ) const
inherited

Returns the SBML Level of the SBMLDocument object containing this object.

LibSBML uses the class SBMLDocument as a top-level container for storing SBML content and data associated with it (such as warnings and error messages). An SBML model in libSBML is contained inside an SBMLDocument object. SBMLDocument corresponds roughly to the class SBML defined in the SBML Level 3 and Level 2 specifications, but it does not have a direct correspondence in SBML Level 1. (But, it is created by libSBML no matter whether the model is Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3.)
Returns
the SBML level of this SBML object.
See also
getVersion()
getNamespaces()
getPackageVersion()
Examples
addLayout.cpp, convertSBML.cpp, and printSBML.cpp.

◆ getLine()

unsigned int SBase::getLine ( ) const
inherited

Returns the line number where this object first appears in the XML representation of the SBML document.

Returns
the line number of this SBML object. If this object was created programmatically and not read from a file, this method will return the value 0.
Note
The line number for each construct in an SBML model is set upon reading the model. The accuracy of the line number depends on the correctness of the XML representation of the model, and on the particular XML parser library being used. The former limitation relates to the following problem: if the model is actually invalid XML, then the parser may not be able to interpret the data correctly and consequently may not be able to establish the real line number. The latter limitation is simply that different parsers seem to have their own accuracy limitations, and out of all the parsers supported by libSBML, none have been 100% accurate in all situations. (At this time, libSBML supports the use of libxml2, Expat and Xerces.)
See also
getColumn()

◆ getMetaId() [1/2]

string & SBase::getMetaId ( )
inherited

Returns the value of the "metaid" attribute of this SBML object.

The optional attribute named "metaid", present on every major SBML component type, is for supporting metadata annotations using RDF (Resource Description Format). The attribute value has the data type XML ID, the XML identifier type, which means each "metaid" value must be globally unique within an SBML file. The latter point is important, because the uniqueness criterion applies across any attribute with type ID anywhere in the file, not just the "metaid" attribute used by SBML—something to be aware of if your application-specific XML content inside the "annotation" subelement happens to use the XML ID type. Although SBML itself specifies the use of XML ID only for the "metaid" attribute, SBML-compatible applications should be careful if they use XML ID's in XML portions of a model that are not defined by SBML, such as in the application-specific content of the "annotation" subelement. Finally, note that LibSBML does not provide an explicit XML ID data type; it uses ordinary character strings, which is easier for applications to support.
Returns
the meta-identifier of this SBML object, as a string.
See also
isSetMetaId()
setMetaId(const std::string& metaid)

◆ getMetaId() [2/2]

const string & SBase::getMetaId ( ) const
inherited

Returns the value of the "metaid" attribute of this SBML object.

The optional attribute named "metaid", present on every major SBML component type, is for supporting metadata annotations using RDF (Resource Description Format). The attribute value has the data type XML ID, the XML identifier type, which means each "metaid" value must be globally unique within an SBML file. The latter point is important, because the uniqueness criterion applies across any attribute with type ID anywhere in the file, not just the "metaid" attribute used by SBML—something to be aware of if your application-specific XML content inside the "annotation" subelement happens to use the XML ID type. Although SBML itself specifies the use of XML ID only for the "metaid" attribute, SBML-compatible applications should be careful if they use XML ID's in XML portions of a model that are not defined by SBML, such as in the application-specific content of the "annotation" subelement. Finally, note that LibSBML does not provide an explicit XML ID data type; it uses ordinary character strings, which is easier for applications to support.
Returns
the meta-identifier of this SBML object.
See also
isSetMetaId()
setMetaId(const std::string& metaid)
Examples
addingEvidenceCodes_2.cpp.

◆ getMetaIdRef()

const string & SBaseRef::getMetaIdRef ( ) const
virtualinherited

Returns the value of the "metaIdRef" attribute of this SBaseRef.

Returns
the value of the "metaIdRef" attribute of this SBaseRef.

◆ getModel()

const Model * SBase::getModel ( ) const
inherited

Returns the Model object for the SBML Document in which the current object is located.

Returns
the Model object for the SBML Document of this SBML object.
See also
getParentSBMLObject()
getSBMLDocument()

◆ getModelHistory() [1/2]

ModelHistory * SBase::getModelHistory ( )
inherited

Returns the ModelHistory object, if any, attached to this object.

Returns
the ModelHistory object attached to this object, or NULL if none exist.
Note
In SBML Level 2, model history annotations were only permitted on the Model element. In SBML Level 3, they are permitted on all SBML components derived from SBase.

◆ getModelHistory() [2/2]

ModelHistory * SBase::getModelHistory ( ) const
inherited

Returns the ModelHistory object, if any, attached to this object.

Returns
the ModelHistory object attached to this object, or NULL if none exist.
Note
In SBML Level 2, model history annotations were only permitted on the Model element. In SBML Level 3, they are permitted on all SBML components derived from SBase.

◆ getModifiedDate()

Date * SBase::getModifiedDate ( unsigned int  n)
inherited

Get the nth Date object in the list of "modified date" values stored in the ModelHistory of this object.

In the MIRIAM format for annotations, there can be multiple modification dates. The libSBML ModelHistory class supports this by storing a list of "modified date" values.

Returns
the nth Date in the list of ModifiedDates of this ModelHistory or NULL if no such object exists.

◆ getName()

const string & Port::getName ( ) const
virtual

Returns the value of the "name" attribute of this Port object.

In SBML Level 3 Version 2, the "id" and "name" attributes were moved to SBase directly, instead of being defined individually for many (but not all) objects. LibSBML has for a long time provided functions defined on SBase itself to get, set, and unset those attributes, which would fail or otherwise return empty strings if executed on any object for which those attributes were not defined. Now that all SBase objects define those attributes, those functions now succeed for any object with the appropriate level and version.

The "name" attribute is optional and is not intended to be used for cross-referencing purposes within a model. Its purpose instead is to provide a human-readable label for the component. The data type of "name" is the type string defined in XML Schema. SBML imposes no restrictions as to the content of "name" attributes beyond those restrictions defined by the string type in XML Schema.

The recommended practice for handling "name" is as follows. If a software tool has the capability for displaying the content of "name" attributes, it should display this content to the user as a component's label instead of the component's "id". If the user interface does not have this capability (e.g., because it cannot display or use special characters in symbol names), or if the "name" attribute is missing on a given component, then the user interface should display the value of the "id" attribute instead. (Script language interpreters are especially likely to display "id" instead of "name".)

As a consequence of the above, authors of systems that automatically generate the values of "id" attributes should be aware some systems may display the "id"'s to the user. Authors therefore may wish to take some care to have their software create "id" values that are: (a) reasonably easy for humans to type and read; and (b) likely to be meaningful, for example by making the "id" attribute be an abbreviated form of the name attribute value.

An additional point worth mentioning is although there are restrictions on the uniqueness of "id" values, there are no restrictions on the uniqueness of "name" values in a model. This allows software applications leeway in assigning component identifiers.

Regardless of the level and version of the SBML, these functions allow client applications to use more generalized code in some situations (for instance, when manipulating objects that are all known to have names). If the object in question does not posess a "name" attribute according to the SBML specification for the Level and Version in use, libSBML will not allow the name to be set, nor will it read or write "name" attributes for those objects.

Returns
the name of this SBML object, or the empty string if not set or unsettable.
See also
getIdAttribute()
isSetName()
setName(const std::string& sid)
unsetName()

Reimplemented from SBase.

◆ getNamespaces()

XMLNamespaces * SBase::getNamespaces ( ) const
virtualinherited

Returns a list of the XML Namespaces declared on the SBML document owning this object.

The SBMLNamespaces object encapsulates SBML Level/Version/namespaces information. It is used to communicate the SBML Level, Version, and (in Level 3) packages used in addition to SBML Level 3 Core.

Returns
the XML Namespaces associated with this SBML object, or NULL in certain very usual circumstances where a namespace is not set.
See also
getLevel()
getVersion()

Reimplemented in SBMLDocument.

◆ getNotes() [1/2]

XMLNode * SBase::getNotes ( )
inherited

Returns the content of the "notes" subelement of this object as a tree of XMLNode objects.

The optional SBML element named "notes", present on every major SBML component type (and in SBML Level 3, the "message" subelement of Constraint), is intended as a place for storing optional information intended to be seen by humans. An example use of the "notes" element would be to contain formatted user comments about the model element in which the "notes" element is enclosed. Every object derived directly or indirectly from type SBase can have a separate value for "notes", allowing users considerable freedom when adding comments to their models.

The format of "notes" elements conform to the definition of XHTML 1.0. However, the content cannot be entirely free-form; it must satisfy certain requirements defined in the SBML specifications for specific SBML Levels. To help verify the formatting of "notes" content, libSBML provides the static utility method SyntaxChecker::hasExpectedXHTMLSyntax(); this method implements a verification process that lets callers check whether the content of a given XMLNode object conforms to the SBML requirements for "notes" and "message" structure. Developers are urged to consult the appropriate SBML specification document for the Level and Version of their model for more in-depth explanations of using "notes" in SBML. The SBML Level 2 and 3 specifications have considerable detail about how "notes" element content must be structured.

The "notes" element content returned by this method will be in XML form, but libSBML does not provide an object model specifically for the content of notes. Callers will need to traverse the XML tree structure using the facilities available on XMLNode and related objects. For an alternative method of accessing the notes, see getNotesString().

Returns
the content of the "notes" subelement of this SBML object as a tree structure composed of XMLNode objects.
See also
getNotesString()
isSetNotes()
setNotes(const XMLNode* notes)
setNotes(const std::string& notes, bool addXHTMLMarkup)
appendNotes(const XMLNode* notes)
appendNotes(const std::string& notes)
unsetNotes()
SyntaxChecker::hasExpectedXHTMLSyntax()

◆ getNotes() [2/2]

XMLNode * SBase::getNotes ( ) const
inherited

Returns the content of the "notes" subelement of this object as a tree of XMLNode objects.

The optional SBML element named "notes", present on every major SBML component type (and in SBML Level 3, the "message" subelement of Constraint), is intended as a place for storing optional information intended to be seen by humans. An example use of the "notes" element would be to contain formatted user comments about the model element in which the "notes" element is enclosed. Every object derived directly or indirectly from type SBase can have a separate value for "notes", allowing users considerable freedom when adding comments to their models.

The format of "notes" elements conform to the definition of XHTML 1.0. However, the content cannot be entirely free-form; it must satisfy certain requirements defined in the SBML specifications for specific SBML Levels. To help verify the formatting of "notes" content, libSBML provides the static utility method SyntaxChecker::hasExpectedXHTMLSyntax(); this method implements a verification process that lets callers check whether the content of a given XMLNode object conforms to the SBML requirements for "notes" and "message" structure. Developers are urged to consult the appropriate SBML specification document for the Level and Version of their model for more in-depth explanations of using "notes" in SBML. The SBML Level 2 and 3 specifications have considerable detail about how "notes" element content must be structured.

The "notes" element content returned by this method will be in XML form, but libSBML does not provide an object model specifically for the content of notes. Callers will need to traverse the XML tree structure using the facilities available on XMLNode and related objects. For an alternative method of accessing the notes, see getNotesString().

Returns
the content of the "notes" subelement of this SBML object as a tree structure composed of XMLNode objects.
See also
getNotesString()
isSetNotes()
setNotes(const XMLNode* notes)
setNotes(const std::string& notes, bool addXHTMLMarkup)
appendNotes(const XMLNode* notes)
appendNotes(const std::string& notes)
unsetNotes()
SyntaxChecker::hasExpectedXHTMLSyntax()

◆ getNotesString() [1/2]

std::string SBase::getNotesString ( )
inherited

Returns the content of the "notes" subelement of this object as a string.

The optional SBML element named "notes", present on every major SBML component type (and in SBML Level 3, the "message" subelement of Constraint), is intended as a place for storing optional information intended to be seen by humans. An example use of the "notes" element would be to contain formatted user comments about the model element in which the "notes" element is enclosed. Every object derived directly or indirectly from type SBase can have a separate value for "notes", allowing users considerable freedom when adding comments to their models.

The format of "notes" elements conform to the definition of XHTML 1.0. However, the content cannot be entirely free-form; it must satisfy certain requirements defined in the SBML specifications for specific SBML Levels. To help verify the formatting of "notes" content, libSBML provides the static utility method SyntaxChecker::hasExpectedXHTMLSyntax(); this method implements a verification process that lets callers check whether the content of a given XMLNode object conforms to the SBML requirements for "notes" and "message" structure. Developers are urged to consult the appropriate SBML specification document for the Level and Version of their model for more in-depth explanations of using "notes" in SBML. The SBML Level 2 and 3 specifications have considerable detail about how "notes" element content must be structured.

For an alternative method of accessing the notes, see getNotes(), which returns the content as an XMLNode tree structure. Depending on an application's needs, one or the other method may be more convenient.

Returns
the content of the "notes" subelement of this SBML object as a string.
See also
getNotes()
isSetNotes()
setNotes(const XMLNode* notes)
setNotes(const std::string& notes, bool addXHTMLMarkup)
appendNotes(const XMLNode* notes)
appendNotes(const std::string& notes)
unsetNotes()
SyntaxChecker::hasExpectedXHTMLSyntax()
Examples
SBMLHttpResolverExample.cpp, and printNotes.cpp.

◆ getNotesString() [2/2]

std::string SBase::getNotesString ( ) const
inherited

Returns the content of the "notes" subelement of this object as a string.

The optional SBML element named "notes", present on every major SBML component type (and in SBML Level 3, the "message" subelement of Constraint), is intended as a place for storing optional information intended to be seen by humans. An example use of the "notes" element would be to contain formatted user comments about the model element in which the "notes" element is enclosed. Every object derived directly or indirectly from type SBase can have a separate value for "notes", allowing users considerable freedom when adding comments to their models.

The format of "notes" elements conform to the definition of XHTML 1.0. However, the content cannot be entirely free-form; it must satisfy certain requirements defined in the SBML specifications for specific SBML Levels. To help verify the formatting of "notes" content, libSBML provides the static utility method SyntaxChecker::hasExpectedXHTMLSyntax(); this method implements a verification process that lets callers check whether the content of a given XMLNode object conforms to the SBML requirements for "notes" and "message" structure. Developers are urged to consult the appropriate SBML specification document for the Level and Version of their model for more in-depth explanations of using "notes" in SBML. The SBML Level 2 and 3 specifications have considerable detail about how "notes" element content must be structured.

For an alternative method of accessing the notes, see getNotes(), which returns the content as an XMLNode tree structure. Depending on an application's needs, one or the other method may be more convenient.

Returns
the content of the "notes" subelement of this SBML object as a string.
See also
getNotes()
isSetNotes()
setNotes(const XMLNode* notes)
setNotes(const std::string& notes, bool addXHTMLMarkup)
appendNotes(const XMLNode* notes)
appendNotes(const std::string& notes)
unsetNotes()
SyntaxChecker::hasExpectedXHTMLSyntax()

◆ getNumCVTerms()

unsigned int SBase::getNumCVTerms ( ) const
inherited

Returns the number of CVTerm objects in the annotations of this SBML object.

Returns
the number of CVTerms for this SBML object.

◆ getNumDisabledPlugins()

unsigned int SBase::getNumDisabledPlugins ( ) const
inherited

Returns the number of disabled plug-in objects (extension interfaces) for SBML Level 3 package extensions known.

SBML Level 3 consists of a Core definition that can be extended via optional SBML Level 3 packages. A given model may indicate that it uses one or more SBML packages, and likewise, a software tool may be able to support one or more packages. LibSBML does not come preconfigured with all possible packages included and enabled, in part because not all package specifications have been finalized. To support the ability for software systems to enable support for the Level 3 packages they choose, libSBML features a plug-in mechanism. Each SBML Level 3 package is implemented in a separate code plug-in that can be enabled by the application to support working with that SBML package. A given SBML model may thus contain not only objects defined by SBML Level 3 Core, but also objects created by libSBML plug-ins supporting additional Level 3 packages.
If a plugin is disabled, the package information it contains is no longer considered to be part of the SBML document for the purposes of searching the document or writing out the document. However, the information is still retained, so if the plugin is enabled again, the same information will once again be available, and will be written out to the final model.
Returns
the number of disabled plug-in objects (extension interfaces) of package extensions known by this instance of libSBML.

◆ getNumModifiedDates()

unsigned int SBase::getNumModifiedDates ( )
inherited

Get the number of Date objects in the ModelHistory of this Iobject's list of "modified dates".

In the MIRIAM format for annotations, there can be multiple modification dates. The libSBML ModelHistory class supports this by storing a list of "modified date" values.

Returns
the number of ModifiedDates in this ModelHistory.

◆ getNumPlugins()

unsigned int SBase::getNumPlugins ( ) const
inherited

Returns the number of plug-in objects (extenstion interfaces) for SBML Level 3 package extensions known.

SBML Level 3 consists of a Core definition that can be extended via optional SBML Level 3 packages. A given model may indicate that it uses one or more SBML packages, and likewise, a software tool may be able to support one or more packages. LibSBML does not come preconfigured with all possible packages included and enabled, in part because not all package specifications have been finalized. To support the ability for software systems to enable support for the Level 3 packages they choose, libSBML features a plug-in mechanism. Each SBML Level 3 package is implemented in a separate code plug-in that can be enabled by the application to support working with that SBML package. A given SBML model may thus contain not only objects defined by SBML Level 3 Core, but also objects created by libSBML plug-ins supporting additional Level 3 packages.
Returns
the number of plug-in objects (extension interfaces) of package extensions known by this instance of libSBML.
See also
getPlugin(unsigned int n)

◆ getNumReferents()

int SBaseRef::getNumReferents ( ) const
virtualinherited

Returns how many elements are being referred to by this SBaseRef.

A valid SBaseRef will have exactly one. Possible referents are portRef, idRef, unitRef, and metaIdRef.

Returns
integer value between 0 and 4: the number of different ways this element points to its referent.

Reimplemented in ReplacedElement.

◆ getPackageCoreVersion()

unsigned int SBase::getPackageCoreVersion ( ) const
inherited

Returns the SBML Core Version within the SBML Level of the actual object.

LibSBML uses the class SBMLDocument as a top-level container for storing SBML content and data associated with it (such as warnings and error messages). An SBML model in libSBML is contained inside an SBMLDocument object. SBMLDocument corresponds roughly to the class SBML defined in the SBML Level 3 and Level 2 specifications, but it does not have a direct correspondence in SBML Level 1. (But, it is created by libSBML no matter whether the model is Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3.)
Returns
the SBML core version of this SBML object.

◆ getPackageName()

const std::string & CompBase::getPackageName ( ) const
inherited

Returns the package name of this plugin object.

Returns
the package name of this plugin object.

◆ getPackageURI()

const std::string & CompBase::getPackageURI ( ) const
inherited

Returns the XML namespace (URI) of the package extension of this object.

Returns
the URI of the package extension of this plugin object.

◆ getPackageVersion()

unsigned int CompBase::getPackageVersion ( ) const
inherited

Returns the package version of the package extension of this plugin object.

Returns
the package version of the package extension of this plugin object.

◆ getParentModel()

Model * CompBase::getParentModel ( SBase child)
staticinherited

Returns the Model object to which the referenced child object belongs.

◆ getParentSBMLObject() [1/2]

SBase * SBase::getParentSBMLObject ( )
inherited

Returns the parent SBML object containing this object.

This returns the immediately-containing object. This method is convenient when holding an object nested inside other objects in an SBML model.

Returns
the parent SBML object of this SBML object.
See also
getSBMLDocument()
getModel()

◆ getParentSBMLObject() [2/2]

const SBase * SBase::getParentSBMLObject ( ) const
inherited

Returns the parent SBML object containing this object.

This returns the immediately-containing object. This method is convenient when holding an object nested inside other objects in an SBML model.

Returns
the parent SBML object of this SBML object.
See also
getSBMLDocument()
getModel()

◆ getPlugin() [1/4]

SBasePlugin * SBase::getPlugin ( const std::string &  package)
inherited

Returns a plug-in object (extension interface) for an SBML Level 3 package extension with the given package name or URI.

The returned plug-in will be the appropriate type of plugin requested: calling Model::getPlugin("fbc") will return an FbcModelPlugin; calling Parameter::getPlugin("comp") will return CompSBasePlugin, etc.

If no such plugin exists, NULL is returned.

SBML Level 3 consists of a Core definition that can be extended via optional SBML Level 3 packages. A given model may indicate that it uses one or more SBML packages, and likewise, a software tool may be able to support one or more packages. LibSBML does not come preconfigured with all possible packages included and enabled, in part because not all package specifications have been finalized. To support the ability for software systems to enable support for the Level 3 packages they choose, libSBML features a plug-in mechanism. Each SBML Level 3 package is implemented in a separate code plug-in that can be enabled by the application to support working with that SBML package. A given SBML model may thus contain not only objects defined by SBML Level 3 Core, but also objects created by libSBML plug-ins supporting additional Level 3 packages.
Parameters
packagethe name or URI of the package.
Returns
the plug-in object (the libSBML extension interface) of a package extension with the given package name or URI.
See also
getPlugin(unsigned int n)
Examples
addLayout.cpp, convertLayout.cpp, example1-L3.cpp, example1.cpp, example2-L3.cpp, example2.cpp, example3-L3.cpp, example3.cpp, fbc_example1.cpp, groups_example1.cpp, groups_example2.cpp, qual_example1.cpp, spec_example1.cpp, spec_example2.cpp, spec_example3.cpp, and spec_example4.cpp.

◆ getPlugin() [2/4]

const SBasePlugin * SBase::getPlugin ( const std::string &  package) const
inherited

Returns a plug-in object (extension interface) for an SBML Level 3 package extension with the given package name or URI.

The returned plug-in will be the appropriate type of plugin requested: calling Model::getPlugin("fbc") will return an FbcModelPlugin; calling Parameter::getPlugin("comp") will return CompSBasePlugin, etc.

If no such plugin exists, NULL is returned.

SBML Level 3 consists of a Core definition that can be extended via optional SBML Level 3 packages. A given model may indicate that it uses one or more SBML packages, and likewise, a software tool may be able to support one or more packages. LibSBML does not come preconfigured with all possible packages included and enabled, in part because not all package specifications have been finalized. To support the ability for software systems to enable support for the Level 3 packages they choose, libSBML features a plug-in mechanism. Each SBML Level 3 package is implemented in a separate code plug-in that can be enabled by the application to support working with that SBML package. A given SBML model may thus contain not only objects defined by SBML Level 3 Core, but also objects created by libSBML plug-ins supporting additional Level 3 packages.
Parameters
packagethe name or URI of the package.
Returns
the plug-in object (the libSBML extension interface) of a package extension with the given package name or URI.
See also
getPlugin(unsigned int n)

◆ getPlugin() [3/4]

SBasePlugin * SBase::getPlugin ( unsigned int  n)
inherited

Returns the nth plug-in object (extension interface) for an SBML Level 3 package extension.

The returned plug-in will be the appropriate type of plugin requested: calling Model::getPlugin("fbc") will return an FbcModelPlugin; calling Parameter::getPlugin("comp") will return CompSBasePlugin, etc.

If no such plugin exists, NULL is returned.

SBML Level 3 consists of a Core definition that can be extended via optional SBML Level 3 packages. A given model may indicate that it uses one or more SBML packages, and likewise, a software tool may be able to support one or more packages. LibSBML does not come preconfigured with all possible packages included and enabled, in part because not all package specifications have been finalized. To support the ability for software systems to enable support for the Level 3 packages they choose, libSBML features a plug-in mechanism. Each SBML Level 3 package is implemented in a separate code plug-in that can be enabled by the application to support working with that SBML package. A given SBML model may thus contain not only objects defined by SBML Level 3 Core, but also objects created by libSBML plug-ins supporting additional Level 3 packages.
Parameters
nthe index of the plug-in to return.
Returns
the nth plug-in object (the libSBML extension interface) of a package extension. If the index n is invalid, NULL is returned.
See also
getNumPlugins()
getPlugin(const std::string& package)

◆ getPlugin() [4/4]

const SBasePlugin * SBase::getPlugin ( unsigned int  n) const
inherited

Returns the nth plug-in object (extension interface) for an SBML Level 3 package extension.

The returned plug-in will be the appropriate type of plugin requested: calling Model::getPlugin("fbc") will return an FbcModelPlugin; calling Parameter::getPlugin("comp") will return CompSBasePlugin, etc.

If no such plugin exists, NULL is returned.

SBML Level 3 consists of a Core definition that can be extended via optional SBML Level 3 packages. A given model may indicate that it uses one or more SBML packages, and likewise, a software tool may be able to support one or more packages. LibSBML does not come preconfigured with all possible packages included and enabled, in part because not all package specifications have been finalized. To support the ability for software systems to enable support for the Level 3 packages they choose, libSBML features a plug-in mechanism. Each SBML Level 3 package is implemented in a separate code plug-in that can be enabled by the application to support working with that SBML package. A given SBML model may thus contain not only objects defined by SBML Level 3 Core, but also objects created by libSBML plug-ins supporting additional Level 3 packages.
Parameters
nthe index of the plug-in to return.
Returns
the nth plug-in object (the libSBML extension interface) of a package extension. If the index n is invalid, NULL is returned.
See also
getNumPlugins()
getPlugin(const std::string& package)

◆ getPortRef()

const string & SBaseRef::getPortRef ( ) const
virtualinherited

Returns the value of the "portRef" attribute of this SBaseRef.

Returns
the value of the "portRef" attribute of this SBaseRef.

◆ getPrefix()

std::string SBase::getPrefix ( ) const
inherited

Returns the XML namespace prefix of this element.

This reports the XML namespace prefix chosen for this class of object in the current SBML document. This may be an empty string if the component has no explicit prefix (for instance, if it is a core SBML object placed in the default SBML namespace of the document). If it is not empty, then it corresponds to the XML namespace prefix used set the object, whatever that may be in a given SBML document.

Returns
a text string representing the XML namespace prefix.

◆ getReferencedElement()

SBase * SBaseRef::getReferencedElement ( )
virtualinherited

Returns the object pointed to by this element.

If that element was previously found and set with 'saveReferencedElement', that element is returned; otherwise, 'saveReferencedElement' is called first, and the found element is returned.

◆ getReferencedElementFrom()

SBase * SBaseRef::getReferencedElementFrom ( Model model)
virtualinherited

Examines the referenced Model for the referenced object, and returns it, if found.

Parameters
modelthe Model in which to look for the object referenced by this SBaseRef.
Returns
the element in the referenced Model to which this SBaseRef refers. If this object references an object in a Submodel, the returned object will be in the instantiated Model in that Submodel.

Reimplemented in ReplacedElement.

◆ getResourceBiologicalQualifier()

BiolQualifierType_t SBase::getResourceBiologicalQualifier ( std::string  resource) const
inherited

Returns the MIRIAM biological qualifier associated with the given resource.

In MIRIAM, qualifiers are an optional means of indicating the relationship between a model component and its annotations. There are two broad kinds of annotations: model and biological. The latter kind is used to qualify the relationship between a model component and a biological entity which it represents. Examples of relationships include "is" and "has part", but many others are possible. MIRIAM defines numerous relationship qualifiers to enable different software tools to qualify biological annotations in the same standardized way. In libSBML, the MIRIAM controlled-vocabulary annotations on an SBML model element are represented using lists of CVTerm objects, and the the MIRIAM biological qualifiers are represented using values from the enumeration type BiolQualifierType_t.

This method searches the controlled-vocabulary annotations (i.e., the list of CVTerm objects) on the present object, then out of those that have biological qualifiers, looks for an annotation to the given resource. If such an annotation is found, it returns the type of biological qualifier associated with that resource as a value from the enumeration type BiolQualifierType_t.

Parameters
resourcestring representing the resource; e.g., "http://www.geneontology.org/#GO:0005892".
Returns
the qualifier associated with the resource, or BQB_UNKNOWN if the resource does not exist.
Note
The set of MIRIAM biological qualifiers grows over time, although relatively slowly. The values in the enumeration BiolQualifierType_t are up to date with MIRIAM at the time of a given libSBML release. The set of values may be expanded in later libSBML releases, to match the values defined by MIRIAM at that later time.

◆ getResourceModelQualifier()

ModelQualifierType_t SBase::getResourceModelQualifier ( std::string  resource) const
inherited

Returns the MIRIAM model qualifier associated with the given resource.

In MIRIAM, qualifiers are an optional means of indicating the relationship between a model component and its annotations. There are two broad kinds of annotations: model and biological. The former kind is used to qualify the relationship between a model component and another modeling object. An example qualifier is "isDerivedFrom", to indicate that a given component of the model is derived from the modeling object represented by the referenced resource. MIRIAM defines numerous relationship qualifiers to enable different software tools to qualify model annotations in the same standardized way. In libSBML, the MIRIAM controlled-vocabulary annotations on an SBML model element are represented using lists of CVTerm objects, and the the MIRIAM model qualifiers are represented using values from the enumeration type ModelQualifierType_t.

This method method searches the controlled-vocabulary annotations (i.e., the list of CVTerm objects) on the present object, then out of those that have model qualifiers, looks for an annotation to the given resource. If such an annotation is found, it returns the type of type of model qualifier associated with that resource as a value from the enumeration type ModelQualifierType_t.

Parameters
resourcestring representing the resource; e.g., "http://www.geneontology.org/#GO:0005892".
Returns
the ModelQualifierType_t value associated with the resource, or BQM_UNKNOWN if the resource does not exist.
Note
The set of MIRIAM biological qualifiers grows over time, although relatively slowly. The values in the enumeration ModelQualifierType_t are up to date with MIRIAM at the time of a given libSBML release. The set of values may be expanded in later libSBML releases, to match the values defined by MIRIAM at that later time.

◆ getSBaseRef() [1/2]

SBaseRef * SBaseRef::getSBaseRef ( )
inherited

Get the child sBaseRef of this SBaseRef.

Returns
the SBaseRef child of this SBaseRef, or NULL if none exists.

◆ getSBaseRef() [2/2]

const SBaseRef * SBaseRef::getSBaseRef ( ) const
inherited

Get the child sBaseRef of this sBaseRef.

Returns
the const SBaseRef child of this SBaseRef, or NULL if none exists.

◆ getSBMLDocument() [1/2]

SBMLDocument * SBase::getSBMLDocument ( )
inherited

Returns the SBMLDocument object containing this object instance.

LibSBML uses the class SBMLDocument as a top-level container for storing SBML content and data associated with it (such as warnings and error messages). An SBML model in libSBML is contained inside an SBMLDocument object. SBMLDocument corresponds roughly to the class SBML defined in the SBML Level 3 and Level 2 specifications, but it does not have a direct correspondence in SBML Level 1. (But, it is created by libSBML no matter whether the model is Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3.)

This method allows the caller to obtain the SBMLDocument for the current object.

Returns
the parent SBMLDocument object of this SBML object.
See also
getParentSBMLObject()
getModel()

◆ getSBMLDocument() [2/2]

const SBMLDocument * SBase::getSBMLDocument ( ) const
inherited

Returns the SBMLDocument object containing this object instance.

LibSBML uses the class SBMLDocument as a top-level container for storing SBML content and data associated with it (such as warnings and error messages). An SBML model in libSBML is contained inside an SBMLDocument object. SBMLDocument corresponds roughly to the class SBML defined in the SBML Level 3 and Level 2 specifications, but it does not have a direct correspondence in SBML Level 1. (But, it is created by libSBML no matter whether the model is Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3.)

This method allows the caller to obtain the SBMLDocument for the current object.

Returns
the parent SBMLDocument object of this SBML object.
See also
getParentSBMLObject()
getModel()

◆ getSBOTerm()

int SBase::getSBOTerm ( ) const
inherited

Returns the integer portion of the value of the "sboTerm" attribute of this object.

Beginning with SBML Level 2 Version 2, objects derived from SBase have an optional attribute named "sboTerm" for supporting the use of the Systems Biology Ontology. In SBML proper, the data type of the attribute is a string of the form "SBO:NNNNNNN", where "NNNNNNN" is a seven digit integer number; libSBML simplifies the representation by only storing the "NNNNNNN" integer portion. Thus, in libSBML, the "sboTerm" attribute on SBase has data type int, and SBO identifiers are stored simply as integers.
SBO terms are a type of optional annotation, and each different class of SBML object derived from SBase imposes its own requirements about the values permitted for "sboTerm". More details can be found in SBML specifications for Level 2 Version 2 and above.
Returns
the value of the "sboTerm" attribute as an integer, or -1 if the value is not set.
Examples
printSBML.cpp.

◆ getSBOTermAsURL()

std::string SBase::getSBOTermAsURL ( ) const
inherited

Returns the URL representation of the "sboTerm" attribute of this object.

This method returns the entire SBO identifier as a text string in the form http://identifiers.org/biomodels.sbo/SBO:NNNNNNN".

SBO terms are a type of optional annotation, and each different class of SBML object derived from SBase imposes its own requirements about the values permitted for "sboTerm". More details can be found in SBML specifications for Level 2 Version 2 and above.
Returns
the value of the "sboTerm" attribute as an identifiers.org URL, or an empty string if the value is not set.

◆ getSBOTermID()

std::string SBase::getSBOTermID ( ) const
inherited

Returns the string representation of the "sboTerm" attribute of this object.

Beginning with SBML Level 2 Version 2, objects derived from SBase have an optional attribute named "sboTerm" for supporting the use of the Systems Biology Ontology. In SBML proper, the data type of the attribute is a string of the form "SBO:NNNNNNN", where "NNNNNNN" is a seven digit integer number; libSBML simplifies the representation by only storing the "NNNNNNN" integer portion. Thus, in libSBML, the "sboTerm" attribute on SBase has data type int, and SBO identifiers are stored simply as integers.
SBO terms are a type of optional annotation, and each different class of SBML object derived from SBase imposes its own requirements about the values permitted for "sboTerm". More details can be found in SBML specifications for Level 2 Version 2 and above.
Returns
the value of the "sboTerm" attribute as a string (its value will be of the form "SBO:NNNNNNN"), or an empty string if the value is not set.

◆ getTypeCode()

int Port::getTypeCode ( ) const
virtual

Returns the libSBML type code of this object instance.

LibSBML attaches an identifying code to every kind of SBML object. These are integer constants known as SBML type codes. The names of all the codes begin with the characters SBML_. The set of possible type codes for core elements is defined in the enumeration SBMLTypeCode_t, and in addition, libSBML plug-ins for SBML Level 3 packages define their own extra enumerations of type codes (e.g., SBMLLayoutTypeCode_t for the Level 3 Layout package). Note that different Level 3 package plug-ins may use overlapping type codes; to identify the package to which a given object belongs, call the SBase::getPackageName() method on the object.

The exception to this is lists: all SBML-style list elements have the type SBML_LIST_OF, regardless of what package they are from.

Returns
the SBML type code for this object: SBML_COMP_PORT.
Warning
The specific integer values of the possible type codes may be reused by different libSBML plug-ins for SBML Level 3. packages, To fully identify the correct code, it is necessary to invoke both getPackageName() and getTypeCode() (or ListOf::getItemTypeCode()).
See also
getElementName()
getPackageName()

Reimplemented from SBaseRef.

◆ getUnitRef()

const string & SBaseRef::getUnitRef ( ) const
virtualinherited

Returns the value of the "unitRef" attribute of this SBaseRef.

Returns
the value of the "unitRef" attribute of this SBaseRef.

◆ getURI()

std::string SBase::getURI ( ) const
inherited

Returns the namespace URI to which this element belongs to.

For example, all elements that belong to SBML Level 3 Version 1 Core must would have the URI "http://www.sbml.org/sbml/level3/version1/core"; all elements that belong to Layout Extension Version 1 for SBML Level 3 Version 1 Core must would have the URI "http://www.sbml.org/sbml/level3/version1/layout/version1".

This function first returns the URI for this element by looking into the SBMLNamespaces object of the document with the its package name. If not found, it will then look for the namespace associated with the element itself.

Returns
the URI of this element, as a text string.
See also
getSBMLDocument()
getPackageName()

◆ getUserData()

void * SBase::getUserData ( ) const
inherited

Returns the user data that has been previously set via setUserData().

The user data associated with an SBML object can be used by an application developer to attach custom information to that object in the model. In case of a deep copy, this attribute will passed as it is. The attribute will never be interpreted by libSBML.
The user data associated with an SBML object can be used by an application developer to attach custom information to that object in the model. In case of a deep copy, this data will passed as-is. The data attribute will never be interpreted by libSBML.
Returns
the user data of this node, or NULL if no user data has been set.
See also
ASTNode::setUserData(void *userData)

◆ getVersion()

unsigned int SBase::getVersion ( ) const
inherited

Returns the Version within the SBML Level of the SBMLDocument object containing this object.

LibSBML uses the class SBMLDocument as a top-level container for storing SBML content and data associated with it (such as warnings and error messages). An SBML model in libSBML is contained inside an SBMLDocument object. SBMLDocument corresponds roughly to the class SBML defined in the SBML Level 3 and Level 2 specifications, but it does not have a direct correspondence in SBML Level 1. (But, it is created by libSBML no matter whether the model is Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3.)
Returns
the SBML version of this SBML object.
See also
getLevel()
getNamespaces()
Examples
addLayout.cpp, convertSBML.cpp, and printSBML.cpp.

◆ hasRequiredAttributes()

bool Port::hasRequiredAttributes ( ) const
virtual

Returns true if the 'id' attribute is set, and if exactly one of the optional attributes of SBaseRef (portRef, idRef, metaIdRef, and unitRef)are set.

Returns
boolean: 'true' if the attributes are correctly set; 'false' if not.

Reimplemented from SBaseRef.

◆ hasValidLevelVersionNamespaceCombination()

bool CompBase::hasValidLevelVersionNamespaceCombination ( )
protectedinherited

Predicate returning true if this object's level/version and namespace values correspond to a valid SBML specification.

The valid combination of SBML Level and Version, “comp” package version, and Namespace as of this release of libSBML is the following:

  • Level 3 Version 1 Package Version 1: "http://www.sbml.org/sbml/level3/version1/comp/version1"
Note
This function is provided as convenience method to be called from constructors. This allows to use it in scenarios where the namespaces or typecode have not yet been initialized.
Returns
true if the level, version and namespace values of this SBML object correspond to a valid set of values, false otherwise.

◆ isPackageEnabled()

bool SBase::isPackageEnabled ( const std::string &  pkgName) const
inherited

Predicate returning true if the given SBML Level 3 package is enabled with this object.

The search ignores the package version.

Parameters
pkgNamethe name of the package.
Returns
true if the given package is enabled within this object, false otherwise.
See also
isPackageURIEnabled()

◆ isPackageURIEnabled()

bool SBase::isPackageURIEnabled ( const std::string &  pkgURI) const
inherited

Predicate returning true if an SBML Level 3 package with the given URI is enabled with this object.

Parameters
pkgURIthe URI of the package.
Returns
true if the given package is enabled within this object, false otherwise.
See also
isPackageEnabled()

◆ isPkgEnabled()

bool SBase::isPkgEnabled ( const std::string &  pkgName) const
inherited

Predicate returning true if the given SBML Level 3 package is enabled with this object.

The search ignores the package version.

Parameters
pkgNamethe name of the package.
Returns
true if the given package is enabled within this object, false otherwise.
See also
isPkgURIEnabled()

◆ isPkgURIEnabled()

bool SBase::isPkgURIEnabled ( const std::string &  pkgURI) const
inherited

Predicate returning true if an SBML Level 3 package with the given URI is enabled with this object.

Parameters
pkgURIthe URI of the package.
Returns
true if the given package is enabled within this object, false otherwise.
See also
isPkgEnabled()

◆ isSetAnnotation()

bool SBase::isSetAnnotation ( ) const
inherited

Predicate returning true if this object's "annotation" subelement exists and has content.

Whereas the SBase "notes" subelement is a container for content to be shown directly to humans, the "annotation" element is a container for optional software-generated content not meant to be shown to humans. Every object derived from SBase can have its own value for "annotation". The element's content type is XML type "any", allowing essentially arbitrary well-formed XML data content.

SBML places a few restrictions on the organization of the content of annotations; these are intended to help software tools read and write the data as well as help reduce conflicts between annotations added by different tools. Please see the SBML specifications for more details.

Returns
true if a "annotation" subelement exists, false otherwise.
See also
getAnnotation()
getAnnotationString()
setAnnotation(const XMLNode* annotation)
setAnnotation(const std::string& annotation)
appendAnnotation(const XMLNode* annotation)
appendAnnotation(const std::string& annotation)
unsetAnnotation()
Examples
printAnnotation.cpp.

◆ isSetCreatedDate()

bool SBase::isSetCreatedDate ( ) const
inherited

Predicate returning true if this object has a ModelHistory object attached to it and the created date is set.

Returns
true if the CreatedDate of the ModelHistory of this object is set, false otherwise.
Note
In SBML Level 2, model history annotations were only permitted on the Model element. In SBML Level 3, they are permitted on all SBML components derived from SBase.

◆ isSetId()

bool Port::isSetId ( ) const
virtual

Predicate returning true or false depending on whether this Port's "id" attribute has been set.

The identifier given by an object's "id" attribute value is used to identify the object within the SBML model definition. Other objects can refer to the component using this identifier. The data type of "id" is always SId or a type derived from that, such as UnitSId, depending on the object in question. All data types are defined as follows:
     letter ::= 'a'..'z','A'..'Z'
     digit  ::= '0'..'9'
     idChar ::= letter | digit | '_'
     SId    ::= ( letter | '_' ) idChar*
   
The characters ( and ) are used for grouping, the character * "zero or more times", and the character | indicates logical "or". The equality of SBML identifiers is determined by an exact character sequence match; i.e., comparisons must be performed in a case-sensitive manner. This applies to all uses of SId, SIdRef, and derived types.

Users need to be aware of some important API issues that are the result of the history of SBML and libSBML. Prior to SBML Level 3 Version 2, SBML defined "id" and "name" attributes on only a subset of SBML objects. To simplify the work of programmers, libSBML's API provided get, set, check, and unset on the SBase object class itself instead of on individual subobject classes. This made the get/set/etc. methods uniformly available on all objects in the libSBML API. LibSBML simply returned empty strings or otherwise did not act when the methods were applied to SBML objects that were not defined by the SBML specification to have "id" or "name" attributes. Additional complications arose with the rule and assignment objects: InitialAssignment, EventAssignment, AssignmentRule, and RateRule. In early versions of SBML, the rule object hierarchy was different, and in addition, then as now, they possess different attributes: "variable" (for the rules and event assignments), "symbol" (for initial assignments), or neither (for algebraic rules). Prior to SBML Level 3 Version 2, getId() would always return an empty string, and isSetId() would always return false for objects of these classes.

With the addition of "id" and "name" attributes on SBase in Level 3 Version 2, it became necessary to introduce a new way to interact with the attributes more consistently in libSBML to avoid breaking backward compatibility in the behavior of the original "id" methods. For this reason, libSBML provides four functions (getIdAttribute(), setIdAttribute(), isSetIdAttribute(), and unsetIdAttribute()) that always act on the actual "id" attribute inherited from SBase, regardless of the object's type. These new methods should be used instead of the older getId()/setId()/etc. methods unless the old behavior is somehow necessary. Regardless of the Level and Version of the SBML, these functions allow client applications to use more generalized code in some situations (for instance, when manipulating objects that are all known to have identifiers). If the object in question does not posess an "id" attribute according to the SBML specification for the Level and Version in use, libSBML will not allow the identifier to be set, nor will it read or write "id" attributes for those objects.

Returns
true if the "id" attribute of this SBML object is set, false otherwise.
Note
Because of the inconsistent behavior of this function with respect to assignments and rules, it is recommended that callers use isSetIdAttribute() instead.
See also
getIdAttribute()
setIdAttribute(const std::string& sid)
unsetIdAttribute()
isSetIdAttribute()

Reimplemented from SBase.

◆ isSetIdAttribute()

bool SBase::isSetIdAttribute ( ) const
inherited

Predicate returning true if this object's "id" attribute is set.

The identifier given by an object's "id" attribute value is used to identify the object within the SBML model definition. Other objects can refer to the component using this identifier. The data type of "id" is always SId or a type derived from that, such as UnitSId, depending on the object in question. All data types are defined as follows:
     letter ::= 'a'..'z','A'..'Z'
     digit  ::= '0'..'9'
     idChar ::= letter | digit | '_'
     SId    ::= ( letter | '_' ) idChar*
   
The characters ( and ) are used for grouping, the character * "zero or more times", and the character | indicates logical "or". The equality of SBML identifiers is determined by an exact character sequence match; i.e., comparisons must be performed in a case-sensitive manner. This applies to all uses of SId, SIdRef, and derived types.

Users need to be aware of some important API issues that are the result of the history of SBML and libSBML. Prior to SBML Level 3 Version 2, SBML defined "id" and "name" attributes on only a subset of SBML objects. To simplify the work of programmers, libSBML's API provided get, set, check, and unset on the SBase object class itself instead of on individual subobject classes. This made the get/set/etc. methods uniformly available on all objects in the libSBML API. LibSBML simply returned empty strings or otherwise did not act when the methods were applied to SBML objects that were not defined by the SBML specification to have "id" or "name" attributes. Additional complications arose with the rule and assignment objects: InitialAssignment, EventAssignment, AssignmentRule, and RateRule. In early versions of SBML, the rule object hierarchy was different, and in addition, then as now, they possess different attributes: "variable" (for the rules and event assignments), "symbol" (for initial assignments), or neither (for algebraic rules). Prior to SBML Level 3 Version 2, getId() would always return an empty string, and isSetId() would always return false for objects of these classes.

With the addition of "id" and "name" attributes on SBase in Level 3 Version 2, it became necessary to introduce a new way to interact with the attributes more consistently in libSBML to avoid breaking backward compatibility in the behavior of the original "id" methods. For this reason, libSBML provides four functions (getIdAttribute(), setIdAttribute(), isSetIdAttribute(), and unsetIdAttribute()) that always act on the actual "id" attribute inherited from SBase, regardless of the object's type. These new methods should be used instead of the older getId()/setId()/etc. methods unless the old behavior is somehow necessary. Regardless of the Level and Version of the SBML, these functions allow client applications to use more generalized code in some situations (for instance, when manipulating objects that are all known to have identifiers). If the object in question does not posess an "id" attribute according to the SBML specification for the Level and Version in use, libSBML will not allow the identifier to be set, nor will it read or write "id" attributes for those objects.

Returns
true if the "id" attribute of this SBML object is set, false otherwise.
See also
getIdAttribute()
setIdAttribute(const std::string& sid)
unsetIdAttribute()

◆ isSetIdRef()

bool SBaseRef::isSetIdRef ( ) const
virtualinherited

Predicate returning true or false depending on whether this SBaseRef's "idRef" attribute has been set.

Returns
true if this SBaseRef's "idRef" attribute has been set, otherwise false is returned.

◆ isSetMetaId()

bool SBase::isSetMetaId ( ) const
inherited

Predicate returning true if this object's "metaid" attribute is set.

The optional attribute named "metaid", present on every major SBML component type, is for supporting metadata annotations using RDF (Resource Description Format). The attribute value has the data type XML ID, the XML identifier type, which means each "metaid" value must be globally unique within an SBML file. The latter point is important, because the uniqueness criterion applies across any attribute with type ID anywhere in the file, not just the "metaid" attribute used by SBML—something to be aware of if your application-specific XML content inside the "annotation" subelement happens to use the XML ID type. Although SBML itself specifies the use of XML ID only for the "metaid" attribute, SBML-compatible applications should be careful if they use XML ID's in XML portions of a model that are not defined by SBML, such as in the application-specific content of the "annotation" subelement. Finally, note that LibSBML does not provide an explicit XML ID data type; it uses ordinary character strings, which is easier for applications to support.
Returns
true if the "metaid" attribute of this SBML object is set, false otherwise.
See also
getMetaId()
setMetaId(const std::string& metaid)
Examples
addingEvidenceCodes_1.cpp, and addingEvidenceCodes_2.cpp.

◆ isSetMetaIdRef()

bool SBaseRef::isSetMetaIdRef ( ) const
virtualinherited

Predicate returning true or false depending on whether this SBaseRef's "metaIdRef" attribute has been set.

Returns
true if this SBaseRef's "metaIdRef" attribute has been set, otherwise false is returned.

◆ isSetModelHistory()

bool SBase::isSetModelHistory ( ) const
inherited

Predicate returning true if this object has a ModelHistory object attached to it.

Returns
true if the ModelHistory of this object is set, false otherwise.
Note
In SBML Level 2, model history annotations were only permitted on the Model element. In SBML Level 3, they are permitted on all SBML components derived from SBase.

◆ isSetModifiedDate()

bool SBase::isSetModifiedDate ( ) const
inherited

Predicate returning true or false depending on whether the ModelHistory's "modified date" of this object is set.

Returns
true if the modification date value of this ModelHistory object is set, false otherwise.

◆ isSetName()

bool Port::isSetName ( ) const
virtual

Predicate returning true or false depending on whether this Port's "name" attribute has been set.

In SBML Level 3 Version 2, the "id" and "name" attributes were moved to SBase directly, instead of being defined individually for many (but not all) objects. LibSBML has for a long time provided functions defined on SBase itself to get, set, and unset those attributes, which would fail or otherwise return empty strings if executed on any object for which those attributes were not defined. Now that all SBase objects define those attributes, those functions now succeed for any object with the appropriate level and version.

The "name" attribute is optional and is not intended to be used for cross-referencing purposes within a model. Its purpose instead is to provide a human-readable label for the component. The data type of "name" is the type string defined in XML Schema. SBML imposes no restrictions as to the content of "name" attributes beyond those restrictions defined by the string type in XML Schema.

The recommended practice for handling "name" is as follows. If a software tool has the capability for displaying the content of "name" attributes, it should display this content to the user as a component's label instead of the component's "id". If the user interface does not have this capability (e.g., because it cannot display or use special characters in symbol names), or if the "name" attribute is missing on a given component, then the user interface should display the value of the "id" attribute instead. (Script language interpreters are especially likely to display "id" instead of "name".)

As a consequence of the above, authors of systems that automatically generate the values of "id" attributes should be aware some systems may display the "id"'s to the user. Authors therefore may wish to take some care to have their software create "id" values that are: (a) reasonably easy for humans to type and read; and (b) likely to be meaningful, for example by making the "id" attribute be an abbreviated form of the name attribute value.

An additional point worth mentioning is although there are restrictions on the uniqueness of "id" values, there are no restrictions on the uniqueness of "name" values in a model. This allows software applications leeway in assigning component identifiers.

Regardless of the level and version of the SBML, these functions allow client applications to use more generalized code in some situations (for instance, when manipulating objects that are all known to have names). If the object in question does not posess a "name" attribute according to the SBML specification for the Level and Version in use, libSBML will not allow the name to be set, nor will it read or write "name" attributes for those objects.

Returns
true if the "name" attribute of this SBML object is set, false otherwise.
See also
getName()
setName(const std::string& sid)
unsetName()

Reimplemented from SBase.

◆ isSetNotes()

bool SBase::isSetNotes ( ) const
inherited

Predicate returning true if this object's "notes" subelement exists and has content.

The optional SBML element named "notes", present on every major SBML component type, is intended as a place for storing optional information intended to be seen by humans. An example use of the "notes" element would be to contain formatted user comments about the model element in which the "notes" element is enclosed. Every object derived directly or indirectly from type SBase can have a separate value for "notes", allowing users considerable freedom when adding comments to their models.

The format of "notes" elements must be XHTML 1.0. To help verify the formatting of "notes" content, libSBML provides the static utility method SyntaxChecker::hasExpectedXHTMLSyntax(); however, readers are urged to consult the appropriate SBML specification document for the Level and Version of their model for more in-depth explanations. The SBML Level 2 and 3 specifications have considerable detail about how "notes" element content must be structured.

Returns
true if a "notes" subelement exists, false otherwise.
See also
getNotes()
getNotesString()
setNotes(const XMLNode* notes)
setNotes(const std::string& notes, bool addXHTMLMarkup)
appendNotes(const XMLNode* notes)
appendNotes(const std::string& notes)
unsetNotes()
SyntaxChecker::hasExpectedXHTMLSyntax()
Examples
SBMLHttpResolverExample.cpp, getAllElementsWithNotes.cpp, and printNotes.cpp.

◆ isSetPortRef()

bool SBaseRef::isSetPortRef ( ) const
virtualinherited

Predicate returning true or false depending on whether this SBaseRef's "portRef" attribute has been set.

Returns
true if this SBaseRef's "portRef" attribute has been set, otherwise false is returned.

◆ isSetSBaseRef()

bool SBaseRef::isSetSBaseRef ( ) const
inherited

Predicate for testing whether the sBaseRef for this SBaseRef is set.

Returns
true if the sBaseRef of this SBaseRef is set, false otherwise.

◆ isSetSBOTerm()

bool SBase::isSetSBOTerm ( ) const
inherited

Predicate returning true if this object's "sboTerm" attribute is set.

Returns
true if the "sboTerm" attribute of this SBML object is set, false otherwise.
Examples
printSBML.cpp.

◆ isSetUnitRef()

bool SBaseRef::isSetUnitRef ( ) const
virtualinherited

Predicate returning true or false depending on whether this SBaseRef's "unitRef" attribute has been set.

Returns
true if this SBaseRef's "unitRef" attribute has been set, otherwise false is returned.

◆ isSetUserData()

bool SBase::isSetUserData ( ) const
inherited

Predicate returning true or false depending on whether the user data of this element has been set.

The user data associated with an SBML object can be used by an application developer to attach custom information to that object in the model. In case of a deep copy, this attribute will passed as it is. The attribute will never be interpreted by libSBML.
The user data associated with an SBML object can be used by an application developer to attach custom information to that object in the model. In case of a deep copy, this data will passed as-is. The data attribute will never be interpreted by libSBML.
Returns
boolean, true if this object's user data has been set, false otherwise.

◆ logEmptyString()

void CompBase::logEmptyString ( const std::string &  attribute,
const std::string &  element 
)
protectedvirtualinherited

Helper to log a common type of error.

◆ logInvalidId()

void CompBase::logInvalidId ( const std::string &  attribute,
const std::string &  wrongattribute,
const std::string  object = "" 
)
protectedvirtualinherited

Helper to log a common type of error.

◆ logMissingAttribute()

void CompBase::logMissingAttribute ( const std::string &  attribute,
const std::string &  element 
)
protectedvirtualinherited

Helper to log a common type of error.

◆ logUnknownAttribute()

void CompBase::logUnknownAttribute ( const std::string &  attribute,
const std::string &  element 
)
protectedvirtualinherited

Helper to log a common type of error.

◆ logUnknownElement()

void CompBase::logUnknownElement ( const std::string &  element)
protectedvirtualinherited

Helper to log a common type of error for elements.

◆ matchesRequiredSBMLNamespacesForAddition() [1/2]

bool SBase::matchesRequiredSBMLNamespacesForAddition ( const SBase sb)
inherited

Returns true if this object's set of XML namespaces are a subset of the given object's XML namespaces.

The SBMLNamespaces object encapsulates SBML Level/Version/namespaces information. It is used to communicate the SBML Level, Version, and (in Level 3) packages used in addition to SBML Level 3 Core. A common approach to using libSBML's SBMLNamespaces facilities is to create an SBMLNamespaces object somewhere in a program once, then hand that object as needed to object constructors that accept SBMLNamespaces as arguments.
Parameters
sban object to compare with respect to namespaces.
Returns
boolean, true if this object's collection of namespaces is a subset of sb's, false otherwise.

◆ matchesRequiredSBMLNamespacesForAddition() [2/2]

bool SBase::matchesRequiredSBMLNamespacesForAddition ( const SBase sb) const
inherited

Returns true if this object's set of XML namespaces are a subset of the given object's XML namespaces.

The SBMLNamespaces object encapsulates SBML Level/Version/namespaces information. It is used to communicate the SBML Level, Version, and (in Level 3) packages used in addition to SBML Level 3 Core. A common approach to using libSBML's SBMLNamespaces facilities is to create an SBMLNamespaces object somewhere in a program once, then hand that object as needed to object constructors that accept SBMLNamespaces as arguments.
Parameters
sban object to compare with respect to namespaces.
Returns
boolean, true if this object's collection of namespaces is a subset of sb's, false otherwise.

◆ matchesSBMLNamespaces() [1/2]

bool SBase::matchesSBMLNamespaces ( const SBase sb)
inherited

Returns true if this object's set of XML namespaces are the same as the given object's XML namespaces.

The SBMLNamespaces object encapsulates SBML Level/Version/namespaces information. It is used to communicate the SBML Level, Version, and (in Level 3) packages used in addition to SBML Level 3 Core. A common approach to using libSBML's SBMLNamespaces facilities is to create an SBMLNamespaces object somewhere in a program once, then hand that object as needed to object constructors that accept SBMLNamespaces as arguments.
Parameters
sban object to compare with respect to namespaces.
Returns
boolean, true if this object's collection of namespaces is the same as sb's, false otherwise.

◆ matchesSBMLNamespaces() [2/2]

bool SBase::matchesSBMLNamespaces ( const SBase sb) const
inherited

Returns true if this object's set of XML namespaces are the same as the given object's XML namespaces.

The SBMLNamespaces object encapsulates SBML Level/Version/namespaces information. It is used to communicate the SBML Level, Version, and (in Level 3) packages used in addition to SBML Level 3 Core. A common approach to using libSBML's SBMLNamespaces facilities is to create an SBMLNamespaces object somewhere in a program once, then hand that object as needed to object constructors that accept SBMLNamespaces as arguments.
Parameters
sban object to compare with respect to namespaces.
Returns
boolean, true if this object's collection of namespaces is the same as sb's, false otherwise.

◆ operator=()

Port & Port::operator= ( const Port source)

Assignment operator.

Parameters
sourcethe object whose values are used as the basis of the assignment.

◆ performDeletion()

int SBaseRef::performDeletion ( )
virtualinherited

DEPRECATED FUNCTION: DO NOT USE.

Deletes the referenced object, plus any other elements that element points to through ReplacedElement or ReplacedBy children. Instead of calling this function directly, use 'CompModelPlugin::instantiateSubmodels' instead, which deals with all the intricacies of replacements and deletions, and gives you access to the non-flattened hierarchical form of the model.

◆ read()

void SBase::read ( const XMLNode node,
XMLErrorSeverityOverride_t  flag = LIBSBML_OVERRIDE_DISABLED 
)
inherited

Reads (initializes) this SBML object by reading from the given XMLNode.

Parameters
nodethe XMLNode to read from.
flagan optional flag that determines how how errors are logged during the reading process.
Warning
This method is computationally expensive, because the given node has to be serialized to a string first. Attempting to serialize a large tree structure (e.g., a large Model) may consume significant computer memory and time.

◆ readAttributes()

void CompBase::readAttributes ( const XMLAttributes attributes,
const ExpectedAttributes &  expectedAttributes,
bool  hasCompIdName,
bool  idRequired,
CompSBMLErrorCode_t  errcode 
)
protectedvirtualinherited

Subclasses should override this method to read values from the given XMLAttributes set into their specific fields.

Be sure to call your parent's implementation of this method as well.

◆ removeFromParentAndDelete()

int SBaseRef::removeFromParentAndDelete ( )
virtualinherited

Finds this SBaseRef's parent, which can either be a List or can be another SBaseRef, and tells it to remove this.

Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:

Reimplemented from SBase.

Reimplemented in ReplacedBy.

◆ removeFromParentAndPorts()

int CompBase::removeFromParentAndPorts ( SBase todelete,
std::set< SBase * > *  removed 
)
staticprotectedinherited

Remove the given SBase object, and any Ports that point to it.

A static function for removing elements–it is illegal to reference an element from a port that has been deleted or replaced, but if it happens, we need to not actually crash. This function finds and deletes all such invalid ports before deleting the object.

◆ removeTopLevelAnnotationElement()

int SBase::removeTopLevelAnnotationElement ( const std::string &  elementName,
const std::string  elementURI = "",
bool  removeEmpty = true 
)
inherited

Removes the top-level element within the "annotation" subelement of this SBML object with the given name and optional URI.

SBML places a few restrictions on the organization of the content of annotations; these are intended to help software tools read and write the data as well as help reduce conflicts between annotations added by different tools. Please see the SBML specifications for more details.

Calling this method allows a particular annotation element to be removed whilst the remaining annotations remain intact.

Parameters
elementNamea string representing the name of the top level annotation element that is to be removed.
elementURIan optional string that is used to check both the name and URI of the top level element to be removed.
removeEmptyif after removing of the element, the annotation is empty, and the removeEmpty argument is true, the annotation node will be deleted (default).
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
See also
replaceTopLevelAnnotationElement(const XMLNode *)
replaceTopLevelAnnotationElement(const std::string&)

◆ renameMetaIdRefs()

void Port::renameMetaIdRefs ( const std::string &  oldid,
const std::string &  newid 
)
virtual

Replaces all uses of a given meta identifier attribute value with another value.
In SBML, object "meta" identifiers are of the XML data type ID; the SBML object attribute itself is typically named metaid. All attributes that hold values referring to values of type ID are of the XML data type IDREF. They are also sometimes informally referred to as "metaid refs", in analogy to the SBML-defined type SIdRef.

This method works by looking at all meta-identifier attribute values, comparing the identifiers to the value of oldid. If any matches are found, the matching identifiers are replaced with newid. The method does not descend into child elements.

Parameters
oldidthe old identifier.
newidthe new identifier.

Reimplemented from SBase.

◆ renameSIdRefs()

void Port::renameSIdRefs ( const std::string &  oldid,
const std::string &  newid 
)
virtual

Replaces all uses of a given SIdRef type attribute value with another value.

In SBML, object identifiers are of a data type called SId. In SBML Level 3, an explicit data type called SIdRef was introduced for attribute values that refer to SId values; in previous Levels of SBML, this data type did not exist and attributes were simply described to as "referring to an identifier", but the effective data type was the same as SIdRef in Level 3. These and other methods of libSBML refer to the type SIdRef for all Levels of SBML, even if the corresponding SBML specification did not explicitly name the data type.

This method works by looking at all attributes and (if appropriate) mathematical formulas in MathML content, comparing the referenced identifiers to the value of oldid. If any matches are found, the matching values are replaced with newid. The method does not descend into child elements.

Parameters
oldidthe old identifier.
newidthe new identifier.

Reimplemented from SBaseRef.

◆ renameUnitSIdRefs()

void Port::renameUnitSIdRefs ( const std::string &  oldid,
const std::string &  newid 
)
virtual

Replaces all uses of a given UnitSIdRef type attribute value with another value.
In SBML, unit definitions have identifiers of type UnitSId. In SBML Level 3, an explicit data type called UnitSIdRef was introduced for attribute values that refer to UnitSId values; in previous Levels of SBML, this data type did not exist and attributes were simply described to as "referring to a unit identifier", but the effective data type was the same as UnitSIdRef in Level 3. These and other methods of libSBML refer to the type UnitSIdRef for all Levels of SBML, even if the corresponding SBML specification did not explicitly name the data type.

This method works by looking at all unit identifier attribute values (including, if appropriate, inside mathematical formulas), comparing the referenced unit identifiers to the value of oldid. If any matches are found, the matching values are replaced with newid. The method does not descend into child elements.

Parameters
oldidthe old identifier.
newidthe new identifier.

Reimplemented from SBase.

◆ replaceTopLevelAnnotationElement() [1/2]

int SBase::replaceTopLevelAnnotationElement ( const std::string &  annotation)
inherited

Replaces the given top-level element within the "annotation" subelement of this SBML object and with the annotation element supplied.

SBML places a few restrictions on the organization of the content of annotations; these are intended to help software tools read and write the data as well as help reduce conflicts between annotations added by different tools. Please see the SBML specifications for more details.

This method determines the name of the element to be replaced from the annotation argument. Functionally it is equivalent to calling removeTopLevelAnnotationElement(name) followed by calling appendAnnotation(annotation_with_name), with the exception that the placement of the annotation element remains the same.

Parameters
annotationstring representing the replacement top level annotation.
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
See also
removeTopLevelAnnotationElement(const std::string elementName, const std::string elementURI)
replaceTopLevelAnnotationElement(const XMLNode*)

◆ replaceTopLevelAnnotationElement() [2/2]

int SBase::replaceTopLevelAnnotationElement ( const XMLNode annotation)
inherited

Replaces the given top-level element within the "annotation" subelement of this SBML object and with the annotation element supplied.

SBML places a few restrictions on the organization of the content of annotations; these are intended to help software tools read and write the data as well as help reduce conflicts between annotations added by different tools. Please see the SBML specifications for more details.

This method determines the name of the element to be replaced from the annotation argument. Functionally it is equivalent to calling removeTopLevelAnnotationElement(name) followed by calling appendAnnotation(annotation_with_name), with the exception that the placement of the annotation element remains the same.

Parameters
annotationXMLNode representing the replacement top level annotation.
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
See also
removeTopLevelAnnotationElement(const std::string elementName, const std::string elementURI, bool removeEmpty)
replaceTopLevelAnnotationElement(const std::string&)

◆ saveReferencedElement()

int Port::saveReferencedElement ( )
virtual

Finds and stores the referenced object by finding its Model parent, calling 'getReferencedElementFrom()' on that model, and storing the result.

Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:

Reimplemented from SBaseRef.

◆ setAnnotation() [1/2]

int SBase::setAnnotation ( const std::string &  annotation)
virtualinherited

Sets the value of the "annotation" subelement of this SBML object.

The content of annotation is copied, and any previous content of this object's "annotation" subelement is deleted.

Whereas the SBase "notes" subelement is a container for content to be shown directly to humans, the "annotation" element is a container for optional software-generated content not meant to be shown to humans. Every object derived from SBase can have its own value for "annotation". The element's content type is XML type "any", allowing essentially arbitrary well-formed XML data content.

SBML places a few restrictions on the organization of the content of annotations; these are intended to help software tools read and write the data as well as help reduce conflicts between annotations added by different tools. Please see the SBML specifications for more details.

Call this method will result in any existing content of the "annotation" subelement to be discarded. Unless you have taken steps to first copy and reconstitute any existing annotations into the annotation that is about to be assigned, it is likely that performing such wholesale replacement is unfriendly towards other software applications whose annotations are discarded. An alternative may be to use SBase::appendAnnotation(const XMLNode* annotation) or SBase::appendAnnotation(const std::string& annotation).

Parameters
annotationan XML string that is to be used as the content of the "annotation" subelement of this object.
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
See also
getAnnotationString()
isSetAnnotation()
setAnnotation(const XMLNode* annotation)
appendAnnotation(const XMLNode* annotation)
appendAnnotation(const std::string& annotation)
unsetAnnotation()

Reimplemented in SpeciesReference, and Model.

◆ setAnnotation() [2/2]

int SBase::setAnnotation ( const XMLNode annotation)
virtualinherited

Sets the value of the "annotation" subelement of this SBML object.

The content of annotation is copied, and any previous content of this object's "annotation" subelement is deleted.

Whereas the SBase "notes" subelement is a container for content to be shown directly to humans, the "annotation" element is a container for optional software-generated content not meant to be shown to humans. Every object derived from SBase can have its own value for "annotation". The element's content type is XML type "any", allowing essentially arbitrary well-formed XML data content.

SBML places a few restrictions on the organization of the content of annotations; these are intended to help software tools read and write the data as well as help reduce conflicts between annotations added by different tools. Please see the SBML specifications for more details.

Call this method will result in any existing content of the "annotation" subelement to be discarded. Unless you have taken steps to first copy and reconstitute any existing annotations into the annotation that is about to be assigned, it is likely that performing such wholesale replacement is unfriendly towards other software applications whose annotations are discarded. An alternative may be to use SBase::appendAnnotation(const XMLNode* annotation) or SBase::appendAnnotation(const std::string& annotation).

Parameters
annotationan XML structure that is to be used as the new content of the "annotation" subelement of this object.
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. This particular function only does one thing irrespective of user input or object state, and thus will only return a single value:
See also
getAnnotationString()
isSetAnnotation()
setAnnotation(const std::string& annotation)
appendAnnotation(const XMLNode* annotation)
appendAnnotation(const std::string& annotation)
unsetAnnotation()

Reimplemented in SpeciesReference, and Model.

◆ setCreatedDate()

int SBase::setCreatedDate ( Date date)
inherited

Sets the creation date of the ModelHistory of this object.

Parameters
datea Date object representing the date to which the "created date" portion of this ModelHistory should be set.
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:

◆ setElementText()

void SBase::setElementText ( const std::string &  text)
protectedvirtualinherited

When overridden allows SBase elements to use the text included in between the elements tags.

The default implementation does nothing.

Parameters
textthe text string found between the element tags.

◆ setId()

int Port::setId ( const std::string &  sid)
virtual

Sets the value of the "id" attribute of this Port.

The string sid is copied.
The identifier given by an object's "id" attribute value is used to identify the object within the SBML model definition. Other objects can refer to the component using this identifier. The data type of "id" is always SId or a type derived from that, such as UnitSId, depending on the object in question. All data types are defined as follows:
     letter ::= 'a'..'z','A'..'Z'
     digit  ::= '0'..'9'
     idChar ::= letter | digit | '_'
     SId    ::= ( letter | '_' ) idChar*
   
The characters ( and ) are used for grouping, the character * "zero or more times", and the character | indicates logical "or". The equality of SBML identifiers is determined by an exact character sequence match; i.e., comparisons must be performed in a case-sensitive manner. This applies to all uses of SId, SIdRef, and derived types.

Users need to be aware of some important API issues that are the result of the history of SBML and libSBML. Prior to SBML Level 3 Version 2, SBML defined "id" and "name" attributes on only a subset of SBML objects. To simplify the work of programmers, libSBML's API provided get, set, check, and unset on the SBase object class itself instead of on individual subobject classes. This made the get/set/etc. methods uniformly available on all objects in the libSBML API. LibSBML simply returned empty strings or otherwise did not act when the methods were applied to SBML objects that were not defined by the SBML specification to have "id" or "name" attributes. Additional complications arose with the rule and assignment objects: InitialAssignment, EventAssignment, AssignmentRule, and RateRule. In early versions of SBML, the rule object hierarchy was different, and in addition, then as now, they possess different attributes: "variable" (for the rules and event assignments), "symbol" (for initial assignments), or neither (for algebraic rules). Prior to SBML Level 3 Version 2, getId() would always return an empty string, and isSetId() would always return false for objects of these classes.

With the addition of "id" and "name" attributes on SBase in Level 3 Version 2, it became necessary to introduce a new way to interact with the attributes more consistently in libSBML to avoid breaking backward compatibility in the behavior of the original "id" methods. For this reason, libSBML provides four functions (getIdAttribute(), setIdAttribute(), isSetIdAttribute(), and unsetIdAttribute()) that always act on the actual "id" attribute inherited from SBase, regardless of the object's type. These new methods should be used instead of the older getId()/setId()/etc. methods unless the old behavior is somehow necessary. Regardless of the Level and Version of the SBML, these functions allow client applications to use more generalized code in some situations (for instance, when manipulating objects that are all known to have identifiers). If the object in question does not posess an "id" attribute according to the SBML specification for the Level and Version in use, libSBML will not allow the identifier to be set, nor will it read or write "id" attributes for those objects.

Parameters
sidthe string to use as the identifier of this object.
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
See also
getIdAttribute()
setIdAttribute(const std::string& sid)
isSetIdAttribute()
unsetIdAttribute()

Reimplemented from SBase.

Examples
spec_example3.cpp, and spec_example4.cpp.

◆ setIdAttribute()

int SBase::setIdAttribute ( const std::string &  sid)
virtualinherited

Sets the value of the "id" attribute of this SBML object.

The string sid is copied.
The identifier given by an object's "id" attribute value is used to identify the object within the SBML model definition. Other objects can refer to the component using this identifier. The data type of "id" is always SId or a type derived from that, such as UnitSId, depending on the object in question. All data types are defined as follows:
     letter ::= 'a'..'z','A'..'Z'
     digit  ::= '0'..'9'
     idChar ::= letter | digit | '_'
     SId    ::= ( letter | '_' ) idChar*
   
The characters ( and ) are used for grouping, the character * "zero or more times", and the character | indicates logical "or". The equality of SBML identifiers is determined by an exact character sequence match; i.e., comparisons must be performed in a case-sensitive manner. This applies to all uses of SId, SIdRef, and derived types.

Users need to be aware of some important API issues that are the result of the history of SBML and libSBML. Prior to SBML Level 3 Version 2, SBML defined "id" and "name" attributes on only a subset of SBML objects. To simplify the work of programmers, libSBML's API provided get, set, check, and unset on the SBase object class itself instead of on individual subobject classes. This made the get/set/etc. methods uniformly available on all objects in the libSBML API. LibSBML simply returned empty strings or otherwise did not act when the methods were applied to SBML objects that were not defined by the SBML specification to have "id" or "name" attributes. Additional complications arose with the rule and assignment objects: InitialAssignment, EventAssignment, AssignmentRule, and RateRule. In early versions of SBML, the rule object hierarchy was different, and in addition, then as now, they possess different attributes: "variable" (for the rules and event assignments), "symbol" (for initial assignments), or neither (for algebraic rules). Prior to SBML Level 3 Version 2, getId() would always return an empty string, and isSetId() would always return false for objects of these classes.

With the addition of "id" and "name" attributes on SBase in Level 3 Version 2, it became necessary to introduce a new way to interact with the attributes more consistently in libSBML to avoid breaking backward compatibility in the behavior of the original "id" methods. For this reason, libSBML provides four functions (getIdAttribute(), setIdAttribute(), isSetIdAttribute(), and unsetIdAttribute()) that always act on the actual "id" attribute inherited from SBase, regardless of the object's type. These new methods should be used instead of the older getId()/setId()/etc. methods unless the old behavior is somehow necessary. Regardless of the Level and Version of the SBML, these functions allow client applications to use more generalized code in some situations (for instance, when manipulating objects that are all known to have identifiers). If the object in question does not posess an "id" attribute according to the SBML specification for the Level and Version in use, libSBML will not allow the identifier to be set, nor will it read or write "id" attributes for those objects.

Parameters
sidthe string to use as the identifier of this object.
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
See also
getIdAttribute()
setIdAttribute(const std::string& sid)
isSetIdAttribute()
unsetIdAttribute()

◆ setIdRef()

int SBaseRef::setIdRef ( const std::string &  id)
virtualinherited

Sets the value of the "idRef" attribute of this SBaseRef.

This method fails if the id is not a valid syntax for an SIdRef (LIBSBML_INVALID_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE), or if the SBaseRef already points to an element of the submodel using a different interface (LIBSBML_OPERATION_FAILED). A sBaseRef must use exactly one method to point to a submodel element.

Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
Examples
spec_example2.cpp, spec_example3.cpp, and spec_example4.cpp.

◆ setMetaId()

int SBase::setMetaId ( const std::string &  metaid)
inherited

Sets the value of the meta-identifier attribute of this SBML object.

The optional attribute named "metaid", present on every major SBML component type, is for supporting metadata annotations using RDF (Resource Description Format). The attribute value has the data type XML ID, the XML identifier type, which means each "metaid" value must be globally unique within an SBML file. The latter point is important, because the uniqueness criterion applies across any attribute with type ID anywhere in the file, not just the "metaid" attribute used by SBML—something to be aware of if your application-specific XML content inside the "annotation" subelement happens to use the XML ID type. Although SBML itself specifies the use of XML ID only for the "metaid" attribute, SBML-compatible applications should be careful if they use XML ID's in XML portions of a model that are not defined by SBML, such as in the application-specific content of the "annotation" subelement. Finally, note that LibSBML does not provide an explicit XML ID data type; it uses ordinary character strings, which is easier for applications to support.

The string metaid is copied.

Parameters
metaidthe identifier string to use as the value of the "metaid" attribute.
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
See also
getMetaId()
isSetMetaId()
Examples
addingEvidenceCodes_1.cpp, and addingEvidenceCodes_2.cpp.

◆ setMetaIdRef()

int SBaseRef::setMetaIdRef ( const std::string &  id)
virtualinherited

Sets the value of the "metaIdRef" attribute of this SBaseRef.

This method fails if the id is not a valid syntax for an IDREF (LIBSBML_INVALID_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE), or if the SBaseRef already points to an element of the submodel using a different interface (LIBSBML_OPERATION_FAILED). An sBaseRef must use exactly one method to point to a submodel element.

Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:

◆ setModelHistory()

int SBase::setModelHistory ( ModelHistory history)
inherited

Sets the ModelHistory of this object.

The content of history is copied, and this object's existing model history content is deleted.

Parameters
historyModelHistory of this object.
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
Note
In SBML Level 2, model history annotations were only permitted on the Model element. In SBML Level 3, they are permitted on all SBML components derived from SBase.
Examples
addModelHistory.cpp.

◆ setName()

int Port::setName ( const std::string &  name)
virtual

Sets the value of the "name" attribute of this Port.

The string in name is copied.

Parameters
namethe new name for the SBML object.
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:

Reimplemented from SBase.

◆ setNamespaces()

int SBase::setNamespaces ( XMLNamespaces xmlns)
inherited

Sets the namespaces relevant of this SBML object.

The content of xmlns is copied, and this object's existing namespace content is deleted.

The SBMLNamespaces object encapsulates SBML Level/Version/namespaces information. It is used to communicate the SBML Level, Version, and (in Level 3) packages used in addition to SBML Level 3 Core.

Parameters
xmlnsthe namespaces to set.
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:

◆ setNotes() [1/2]

int SBase::setNotes ( const std::string &  notes,
bool  addXHTMLMarkup = false 
)
inherited

Sets the value of the "notes" subelement of this SBML object to a copy of the string notes.

The content of notes is copied, and any existing content of this object's "notes" subelement is deleted.

The optional SBML element named "notes", present on every major SBML component type, is intended as a place for storing optional information intended to be seen by humans. An example use of the "notes" element would be to contain formatted user comments about the model element in which the "notes" element is enclosed. Every object derived directly or indirectly from type SBase can have a separate value for "notes", allowing users considerable freedom when adding comments to their models.

The format of "notes" elements must be XHTML 1.0. To help verify the formatting of "notes" content, libSBML provides the static utility method SyntaxChecker::hasExpectedXHTMLSyntax(); however, readers are urged to consult the appropriate SBML specification document for the Level and Version of their model for more in-depth explanations. The SBML Level 2 and 3 specifications have considerable detail about how "notes" element content must be structured.

The following code illustrates a very simple way of setting the notes using this method. Here, the object being annotated is the whole SBML document, but that is for illustration purposes only; you could of course use this same approach to annotate any other SBML component.

SBMLDocument* s = new SBMLDocument(3, 1);
s->setNotes("<body xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p>here is my note</p></body>");
Definition: SBMLDocument.h:349
int setNotes(const XMLNode *notes)
Sets the value of the "notes" subelement of this SBML object.
Definition: SBase.cpp:1775
Parameters
notesan XML string that is to be used as the content of the "notes" subelement of this object.
addXHTMLMarkupa boolean indicating whether to wrap the contents of the notes argument with XHTML paragraph (<p>) tags. This is appropriate when the string in notes does not already containg the appropriate XHTML markup.
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
See also
getNotesString()
isSetNotes()
setNotes(const XMLNode* notes)
appendNotes(const XMLNode* notes)
appendNotes(const std::string& notes)
unsetNotes()
SyntaxChecker::hasExpectedXHTMLSyntax()

◆ setNotes() [2/2]

int SBase::setNotes ( const XMLNode notes)
inherited

Sets the value of the "notes" subelement of this SBML object.

The content of notes is copied, and any existing content of this object's "notes" subelement is deleted.

The optional SBML element named "notes", present on every major SBML component type, is intended as a place for storing optional information intended to be seen by humans. An example use of the "notes" element would be to contain formatted user comments about the model element in which the "notes" element is enclosed. Every object derived directly or indirectly from type SBase can have a separate value for "notes", allowing users considerable freedom when adding comments to their models.

The format of "notes" elements must be XHTML 1.0. To help verify the formatting of "notes" content, libSBML provides the static utility method SyntaxChecker::hasExpectedXHTMLSyntax(); however, readers are urged to consult the appropriate SBML specification document for the Level and Version of their model for more in-depth explanations. The SBML Level 2 and 3 specifications have considerable detail about how "notes" element content must be structured.

Parameters
notesan XML structure that is to be used as the content of the "notes" subelement of this object.
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
See also
getNotesString()
isSetNotes()
setNotes(const std::string& notes, bool addXHTMLMarkup)
appendNotes(const XMLNode* notes)
appendNotes(const std::string& notes)
unsetNotes()
SyntaxChecker::hasExpectedXHTMLSyntax()
Examples
createExampleSBML.cpp.

◆ setPortRef()

int Port::setPortRef ( const std::string &  id)
virtual

Overrides SBaseRef::setPortRef to always fail, because Port objects themselves cannot refer to model elements by PortSId.

Parameters
idthe identifier to set for the port reference.
Returns
integer value indicating failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible value returned by this function is:

Reimplemented from SBaseRef.

◆ setSBaseRef()

int SBaseRef::setSBaseRef ( const SBaseRef sBaseRef)
inherited

Sets the sBaseRef definition of this SBaseRef to a copy of the given SBaseRef object instance.

This method fails if the added sBaseRef does not match the level/version/package of the parent object or if the added sBaseRef cannot be copied.

Parameters
sBaseRefthe SBaseRef object instance to use.
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:

◆ setSBOTerm() [1/2]

int SBase::setSBOTerm ( const std::string &  sboid)
virtualinherited

Sets the value of the "sboTerm" attribute by string.

Beginning with SBML Level 2 Version 2, objects derived from SBase have an optional attribute named "sboTerm" for supporting the use of the Systems Biology Ontology. In SBML proper, the data type of the attribute is a string of the form "SBO:NNNNNNN", where "NNNNNNN" is a seven digit integer number; libSBML simplifies the representation by only storing the "NNNNNNN" integer portion. Thus, in libSBML, the "sboTerm" attribute on SBase has data type int, and SBO identifiers are stored simply as integers.
SBO terms are a type of optional annotation, and each different class of SBML object derived from SBase imposes its own requirements about the values permitted for "sboTerm". More details can be found in SBML specifications for Level 2 Version 2 and above.
Parameters
sboidthe SBO identifier string of the form "SBO:NNNNNNN".
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
See also
setSBOTerm(int value)

◆ setSBOTerm() [2/2]

int SBase::setSBOTerm ( int  value)
virtualinherited

Sets the value of the "sboTerm" attribute.

Beginning with SBML Level 2 Version 2, objects derived from SBase have an optional attribute named "sboTerm" for supporting the use of the Systems Biology Ontology. In SBML proper, the data type of the attribute is a string of the form "SBO:NNNNNNN", where "NNNNNNN" is a seven digit integer number; libSBML simplifies the representation by only storing the "NNNNNNN" integer portion. Thus, in libSBML, the "sboTerm" attribute on SBase has data type int, and SBO identifiers are stored simply as integers.
SBO terms are a type of optional annotation, and each different class of SBML object derived from SBase imposes its own requirements about the values permitted for "sboTerm". More details can be found in SBML specifications for Level 2 Version 2 and above.
Parameters
valuethe NNNNNNN integer portion of the SBO identifier.
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
See also
setSBOTerm(const std::string &sboid)
Examples
groups_example1.cpp, and qual_example1.cpp.

◆ setUnitRef()

int SBaseRef::setUnitRef ( const std::string &  id)
virtualinherited

Sets the value of the "unitRef" attribute of this SBaseRef.

This method fails if the id is not a valid syntax for a UnitSIdRef (LIBSBML_INVALID_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE), or if the SBaseRef already points to an element of the submodel using a different interface (LIBSBML_OPERATION_FAILED). A sBaseRef must use exactly one method to point to a submodel element.

Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:

◆ setUserData()

int SBase::setUserData ( void *  userData)
inherited

Sets the user data of this element.

The user data associated with an SBML object can be used by an application developer to attach custom information to that object in the model. In case of a deep copy, this attribute will passed as it is. The attribute will never be interpreted by libSBML.
The user data associated with an SBML object can be used by an application developer to attach custom information to that object in the model. In case of a deep copy, this data will passed as-is. The data attribute will never be interpreted by libSBML.
Parameters
userDataspecifies the new user data.
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:

◆ toSBML()

char * SBase::toSBML ( )
inherited

Returns a string consisting of a partial SBML corresponding to just this object.

Returns
the partial SBML that describes this SBML object.
Warning
This is primarily provided for testing and debugging purposes. It may be removed in a future version of libSBML.

◆ toXMLNode()

XMLNode* SBase::toXMLNode ( )
inherited

Returns this element as an XMLNode.

Returns
this element as an XMLNode.
Warning
This operation is computationally expensive, because the element has to be fully serialized to a string and then parsed into the XMLNode structure. Attempting to convert a large tree structure (e.g., a large Model) may consume significant computer memory and time.

◆ unsetAnnotation()

int SBase::unsetAnnotation ( )
inherited

Unsets the value of the "annotation" subelement of this SBML object.

Whereas the SBase "notes" subelement is a container for content to be shown directly to humans, the "annotation" element is a container for optional software-generated content not meant to be shown to humans. Every object derived from SBase can have its own value for "annotation". The element's content type is XML type "any", allowing essentially arbitrary well-formed XML data content.

SBML places a few restrictions on the organization of the content of annotations; these are intended to help software tools read and write the data as well as help reduce conflicts between annotations added by different tools. Please see the SBML specifications for more details.

Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. This particular function only does one thing irrespective of user input or object state, and thus will only return a single value:
See also
getAnnotation()
getAnnotationString()
isSetAnnotation()
setAnnotation(const XMLNode* annotation)
setAnnotation(const std::string& annotation)
appendAnnotation(const XMLNode* annotation)
appendAnnotation(const std::string& annotation)
Examples
unsetAnnotation.cpp.

◆ unsetCreatedDate()

int SBase::unsetCreatedDate ( )
inherited

Unsets the created date of the ModelHistory object attached to this object.

Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
Note
In SBML Level 2, model history annotations were only permitted on the Model element. In SBML Level 3, they are permitted on all SBML components derived from SBase.

◆ unsetCVTerms()

int SBase::unsetCVTerms ( )
inherited

Clears the list of CVTerm objects attached to this SBML object.

Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:

◆ unsetId()

int Port::unsetId ( )
virtual

Unsets the value of the "id" attribute of this Port.

The identifier given by an object's "id" attribute value is used to identify the object within the SBML model definition. Other objects can refer to the component using this identifier. The data type of "id" is always SId or a type derived from that, such as UnitSId, depending on the object in question. All data types are defined as follows:
     letter ::= 'a'..'z','A'..'Z'
     digit  ::= '0'..'9'
     idChar ::= letter | digit | '_'
     SId    ::= ( letter | '_' ) idChar*
   
The characters ( and ) are used for grouping, the character * "zero or more times", and the character | indicates logical "or". The equality of SBML identifiers is determined by an exact character sequence match; i.e., comparisons must be performed in a case-sensitive manner. This applies to all uses of SId, SIdRef, and derived types.

Users need to be aware of some important API issues that are the result of the history of SBML and libSBML. Prior to SBML Level 3 Version 2, SBML defined "id" and "name" attributes on only a subset of SBML objects. To simplify the work of programmers, libSBML's API provided get, set, check, and unset on the SBase object class itself instead of on individual subobject classes. This made the get/set/etc. methods uniformly available on all objects in the libSBML API. LibSBML simply returned empty strings or otherwise did not act when the methods were applied to SBML objects that were not defined by the SBML specification to have "id" or "name" attributes. Additional complications arose with the rule and assignment objects: InitialAssignment, EventAssignment, AssignmentRule, and RateRule. In early versions of SBML, the rule object hierarchy was different, and in addition, then as now, they possess different attributes: "variable" (for the rules and event assignments), "symbol" (for initial assignments), or neither (for algebraic rules). Prior to SBML Level 3 Version 2, getId() would always return an empty string, and isSetId() would always return false for objects of these classes.

With the addition of "id" and "name" attributes on SBase in Level 3 Version 2, it became necessary to introduce a new way to interact with the attributes more consistently in libSBML to avoid breaking backward compatibility in the behavior of the original "id" methods. For this reason, libSBML provides four functions (getIdAttribute(), setIdAttribute(), isSetIdAttribute(), and unsetIdAttribute()) that always act on the actual "id" attribute inherited from SBase, regardless of the object's type. These new methods should be used instead of the older getId()/setId()/etc. methods unless the old behavior is somehow necessary. Regardless of the Level and Version of the SBML, these functions allow client applications to use more generalized code in some situations (for instance, when manipulating objects that are all known to have identifiers). If the object in question does not posess an "id" attribute according to the SBML specification for the Level and Version in use, libSBML will not allow the identifier to be set, nor will it read or write "id" attributes for those objects.

Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
See also
getIdAttribute()
setIdAttribute(const std::string& sid)
isSetIdAttribute()
unsetIdAttribute()

Reimplemented from SBase.

◆ unsetIdAttribute()

int SBase::unsetIdAttribute ( )
inherited

Unsets the value of the "id" attribute of this SBML object.

Most (but not all) objects in SBML include two common attributes: "id" and "name". The identifier given by an object's "id" attribute value is used to identify the object within the SBML model definition. Other objects can refer to the component using this identifier.

Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
See also
getIdAttribute()
setIdAttribute(const std::string& sid)
isSetIdAttribute()

◆ unsetIdRef()

int SBaseRef::unsetIdRef ( )
virtualinherited

Unsets the value of the "idRef" attribute of this SBaseRef.

The identifier given by an object's "id" attribute value is used to identify the object within the SBML model definition. Other objects can refer to the component using this identifier. The data type of "id" is always SId or a type derived from that, such as UnitSId, depending on the object in question. All data types are defined as follows:
     letter ::= 'a'..'z','A'..'Z'
     digit  ::= '0'..'9'
     idChar ::= letter | digit | '_'
     SId    ::= ( letter | '_' ) idChar*
   
The characters ( and ) are used for grouping, the character * "zero or more times", and the character | indicates logical "or". The equality of SBML identifiers is determined by an exact character sequence match; i.e., comparisons must be performed in a case-sensitive manner. This applies to all uses of SId, SIdRef, and derived types.

Users need to be aware of some important API issues that are the result of the history of SBML and libSBML. Prior to SBML Level 3 Version 2, SBML defined "id" and "name" attributes on only a subset of SBML objects. To simplify the work of programmers, libSBML's API provided get, set, check, and unset on the SBase object class itself instead of on individual subobject classes. This made the get/set/etc. methods uniformly available on all objects in the libSBML API. LibSBML simply returned empty strings or otherwise did not act when the methods were applied to SBML objects that were not defined by the SBML specification to have "id" or "name" attributes. Additional complications arose with the rule and assignment objects: InitialAssignment, EventAssignment, AssignmentRule, and RateRule. In early versions of SBML, the rule object hierarchy was different, and in addition, then as now, they possess different attributes: "variable" (for the rules and event assignments), "symbol" (for initial assignments), or neither (for algebraic rules). Prior to SBML Level 3 Version 2, getId() would always return an empty string, and isSetId() would always return false for objects of these classes.

With the addition of "id" and "name" attributes on SBase in Level 3 Version 2, it became necessary to introduce a new way to interact with the attributes more consistently in libSBML to avoid breaking backward compatibility in the behavior of the original "id" methods. For this reason, libSBML provides four functions (getIdAttribute(), setIdAttribute(), isSetIdAttribute(), and unsetIdAttribute()) that always act on the actual "id" attribute inherited from SBase, regardless of the object's type. These new methods should be used instead of the older getId()/setId()/etc. methods unless the old behavior is somehow necessary. Regardless of the Level and Version of the SBML, these functions allow client applications to use more generalized code in some situations (for instance, when manipulating objects that are all known to have identifiers). If the object in question does not posess an "id" attribute according to the SBML specification for the Level and Version in use, libSBML will not allow the identifier to be set, nor will it read or write "id" attributes for those objects.

Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
See also
getIdAttribute()
setIdAttribute(const std::string& sid)
isSetIdAttribute()
unsetIdAttribute()
Examples
spec_example3.cpp, and spec_example4.cpp.

◆ unsetMetaId()

int SBase::unsetMetaId ( )
inherited

Unsets the value of the "metaid" attribute of this SBML object.

The optional attribute named "metaid", present on every major SBML component type, is for supporting metadata annotations using RDF (Resource Description Format). The attribute value has the data type XML ID, the XML identifier type, which means each "metaid" value must be globally unique within an SBML file. The latter point is important, because the uniqueness criterion applies across any attribute with type ID anywhere in the file, not just the "metaid" attribute used by SBML—something to be aware of if your application-specific XML content inside the "annotation" subelement happens to use the XML ID type. Although SBML itself specifies the use of XML ID only for the "metaid" attribute, SBML-compatible applications should be careful if they use XML ID's in XML portions of a model that are not defined by SBML, such as in the application-specific content of the "annotation" subelement. Finally, note that LibSBML does not provide an explicit XML ID data type; it uses ordinary character strings, which is easier for applications to support.
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:

◆ unsetMetaIdRef()

int SBaseRef::unsetMetaIdRef ( )
virtualinherited

Unsets the value of the "metaIdRef" attribute of this SBaseRef.

Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:

◆ unsetModelHistory()

int SBase::unsetModelHistory ( )
inherited

Unsets the ModelHistory object attached to this object.

Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
Note
In SBML Level 2, model history annotations were only permitted on the Model element. In SBML Level 3, they are permitted on all SBML components derived from SBase.

◆ unsetModifiedDates()

int SBase::unsetModifiedDates ( )
inherited

Unsets the modified dates of the ModelHistory object attached to this object.

Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
Note
In SBML Level 2, model history annotations were only permitted on the Model element. In SBML Level 3, they are permitted on all SBML components derived from SBase.

◆ unsetName()

int Port::unsetName ( )
virtual

Unsets the value of the "name" attribute of this Port.

In SBML Level 3 Version 2, the "id" and "name" attributes were moved to SBase directly, instead of being defined individually for many (but not all) objects. LibSBML has for a long time provided functions defined on SBase itself to get, set, and unset those attributes, which would fail or otherwise return empty strings if executed on any object for which those attributes were not defined. Now that all SBase objects define those attributes, those functions now succeed for any object with the appropriate level and version.

The "name" attribute is optional and is not intended to be used for cross-referencing purposes within a model. Its purpose instead is to provide a human-readable label for the component. The data type of "name" is the type string defined in XML Schema. SBML imposes no restrictions as to the content of "name" attributes beyond those restrictions defined by the string type in XML Schema.

The recommended practice for handling "name" is as follows. If a software tool has the capability for displaying the content of "name" attributes, it should display this content to the user as a component's label instead of the component's "id". If the user interface does not have this capability (e.g., because it cannot display or use special characters in symbol names), or if the "name" attribute is missing on a given component, then the user interface should display the value of the "id" attribute instead. (Script language interpreters are especially likely to display "id" instead of "name".)

As a consequence of the above, authors of systems that automatically generate the values of "id" attributes should be aware some systems may display the "id"'s to the user. Authors therefore may wish to take some care to have their software create "id" values that are: (a) reasonably easy for humans to type and read; and (b) likely to be meaningful, for example by making the "id" attribute be an abbreviated form of the name attribute value.

An additional point worth mentioning is although there are restrictions on the uniqueness of "id" values, there are no restrictions on the uniqueness of "name" values in a model. This allows software applications leeway in assigning component identifiers.

Regardless of the level and version of the SBML, these functions allow client applications to use more generalized code in some situations (for instance, when manipulating objects that are all known to have names). If the object in question does not posess a "name" attribute according to the SBML specification for the Level and Version in use, libSBML will not allow the name to be set, nor will it read or write "name" attributes for those objects.

Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:
See also
getName()
setName(const std::string& sid)
isSetName()

Reimplemented from SBase.

◆ unsetNotes()

int SBase::unsetNotes ( )
inherited

Unsets the value of the "notes" subelement of this SBML object.

The optional SBML element named "notes", present on every major SBML component type, is intended as a place for storing optional information intended to be seen by humans. An example use of the "notes" element would be to contain formatted user comments about the model element in which the "notes" element is enclosed. Every object derived directly or indirectly from type SBase can have a separate value for "notes", allowing users considerable freedom when adding comments to their models.

The format of "notes" elements must be XHTML 1.0. To help verify the formatting of "notes" content, libSBML provides the static utility method SyntaxChecker::hasExpectedXHTMLSyntax(); however, readers are urged to consult the appropriate SBML specification document for the Level and Version of their model for more in-depth explanations. The SBML Level 2 and 3 specifications have considerable detail about how "notes" element content must be structured.

Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. This particular function only does one thing irrespective of user input or object state, and thus will only return a single value:
See also
getNotesString()
isSetNotes()
setNotes(const XMLNode* notes)
setNotes(const std::string& notes, bool addXHTMLMarkup)
appendNotes(const XMLNode* notes)
appendNotes(const std::string& notes)
SyntaxChecker::hasExpectedXHTMLSyntax()
Examples
unsetNotes.cpp.

◆ unsetPortRef()

int SBaseRef::unsetPortRef ( )
virtualinherited

Unsets the value of the "portRef" attribute of this SBaseRef.

Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:

◆ unsetSBaseRef()

int SBaseRef::unsetSBaseRef ( )
virtualinherited

Unsets the child SBaseRef of this SBaseRef.

Deletes the former SBaseRef child, if one existed.

Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:

◆ unsetSBOTerm()

int SBase::unsetSBOTerm ( )
inherited

Unsets the value of the "sboTerm" attribute of this SBML object.

Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:

◆ unsetUnitRef()

int SBaseRef::unsetUnitRef ( )
virtualinherited

Unsets the value of the "unitRef" attribute of this SBaseRef.

Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:

◆ unsetUserData()

int SBase::unsetUserData ( )
inherited

Unsets the user data of this element.

The user data associated with an SBML object can be used by an application developer to attach custom information to that object in the model. In case of a deep copy, this attribute will passed as it is. The attribute will never be interpreted by libSBML.
The user data associated with an SBML object can be used by an application developer to attach custom information to that object in the model. In case of a deep copy, this data will passed as-is. The data attribute will never be interpreted by libSBML.
Returns
integer value indicating success/failure of the function. The value is drawn from the enumeration OperationReturnValues_t. The possible values returned by this function are:

◆ writeAttributes()

void CompBase::writeAttributes ( XMLOutputStream stream) const
protectedvirtualinherited

Subclasses should override this method to write their XML attributes to the XMLOutputStream.

Be sure to call your parent's implementation of this method as well. For example:

SBase::writeAttributes(stream); stream.writeAttribute( "submodel" , mSubmodel ); ...