Iterators

The DBElementCollection class can be used to iterate through the database hierarchy. The iterator is created with a root element and an optional filter. There are then methods to step through the hierarchy and return the element at the current location.

For example: to look for all nozzles below a given element

TypeFilter filt = new TypeFilter(DbElementTypeInstance.NOZZLE);

DBElementCollection collection;

collection = new DBElementCollection(ele, filt);

The collection can then be iterated through using foreach

foreach (DbElement ele in collection)

{

…. Do something

}

The iterator class has been written to avoid unnecessarily scanning parts of the database that will not match the filter, for example: if looking for all boxes then the iterator will not bother to look below pipes.