set_message_objset_message_objSetMessageObjSetMessageObj (Operator)

Name

set_message_objset_message_objSetMessageObjSetMessageObj — Add a key/object pair to the message.

Signature

set_message_obj(ObjectData : : MessageHandle, Key : )

set_message_objset_message_objSetMessageObjSetMessageObjSetMessageObj stores an object associated with a key in the message, which behaves as a dictionary-like data container. The message is denoted by the MessageHandleMessageHandleMessageHandleMessageHandlemessageHandle parameter.

ObjectDataObjectDataObjectDataObjectDataobjectData is copied by the operation (copying the object data in HALCON's object database, see copy_objcopy_objCopyObjCopyObjCopyObj), and can thus be immediately reused. Both an empty object or an object tuple are considered as a valid value that can be associated with the key. If any data (tuple or object) was already associated with given key (KeyKeyKeyKeykey), the old data is destroyed by set_message_objset_message_objSetMessageObjSetMessageObjSetMessageObj and replaced by ObjectDataObjectDataObjectDataObjectDataobjectData.

The KeyKeyKeyKeykey has to be a non-empty string consisting solely of lowercase or uppercase ASCII letters, digits and underscores, while only a letter can be at the first position of the key. The key string is treated case sensitive.

The object data for the given key can be retrieved again from the message using get_message_objget_message_objGetMessageObjGetMessageObjGetMessageObj.

Execution Information

Multithreading type: reentrant (runs in parallel with non-exclusive operators).
Multithreading scope: global (may be called from any thread).
Processed without parallelization.

This operator modifies the state of the following input parameter:

MessageHandleMessageHandleMessageHandleMessageHandlemessageHandle

The value of this parameter may not be shared across multiple threads without external synchronization.

Parameters

ObjectDataObjectDataObjectDataObjectDataobjectData (input_object) object(-array) → object

Object to be associated with the key.

MessageHandleMessageHandleMessageHandleMessageHandlemessageHandle (input_control, state is modified) message → (integer)

Message handle.

Number of elements: MessageHandle == 1

Restriction: MessageHandle != 0

KeyKeyKeyKeykey (input_control) string → (string)

Key string.

Number of elements: Key == 1

Restriction: length(Key) > 0

Example (HDevelop)

create_message (Message)
read_image( Image, 'filename')
set_message_obj (Image, Message, 'my_image')

Result

If the operation succeeds, set_message_tupleset_message_tupleSetMessageTupleSetMessageTupleSetMessageTuple returns 2 (H_MSG_TRUE). Otherwise an exception is raised. Possible error conditions include invalid parameters (handle or key) or resource allocation error.