mw.smw.subobject

This makes the smw parser function #subobject available in lua and allows you to store data in your smw store as subobjects. The usage is similar to that of the parser function but be advised to read the notes for mw.smw.info as well.

This is a sample call:

-- Module:SMW
local p = {}

-- subobject with return results
function p.subobject( frame )

    if not mw.smw then
        return "mw.smw module not found"
    end

    if #frame.args == 0 then
        return "no parameters found"
    end
    local result = mw.smw.subobject( frame.args )
    if result == true then
        return 'Your data was stored successfully in a subobject'
    else
        return 'An error occurred during the subobject storage process. Message reads ' .. result.error
    end
end
-- another example, subobject used inside another function
function p.inlineSubobject( frame )

    local dataStoreTyp1 = {}

    dataStoreTyp1['my property1'] = 'value1'
    dataStoreTyp1['my property2'] = 'value2'
    dataStoreTyp1['my property3'] = 'value3'

    local result = mw.smw.subobject( dataStoreTyp1 )

    if result == true then
        -- everything ok
    else
        -- error message to be found in result.error
    end

    local dataStoreType2 = {
        'my property1=value1',
        'my property2=value2',
        'my property3=value3',
    }

    local result = mw.smw.subobject( dataStoreType2 )

    if result == true then
        -- everything ok
    else
        -- error message to be found in result.error
    end

    -- you can also manually set a subobject id. however, this is not recommended

    local result = mw.smw.subobject( dataStoreType2, 'myPersonalId' )
    if result == true then
        -- everything ok
    else
        -- error message to be found in result.error
    end

    local dataStoreType3 = {
        ['my property'] = {
            'value1',
            'value2',
            'value3'
        }
    }

    local result = mw.smw.subobject( dataStoreType3 )

    if result == true then
        -- everything ok
    else
        -- error message to be found in result.error
    end
end

return p