MergeLists

MLModule

genre	Fields
author	MeVis Medical Solutions AG
package	MeVisLab/Standard
dll	MLBase
definition	MLBase.def
see also	DecomposeBaseList, ComposeBaseList, ExtractObjectFromList
keywords	Base, BaseList, ListBase, combine, concatenate, join, object, baseitem, compose

Purpose

The module MergeLists merges two lists derived from ml.BaseList of the same type by copying the list elements of the two input lists.

Windows

Default Panel

Input Fields

Both input lists need to be of the same type.

inList1

name: inList1, type: MLBase, deprecated name: inputList0

inList2

name: inList2, type: MLBase, deprecated name: inputList1

Output Fields

The merged output list.

outList

name: outList, type: MLBase, deprecated name: outputList

Parameter Fields

Field Index

Auto-Update Mode: Enum

Clear: Trigger

Completely rebuild output list on each update.: Bool

Notify output once for each stored event.: Bool

Update: Trigger

Visible Fields

Update

name: update, type: Trigger, deprecated name: apply

When pressed, the module merges the two input lists if they are valid.

Auto-Update Mode

name: updateMode, type: Enum, default: AutoUpdate, deprecated name: autoUpdateMode

Defines the automatic update mode.

Values:

Title	Name	Deprecated Name	Description
​Off	​Off	​AutoUpdateModeDoNothing	​The module does not react to an input change.
​Auto Clear	​AutoClear	​AutoUpdateModeAutoClear	​The module clears the output list on any input change.
​Auto Update	​AutoUpdate	​AutoUpdateModeAutoUpdate	​The module updates the merged output list on any input change.

Clear

name: clear, type: Trigger

When pressed, the output list is cleared.

Completely rebuild output list on each update.

name: alwaysRebuild, type: Bool, default: FALSE

If checked, the module will rebuild the output list from scratch when an update is performed (instead of modifying it iteratively from stored input list events).

This mode is useful if

• You don’t need to know each single event in the subsequent module

• You plan on disabling auto-update and manually updating the output list from time to time

• The number of events that might have occurred in the meantime is larger than the sum of the input list sizes

Notify output once for each stored event.

name: notifyForEachEvent, type: Bool, default: TRUE

This is only effective if Completely rebuild output list on each update. and Auto-Update are disabled.

If the field is enabled (default), the stored list events will be iteratively relayed as a solitary events, and the output list will be touched each time. If disabled, the output list will be touched only once at the end, and the ActNew-event is set to indicate that any subsequent module has to re-read the entire list.