Not all methods available in IronPython console

[ismael]

Some API methods are not available in the IronPython console. Especially the extension methods (e.g. IMapDefinition) are not available which make it sometimes hard to get a good result

[jng]

Does clr.ImportExtensions work for you?

​http://stackoverflow.com/questions/628482/can-you-use-linq-types-and-extension-methods-in-ironpython

[jng]

I just tried this in the IronPython console with IMapDefinition (which has some extension methods under the OSGeo.MapGuide.ObjectModels.MapDefinition namespace

IronPython 2.7.1 (2.7.0.40) on .NET 4.0.30319.18052
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> conn = app.GetConnection(app.GetConnectionNames()[0])
>>> import clr
>>> clr.AddReference("OSGeo.MapGuide.MaestroAPI")
>>> import OSGeo
>>> dir(OSGeo.MapGuide.ObjectModels.MapDefinition.IMapDefinition)
['AddGroup', 'AddLayer', 'BackgroundColor', 'BaseMap', 'Clone', 'CoordinateSystem', 'CurrentConnection', 'Extents', 'GetIndex', 'InitBaseMap', 'InsertLayer', 'IsStronglyTyped', 'MapLayer', 'MapLayerGroup', 'Metadata', 'MoveDown', 'MoveDownGroup', 'MoveUp', 'MoveUpGroup', 'Name', 'PropertyChanged', 'RemoveAllGroups', 'RemoveAllLayers', 'RemoveBaseMap', 'RemoveGroup', 'RemoveLayer', 'ResourceID', 'ResourceType', 'ResourceVersion', 'Serialize', 'SetBottomDrawOrder', 'SetExtents', 'SetExtentsFromFirstAddedLayer', 'SetTopDrawOrder', 'ValidatingSchema', '__doc__', '__repr__']
>>> clr.ImportExtensions(OSGeo.MapGuide.ObjectModels.MapDefinition)
>>> dir(OSGeo.MapGuide.ObjectModels.MapDefinition.IMapDefinition)
['AddGroup', 'AddLayer', 'BackgroundColor', 'BaseMap', 'Clone', 'CoordinateSystem', 'CurrentConnection', 'Extents', 'GetGroupByName', 'GetGroupCount', 'GetGroupsForGroup', 'GetIndex', 'GetLayerByName', 'GetLayerCount', 'GetLayersForGroup', 'GetLayersWithoutGroups', 'InitBaseMap', 'InsertLayer', 'IsStronglyTyped', 'MapLayer', 'MapLayerGroup', 'Metadata', 'MoveDown', 'MoveDownGroup', 'MoveUp', 'MoveUpGroup', 'Name', 'PropertyChanged', 'RemoveAllGroups', 'RemoveAllLayers', 'RemoveBaseMap', 'RemoveGroup', 'RemoveLayer', 'RemoveLayerGroupAndChildLayers', 'ResourceID', 'ResourceType', 'ResourceVersion', 'Serialize', 'SetBottomDrawOrder', 'SetExtents', 'SetExtentsFromFirstAddedLayer', 'SetTopDrawOrder', 'UpdateDynamicGroupName', 'ValidatingSchema', '__doc__', '__repr__']
>>> 

[jng]

Confirmed that clr.ImportExtensions() will import any extension methods from the given namespace. Nothing to do on my end. Closing.

IronPython 2.7.1 (2.7.0.40) on .NET 4.0.30319.18213
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> conn = app.GetConnection(app.GetConnectionNames()[0])
>>> import clr
>>> clr.AddReference("OSGeo.MapGuide.MaestroAPI")
>>> import OSGeo
>>> mdf = conn.ResourceService.GetResource("Library://Samples/Sheboygan/Maps/Sheboygan.MapDefinition")
>>> layer = mdf.GetLayerByName("Parcels")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: 'MapDefinition' object has no attribute 'GetLayerByName'
>>> clr.ImportExtensions(OSGeo.MapGuide.ObjectModels.MapDefinition)
>>> layer = mdf.GetLayerByName("Parcels")
>>> layer.Name
'Parcels'
>>>