Attribute filtering in IDS now checks null-like values too.

src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/ids.py

@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ class attribute(facet):
             self.message = "foo"
             return facet_evaluation(value == self.value, f"an entity with {self.name} set to '{value}'")
         else:
-            return facet_evaluation(value, f"an entity with {self.name}")
+            return facet_evaluation(value is not None and value != "", f"an entity with {self.name}")
 
 
 class classification(facet):
@@ -834,36 +834,32 @@ class property(facet):
 
         # self.location = self.node["@location"]
 
-        # TODO add documentation that attributes should have "attribute" as propertySets
-        if self.propertySet == "attribute":
-            val = {k.lower(): v for k, v in inst.get_info().items()}.get(self.name, None)
-        else:
+        # TODO sometimes AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'wrappedValue'
+        try:
+            instance_props = ifcopenshell.util.element.get_psets(inst)
+        except AttributeError:
+            instance_props = {}
+
+        if ifcopenshell.util.element.get_type(inst):
             # TODO sometimes AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'wrappedValue'
             try:
-                instance_props = ifcopenshell.util.element.get_psets(inst)
+                type_props = ifcopenshell.util.element.get_psets(ifcopenshell.util.element.get_type(inst))
             except AttributeError:
-                instance_props = {}
-
-            if ifcopenshell.util.element.get_type(inst):
-                # TODO sometimes AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'wrappedValue'
-                try:
-                    type_props = ifcopenshell.util.element.get_psets(ifcopenshell.util.element.get_type(inst))
-                except AttributeError:
-                    type_props = {}
-            else:
                 type_props = {}
+        else:
+            type_props = {}
 
-            if self.location == "instance":
-                props = instance_props
-            elif self.location == "type" and type_props:
-                props = type_props
-            elif self.location == "any" and (instance_props or type_props):
-                props = {**instance_props, **type_props}
-            else:
-                props = {}
+        if self.location == "instance":
+            props = instance_props
+        elif self.location == "type" and type_props:
+            props = type_props
+        elif self.location == "any" and (instance_props or type_props):
+            props = {**instance_props, **type_props}
+        else:
+            props = {}
 
-            pset = props.get(self.propertySet)
-            val = pset.get(self.name) if pset else None
+        pset = props.get(self.propertySet)
+        val = pset.get(self.name) if pset else None
 
         self.location_msg = location[self.location]
         di = {"name": self.name, "propertySet": self.propertySet, "value": "'%s'" % val, "location": self.location_msg}

src/ifcopenshell-python/test/test_ids.py

@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ class TestIdsAuthoring(unittest.TestCase):
         assert bool(facet(ifc.createIfcWall())) is False
         assert bool(facet(ifc.createIfcWallType())) is True
 
-    def test_attribute_create(self):
+    def test_creating_an_attribute_facet(self):
         attribute = ids.attribute.create(name="Name", value="Value")
         assert attribute.name == "Name"
         assert attribute.value == "Value"
@@ -317,6 +317,34 @@ class TestIdsAuthoring(unittest.TestCase):
             "@location": "any",
         }
 
+    def test_filtering_using_an_attribute_facet(self):
+        ifc = ifcopenshell.file()
+
+        facet = ids.attribute.create(name="Foobar")
+        assert bool(facet(ifc.createIfcWall())) is False
+
+        facet = ids.attribute.create(name="Name")
+        assert bool(facet(ifc.createIfcWall())) is False
+        assert bool(facet(ifc.createIfcWall(Name=""))) is False
+        assert bool(facet(ifc.createIfcWall(Name="Foobar"))) is True
+
+        facet = ids.attribute.create(name="Name", value="Foobar")
+        assert bool(facet(ifc.createIfcWall(Name="Foobar"))) is True
+        assert bool(facet(ifc.createIfcWall(Name="Foobaz"))) is False
+
+        facet = ids.attribute.create(name="Eastings")
+        assert bool(facet(ifc.createIfcMapConversion(Eastings=0))) is True
+
+        facet = ids.attribute.create(name="Eastings", value=42)
+        assert bool(facet(ifc.createIfcMapConversion(Eastings=0))) is False
+        assert bool(facet(ifc.createIfcMapConversion(Eastings=42))) is True
+
+        restriction = ids.restriction.create(options=["Foo", "Bar"], type="enumeration", base="string")
+        facet = ids.attribute.create(name="Name", value=restriction)
+        assert bool(facet(ifc.createIfcWall(Name="Foo"))) is True
+        assert bool(facet(ifc.createIfcWall(Name="Bar"))) is True
+        assert bool(facet(ifc.createIfcWall(Name="Foobar"))) is False
+
     def test_classification_create(self):
         c = ids.classification.create(location="any", value="Test_Value", system="Test_System")
         self.assertEqual(c.location, "any")