Generate functions for all API usecases for better static code features. See #2693.

src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/constraint/add_metric_reference.py

@@ -18,28 +18,26 @@
 
 import ifcopenshell
 
-class Usecase:
-    def __init__(self, file, metric=None, reference_path=None):
-        """
-        Adds a chain of references to a metric. The reference path is a string of the form "attribute.attribute.attribute" 
-        Used to reference a value of an attribute of an instance through a metric objective entity.
-        """
-        self.file = file
-        self.settings = {"metric": metric, "reference_path": reference_path}
 
-    def execute(self):
-        if self.settings["reference_path"]:
-            attributes = self.settings["reference_path"].split(".")
-            references_created = []
-            for i in range(len(attributes)):
-                if i == 0:
-                    reference = self.file.create_entity("IfcReference")
-                    reference.AttributeIdentifier = attributes[i]
-                    self.settings["metric"].ReferencePath = reference
-                    references_created.append(reference)
-                else:
-                    reference = self.file.create_entity("IfcReference")
-                    reference.AttributeIdentifier = attributes[i]
-                    references_created[i-1].InnerReference = reference
-                    references_created.append(reference)
-            return references_created
+def add_metric_reference(file, metric=None, reference_path=None) -> None:
+    """
+    Adds a chain of references to a metric. The reference path is a string of the form "attribute.attribute.attribute"
+    Used to reference a value of an attribute of an instance through a metric objective entity.
+    """
+    settings = {"metric": metric, "reference_path": reference_path}
+
+    if settings["reference_path"]:
+        attributes = settings["reference_path"].split(".")
+        references_created = []
+        for i in range(len(attributes)):
+            if i == 0:
+                reference = file.create_entity("IfcReference")
+                reference.AttributeIdentifier = attributes[i]
+                settings["metric"].ReferencePath = reference
+                references_created.append(reference)
+            else:
+                reference = file.create_entity("IfcReference")
+                reference.AttributeIdentifier = attributes[i]
+                references_created[i - 1].InnerReference = reference
+                references_created.append(reference)
+        return references_created