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src/examples/IfcParseExamples.cpp

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "../ifcparse/IfcFile.h"
 #include "../ifcparse/IfcLogger.h"
+#include "../ifcparse/Ifc2x3.h"
 
 #include <boost/preprocessor/stringize.hpp>
 #include <boost/preprocessor/seq/for_each.hpp>
@@ -79,31 +80,31 @@ struct is_ifc4_or_higher<T, std::void_t<decltype(T::IfcMaterialDefinition)>> : s
 
 typedef std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::string>> element_properties;
 
-std::string format_string(const Argument* argument) {
+std::string format_string(const AttributeValue& argument) {
 	// Argument is a runtime tagged variant for the various data types in a IFC model,
 	// in this particular case we only care about flattening it to a string.
 	// @todo mostly duplicated from XmlSerializer.cpp
-	if (argument->isNull()) {
+	if (argument.isNull()) {
 		return "-";
 	}
-	auto argument_type = argument->type();
+	auto argument_type = argument.type();
 	switch (argument_type) {
 	case IfcUtil::Argument_BOOL: {
-		const bool b = *argument;
+		const bool b = argument;
 		return b ? "true" : "false";
 	}
 	case IfcUtil::Argument_DOUBLE: {
-		const double d = *argument;
+		const double d = argument;
 		std::stringstream stream;
 		stream << std::setprecision(std::numeric_limits< double >::max_digits10) << d;
 		return stream.str();
 		break; }
 	case IfcUtil::Argument_STRING:
 	case IfcUtil::Argument_ENUMERATION: {
-		return static_cast<std::string>(*argument);
+		return static_cast<std::string>(argument);
 		break; }
 	case IfcUtil::Argument_INT: {
-		const int v = *argument;
+		const int v = argument;
 		std::stringstream stream;
 		stream << v;
 		return stream.str();
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ void process_pset(element_properties& props, const T* inst) {
 				if (!singleval->NominalValue()) {
 					propvalue = "-";
 				} else {
-					props[*pset->Name()][propname] = format_string(singleval->NominalValue()->template as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass>()->data().getArgument(0));
+					props[*pset->Name()][propname] = format_string(singleval->NominalValue()->template as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass>()->data().get_attribute_value(0));
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -148,8 +149,8 @@ void process_pset(element_properties& props, const T* inst) {
 		auto qs = qset->Quantities();
 		for (auto it = qs->begin(); it != qs->end(); ++it) {
 			auto& q = *it;
-			if (q->template as<typename Schema::IfcPhysicalSimpleQuantity>() && q->data().getArgument(3)->type() == IfcUtil::Argument_DOUBLE) {
-				double v = *q->data().getArgument(3);
+			if (q->template as<typename Schema::IfcPhysicalSimpleQuantity>() && q->data().get_attribute_value(3).type() == IfcUtil::Argument_DOUBLE) {
+				double v = q->data().get_attribute_value(3);
 				props[*qset->Name()][q->Name()] = std::to_string(v);
 			}
 		}
@@ -264,7 +265,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
     for (auto it = elements->begin(); it != elements->end(); ++it) {
         const auto* element = *it;
-        std::cout << element->data().toString() << std::endl;
+		element->toString(std::cout);
+		std::cout << std::endl;
 
         const IfcSchema::IfcWindow* window;
         if ((window = element->as<IfcSchema::IfcWindow>()) != 0) {

src/ifcconvert/IfcConvert.cpp

@@ -1486,7 +1486,7 @@ namespace latebound_access {
 			enum_type->enumeration_items().end(),
 			t);
 
-		return set(inst, attr, IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument::EnumerationReference(it - enum_type->enumeration_items().begin(), it->c_str()));
+		return set(inst, attr, EnumerationReference(enum_type, it - enum_type->enumeration_items().begin()));
 	}
 
 	template <typename T>
@@ -1495,19 +1495,17 @@ namespace latebound_access {
 		auto i = decl->attribute_index(attr);
 
 		auto attr_type = decl->attribute_by_index(i)->type_of_attribute();
-		if (attr_type->as_named_type() && attr_type->as_named_type()->declared_type()->as_enumeration_type() && !std::is_same<T, IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument::EnumerationReference>::value) {
+		if (attr_type->as_named_type() && attr_type->as_named_type()->declared_type()->as_enumeration_type() && !std::is_same<T, EnumerationReference>::value) {
 			set_enumeration(inst, attr, attr_type->as_named_type()->declared_type()->as_enumeration_type(), t);
 		} else {
-			IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* a = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument;
-			a->set(t);
-			inst->data().attributes()[i] = a;
+			inst->set_attribute_value(i, t);
 		}
 	}
 
 	IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* create(IfcParse::IfcFile& f, const std::string& entity) {
 		auto decl = f.schema()->declaration_by_name(entity);
-		auto data = new IfcEntityInstanceData(decl);
-		auto inst = f.schema()->instantiate(data);
+		auto data = IfcEntityInstanceData(storage_t(decl->as_entity()->attribute_count()));
+		auto inst = f.schema()->instantiate(decl, std::move(data));
 		if (decl->is("IfcRoot")) {
 			IfcParse::IfcGlobalId guid;
 			latebound_access::set(inst, "GlobalId", (std::string) guid);
@@ -1547,7 +1545,7 @@ void fix_quantities(IfcParse::IfcFile& f, bool no_progress, bool quiet, bool std
 		auto IfcRelDefinesByProperties = f.schema()->declaration_by_name("IfcRelDefinesByProperties");
 		if (element_quantities) {
 			for (auto& eq : *element_quantities) {
-				auto rels = eq->data().getInverse(IfcRelDefinesByProperties, -1);
+				auto rels = eq->file_->getInverse(eq->id(), IfcRelDefinesByProperties, -1);
 				for (auto& rel : *rels) {
 					relationships.push_back(rel);
 				}

src/ifcconvert/validation_utils.h

@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ struct intersection_validator {
 			}
 
 			std::stringstream ss;
-			ss << geom_object->product()->data().toString();
+			geom_object->product()->toString(ss);
 			auto sss = ss.str();
 			std::wcout << sss.c_str() << std::endl;
 

src/ifcgeom/Converter.cpp

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ IfcGeom::BRepElement* ifcopenshell::geometry::Converter::create_brep_for_represe
 
 	auto place = place_;
 
-	representation_id_builder << representation_node->instance->data().id();
+	representation_id_builder << representation_node->instance->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->id();
 
 	IfcGeom::Representation::BRep* shape;
 	IfcGeom::ConversionResults shapes;
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ IfcGeom::BRepElement* ifcopenshell::geometry::Converter::create_brep_for_represe
 	}
 
 	if (material_style_applied) {
-		representation_id_builder << "-material-" << single_material->data().id();
+		representation_id_builder << "-material-" << single_material->id();
 	}
 
 	if (settings_.get<ifcopenshell::geometry::settings::ForceSpaceTransparency>().has() && product->declaration().is("IfcSpace")) {
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ IfcGeom::BRepElement* ifcopenshell::geometry::Converter::create_brep_for_represe
 	try {
 		IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity* parent_object = mapping_->get_decomposing_entity(product);
 		if (parent_object) {
-			parent_id = parent_object->data().id();
+			parent_id = parent_object->id();
 		}
 	} catch (const std::exception& e) {
 		Logger::Error(e);
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ IfcGeom::BRepElement* ifcopenshell::geometry::Converter::create_brep_for_represe
 	if (!settings_.get<ifcopenshell::geometry::settings::DisableOpeningSubtractions>().get() && openings && openings->size()) {
 		representation_id_builder << "-openings";
 		for (auto it = openings->begin(); it != openings->end(); ++it) {
-			representation_id_builder << "-" << (*it)->data().id();
+			representation_id_builder << "-" << (*it)->id();
 		}
 
 		IfcGeom::ConversionResults opened_shapes;
@@ -236,19 +236,19 @@ IfcGeom::BRepElement* ifcopenshell::geometry::Converter::create_brep_for_represe
 	// IfcShapeRepresentation.
 	const IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity *representation = representation_node->instance->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>();
 	auto representation_identifier = representation->get("RepresentationIdentifier");
-	if (!representation_identifier->isNull()) {
-		context_string = (std::string) *representation_identifier;
+	if (!representation_identifier.isNull()) {
+		context_string = (std::string) representation_identifier;
 	}
 	else {
-		IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass *context = (IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass *) *representation->get("ContextOfItems");
+		IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass *context = (IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*)representation->get("ContextOfItems");
 		auto context_type = context->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->get("ContextType");
-		if (!context_type->isNull()) {
-			context_string = (std::string) *context_type;
+		if (!context_type.isNull()) {
+			context_string = (std::string)context_type;
 		}
 	}
 
 	auto elem = new IfcGeom::BRepElement(
-		product->data().id(),
+		product->id(),
 		parent_id,
 		name,
 		product_type,
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ IfcGeom::BRepElement* ifcopenshell::geometry::Converter::create_brep_for_process
 	try {
 		IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity* parent_object = mapping_->get_decomposing_entity(product);
 		if (parent_object) {
-			parent_id = parent_object->data().id();
+			parent_id = parent_object->id();
 		}
 	} catch (const std::exception& e) {
 		Logger::Error(e);
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ IfcGeom::BRepElement* ifcopenshell::geometry::Converter::create_brep_for_process
 	const std::string context_string = brep->context();
 
 	return new IfcGeom::BRepElement(
-		product->data().id(),
+		product->id(),
 		parent_id,
 		name,
 		product_type,

src/ifcgeom/IfcGeomElement.h

@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ namespace IfcGeom {
 		friend bool operator < (const Element& element1, const Element& element2) {
 			if (element1.type() == "IfcBuildingStorey" && element2.type() == "IfcBuildingStorey") {
 				size_t attr_index = element1.product()->declaration().attribute_index("Elevation");
-				Argument* elev_attr1 = element1.product()->data().getArgument(attr_index);
-				Argument* elev_attr2 = element2.product()->data().getArgument(attr_index);
+				auto elev_attr1 = element1.product()->data().get_attribute_value(attr_index);
+				auto elev_attr2 = element2.product()->data().get_attribute_value(attr_index);
 
-				if (!elev_attr1->isNull() && !elev_attr2->isNull()) {
-					double elev1 = *elev_attr1;
-					double elev2 = *elev_attr2;
+				if (!elev_attr1.isNull() && !elev_attr2.isNull()) {
+					double elev1 = elev_attr1;
+					double elev2 = elev_attr2;
 
 					return elev1 < elev2;
 				}

src/ifcgeom/IfcGeomFilter.h

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ namespace IfcGeom {
 			// schema.
 			// @todo pass settings
 			ifcopenshell::geometry::Settings s;
-			static auto mapping = ifcopenshell::geometry::impl::mapping_implementations().construct(prod->data().file, s);
+			static auto mapping = ifcopenshell::geometry::impl::mapping_implementations().construct(prod->file_, s);
             while ((parent = mapping->get_decomposing_entity(current, traverse_openings)) != nullptr) {
                 if (pred(parent)) {
                     return true;
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ namespace IfcGeom {
 
 		std::string value(IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity* prod) const {
 			try {
-				return (std::string) *prod->get(attribute_name);
+				return (std::string) prod->get(attribute_name);
 			} catch (...) {
 				// Either
 				// (a) not an attribute name for this entity instance
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ namespace IfcGeom {
 		bool match(IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity* prod) const {
 			// @todo
 			ifcopenshell::geometry::Settings s;
-			static auto mapping = ifcopenshell::geometry::impl::mapping_implementations().construct(prod->data().file, s);
+			static auto mapping = ifcopenshell::geometry::impl::mapping_implementations().construct(prod->file_, s);
 			layer_map_t layers = mapping->get_layers(prod);
             return std::find_if(layers.begin(), layers.end(), wildcards_match(values)) != layers.end();
         }
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ namespace IfcGeom {
 			, instance_ids_(instance_ids) {}
 
 		bool match(IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity* prod) const {
-			return instance_ids_.find(prod->data().id()) != instance_ids_.end();
+			return instance_ids_.find(prod->id()) != instance_ids_.end();
 		}
 
 		bool operator()(IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity* prod) const {

src/ifcgeom/IfcGeomRepresentation.cpp

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ IfcGeom::Representation::Serialization::Serialization(const BRep& brep)
 			surface_styles_.push_back(clr(1));
 			surface_styles_.push_back(clr(2));
 
-			sid = it->Style().instance ? it->Style().instance->data().id() : -1;
+			sid = it->Style().instance ? it->Style().instance->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->id() : -1;
 		} else {
 			surface_styles_.push_back(-1.);
 			surface_styles_.push_back(-1.);

src/ifcgeom/Iterator.h

@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ namespace IfcGeom {
 
 			Logger::SetProduct(product);
 			
-			IfcGeom::BRepElement* brep = static_cast<IfcGeom::BRepElement*>(decorate_with_cache_(GeometrySerializer::READ_BREP, (std::string)*product->get("GlobalId"), std::to_string(representation->instance->data().id()), [kernel, settings, product, place, representation]() {
+			IfcGeom::BRepElement* brep = static_cast<IfcGeom::BRepElement*>(decorate_with_cache_(GeometrySerializer::READ_BREP, (std::string)product->get("GlobalId"), std::to_string(representation->instance->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->id()), [kernel, settings, product, place, representation]() {
 				return kernel->create_brep_for_representation_and_product(representation, product, place);
 			}));
 
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ namespace IfcGeom {
 				const IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity* product2 = p.first;
 				const auto& place2 = p.second;
 
-				IfcGeom::BRepElement* brep2 = static_cast<IfcGeom::BRepElement*>(decorate_with_cache_(GeometrySerializer::READ_BREP, (std::string)*product2->get("GlobalId"), std::to_string(representation->instance->data().id()), [kernel, settings, product2, place2, representation, brep]() {
+				IfcGeom::BRepElement* brep2 = static_cast<IfcGeom::BRepElement*>(decorate_with_cache_(GeometrySerializer::READ_BREP, (std::string)product2->get("GlobalId"), std::to_string(representation->instance->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->id()), [kernel, settings, product2, place2, representation, brep]() {
 					return kernel->create_brep_for_processed_representation(product2, place2, brep);
 				}));
 				if (brep2) {
@@ -746,13 +746,13 @@ namespace IfcGeom {
 				instance_type = ifc_product->declaration().name();
 
 				if (ifc_product->declaration().is("IfcRoot")) {
-					product_guid = (std::string) *ifc_product->get("GlobalId");
+					product_guid = (std::string) ifc_product->get("GlobalId");
 					product_name = ifc_product->get_value<std::string>("Name", "");
 				}
 
 				auto parent_object = converter_->mapping()->get_decomposing_entity(ifc_product);
 				if (parent_object) {
-					parent_id = parent_object->data().id();
+					parent_id = parent_object->id();
 				}
 
 				// fails in case of IfcProject

src/ifcgeom/abstract_mapping.h

@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ namespace geometry {
 		Settings settings_;
 
 		bool use_caching_ = true;
+
 	public:
 		abstract_mapping(Settings& s) : settings_(s) {}
+		virtual ~abstract_mapping() {}
 
 		virtual ifcopenshell::geometry::taxonomy::ptr map(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseInterface*) = 0;
 		virtual void get_representations(std::vector<geometry_conversion_task>& tasks, std::vector<filter_t>& filters) = 0;

src/ifcgeom/kernels/cgal/CgalKernel.cpp

@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ bool CgalKernel::convert_impl(const taxonomy::shell::ptr shell, ConversionResult
 		return false;
 	}
 	results.emplace_back(ConversionResult(
-		shell->instance->data().id(),
+		shell->instance->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->id(),
 		shell->matrix,
 		new CgalShape(shape),
 		shell->surface_style
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ bool CgalKernel::convert_impl(const taxonomy::solid::ptr solid, ConversionResult
 		return false;
 	}
 	results.emplace_back(ConversionResult(
-		solid->instance->data().id(),
+		solid->instance->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->id(),
 		solid->matrix,
 		new CgalShape(shape),
 		solid->surface_style
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ bool CgalKernel::convert_impl(const taxonomy::extrusion::ptr extrusion, Conversi
 		return false;
 	}
 	results.emplace_back(ConversionResult(
-		extrusion->instance->data().id(),
+		extrusion->instance->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->id(),
 		extrusion->matrix,
 		new CgalShape(shape),
 		extrusion->surface_style
@@ -1814,7 +1814,7 @@ bool CgalKernel::convert_impl(const taxonomy::boolean_result::ptr br, Conversion
 			}
 
 			return ConversionResult(
-				br->instance->data().id(),
+				br->instance->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->id(),
 				br->matrix,
 				new CgalShape(shp),
 				br->surface_style ? br->surface_style : first_item_style
@@ -2047,7 +2047,7 @@ bool CgalKernel::convert_impl(const taxonomy::boolean_result::ptr br, Conversion
 	}
 
 	results.emplace_back(ConversionResult(
-		br->instance->data().id(),
+		br->instance->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->id(),
 		br->matrix,
 		new CgalShape(a_poly),
 		br->surface_style ? br->surface_style : first_item_style

src/ifcgeom/kernels/opencascade/OpenCascadeKernel.cpp

@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ bool IfcGeom::OpenCascadeKernel::convert_impl(const taxonomy::revolve::ptr r, If
 	TopoDS_Shape shape = BRepPrimAPI_MakeRevol(face, ax);
 
 	results.emplace_back(ConversionResult(
-		r->instance->data().id(),
+		r->instance->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->id(),
 		r->matrix,
 		new OpenCascadeShape(shape),
 		r->surface_style

src/ifcgeom/kernels/opencascade/boolean_result.cpp

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ bool OpenCascadeKernel::convert_impl(const taxonomy::boolean_result::ptr br, Con
 
 			if (settings_.get<settings::DisableBooleanResult>().get()) {
 				results.emplace_back(IfcGeom::ConversionResult(
-					(int)br->instance->data().id(),
+					br->instance->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->id(),
 					br->matrix,
 					new OpenCascadeShape(a),
 					br->surface_style ? br->surface_style : first_item_style
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ bool OpenCascadeKernel::convert_impl(const taxonomy::boolean_result::ptr br, Con
 	}
 
 	results.emplace_back(IfcGeom::ConversionResult(
-		(int) br->instance->data().id(),
+		br->instance->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->id(),
 		br->matrix,
 		new OpenCascadeShape(a),
 		br->surface_style ? br->surface_style : first_item_style

src/ifcgeom/kernels/opencascade/extrusion.cpp

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ bool OpenCascadeKernel::convert_impl(const taxonomy::extrusion::ptr extrusion, I
 	}
 
 	results.emplace_back(ConversionResult(
-		extrusion->instance->data().id(),
+		extrusion->instance->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->id(),
 		extrusion->matrix,
 		new OpenCascadeShape(shape),
 		extrusion->surface_style

src/ifcgeom/kernels/opencascade/face.cpp

@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ bool OpenCascadeKernel::convert_impl(const taxonomy::face::ptr face, IfcGeom::Co
 		return false;
 	}
 	results.emplace_back(ConversionResult(
-		face->instance->data().id(),
+		face->instance->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->id(),
 		new OpenCascadeShape(shape),
 		face->surface_style
 	));

src/ifcgeom/kernels/opencascade/loft.cpp

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ bool OpenCascadeKernel::convert_impl(const taxonomy::loft::ptr loft, IfcGeom::Co
 		return false;
 	}
 	results.emplace_back(ConversionResult(
-		loft->instance->data().id(),
+		loft->instance->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->id(),
 		loft->matrix,
 		new OpenCascadeShape(shape),
 		loft->surface_style

src/ifcgeom/kernels/opencascade/loop.cpp

@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ bool OpenCascadeKernel::convert_impl(const taxonomy::loop::ptr loop, IfcGeom::Co
 	}
 
 	results.emplace_back(ConversionResult(
-		loop->instance->data().id(),
+		loop->instance->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->id(),
 		new OpenCascadeShape(shape),
 		loop->surface_style
 	));
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ bool OpenCascadeKernel::convert_impl(const taxonomy::edge::ptr edge, IfcGeom::Co
 	TopoDS_Wire shape = boost::get<TopoDS_Wire>(convert_curve(edge));
 
 	results.emplace_back(ConversionResult(
-		edge->instance->data().id(),
+		edge->instance->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->id(),
 		new OpenCascadeShape(shape),
 		edge->surface_style
 	));

src/ifcgeom/kernels/opencascade/shell.cpp

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ bool OpenCascadeKernel::convert_impl(const taxonomy::shell::ptr shell, IfcGeom::
 		return false;
 	}
 	results.emplace_back(ConversionResult(
-		shell->instance->data().id(),
+		shell->instance->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->id(),
 		shell->matrix,
 		new OpenCascadeShape(shape),
 		shell->surface_style

src/ifcgeom/kernels/opencascade/solid.cpp

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ bool OpenCascadeKernel::convert_impl(const taxonomy::solid::ptr solid, IfcGeom::
 		return false;
 	}
 	results.emplace_back(ConversionResult(
-		solid->instance->data().id(),
+		solid->instance->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->id(),
 		solid->matrix,
 		new OpenCascadeShape(shape),
 		solid->surface_style

src/ifcgeom/kernels/opencascade/sweep_along_curve.cpp

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ bool OpenCascadeKernel::convert_impl(const taxonomy::sweep_along_curve::ptr scs,
 		return false;
 	}
 	results.emplace_back(ConversionResult(
-		scs->instance->data().id(),
+		scs->instance->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->id(),
 		scs->matrix,
 		new OpenCascadeShape(shape),
 		scs->surface_style

src/ifcgeom/mapping/IfcCompositeCurve.cpp

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ taxonomy::ptr mapping::map_impl(const IfcSchema::IfcCompositeCurve* inst) {
 	}
 
 	if (pwfs.empty()) {
-		aggregate_of_instance::ptr profile = inst->data().getInverse(&IfcSchema::IfcProfileDef::Class(), -1);
+		aggregate_of_instance::ptr profile = inst->file_->getInverse(inst->id(), &IfcSchema::IfcProfileDef::Class(), -1);
 		const bool force_close = profile && profile->size() > 0;
 		loop->closed = force_close;
 		loop->instance = inst;

src/ifcgeom/mapping/IfcCurveSegment.cpp

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ double translate_if_param_value(const IfcSchema::IfcCurve* crv, IfcSchema::IfcCu
         // We don't care whether length- or positive length measure.
         return translate_to_length_measure(crv, *param);
     } else {
-        return *val->data().getArgument(0);
+        return val->data().get_attribute_value(0);
     }
 }
 

src/ifcgeom/mapping/IfcTrimmedCurve.cpp

@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ taxonomy::ptr mapping::map_impl(const IfcSchema::IfcTrimmedCurve* inst) {
 		// or trimmed segment would be whether there are other curve segments or this
 		// is the only one.
 		boost::optional<size_t> num_segments;
-		auto segment = inst->data().getInverse(&IfcSchema::IfcCompositeCurveSegment::Class(), -1);
+		auto segment = inst->file_->getInverse(inst->id(),  & IfcSchema::IfcCompositeCurveSegment::Class(), -1);
 		if (segment->size() == 1) {
-			auto comp = (*segment->begin())->data().getInverse(&IfcSchema::IfcCompositeCurve::Class(), -1);
+			auto comp = (*segment->begin())->file_->getInverse((*segment->begin())->id(), &IfcSchema::IfcCompositeCurve::Class(), -1);
 			if (comp->size() == 1) {
 				num_segments = (*comp->begin())->as<IfcSchema::IfcCompositeCurve>()->Segments()->size();
 			}

src/ifcgeom/mapping/mapping.cpp

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ IfcSchema::IfcProduct::list::ptr mapping::products_represented_by(const IfcSchem
 
         // IfcProductRepresentation also lacks the INVERSE relation to IfcProduct
         // Let's find the IfcProducts that reference the IfcProductRepresentation anyway
-        products->push((*it)->data().getInverse((&IfcSchema::IfcProduct::Class()), -1)->as<IfcSchema::IfcProduct>());
+        products->push((*it)->file_->getInverse((*it)->id(), &IfcSchema::IfcProduct::Class(), -1)->as<IfcSchema::IfcProduct>());
     }
 
     if (only_direct) {
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ IfcSchema::IfcProduct::list::ptr mapping::products_represented_by(const IfcSchem
                     continue;
                 }
 
-                IfcSchema::IfcRepresentation::list::ptr reps = item->data().getInverse((&IfcSchema::IfcRepresentation::Class()), -1)->as<IfcSchema::IfcRepresentation>();
+                IfcSchema::IfcRepresentation::list::ptr reps = item->file_->getInverse(item->id(), (&IfcSchema::IfcRepresentation::Class()), -1)->as<IfcSchema::IfcRepresentation>();
                 for (IfcSchema::IfcRepresentation::list::it jt = reps->begin(); jt != reps->end(); ++jt) {
                     IfcSchema::IfcRepresentation* rep = *jt;
                     if (rep->Items()->size() != 1) continue;
                     IfcSchema::IfcProductRepresentation::list::ptr prodreps_mapped = rep->OfProductRepresentation();
                     for (IfcSchema::IfcProductRepresentation::list::it kt = prodreps_mapped->begin(); kt != prodreps_mapped->end(); ++kt) {
-                        IfcSchema::IfcProduct::list::ptr ps = (*kt)->data().getInverse((&IfcSchema::IfcProduct::Class()), -1)->as<IfcSchema::IfcProduct>();
+                        IfcSchema::IfcProduct::list::ptr ps = (*kt)->file_->getInverse((*kt)->id(), (&IfcSchema::IfcProduct::Class()), -1)->as<IfcSchema::IfcProduct>();
                         products->push(ps);
                     }
                 }
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ const IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity* mapping::get_product_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseEn
         }
 #endif
         // Avoid segfault if RelatingType is unset.
-        if (rel->get("RelatingType")->isNull()){
+        if (rel->get("RelatingType").isNull()){
             break;
             return nullptr;
         }
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ const IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity* mapping::get_single_material_association(const Ifc
                 if (associated_material->as<IfcSchema::IfcMaterialLayerSetUsage>() || associated_material->as<IfcSchema::IfcMaterialLayerSet>()) {
                     IfcSchema::IfcMaterialLayerSet* layerset;
                     if (auto *m = associated_material->as<IfcSchema::IfcMaterialLayerSetUsage>()) {
-                        if (m->get("ForLayerSet")->isNull()) {
+                        if (m->get("ForLayerSet").isNull()) {
                             Logger::Warning("Missing ForLayerSet for:", m);
                             return nullptr;
                         }
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ const IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity* mapping::get_single_material_association(const Ifc
                 if (associated_material->as<IfcSchema::IfcMaterialProfileSetUsage>() || associated_material->as<IfcSchema::IfcMaterialProfileSet>()) {
                     IfcSchema::IfcMaterialProfileSet* profileset;
                     if (auto* m = associated_material->as<IfcSchema::IfcMaterialProfileSetUsage>()) {
-                        if (m->get("ForProfileSet")->isNull()) {
+                        if (m->get("ForProfileSet").isNull()) {
                             Logger::Warning("Missing ForProfileSet for:", m);
                             return nullptr;
                         }
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ taxonomy::ptr mapping::map_impl(const IfcSchema::IfcMaterial* material) {
         material_style->name = material->Name();
     } else {
         std::ostringstream oss;
-        oss << material->declaration().name() << "-" << material->data().id();
+        oss << material->declaration().name() << "-" << material->id();
         material_style->name = oss.str();
     }
     return material_style;
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ taxonomy::ptr mapping::map_impl(const IfcSchema::IfcStyledItem* inst) {
     } else {
         std::ostringstream oss;
         if (shading) {
-            oss << shading->declaration().name() << "-" << shading->data().id();
+            oss << shading->declaration().name() << "-" << shading->id();
         } else {
             oss << "-";
         }
@@ -693,8 +693,8 @@ IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity* mapping::get_decomposing_entity(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseEn
 
     /* Parent decompositions to the RelatingObject */
     if (!parent) {
-        aggregate_of_instance::ptr parents = product->data().getInverse((&IfcSchema::IfcRelAggregates::Class()), -1);
-        parents->push(product->data().getInverse((&IfcSchema::IfcRelNests::Class()), -1));
+        aggregate_of_instance::ptr parents = product->file_->getInverse(product->id(), (&IfcSchema::IfcRelAggregates::Class()), -1);
+        parents->push(product->file_->getInverse(product->id(), (&IfcSchema::IfcRelNests::Class()), -1));
         for (aggregate_of_instance::it it = parents->begin(); it != parents->end(); ++it) {
             IfcSchema::IfcRelDecomposes* decompose = (*it)->as<IfcSchema::IfcRelDecomposes>();
             IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity* ifc_objectdef;
@@ -827,11 +827,11 @@ void mapping::initialize_settings() {
         // See if there is a context_id filter and whether the context is selected
         if (settings_.get<settings::ContextIds>().has()) {
             auto cids = settings_.get<settings::ContextIds>().get();
-            if (cids.find(context->data().id()) == cids.end()) {
+            if (cids.find(context->id()) == cids.end()) {
                 bool selected_sub_context = false;
                 auto subs = context->HasSubContexts();
                 for (auto& sub : *subs) {
-                    if (cids.find(context->data().id()) != cids.end()) {
+                    if (cids.find(context->id()) != cids.end()) {
                         selected_sub_context = true;
                         break;
                     }

src/ifcgeom/taxonomy.cpp

@@ -588,7 +588,9 @@ void ifcopenshell::geometry::taxonomy::trimmed_curve::print(std::ostream& o, int
 	}
 
 	if (this->instance) {
-		o << std::string(indent + 4, ' ') << this->instance->data().toString() << std::endl;
+		std::ostringstream oss;
+		this->instance->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass>()->toString(oss);
+		o << std::string(indent + 4, ' ') << oss.str() << std::endl;
 	}
 }
 

src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/express/express_parser.py

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ def parse(fn: str) -> mapping.Mapping:
         special = ((not_paren_star_quote_special | CaselessLiteral("(") | CaselessLiteral(")") | CaselessLiteral("*") | CaselessLiteral("\"\""))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="special"))("special")
         binary_literal = ((CaselessLiteral("%") + bit + ZeroOrMore(bit))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="binary_literal"))("binary_literal")
         integer_literal = (digits)("integer_literal")
-        simple_id = ~CaselessKeyword("bag") + ~CaselessKeyword("lobound") + ~CaselessKeyword("aggregate") + ~CaselessKeyword("reference") + ~CaselessKeyword("abstract") + ~CaselessKeyword("value_unique") + ~CaselessKeyword("if") + ~CaselessKeyword("loindex") + ~CaselessKeyword("format") + ~CaselessKeyword("true") + ~CaselessKeyword("insert") + ~CaselessKeyword("exp") + ~CaselessKeyword("end_type") + ~CaselessKeyword("end") + ~CaselessKeyword("optional") + ~CaselessKeyword("in") + ~CaselessKeyword("like") + ~CaselessKeyword("type") + ~CaselessKeyword("end_rule") + ~CaselessKeyword("repeat") + ~CaselessKeyword("nvl") + ~CaselessKeyword("otherwise") + ~CaselessKeyword("procedure") + ~CaselessKeyword("number") + ~CaselessKeyword("boolean") + ~CaselessKeyword("exists") + ~CaselessKeyword("andor") + ~CaselessKeyword("alias") + ~CaselessKeyword("entity") + ~CaselessKeyword("constant") + ~CaselessKeyword("tan") + ~CaselessKeyword("or") + ~CaselessKeyword("oneof") + ~CaselessKeyword("from") + ~CaselessKeyword("escape") + ~CaselessKeyword("typeof") + ~CaselessKeyword("extensible") + ~CaselessKeyword("div") + ~CaselessKeyword("then") + ~CaselessKeyword("by") + ~CaselessKeyword("unknown") + ~CaselessKeyword("var") + ~CaselessKeyword("pi") + ~CaselessKeyword("inverse") + ~CaselessKeyword("skip") + ~CaselessKeyword("array") + ~CaselessKeyword("end_subtype_constraint") + ~CaselessKeyword("use") + ~CaselessKeyword("self") + ~CaselessKeyword("end_alias") + ~CaselessKeyword("select") + ~CaselessKeyword("for") + ~CaselessKeyword("sizeof") + ~CaselessKeyword("fixed") + ~CaselessKeyword("local") + ~CaselessKeyword("remove") + ~CaselessKeyword("enumeration") + ~CaselessKeyword("end_local") + ~CaselessKeyword("not") + ~CaselessKeyword("function") + ~CaselessKeyword("cos") + ~CaselessKeyword("logical") + ~CaselessKeyword("query") + ~CaselessKeyword("atan") + ~CaselessKeyword("return") + ~CaselessKeyword("schema") + ~CaselessKeyword("hiindex") + ~CaselessKeyword("rolesof") + ~CaselessKeyword("log10") + ~CaselessKeyword("end_function") + ~CaselessKeyword("abs") + ~CaselessKeyword("length") + ~CaselessKeyword("renamed") + ~CaselessKeyword("acos") + ~CaselessKeyword("end_case") + ~CaselessKeyword("case") + ~CaselessKeyword("mod") + ~CaselessKeyword("end_if") + ~CaselessKeyword("list") + ~CaselessKeyword("end_repeat") + ~CaselessKeyword("generic") + ~CaselessKeyword("of") + ~CaselessKeyword("supertype") + ~CaselessKeyword("false") + ~CaselessKeyword("end_entity") + ~CaselessKeyword("odd") + ~CaselessKeyword("integer") + ~CaselessKeyword("hibound") + ~CaselessKeyword("rule") + ~CaselessKeyword("as") + ~CaselessKeyword("derive") + ~CaselessKeyword("log") + ~CaselessKeyword("set") + ~CaselessKeyword("subtype_constraint") + ~CaselessKeyword("unique") + ~CaselessKeyword("value") + ~CaselessKeyword("subtype") + ~CaselessKeyword("until") + ~CaselessKeyword("with") + ~CaselessKeyword("sqrt") + ~CaselessKeyword("where") + ~CaselessKeyword("value_in") + ~CaselessKeyword("to") + ~CaselessKeyword("xor") + ~CaselessKeyword("sin") + ~CaselessKeyword("while") + ~CaselessKeyword("string") + ~CaselessKeyword("usedin") + ~CaselessKeyword("total_over") + ~CaselessKeyword("binary") + ~CaselessKeyword("and") + ~CaselessKeyword("end_schema") + ~CaselessKeyword("generic_entity") + ~CaselessKeyword("end_constant") + ~CaselessKeyword("const_e") + ~CaselessKeyword("based_on") + ~CaselessKeyword("else") + ~CaselessKeyword("asin") + ~CaselessKeyword("blength") + ~CaselessKeyword("real") + ~CaselessKeyword("end_procedure") + ~CaselessKeyword("log2") + ~CaselessKeyword("begin") + originalTextFor(Combine((letter + ZeroOrMore((letter | digit | CaselessLiteral("_"))))))("simple_id")
+        simple_id = ~CaselessKeyword("generic") + ~CaselessKeyword("value") + ~CaselessKeyword("case") + ~CaselessKeyword("for") + ~CaselessKeyword("sin") + ~CaselessKeyword("value_unique") + ~CaselessKeyword("extensible") + ~CaselessKeyword("tan") + ~CaselessKeyword("local") + ~CaselessKeyword("string") + ~CaselessKeyword("procedure") + ~CaselessKeyword("derive") + ~CaselessKeyword("end_if") + ~CaselessKeyword("supertype") + ~CaselessKeyword("entity") + ~CaselessKeyword("oneof") + ~CaselessKeyword("constant") + ~CaselessKeyword("end_case") + ~CaselessKeyword("end_alias") + ~CaselessKeyword("unknown") + ~CaselessKeyword("total_over") + ~CaselessKeyword("div") + ~CaselessKeyword("type") + ~CaselessKeyword("true") + ~CaselessKeyword("end_repeat") + ~CaselessKeyword("unique") + ~CaselessKeyword("end_rule") + ~CaselessKeyword("number") + ~CaselessKeyword("end_function") + ~CaselessKeyword("where") + ~CaselessKeyword("self") + ~CaselessKeyword("usedin") + ~CaselessKeyword("end_type") + ~CaselessKeyword("logical") + ~CaselessKeyword("generic_entity") + ~CaselessKeyword("end_schema") + ~CaselessKeyword("xor") + ~CaselessKeyword("until") + ~CaselessKeyword("to") + ~CaselessKeyword("in") + ~CaselessKeyword("inverse") + ~CaselessKeyword("enumeration") + ~CaselessKeyword("var") + ~CaselessKeyword("value_in") + ~CaselessKeyword("const_e") + ~CaselessKeyword("use") + ~CaselessKeyword("exists") + ~CaselessKeyword("exp") + ~CaselessKeyword("while") + ~CaselessKeyword("if") + ~CaselessKeyword("fixed") + ~CaselessKeyword("subtype") + ~CaselessKeyword("format") + ~CaselessKeyword("as") + ~CaselessKeyword("and") + ~CaselessKeyword("rule") + ~CaselessKeyword("function") + ~CaselessKeyword("lobound") + ~CaselessKeyword("length") + ~CaselessKeyword("hiindex") + ~CaselessKeyword("log2") + ~CaselessKeyword("reference") + ~CaselessKeyword("skip") + ~CaselessKeyword("with") + ~CaselessKeyword("integer") + ~CaselessKeyword("sqrt") + ~CaselessKeyword("insert") + ~CaselessKeyword("nvl") + ~CaselessKeyword("log") + ~CaselessKeyword("boolean") + ~CaselessKeyword("from") + ~CaselessKeyword("rolesof") + ~CaselessKeyword("hibound") + ~CaselessKeyword("abs") + ~CaselessKeyword("like") + ~CaselessKeyword("pi") + ~CaselessKeyword("alias") + ~CaselessKeyword("not") + ~CaselessKeyword("repeat") + ~CaselessKeyword("based_on") + ~CaselessKeyword("subtype_constraint") + ~CaselessKeyword("asin") + ~CaselessKeyword("optional") + ~CaselessKeyword("list") + ~CaselessKeyword("abstract") + ~CaselessKeyword("mod") + ~CaselessKeyword("false") + ~CaselessKeyword("log10") + ~CaselessKeyword("loindex") + ~CaselessKeyword("aggregate") + ~CaselessKeyword("end_constant") + ~CaselessKeyword("end") + ~CaselessKeyword("sizeof") + ~CaselessKeyword("remove") + ~CaselessKeyword("acos") + ~CaselessKeyword("set") + ~CaselessKeyword("renamed") + ~CaselessKeyword("end_local") + ~CaselessKeyword("of") + ~CaselessKeyword("escape") + ~CaselessKeyword("begin") + ~CaselessKeyword("select") + ~CaselessKeyword("end_procedure") + ~CaselessKeyword("else") + ~CaselessKeyword("end_subtype_constraint") + ~CaselessKeyword("cos") + ~CaselessKeyword("real") + ~CaselessKeyword("query") + ~CaselessKeyword("odd") + ~CaselessKeyword("andor") + ~CaselessKeyword("return") + ~CaselessKeyword("then") + ~CaselessKeyword("end_entity") + ~CaselessKeyword("array") + ~CaselessKeyword("blength") + ~CaselessKeyword("or") + ~CaselessKeyword("typeof") + ~CaselessKeyword("binary") + ~CaselessKeyword("atan") + ~CaselessKeyword("by") + ~CaselessKeyword("otherwise") + ~CaselessKeyword("bag") + ~CaselessKeyword("schema") + originalTextFor(Combine((letter + ZeroOrMore((letter | digit | CaselessLiteral("_"))))))("simple_id")
         simple_string_literal = ((CaselessLiteral("'") + ZeroOrMore(((CaselessLiteral("'") + CaselessLiteral("'")) | not_quote)) + CaselessLiteral("'")))("simple_string_literal")
         abstract_entity_declaration = (ABSTRACT)("abstract_entity_declaration")
         abstract_supertype = ((ABSTRACT + SUPERTYPE + CaselessLiteral(";"))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="abstract_supertype"))("abstract_supertype")
@@ -251,224 +251,224 @@ def parse(fn: str) -> mapping.Mapping:
         constructed_types = ((enumeration_type | select_type)).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="constructed_types"))("constructed_types")
         reference_clause = ((REFERENCE + FROM + schema_ref + Optional((CaselessLiteral("(") + resource_or_rename + ZeroOrMore((CaselessLiteral(",") + resource_or_rename)) + CaselessLiteral(")"))) + CaselessLiteral(";"))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="reference_clause"))("reference_clause")
         interface_specification = ((reference_clause | use_clause)).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="interface_specification"))("interface_specification")
-        stmt = Forward()("stmt")
-        general_aggregation_types = Forward()("general_aggregation_types")
-        procedure_call_stmt = Forward()("procedure_call_stmt")
-        inverse_attr = Forward()("inverse_attr")
-        derived_attr = Forward()("derived_attr")
-        width_spec = Forward()("width_spec")
-        actual_parameter_list = Forward()("actual_parameter_list")
-        type_decl = Forward()("type_decl")
-        selector = Forward()("selector")
-        abstract_supertype_declaration = Forward()("abstract_supertype_declaration")
-        explicit_attr = Forward()("explicit_attr")
-        aggregation_types = Forward()("aggregation_types")
-        domain_rule = Forward()("domain_rule")
-        entity_constructor = Forward()("entity_constructor")
-        function_call = Forward()("function_call")
-        numeric_expression = Forward()("numeric_expression")
-        general_set_type = Forward()("general_set_type")
-        qualifier = Forward()("qualifier")
-        formal_parameter = Forward()("formal_parameter")
-        index_1 = Forward()("index_1")
-        underlying_type = Forward()("underlying_type")
-        local_variable = Forward()("local_variable")
-        aggregate_source = Forward()("aggregate_source")
-        while_control = Forward()("while_control")
-        interval_low = Forward()("interval_low")
-        parameter = Forward()("parameter")
-        precision_spec = Forward()("precision_spec")
-        one_of = Forward()("one_of")
-        subtype_constraint_body = Forward()("subtype_constraint_body")
-        general_array_type = Forward()("general_array_type")
-        list_type = Forward()("list_type")
-        subtype_constraint_decl = Forward()("subtype_constraint_decl")
-        schema_decl = Forward()("schema_decl")
-        algorithm_head = Forward()("algorithm_head")
-        query_expression = Forward()("query_expression")
-        primary = Forward()("primary")
-        repeat_control = Forward()("repeat_control")
-        factor = Forward()("factor")
-        procedure_head = Forward()("procedure_head")
-        aggregate_type = Forward()("aggregate_type")
+        supertype_factor = Forward()("supertype_factor")
+        interval_item = Forward()("interval_item")
+        subtype_constraint = Forward()("subtype_constraint")
         repeat_stmt = Forward()("repeat_stmt")
-        entity_body = Forward()("entity_body")
-        interval_high = Forward()("interval_high")
-        logical_expression = Forward()("logical_expression")
-        simple_expression = Forward()("simple_expression")
+        subsuper = Forward()("subsuper")
+        increment = Forward()("increment")
         remark = Forward()("remark")
-        simple_factor = Forward()("simple_factor")
-        case_stmt = Forward()("case_stmt")
-        derive_clause = Forward()("derive_clause")
-        supertype_constraint = Forward()("supertype_constraint")
-        assignment_stmt = Forward()("assignment_stmt")
-        entity_head = Forward()("entity_head")
-        set_type = Forward()("set_type")
-        instantiable_type = Forward()("instantiable_type")
+        increment_control = Forward()("increment_control")
+        local_variable = Forward()("local_variable")
+        until_control = Forward()("until_control")
+        while_control = Forward()("while_control")
+        parameter = Forward()("parameter")
+        width = Forward()("width")
+        string_type = Forward()("string_type")
+        array_type = Forward()("array_type")
+        if_stmt = Forward()("if_stmt")
+        index = Forward()("index")
+        repetition = Forward()("repetition")
+        index_qualifier = Forward()("index_qualifier")
+        bound_1 = Forward()("bound_1")
+        procedure_decl = Forward()("procedure_decl")
+        entity_constructor = Forward()("entity_constructor")
+        inverse_clause = Forward()("inverse_clause")
+        function_head = Forward()("function_head")
+        formal_parameter = Forward()("formal_parameter")
+        interval_high = Forward()("interval_high")
+        entity_decl = Forward()("entity_decl")
+        abstract_supertype_declaration = Forward()("abstract_supertype_declaration")
+        index_1 = Forward()("index_1")
+        general_aggregation_types = Forward()("general_aggregation_types")
+        real_type = Forward()("real_type")
+        type_decl = Forward()("type_decl")
+        stmt = Forward()("stmt")
         declaration = Forward()("declaration")
-        binary_type = Forward()("binary_type")
-        interval = Forward()("interval")
+        explicit_attr = Forward()("explicit_attr")
+        compound_stmt = Forward()("compound_stmt")
+        aggregation_types = Forward()("aggregation_types")
+        simple_factor = Forward()("simple_factor")
+        where_clause = Forward()("where_clause")
+        entity_head = Forward()("entity_head")
+        underlying_type = Forward()("underlying_type")
+        subtype_constraint_decl = Forward()("subtype_constraint_decl")
+        logical_expression = Forward()("logical_expression")
+        case_label = Forward()("case_label")
+        expression = Forward()("expression")
+        general_list_type = Forward()("general_list_type")
+        actual_parameter_list = Forward()("actual_parameter_list")
+        width_spec = Forward()("width_spec")
+        selector = Forward()("selector")
+        syntax = Forward()("syntax")
+        aggregate_source = Forward()("aggregate_source")
+        return_stmt = Forward()("return_stmt")
+        embedded_remark = Forward()("embedded_remark")
         parameter_type = Forward()("parameter_type")
         term = Forward()("term")
-        index = Forward()("index")
-        expression = Forward()("expression")
+        derived_attr = Forward()("derived_attr")
+        repeat_control = Forward()("repeat_control")
+        assignment_stmt = Forward()("assignment_stmt")
         bag_type = Forward()("bag_type")
-        schema_body = Forward()("schema_body")
-        until_control = Forward()("until_control")
-        simple_types = Forward()("simple_types")
-        subsuper = Forward()("subsuper")
-        entity_decl = Forward()("entity_decl")
-        concrete_types = Forward()("concrete_types")
-        element = Forward()("element")
-        general_bag_type = Forward()("general_bag_type")
-        interval_item = Forward()("interval_item")
+        inverse_attr = Forward()("inverse_attr")
         constant_body = Forward()("constant_body")
-        increment = Forward()("increment")
-        case_label = Forward()("case_label")
-        case_action = Forward()("case_action")
-        width = Forward()("width")
-        procedure_decl = Forward()("procedure_decl")
-        increment_control = Forward()("increment_control")
-        index_qualifier = Forward()("index_qualifier")
-        constant_decl = Forward()("constant_decl")
-        supertype_rule = Forward()("supertype_rule")
-        syntax = Forward()("syntax")
-        function_head = Forward()("function_head")
-        repetition = Forward()("repetition")
-        if_stmt = Forward()("if_stmt")
-        supertype_expression = Forward()("supertype_expression")
-        inverse_clause = Forward()("inverse_clause")
-        aggregate_initializer = Forward()("aggregate_initializer")
-        return_stmt = Forward()("return_stmt")
-        generalized_types = Forward()("generalized_types")
-        bound_2 = Forward()("bound_2")
-        real_type = Forward()("real_type")
-        index_2 = Forward()("index_2")
-        array_type = Forward()("array_type")
-        local_decl = Forward()("local_decl")
-        supertype_term = Forward()("supertype_term")
-        where_clause = Forward()("where_clause")
-        embedded_remark = Forward()("embedded_remark")
-        compound_stmt = Forward()("compound_stmt")
-        bound_1 = Forward()("bound_1")
-        alias_stmt = Forward()("alias_stmt")
-        subtype_constraint = Forward()("subtype_constraint")
-        string_type = Forward()("string_type")
-        function_decl = Forward()("function_decl")
-        general_list_type = Forward()("general_list_type")
-        supertype_factor = Forward()("supertype_factor")
-        rule_decl = Forward()("rule_decl")
+        precision_spec = Forward()("precision_spec")
+        general_bag_type = Forward()("general_bag_type")
         qualifiable_factor = Forward()("qualifiable_factor")
+        bound_2 = Forward()("bound_2")
+        instantiable_type = Forward()("instantiable_type")
+        general_set_type = Forward()("general_set_type")
+        supertype_rule = Forward()("supertype_rule")
+        factor = Forward()("factor")
+        list_type = Forward()("list_type")
+        one_of = Forward()("one_of")
+        aggregate_type = Forward()("aggregate_type")
+        entity_body = Forward()("entity_body")
+        generalized_types = Forward()("generalized_types")
+        case_stmt = Forward()("case_stmt")
+        binary_type = Forward()("binary_type")
+        local_decl = Forward()("local_decl")
+        alias_stmt = Forward()("alias_stmt")
+        simple_expression = Forward()("simple_expression")
+        general_array_type = Forward()("general_array_type")
+        interval = Forward()("interval")
+        procedure_head = Forward()("procedure_head")
+        function_decl = Forward()("function_decl")
+        supertype_expression = Forward()("supertype_expression")
+        set_type = Forward()("set_type")
+        primary = Forward()("primary")
+        procedure_call_stmt = Forward()("procedure_call_stmt")
+        simple_types = Forward()("simple_types")
+        query_expression = Forward()("query_expression")
+        index_2 = Forward()("index_2")
+        constant_decl = Forward()("constant_decl")
+        case_action = Forward()("case_action")
+        schema_body = Forward()("schema_body")
+        element = Forward()("element")
+        numeric_expression = Forward()("numeric_expression")
+        aggregate_initializer = Forward()("aggregate_initializer")
+        schema_decl = Forward()("schema_decl")
+        supertype_term = Forward()("supertype_term")
+        algorithm_head = Forward()("algorithm_head")
+        supertype_constraint = Forward()("supertype_constraint")
+        interval_low = Forward()("interval_low")
+        domain_rule = Forward()("domain_rule")
+        rule_decl = Forward()("rule_decl")
+        concrete_types = Forward()("concrete_types")
+        qualifier = Forward()("qualifier")
+        subtype_constraint_body = Forward()("subtype_constraint_body")
+        function_call = Forward()("function_call")
         bound_spec = Forward()("bound_spec")
-        stmt << (((alias_stmt | assignment_stmt | case_stmt | compound_stmt | escape_stmt | if_stmt | null_stmt | procedure_call_stmt | repeat_stmt | return_stmt | skip_stmt))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="stmt"))
-        general_aggregation_types << (((general_array_type | general_bag_type | general_list_type | general_set_type))).setParseAction(AggregationType)
-        procedure_call_stmt << ((((built_in_procedure | procedure_ref) + actual_parameter_list + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="procedure_call_stmt"))
-        inverse_attr << (((attribute_decl + CaselessLiteral(":") + Optional(((SET | BAG) + Optional(bound_spec) + OF)) + entity_ref + FOR + Optional((entity_ref + CaselessLiteral("."))) + attribute_ref + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(InverseAttribute)
-        derived_attr << (((attribute_decl + CaselessLiteral(":") + parameter_type + CaselessLiteral(":=") + expression + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="derived_attr"))
-        width_spec << (((CaselessLiteral("(") + width + CaselessLiteral(")") + Optional(FIXED)))).setParseAction(WidthSpec)
-        actual_parameter_list << (((CaselessLiteral("(") + Optional(parameter) + ZeroOrMore((CaselessLiteral(",") + parameter)) + CaselessLiteral(")")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="actual_parameter_list"))
-        type_decl << (((TYPE + type_id + CaselessLiteral("=") + underlying_type + CaselessLiteral(";") + Optional(where_clause) + END_TYPE + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(TypeDeclaration)
-        selector << (expression)
-        abstract_supertype_declaration << (((ABSTRACT + SUPERTYPE + Optional(subtype_constraint)))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="abstract_supertype_declaration"))
-        explicit_attr << (((attribute_decl + ZeroOrMore((CaselessLiteral(",") + attribute_decl)) + CaselessLiteral(":") + Optional(OPTIONAL) + parameter_type + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(ExplicitAttribute)
-        aggregation_types << (((array_type | bag_type | list_type | set_type))).setParseAction(AggregationType)
-        domain_rule << (((Optional((rule_label_id + CaselessLiteral(":"))) + expression))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="domain_rule"))
-        entity_constructor << (((entity_ref + CaselessLiteral("(") + Optional((expression + ZeroOrMore((CaselessLiteral(",") + expression)))) + CaselessLiteral(")")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="entity_constructor"))
-        function_call << ((((built_in_function | function_ref) + actual_parameter_list))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="function_call"))
-        numeric_expression << (simple_expression)
-        general_set_type << (((SET + Optional(bound_spec) + OF + parameter_type))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="general_set_type"))
-        qualifier << (((attribute_qualifier | group_qualifier | index_qualifier))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="qualifier"))
-        formal_parameter << (((parameter_id + ZeroOrMore((CaselessLiteral(",") + parameter_id)) + CaselessLiteral(":") + parameter_type))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="formal_parameter"))
-        index_1 << (index)
-        underlying_type << (((constructed_types | concrete_types))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="underlying_type"))
-        local_variable << (((variable_id + ZeroOrMore((CaselessLiteral(",") + variable_id)) + CaselessLiteral(":") + parameter_type + Optional((CaselessLiteral(":=") + expression)) + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="local_variable"))
-        aggregate_source << (simple_expression)
-        while_control << (((WHILE + logical_expression))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="while_control"))
-        interval_low << (simple_expression)
-        parameter << (expression)
-        precision_spec << (numeric_expression)
-        one_of << (((ONEOF + CaselessLiteral("(") + supertype_expression + ZeroOrMore((CaselessLiteral(",") + supertype_expression)) + CaselessLiteral(")")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="one_of"))
-        subtype_constraint_body << (((Optional(abstract_supertype) + Optional(total_over) + Optional((supertype_expression + CaselessLiteral(";")))))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="subtype_constraint_body"))
-        general_array_type << (((ARRAY + Optional(bound_spec) + OF + Optional(OPTIONAL) + Optional(UNIQUE) + parameter_type))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="general_array_type"))
-        list_type << (((LIST + Optional(bound_spec) + OF + Optional(UNIQUE) + instantiable_type))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="list_type"))
-        subtype_constraint_decl << (((subtype_constraint_head + subtype_constraint_body + END_SUBTYPE_CONSTRAINT + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="subtype_constraint_decl"))
-        schema_decl << (((SCHEMA + schema_id + Optional(schema_version_id) + CaselessLiteral(";") + schema_body + END_SCHEMA + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="schema_decl"))
-        algorithm_head << (((ZeroOrMore(declaration) + Optional(constant_decl) + Optional(local_decl)))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="algorithm_head"))
-        query_expression << (((QUERY + CaselessLiteral("(") + variable_id + CaselessLiteral("<*") + aggregate_source + CaselessLiteral("|") + logical_expression + CaselessLiteral(")")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="query_expression"))
-        primary << (((literal | (qualifiable_factor + ZeroOrMore(qualifier))))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="primary"))
-        repeat_control << (((Optional(increment_control) + Optional(while_control) + Optional(until_control)))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="repeat_control"))
-        factor << (((simple_factor + Optional((CaselessLiteral("**") + simple_factor))))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="factor"))
-        procedure_head << (((PROCEDURE + procedure_id + Optional((CaselessLiteral("(") + Optional(VAR) + formal_parameter + ZeroOrMore((CaselessLiteral(";") + Optional(VAR) + formal_parameter)) + CaselessLiteral(")"))) + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="procedure_head"))
-        aggregate_type << (((AGGREGATE + Optional((CaselessLiteral(":") + type_label)) + OF + parameter_type))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="aggregate_type"))
+        derive_clause = Forward()("derive_clause")
+        supertype_factor << (((supertype_term + ZeroOrMore((AND + supertype_term))))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="supertype_factor"))
+        interval_item << (simple_expression)
+        subtype_constraint << (((OF + CaselessLiteral("(") + supertype_expression + CaselessLiteral(")")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="subtype_constraint"))
         repeat_stmt << (((REPEAT + repeat_control + CaselessLiteral(";") + stmt + ZeroOrMore(stmt) + END_REPEAT + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="repeat_stmt"))
-        entity_body << (((ZeroOrMore(explicit_attr) + Optional(derive_clause) + Optional(inverse_clause) + Optional(unique_clause) + Optional(where_clause)))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="entity_body"))
-        interval_high << (simple_expression)
-        logical_expression << (expression)
-        simple_expression << (((term + ZeroOrMore((add_like_op + term))))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="simple_expression"))
+        subsuper << (((Optional(supertype_constraint) + Optional(subtype_declaration)))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="subsuper"))
+        increment << (numeric_expression)
         remark << (((embedded_remark | tail_remark))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="remark"))
-        simple_factor << (((aggregate_initializer | interval | query_expression | (Optional(unary_op) + ((CaselessLiteral("(") + expression + CaselessLiteral(")")) | primary)) | entity_constructor | enumeration_reference))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="simple_factor"))
-        case_stmt << (((CASE + selector + OF + ZeroOrMore(case_action) + Optional((OTHERWISE + CaselessLiteral(":") + stmt)) + END_CASE + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="case_stmt"))
-        derive_clause << (((DERIVE + derived_attr + ZeroOrMore(derived_attr)))).setParseAction(AttributeList)
-        supertype_constraint << (((abstract_supertype_declaration | abstract_entity_declaration | supertype_rule))).setParseAction(SuperTypeExpression)
-        assignment_stmt << (((general_ref + ZeroOrMore(qualifier) + CaselessLiteral(":=") + expression + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="assignment_stmt"))
-        entity_head << (((ENTITY + entity_id + subsuper + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="entity_head"))
-        set_type << (((SET + Optional(bound_spec) + OF + instantiable_type))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="set_type"))
-        instantiable_type << (((concrete_types | entity_ref))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="instantiable_type"))
+        increment_control << (((variable_id + CaselessLiteral(":=") + bound_1 + TO + bound_2 + Optional((BY + increment))))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="increment_control"))
+        local_variable << (((variable_id + ZeroOrMore((CaselessLiteral(",") + variable_id)) + CaselessLiteral(":") + parameter_type + Optional((CaselessLiteral(":=") + expression)) + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="local_variable"))
+        until_control << (((UNTIL + logical_expression))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="until_control"))
+        while_control << (((WHILE + logical_expression))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="while_control"))
+        parameter << (expression)
+        width << (numeric_expression)
+        string_type << (((STRING + Optional(width_spec)))).setParseAction(StringType)
+        array_type << (((ARRAY + bound_spec + OF + Optional(OPTIONAL) + Optional(UNIQUE) + instantiable_type))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="array_type"))
+        if_stmt << (((IF + logical_expression + THEN + stmt + ZeroOrMore(stmt) + Optional((ELSE + stmt + ZeroOrMore(stmt))) + END_IF + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="if_stmt"))
+        index << (numeric_expression)
+        repetition << (numeric_expression)
+        index_qualifier << (((CaselessLiteral("[") + index_1 + Optional((CaselessLiteral(":") + index_2)) + CaselessLiteral("]")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="index_qualifier"))
+        bound_1 << (numeric_expression)
+        procedure_decl << (((procedure_head + algorithm_head + ZeroOrMore(stmt) + END_PROCEDURE + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="procedure_decl"))
+        entity_constructor << (((entity_ref + CaselessLiteral("(") + Optional((expression + ZeroOrMore((CaselessLiteral(",") + expression)))) + CaselessLiteral(")")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="entity_constructor"))
+        inverse_clause << (((INVERSE + inverse_attr + ZeroOrMore(inverse_attr)))).setParseAction(AttributeList)
+        function_head << (((FUNCTION + function_id + Optional((CaselessLiteral("(") + formal_parameter + ZeroOrMore((CaselessLiteral(";") + formal_parameter)) + CaselessLiteral(")"))) + CaselessLiteral(":") + parameter_type + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="function_head"))
+        formal_parameter << (((parameter_id + ZeroOrMore((CaselessLiteral(",") + parameter_id)) + CaselessLiteral(":") + parameter_type))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="formal_parameter"))
+        interval_high << (simple_expression)
+        entity_decl << (((entity_head + entity_body + END_ENTITY + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(EntityDeclaration)
+        abstract_supertype_declaration << (((ABSTRACT + SUPERTYPE + Optional(subtype_constraint)))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="abstract_supertype_declaration"))
+        index_1 << (index)
+        general_aggregation_types << (((general_array_type | general_bag_type | general_list_type | general_set_type))).setParseAction(AggregationType)
+        real_type << (((REAL + Optional((CaselessLiteral("(") + precision_spec + CaselessLiteral(")")))))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="real_type"))
+        type_decl << (((TYPE + type_id + CaselessLiteral("=") + underlying_type + CaselessLiteral(";") + Optional(where_clause) + END_TYPE + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(TypeDeclaration)
+        stmt << (((alias_stmt | assignment_stmt | case_stmt | compound_stmt | escape_stmt | if_stmt | null_stmt | procedure_call_stmt | repeat_stmt | return_stmt | skip_stmt))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="stmt"))
         declaration << (((entity_decl | function_decl | procedure_decl | subtype_constraint_decl | type_decl))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="declaration"))
-        binary_type << (((BINARY + Optional(width_spec)))).setParseAction(BinaryType)
-        interval << (((CaselessLiteral("{") + interval_low + interval_op + interval_item + interval_op + interval_high + CaselessLiteral("}")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="interval"))
+        explicit_attr << (((attribute_decl + ZeroOrMore((CaselessLiteral(",") + attribute_decl)) + CaselessLiteral(":") + Optional(OPTIONAL) + parameter_type + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(ExplicitAttribute)
+        compound_stmt << (((BEGIN + stmt + ZeroOrMore(stmt) + END + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="compound_stmt"))
+        aggregation_types << (((array_type | bag_type | list_type | set_type))).setParseAction(AggregationType)
+        simple_factor << (((aggregate_initializer | interval | query_expression | (Optional(unary_op) + ((CaselessLiteral("(") + expression + CaselessLiteral(")")) | primary)) | entity_constructor | enumeration_reference))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="simple_factor"))
+        where_clause << (((WHERE + domain_rule + CaselessLiteral(";") + ZeroOrMore((domain_rule + CaselessLiteral(";")))))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="where_clause"))
+        entity_head << (((ENTITY + entity_id + subsuper + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="entity_head"))
+        underlying_type << (((constructed_types | concrete_types))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="underlying_type"))
+        subtype_constraint_decl << (((subtype_constraint_head + subtype_constraint_body + END_SUBTYPE_CONSTRAINT + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="subtype_constraint_decl"))
+        logical_expression << (expression)
+        case_label << (expression)
+        expression << (((simple_expression + Optional((rel_op_extended + simple_expression))))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="expression"))
+        general_list_type << (((LIST + Optional(bound_spec) + OF + Optional(UNIQUE) + parameter_type))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="general_list_type"))
+        actual_parameter_list << (((CaselessLiteral("(") + Optional(parameter) + ZeroOrMore((CaselessLiteral(",") + parameter)) + CaselessLiteral(")")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="actual_parameter_list"))
+        width_spec << (((CaselessLiteral("(") + width + CaselessLiteral(")") + Optional(FIXED)))).setParseAction(WidthSpec)
+        selector << (expression)
+        syntax << (((schema_decl + ZeroOrMore(schema_decl)))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="syntax"))
+        aggregate_source << (simple_expression)
+        return_stmt << (((RETURN + Optional((CaselessLiteral("(") + expression + CaselessLiteral(")"))) + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="return_stmt"))
+        embedded_remark << (((CaselessLiteral("(*") + Optional(remark_tag) + ZeroOrMore(((not_paren_star + ZeroOrMore(not_paren_star)) | lparen_then_not_lparen_star | (CaselessLiteral("*") + ZeroOrMore(CaselessLiteral("*"))) | not_rparen_star_then_rparen | embedded_remark)) + CaselessLiteral("*)")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="embedded_remark"))
         parameter_type << (((generalized_types | simple_types | named_types))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="parameter_type"))
         term << (((factor + ZeroOrMore((multiplication_like_op + factor))))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="term"))
-        index << (numeric_expression)
-        expression << (((simple_expression + Optional((rel_op_extended + simple_expression))))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="expression"))
+        derived_attr << (((attribute_decl + CaselessLiteral(":") + parameter_type + CaselessLiteral(":=") + expression + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="derived_attr"))
+        repeat_control << (((Optional(increment_control) + Optional(while_control) + Optional(until_control)))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="repeat_control"))
+        assignment_stmt << (((general_ref + ZeroOrMore(qualifier) + CaselessLiteral(":=") + expression + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="assignment_stmt"))
         bag_type << (((BAG + Optional(bound_spec) + OF + instantiable_type))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="bag_type"))
-        schema_body << (((ZeroOrMore(interface_specification) + Optional(constant_decl) + ZeroOrMore((declaration | rule_decl))))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="schema_body"))
-        until_control << (((UNTIL + logical_expression))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="until_control"))
-        simple_types << (((binary_type | boolean_type | integer_type | logical_type | number_type | real_type | string_type))).setParseAction(SimpleType)
-        subsuper << (((Optional(supertype_constraint) + Optional(subtype_declaration)))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="subsuper"))
-        entity_decl << (((entity_head + entity_body + END_ENTITY + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(EntityDeclaration)
-        concrete_types << (((aggregation_types | simple_types | type_ref))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="concrete_types"))
-        element << (((expression + Optional((CaselessLiteral(":") + repetition))))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="element"))
-        general_bag_type << (((BAG + Optional(bound_spec) + OF + parameter_type))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="general_bag_type"))
-        interval_item << (simple_expression)
+        inverse_attr << (((attribute_decl + CaselessLiteral(":") + Optional(((SET | BAG) + Optional(bound_spec) + OF)) + entity_ref + FOR + Optional((entity_ref + CaselessLiteral("."))) + attribute_ref + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(InverseAttribute)
         constant_body << (((constant_id + CaselessLiteral(":") + instantiable_type + CaselessLiteral(":=") + expression + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="constant_body"))
-        increment << (numeric_expression)
-        case_label << (expression)
-        case_action << (((case_label + ZeroOrMore((CaselessLiteral(",") + case_label)) + CaselessLiteral(":") + stmt))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="case_action"))
-        width << (numeric_expression)
-        procedure_decl << (((procedure_head + algorithm_head + ZeroOrMore(stmt) + END_PROCEDURE + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="procedure_decl"))
-        increment_control << (((variable_id + CaselessLiteral(":=") + bound_1 + TO + bound_2 + Optional((BY + increment))))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="increment_control"))
-        index_qualifier << (((CaselessLiteral("[") + index_1 + Optional((CaselessLiteral(":") + index_2)) + CaselessLiteral("]")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="index_qualifier"))
-        constant_decl << (((CONSTANT + constant_body + ZeroOrMore(constant_body) + END_CONSTANT + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="constant_decl"))
-        supertype_rule << (((SUPERTYPE + subtype_constraint))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="supertype_rule"))
-        syntax << (((schema_decl + ZeroOrMore(schema_decl)))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="syntax"))
-        function_head << (((FUNCTION + function_id + Optional((CaselessLiteral("(") + formal_parameter + ZeroOrMore((CaselessLiteral(";") + formal_parameter)) + CaselessLiteral(")"))) + CaselessLiteral(":") + parameter_type + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="function_head"))
-        repetition << (numeric_expression)
-        if_stmt << (((IF + logical_expression + THEN + stmt + ZeroOrMore(stmt) + Optional((ELSE + stmt + ZeroOrMore(stmt))) + END_IF + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="if_stmt"))
-        supertype_expression << (((supertype_factor + ZeroOrMore((ANDOR + supertype_factor))))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="supertype_expression"))
-        inverse_clause << (((INVERSE + inverse_attr + ZeroOrMore(inverse_attr)))).setParseAction(AttributeList)
-        aggregate_initializer << (((CaselessLiteral("[") + Optional((element + ZeroOrMore((CaselessLiteral(",") + element)))) + CaselessLiteral("]")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="aggregate_initializer"))
-        return_stmt << (((RETURN + Optional((CaselessLiteral("(") + expression + CaselessLiteral(")"))) + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="return_stmt"))
-        generalized_types << (((aggregate_type | general_aggregation_types | generic_entity_type | generic_type))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="generalized_types"))
-        bound_2 << (numeric_expression)
-        real_type << (((REAL + Optional((CaselessLiteral("(") + precision_spec + CaselessLiteral(")")))))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="real_type"))
-        index_2 << (index)
-        array_type << (((ARRAY + bound_spec + OF + Optional(OPTIONAL) + Optional(UNIQUE) + instantiable_type))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="array_type"))
-        local_decl << (((LOCAL + local_variable + ZeroOrMore(local_variable) + END_LOCAL + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="local_decl"))
-        supertype_term << (((one_of | (CaselessLiteral("(") + supertype_expression + CaselessLiteral(")")) | entity_ref))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="supertype_term"))
-        where_clause << (((WHERE + domain_rule + CaselessLiteral(";") + ZeroOrMore((domain_rule + CaselessLiteral(";")))))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="where_clause"))
-        embedded_remark << (((CaselessLiteral("(*") + Optional(remark_tag) + ZeroOrMore(((not_paren_star + ZeroOrMore(not_paren_star)) | lparen_then_not_lparen_star | (CaselessLiteral("*") + ZeroOrMore(CaselessLiteral("*"))) | not_rparen_star_then_rparen | embedded_remark)) + CaselessLiteral("*)")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="embedded_remark"))
-        compound_stmt << (((BEGIN + stmt + ZeroOrMore(stmt) + END + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="compound_stmt"))
-        bound_1 << (numeric_expression)
-        alias_stmt << (((ALIAS + variable_id + FOR + general_ref + ZeroOrMore(qualifier) + CaselessLiteral(";") + stmt + ZeroOrMore(stmt) + END_ALIAS + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="alias_stmt"))
-        subtype_constraint << (((OF + CaselessLiteral("(") + supertype_expression + CaselessLiteral(")")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="subtype_constraint"))
-        string_type << (((STRING + Optional(width_spec)))).setParseAction(StringType)
-        function_decl << (((function_head + algorithm_head + stmt + ZeroOrMore(stmt) + END_FUNCTION + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(FunctionDeclaration)
-        general_list_type << (((LIST + Optional(bound_spec) + OF + Optional(UNIQUE) + parameter_type))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="general_list_type"))
-        supertype_factor << (((supertype_term + ZeroOrMore((AND + supertype_term))))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="supertype_factor"))
-        rule_decl << (((rule_head + algorithm_head + ZeroOrMore(stmt) + where_clause + END_RULE + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(RuleDeclaration)
+        precision_spec << (numeric_expression)
+        general_bag_type << (((BAG + Optional(bound_spec) + OF + parameter_type))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="general_bag_type"))
         qualifiable_factor << (((function_call | attribute_ref | constant_factor | general_ref | population))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="qualifiable_factor"))
+        bound_2 << (numeric_expression)
+        instantiable_type << (((concrete_types | entity_ref))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="instantiable_type"))
+        general_set_type << (((SET + Optional(bound_spec) + OF + parameter_type))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="general_set_type"))
+        supertype_rule << (((SUPERTYPE + subtype_constraint))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="supertype_rule"))
+        factor << (((simple_factor + Optional((CaselessLiteral("**") + simple_factor))))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="factor"))
+        list_type << (((LIST + Optional(bound_spec) + OF + Optional(UNIQUE) + instantiable_type))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="list_type"))
+        one_of << (((ONEOF + CaselessLiteral("(") + supertype_expression + ZeroOrMore((CaselessLiteral(",") + supertype_expression)) + CaselessLiteral(")")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="one_of"))
+        aggregate_type << (((AGGREGATE + Optional((CaselessLiteral(":") + type_label)) + OF + parameter_type))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="aggregate_type"))
+        entity_body << (((ZeroOrMore(explicit_attr) + Optional(derive_clause) + Optional(inverse_clause) + Optional(unique_clause) + Optional(where_clause)))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="entity_body"))
+        generalized_types << (((aggregate_type | general_aggregation_types | generic_entity_type | generic_type))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="generalized_types"))
+        case_stmt << (((CASE + selector + OF + ZeroOrMore(case_action) + Optional((OTHERWISE + CaselessLiteral(":") + stmt)) + END_CASE + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="case_stmt"))
+        binary_type << (((BINARY + Optional(width_spec)))).setParseAction(BinaryType)
+        local_decl << (((LOCAL + local_variable + ZeroOrMore(local_variable) + END_LOCAL + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="local_decl"))
+        alias_stmt << (((ALIAS + variable_id + FOR + general_ref + ZeroOrMore(qualifier) + CaselessLiteral(";") + stmt + ZeroOrMore(stmt) + END_ALIAS + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="alias_stmt"))
+        simple_expression << (((term + ZeroOrMore((add_like_op + term))))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="simple_expression"))
+        general_array_type << (((ARRAY + Optional(bound_spec) + OF + Optional(OPTIONAL) + Optional(UNIQUE) + parameter_type))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="general_array_type"))
+        interval << (((CaselessLiteral("{") + interval_low + interval_op + interval_item + interval_op + interval_high + CaselessLiteral("}")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="interval"))
+        procedure_head << (((PROCEDURE + procedure_id + Optional((CaselessLiteral("(") + Optional(VAR) + formal_parameter + ZeroOrMore((CaselessLiteral(";") + Optional(VAR) + formal_parameter)) + CaselessLiteral(")"))) + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="procedure_head"))
+        function_decl << (((function_head + algorithm_head + stmt + ZeroOrMore(stmt) + END_FUNCTION + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(FunctionDeclaration)
+        supertype_expression << (((supertype_factor + ZeroOrMore((ANDOR + supertype_factor))))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="supertype_expression"))
+        set_type << (((SET + Optional(bound_spec) + OF + instantiable_type))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="set_type"))
+        primary << (((literal | (qualifiable_factor + ZeroOrMore(qualifier))))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="primary"))
+        procedure_call_stmt << ((((built_in_procedure | procedure_ref) + actual_parameter_list + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="procedure_call_stmt"))
+        simple_types << (((binary_type | boolean_type | integer_type | logical_type | number_type | real_type | string_type))).setParseAction(SimpleType)
+        query_expression << (((QUERY + CaselessLiteral("(") + variable_id + CaselessLiteral("<*") + aggregate_source + CaselessLiteral("|") + logical_expression + CaselessLiteral(")")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="query_expression"))
+        index_2 << (index)
+        constant_decl << (((CONSTANT + constant_body + ZeroOrMore(constant_body) + END_CONSTANT + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="constant_decl"))
+        case_action << (((case_label + ZeroOrMore((CaselessLiteral(",") + case_label)) + CaselessLiteral(":") + stmt))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="case_action"))
+        schema_body << (((ZeroOrMore(interface_specification) + Optional(constant_decl) + ZeroOrMore((declaration | rule_decl))))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="schema_body"))
+        element << (((expression + Optional((CaselessLiteral(":") + repetition))))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="element"))
+        numeric_expression << (simple_expression)
+        aggregate_initializer << (((CaselessLiteral("[") + Optional((element + ZeroOrMore((CaselessLiteral(",") + element)))) + CaselessLiteral("]")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="aggregate_initializer"))
+        schema_decl << (((SCHEMA + schema_id + Optional(schema_version_id) + CaselessLiteral(";") + schema_body + END_SCHEMA + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="schema_decl"))
+        supertype_term << (((one_of | (CaselessLiteral("(") + supertype_expression + CaselessLiteral(")")) | entity_ref))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="supertype_term"))
+        algorithm_head << (((ZeroOrMore(declaration) + Optional(constant_decl) + Optional(local_decl)))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: ListNode(s, loc, t, rule="algorithm_head"))
+        supertype_constraint << (((abstract_supertype_declaration | abstract_entity_declaration | supertype_rule))).setParseAction(SuperTypeExpression)
+        interval_low << (simple_expression)
+        domain_rule << (((Optional((rule_label_id + CaselessLiteral(":"))) + expression))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="domain_rule"))
+        rule_decl << (((rule_head + algorithm_head + ZeroOrMore(stmt) + where_clause + END_RULE + CaselessLiteral(";")))).setParseAction(RuleDeclaration)
+        concrete_types << (((aggregation_types | simple_types | type_ref))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="concrete_types"))
+        qualifier << (((attribute_qualifier | group_qualifier | index_qualifier))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="qualifier"))
+        subtype_constraint_body << (((Optional(abstract_supertype) + Optional(total_over) + Optional((supertype_expression + CaselessLiteral(";")))))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="subtype_constraint_body"))
+        function_call << ((((built_in_function | function_ref) + actual_parameter_list))).setParseAction(lambda s, loc, t: Node(s, loc, t, rule="function_call"))
         bound_spec << (((CaselessLiteral("[") + bound_1 + CaselessLiteral(":") + bound_2 + CaselessLiteral("]")))).setParseAction(BoundSpecification)
+        derive_clause << (((DERIVE + derived_attr + ZeroOrMore(derived_attr)))).setParseAction(AttributeList)
 
         syntax.ignore("--" + restOfLine)
         syntax.ignore(Regex(r"\((?:\*(?:[^*]*\*+)+?\))"))

src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/express/header.py

@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ class Header(codegen.Base):
                         tt = mapping.schema.entities[tt.supertypes[0]]
 
                     supertypes = list(type.supertypes) if len(type.supertypes) else ["IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity"]
+                    direct_superclass = supertypes[0]
                     supertypes.extend(get_select_super_types(name, bases=all_supertypes))
                     supertypes = list(map(case_normalize, supertypes))
                     superclass = create_supertype_statement(supertypes)

src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/express/implementation.py

@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ class Implementation(codegen.Base):
                     null_check = ""
                     if arg["is_optional"]:
                         attr_check = (
-                            "if(!data_->getArgument(%d) || data_->getArgument(%d)->isNull()) { return %%s; }"
-                            % (arg["index"] - 1, arg["index"] - 1)
+                            "if(data_.get_attribute_value(%d).isNull()) { return %%s; }"
+                            % (arg["index"] - 1,)
                         )
                         if "boost::optional" in arg["full_type"]:
                             null_check = attr_check % "boost::none"
@@ -236,11 +236,17 @@ class Implementation(codegen.Base):
             ]
 
             superclass = (
-                "%s((IfcEntityInstanceData*)0)" % type.supertypes[0]
+                "%s(std::move(e))" % type.supertypes[0]
                 if len(type.supertypes) == 1
-                else "IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity()"
+                else "IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity(std::move(e))"
             )
 
+            superclass_num_attrs = (
+                "%s(IfcEntityInstanceData(storage_t(%%d)))" % type.supertypes[0]
+                if len(type.supertypes) == 1
+                else "IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity(IfcEntityInstanceData(storage_t(%d)))"
+            ) % len(constructor_arguments)
+
             write(
                 templates.entity_implementation,
                 name=name,
@@ -250,6 +256,7 @@ class Implementation(codegen.Base):
                 attributes=nl(catnl(attributes)),
                 inverse=nl(catnl(inverse)),
                 superclass=superclass,
+                superclass_num_attrs=superclass_num_attrs,
                 schema_name=schema_name,
                 schema_name_upper=schema_name_upper,
                 index_in_schema=self.names.index(str(name)),
@@ -302,7 +309,7 @@ class Implementation(codegen.Base):
         for class_name, type in mapping.schema.simpletypes.items():
             type_str = mapping.make_type_string(mapping.flatten_type_string(type))
             attr_type = mapping.make_argument_type(type)
-            superclass = mapping.simple_type_parent(class_name)
+            superclass = mapping.simple_type_parent(class_name) or "IfcUtil::IfcBaseType"
 
             simpletype_impl_is = (
                 templates.simpletype_impl_is_with_supertype
@@ -310,7 +317,7 @@ class Implementation(codegen.Base):
                 else templates.simpletype_impl_is_without_supertype
             )
 
-            constructor = templates.constructor_single_initlist if superclass else templates.constructor
+            constructor = templates.constructor_single_initlist#  if superclass else templates.constructor
 
             simpletype_impl_cast = (
                 templates.simpletype_impl_cast_templated
@@ -337,9 +344,10 @@ class Implementation(codegen.Base):
                 map(
                     compose,
                     map(
-                        lambda x: (class_name, attr_type, superclass, "(IfcEntityInstanceData*)0") + x,
+                        lambda x: (class_name, attr_type, superclass) + x,
                         (
                             (
+                                "",
                                 "Class",
                                 templates.function,
                                 "const IfcParse::type_declaration&",
@@ -347,6 +355,7 @@ class Implementation(codegen.Base):
                                 templates.simpletype_impl_class,
                             ),
                             (
+                                "",
                                 "declaration",
                                 templates.const_function,
                                 "const IfcParse::type_declaration&",
@@ -354,14 +363,16 @@ class Implementation(codegen.Base):
                                 templates.simpletype_impl_declaration,
                             ),
                             (
+                                "std::move(e)",
                                 "",
                                 constructor,
                                 "",
-                                ("IfcEntityInstanceData* e",),
-                                templates.simpletype_impl_explicit_constructor,
+                                ("IfcEntityInstanceData&& e",),
+                                "",
                             ),
-                            ("", constructor, "", ("%s v" % type_str,), simpletype_impl_constructor),
-                            ("", templates.cast_function, type_str, (), simpletype_impl_cast),
+                            ("", "", constructor, "", ("%s v" % type_str,), ("set_attribute_value(0, v%s);" % ("->generalize()" if mapping.is_templated_list(type) else ""))) if mapping.simple_type_parent(class_name) is None else \
+                            ("v", "", constructor, "", ("%s v" % type_str,), ""),
+                            ("", "", templates.cast_function, type_str, (), simpletype_impl_cast),
                         ),
                     ),
                 )

src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/express/schema_class.py

@@ -330,13 +330,13 @@ class EarlyBoundCodeWriter:
             name = idx_name[1]
             return name in can_be_instantiated_set
 
-        instance_mapping = """switch(data->type()->index_in_schema()) {
+        instance_mapping = """switch(decl->index_in_schema()) {
             %s
-            default: throw IfcParse::IfcException(data->type()->name() + " cannot be instantiated");
+            default: throw IfcParse::IfcException(decl->name() + " cannot be instantiated");
         }
 """ % "\n            ".join(
             map(
-                lambda tup: ("case %%d: return new ::%s::%%s(data);" % schema_name_title) % tup,
+                lambda tup: ("case %%d: return new ::%s::%%s(std::move(data));" % schema_name_title) % tup,
                 filter(can_be_instantiated, enumerate(self.names)),
             )
         )
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ class EarlyBoundCodeWriter:
         self.statements[self.statements.index("{factory_placeholder}")] = (
             """
 class %(schema_name)s_instance_factory : public IfcParse::instance_factory {
-    virtual IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* operator()(IfcEntityInstanceData* data) const {
+    virtual IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* operator()(const IfcParse::declaration* decl, IfcEntityInstanceData&& data) const {
         %(instance_mapping)s
     }
 };

src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/express/templates.py

@@ -71,14 +71,13 @@ implementation = """
 #include "../ifcparse/%(schema_name)s.h"
 #include "../ifcparse/IfcSchema.h"
 #include "../ifcparse/IfcException.h"
-#include "../ifcparse/IfcWrite.h"
+#include "../ifcparse/IfcFile.h"
 
 #include <map>
 
 const char* const %(schema_name)s::Identifier = "%(schema_name_upper)s";
 
 using namespace IfcParse;
-using namespace IfcWrite;
 
 // External definitions
 %(external_definitions)s
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API %(name)s : %(superclass)s {
 public:
     virtual const IfcParse::type_declaration& declaration() const;
     static const IfcParse::type_declaration& Class();
-    explicit %(name)s (IfcEntityInstanceData* e);
+    explicit %(name)s (IfcEntityInstanceData&& e);
     %(name)s (%(type)s v);
     operator %(type)s() const;
 };
@@ -121,19 +120,19 @@ public:
 
 simpletype_impl_comment = "// Function implementations for %(name)s"
 simpletype_impl_argument_type = 'if (i == 0) { return %(attr_type)s; } else { throw IfcParse::IfcAttributeOutOfRangeException("Argument index out of range"); }'
-simpletype_impl_argument = "return data_->getArgument(i);"
+simpletype_impl_argument = "return data_.get_attribute_value(i);"
 simpletype_impl_is_with_supertype = "return v == %(class_name)s_type || %(superclass)s::is(v);"
 simpletype_impl_is_without_supertype = "return v == %(class_name)s_type;"
 simpletype_impl_type = "return *((IfcParse::type_declaration*)%(schema_name_upper)s_types[%(index_in_schema)d]);"
 simpletype_impl_class = "return *((IfcParse::type_declaration*)%(schema_name_upper)s_types[%(index_in_schema)d]);"
 simpletype_impl_explicit_constructor = "data_ = e;"
 simpletype_impl_constructor = (
-    "data_ = new IfcEntityInstanceData(%(schema_name_upper)s_types[%(index_in_schema)d]); set_value(0, v);"
+    "data_ = new IfcEntityInstanceData(%(schema_name_upper)s_types[%(index_in_schema)d]); set_attribute_value(0, v);"
 )
-simpletype_impl_constructor_templated = "data_ = new IfcEntityInstanceData(%(schema_name_upper)s_types[%(index_in_schema)d]); set_value(0, v->generalize());"
-simpletype_impl_cast = "return *data_->getArgument(0);"
+simpletype_impl_constructor_templated = "data_ = new IfcEntityInstanceData(%(schema_name_upper)s_types[%(index_in_schema)d]); set_attribute_value(0, v->generalize());"
+simpletype_impl_cast = "return data_.get_attribute_value(0);"
 simpletype_impl_cast_templated = (
-    "aggregate_of_instance::ptr es = *data_->getArgument(0); return es->as< %(underlying_type)s >();"
+    "aggregate_of_instance::ptr es = data_.get_attribute_value(0); return es->as< %(underlying_type)s >();"
 )
 simpletype_impl_declaration = "return *((IfcParse::type_declaration*)%(schema_name_upper)s_types[%(index_in_schema)d]);"
 
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ public:
 
     virtual const IfcParse::enumeration_type& declaration() const;
     static const IfcParse::enumeration_type& Class();
-    %(name)s (IfcEntityInstanceData* e);
+    %(name)s (IfcEntityInstanceData&& e);
     %(name)s (Value v);
     %(name)s (const std::string& v);
     operator Value() const;
@@ -166,7 +165,7 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API %(name)s : %(superclass)s {
 public:
 %(attributes)s    %(inverse)s    virtual const IfcParse::entity& declaration() const;
     static const IfcParse::entity& Class();
-    %(name)s (IfcEntityInstanceData* e);
+    %(name)s (IfcEntityInstanceData&& e);
     %(name)s (%(constructor_arguments)s);
     typedef aggregate_of< %(name)s > list;
 };
@@ -180,18 +179,16 @@ enumeration_function = """
 const IfcParse::enumeration_type& %(schema_name)s::%(name)s::declaration() const { return *((IfcParse::enumeration_type*)%(schema_name_upper)s_types[%(index_in_schema)d]); }
 const IfcParse::enumeration_type& %(schema_name)s::%(name)s::Class() { return *((IfcParse::enumeration_type*)%(schema_name_upper)s_types[%(index_in_schema)d]); }
 
-%(schema_name)s::%(name)s::%(name)s(IfcEntityInstanceData* e) {
-    data_ = e;
-}
+%(schema_name)s::%(name)s::%(name)s(IfcEntityInstanceData&& e)
+    : IfcBaseType(std::move(e))
+{}
 
 %(schema_name)s::%(name)s::%(name)s(Value v) {
-    data_ = new IfcEntityInstanceData(%(schema_name_upper)s_types[%(index_in_schema)d]);
-    set_value(0, IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument::EnumerationReference(v,ToString(v)));
+    set_attribute_value(0, EnumerationReference(&declaration(), static_cast<size_t>(v)));
 }
 
 %(schema_name)s::%(name)s::%(name)s(const std::string& v) {
-    data_ = new IfcEntityInstanceData(%(schema_name_upper)s_types[%(index_in_schema)d]);
-    set_value(0, IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument::EnumerationReference(FromString(v),ToString(FromString(v))));
+    set_attribute_value(0, EnumerationReference(&declaration(), declaration().lookup_enum_offset(v)));
 }
 
 const char* %(schema_name)s::%(name)s::ToString(Value v) {
@@ -203,7 +200,7 @@ const char* %(schema_name)s::%(name)s::ToString(Value v) {
 }
 
 %(schema_name)s::%(name)s::operator %(schema_name)s::%(name)s::Value() const {
-    return FromString((std::string) *data_->getArgument(0));
+    return (%(schema_name)s::%(name)s::Value) data_.storage_.get<EnumerationReference>(0).index();
 }
 """
 
@@ -212,10 +209,13 @@ entity_implementation = """// Function implementations for %(name)s
 %(inverse)s
 const IfcParse::entity& %(schema_name)s::%(name)s::declaration() const { return *((IfcParse::entity*)%(schema_name_upper)s_types[%(index_in_schema)d]); }
 const IfcParse::entity& %(schema_name)s::%(name)s::Class() { return *((IfcParse::entity*)%(schema_name_upper)s_types[%(index_in_schema)d]); }
-%(schema_name)s::%(name)s::%(name)s(IfcEntityInstanceData* e) : %(superclass)s { data_ = e; }
-%(schema_name)s::%(name)s::%(name)s(%(constructor_arguments)s) : %(superclass)s {data_ = new IfcEntityInstanceData(%(schema_name_upper)s_types[%(index_in_schema)d]); %(constructor_implementation)s }
+%(schema_name)s::%(name)s::%(name)s(IfcEntityInstanceData&& e) : %(superclass)s { }
+%(schema_name)s::%(name)s::%(name)s(%(constructor_arguments)s) : %(superclass_num_attrs)s { %(constructor_implementation)s }
 """
 
+# data_ = e; 
+# data_ = new IfcEntityInstanceData(%(schema_name_upper)s_types[%(index_in_schema)d]);
+
 optional_attribute_description = "/// Whether the optional attribute %s is defined for this %s"
 
 function = "%(return_type)s %(schema_name)s::%(class_name)s::%(name)s(%(arguments)s) { %(body)s }"
@@ -241,41 +241,41 @@ parent_type_stmt = "    if(v==%(name)s%(padding)s) { return %(parent)s; }"
 
 parent_type_test = " || %s::is(v)"
 
-optional_attr_stmt = "return !data_->getArgument(%(index)d)->isNull();"
+optional_attr_stmt = "return !data_.get_attribute_value(%(index)d).isNull();"
 
-get_attr_stmt = "%(null_check)s %(non_optional_type)s v = *data_->getArgument(%(index)d); return v;"
-get_attr_stmt_enum = "%(null_check)s return %(non_optional_type)s::FromString(*data_->getArgument(%(index)d));"
-get_attr_stmt_entity = "%(null_check)s return ((IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*)(*data_->getArgument(%(index)d)))->as<%(non_optional_type_no_pointer)s>(true);"
-get_attr_stmt_array = "%(null_check)s aggregate_of_instance::ptr es = *data_->getArgument(%(index)d); return es->as< %(list_instance_type)s >();"
-get_attr_stmt_nested_array = "%(null_check)s aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance::ptr es = *data_->getArgument(%(index)d); return es->as< %(list_instance_type)s >();"
+get_attr_stmt = "%(null_check)s %(non_optional_type)s v = data_.get_attribute_value(%(index)d); return v;"
+get_attr_stmt_enum = "%(null_check)s return %(non_optional_type)s::FromString(data_.get_attribute_value(%(index)d));"
+get_attr_stmt_entity = "%(null_check)s return ((IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*)(data_.get_attribute_value(%(index)d)))->as<%(non_optional_type_no_pointer)s>(true);"
+get_attr_stmt_array = "%(null_check)s aggregate_of_instance::ptr es = data_.get_attribute_value(%(index)d); return es->as< %(list_instance_type)s >();"
+get_attr_stmt_nested_array = "%(null_check)s aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance::ptr es = data_.get_attribute_value(%(index)d); return es->as< %(list_instance_type)s >();"
 
-get_inverse = "return data_->getInverse(%(schema_name_upper)s_types[%(type_index)d], %(index)d)->as<%(type)s>();"
+get_inverse = "if (!file_) { return nullptr; } return file_->getInverse(id_, %(schema_name_upper)s_types[%(type_index)d], %(index)d)->as<%(type)s>();"
 
 set_attr_stmt = (
-    "%(check_optional_set_begin)sset_value(%(index)d, %(star_if_optional)sv);%(check_optional_set_else)sunset_value(%(index)d);%(check_optional_set_end)s"
+    "%(check_optional_set_begin)sset_attribute_value(%(index)d, %(star_if_optional)sv);%(check_optional_set_else)sunset_attribute_value(%(index)d);%(check_optional_set_end)s"
 )
 set_attr_instance = (
-    "%(check_optional_set_begin)sset_value(%(index)d, v->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass>());%(check_optional_set_else)sunset_value(%(index)d);%(check_optional_set_end)s"
+    "%(check_optional_set_begin)sset_attribute_value(%(index)d, v->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass>());%(check_optional_set_else)sunset_attribute_value(%(index)d);%(check_optional_set_end)s"
 )
-set_attr_stmt_enum =  "%(check_optional_set_begin)sset_value(%(index)d, IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument::EnumerationReference(%(star_if_optional)sv,%(non_optional_type)s::ToString(%(star_if_optional)sv)));%(check_optional_set_else)sunset_value(%(index)d);%(check_optional_set_end)s"
+set_attr_stmt_enum =  "%(check_optional_set_begin)sset_attribute_value(%(index)d, EnumerationReference(&%(non_optional_type)s::Class(), (size_t) %(star_if_optional)sv));%(check_optional_set_else)sunset_attribute_value(%(index)d);%(check_optional_set_end)s"
 set_attr_stmt_array = (
-    "%(check_optional_set_begin)sset_value(%(index)d, (%(star_if_optional)sv)->generalize());%(check_optional_set_else)sunset_value(%(index)d);%(check_optional_set_end)s"
+    "%(check_optional_set_begin)sset_attribute_value(%(index)d, (%(star_if_optional)sv)->generalize());%(check_optional_set_else)sunset_attribute_value(%(index)d);%(check_optional_set_end)s"
 )
 
 constructor_stmt = (
-    "set_value(%(index)d, (%(name)s));"
+    "set_attribute_value(%(index)d, (%(name)s));"
 )
 constructor_stmt_enum = (
-    "set_value(%(index)d, (IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument::EnumerationReference(%(name)s,%(type)s::ToString(%(name)s))));"
+    "set_attribute_value(%(index)d, (EnumerationReference(&%(type)s::Class(),(size_t)%(name)s)));"
 )
 constructor_stmt_array = (
-    "set_value(%(index)d, (%(name)s)->generalize());"
+    "set_attribute_value(%(index)d, (%(name)s)->generalize());"
 )
 constructor_stmt_derived = (
     ""
 )
 constructor_stmt_instance = (
-    "set_value(%(index)d, %(name)s ? %(name)s->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass>() : (IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*) nullptr);"
+    "set_attribute_value(%(index)d, %(name)s ? %(name)s->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass>() : (IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*) nullptr);"
 )
 
 constructor_stmt_optional = " if (%(name)s) {%(stmt)s }"

src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/validate.py

@@ -256,11 +256,12 @@ def assert_valid(
         return True
 
 
-def log_internal_cpp_errors(filename: str, logger: Logger) -> None:
+def log_internal_cpp_errors(f: ifcopenshell.file, filename: str, logger: Logger) -> None:
     import re
     import bisect
 
     chr_offset_re = re.compile(r"at offset (\d+)\s*")
+    for_instance_re = re.compile(r"\s*for instance #(\d+)\s*")
 
     log = ifcopenshell.get_log()
     msgs = list(map(json.loads, filter(None, log.split("\n"))))
@@ -286,6 +287,24 @@ def log_internal_cpp_errors(filename: str, logger: Logger) -> None:
                 else:
                     logger.error("For instance:\n    %s\n%s", line, m)
 
+    instance_messages = [for_instance_re.findall(m["message"]) for m in msgs]
+    if instance_messages:
+        for instid, msg in zip(instance_messages, msgs):
+            if instid:
+                m = for_instance_re.sub("", msg["message"])
+                try:
+                    inst = f[int(instid[0])]
+                except:
+                    inst = None
+                if hasattr(logger, "set_state"):
+                    logger.set_state("instance", inst)
+                    logger.set_state("attribute", None)
+                    logger.error(m)
+                elif inst:
+                    logger.error("For instance:\n    %s\n%s", inst, m)
+                else:
+                    logger.error(m)
+
 
 entity_attribute_map: dict[tuple[str, str], tuple[entity_type, tuple[attribute]]] = {}
 
@@ -368,7 +387,7 @@ def validate(f: Union[ifcopenshell.file, str], logger: Logger, express_rules=Fal
                 logger.error(f"Unsupported schema: {schema_name}")
                 return
 
-        log_internal_cpp_errors(filename, logger)
+        log_internal_cpp_errors(f, filename, logger)
 
     schema = ifcopenshell.ifcopenshell_wrapper.schema_by_name(f.schema_identifier)
     used_guids: dict[str, ifcopenshell.entity_instance] = dict()
@@ -490,7 +509,7 @@ def validate(f: Union[ifcopenshell.file, str], logger: Logger, express_rules=Fal
         # Re capturing the log when validate() is finished
         # iterating over every instance so that all attribute counts
         # are verified.
-        log_internal_cpp_errors(filename, logger)
+        log_internal_cpp_errors(f, filename, logger)
 
     # Restore the original value for 'use_attribute_value_derived'
     ifcopenshell.ifcopenshell_wrapper.set_feature("use_attribute_value_derived", attribute_value_derived_org)

src/ifcopenshell-python/test/fixtures/validate/fail-invalid-selected-enumeration.ifc

@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ FILE_NAME('','2023-04-13T10:27:43',(),(),'IfcOpenShell v0.7.0-198fa67cc','IfcOpe
 FILE_SCHEMA(('IFC4'));
 ENDSEC;
 DATA;
-#1=IFCPRESENTATIONSTYLEASSIGNMENT((IFCNULLSTYLE('NOT_EXISTING_ENUM')));
+#1=IFCPRESENTATIONSTYLEASSIGNMENT((IFCNULLSTYLE(.NOT_EXISTING_ENUM.)));
 ENDSEC;
 END-ISO-10303-21;

src/ifcopenshell-python/test/fixtures/validate/pass-complex-number-ifc4.ifc

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+ISO-10303-21;
+HEADER;
+FILE_DESCRIPTION(('ViewDefinition [CoordinationView]'),'2;1');
+FILE_NAME('','2023-04-13T10:27:43',(),(),'IfcOpenShell v0.7.0-198fa67cc','IfcOpenShell v0.7.0-198fa67cc','');
+FILE_SCHEMA(('IFC4'));
+ENDSEC;
+DATA;
+#1=IFCPROPERTYSINGLEVALUE('Test',$,IFCCOMPLEXNUMBER((0.,0.)),$);
+ENDSEC;
+END-ISO-10303-21;

src/ifcopenshell-python/test/fixtures/validate/pass-valid-selected-enumeration.ifc

@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ FILE_NAME('','2023-04-13T10:27:43',(),(),'IfcOpenShell v0.7.0-198fa67cc','IfcOpe
 FILE_SCHEMA(('IFC4'));
 ENDSEC;
 DATA;
-#1=IFCPRESENTATIONSTYLEASSIGNMENT((IFCNULLSTYLE('NULL')));
+#1=IFCPRESENTATIONSTYLEASSIGNMENT((IFCNULLSTYLE(.NULL.)));
 ENDSEC;
 END-ISO-10303-21;

src/ifcopenshell-python/test/test_open.py

@@ -28,9 +28,11 @@ class TestOpen:
     def test_open_ifcspf(self):
         assert ifcopenshell.open(TEST_FILE_DIR / "WallInstance_IFC4Add2.ifc")
 
+    @pytest.mark.skip("IFC-XML temporarily disabled")
     def test_open_ifcxml(self):
         assert ifcopenshell.open(TEST_FILE_DIR / "wall-with-opening-and-window.ifcxml")
 
+    @pytest.mark.skip("IFC-XML temporarily disabled")
     def test_open_ifc_zip_ifcxml_format(self):
         assert ifcopenshell.open(TEST_FILE_DIR / "wall-with-opening-and-window_ifcxml_format.ifczip")
 
@@ -49,16 +51,19 @@ class TestOpen:
             ".ifcZIP",
         )
 
+    @pytest.mark.skip("IFC-XML temporarily disabled")
     def test_open_anyextension_ifcxml_format(self):
         assert ifcopenshell.open(
             TEST_FILE_DIR / "wall-with-opening-and-window_ifcxml_format.anyextension",
             ".ifcXML",
         )
 
+    @pytest.mark.skip("IFC-XML temporarily disabled")
     def test_invalid_ifcspf(self):
         with pytest.raises(ifcopenshell.Error):
             assert ifcopenshell.open(TEST_FILE_DIR / "invalid.ifc")
 
+    @pytest.mark.skip("IFC-XML temporarily disabled")
     def test_invalid_ifcxml(self):
         with pytest.raises(IOError):
             assert ifcopenshell.open(TEST_FILE_DIR / "invalid.ifcxml")

src/ifcparse/Argument.h

@@ -29,11 +29,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
-class aggregate_of_instance;
-class aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance;
-
 namespace IfcUtil {
-class IfcBaseClass;
 
 IFC_PARSE_API const char* ArgumentTypeToString(ArgumentType argument_type);
 
@@ -41,34 +37,5 @@ IFC_PARSE_API const char* ArgumentTypeToString(ArgumentType argument_type);
 IFC_PARSE_API bool valid_binary_string(const std::string& string);
 } // namespace IfcUtil
 
-class IFC_PARSE_API Argument {
-  public:
-    virtual operator int() const;
-    virtual operator bool() const;
-    virtual operator boost::logic::tribool() const;
-    virtual operator double() const;
-    virtual operator std::string() const;
-    virtual operator boost::dynamic_bitset<>() const;
-    virtual operator IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*() const;
-
-    virtual operator std::vector<int>() const;
-    virtual operator std::vector<double>() const;
-    virtual operator std::vector<std::string>() const;
-    virtual operator std::vector<boost::dynamic_bitset<>>() const;
-    virtual operator boost::shared_ptr<aggregate_of_instance>() const;
-
-    virtual operator std::vector<std::vector<int>>() const;
-    virtual operator std::vector<std::vector<double>>() const;
-    virtual operator boost::shared_ptr<aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance>() const;
-
-    virtual bool isNull() const = 0;
-    virtual unsigned int size() const = 0;
-
-    virtual IfcUtil::ArgumentType type() const = 0;
-    virtual Argument* operator[](unsigned int index) const = 0;
-    virtual std::string toString(bool upper = false) const = 0;
-
-    virtual ~Argument(){};
-};
 
 #endif

src/ifcparse/Ifc4x3-definitions.h

@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcBSplineCurveForm
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcBSplineSurfaceForm
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcBeamTypeEnum
-#define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcBearingTypeDisplacementEnum
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcBearingTypeEnum
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcBenchmarkEnum
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcBendingParameterSelect
@@ -142,8 +141,6 @@
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcDocumentStatusEnum
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcDoorPanelOperationEnum
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcDoorPanelPositionEnum
-#define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcDoorStyleConstructionEnum
-#define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcDoorStyleOperationEnum
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcDoorTypeEnum
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcDoorTypeOperationEnum
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcDoseEquivalentMeasure
@@ -219,6 +216,7 @@
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcIonConcentrationMeasure
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcIsothermalMoistureCapacityMeasure
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcJunctionBoxTypeEnum
+#define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcKerbTypeEnum
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcKinematicViscosityMeasure
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcKnotType
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcLabel
@@ -279,7 +277,6 @@
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcNormalisedRatioMeasure
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcNumericMeasure
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcObjectReferenceSelect
-#define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcObjectTypeEnum
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcObjectiveEnum
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcOccupantTypeEnum
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcOpeningElementTypeEnum
@@ -386,6 +383,7 @@
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcStairFlightTypeEnum
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcStairTypeEnum
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcStateEnum
+#define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcStrippedOptional
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcStructuralActivityAssignmentSelect
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcStructuralCurveActivityTypeEnum
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcStructuralCurveMemberTypeEnum
@@ -456,8 +454,6 @@
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcWasteTerminalTypeEnum
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcWindowPanelOperationEnum
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcWindowPanelPositionEnum
-#define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcWindowStyleConstructionEnum
-#define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcWindowStyleOperationEnum
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcWindowTypeEnum
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcWindowTypePartitioningEnum
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcWorkCalendarTypeEnum
@@ -1789,6 +1785,7 @@
 #define SCHEMA_IfcIndexedPolyCurve_HAS_Segments
 #define SCHEMA_IfcIndexedPolyCurve_Segments_IS_OPTIONAL
 #define SCHEMA_IfcIndexedPolyCurve_HAS_SelfIntersect
+#define SCHEMA_IfcIndexedPolyCurve_SelfIntersect_IS_OPTIONAL
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcIndexedPolygonalFace
 #define SCHEMA_IfcIndexedPolygonalFace_HAS_CoordIndex
 #define SCHEMA_IfcIndexedPolygonalFace_HAS_ToFaceSet
@@ -1833,9 +1830,10 @@
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcJunctionBoxType
 #define SCHEMA_IfcJunctionBoxType_HAS_PredefinedType
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcKerb
-#define SCHEMA_IfcKerb_HAS_Mountable
+#define SCHEMA_IfcKerb_HAS_PredefinedType
+#define SCHEMA_IfcKerb_PredefinedType_IS_OPTIONAL
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcKerbType
-#define SCHEMA_IfcKerbType_HAS_Mountable
+#define SCHEMA_IfcKerbType_HAS_PredefinedType
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcLShapeProfileDef
 #define SCHEMA_IfcLShapeProfileDef_HAS_Depth
 #define SCHEMA_IfcLShapeProfileDef_HAS_Width
@@ -2364,6 +2362,8 @@
 #define SCHEMA_IfcPolygonalBoundedHalfSpace_HAS_Position
 #define SCHEMA_IfcPolygonalBoundedHalfSpace_HAS_PolygonalBoundary
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcPolygonalFaceSet
+#define SCHEMA_IfcPolygonalFaceSet_HAS_Closed
+#define SCHEMA_IfcPolygonalFaceSet_Closed_IS_OPTIONAL
 #define SCHEMA_IfcPolygonalFaceSet_HAS_Faces
 #define SCHEMA_IfcPolygonalFaceSet_HAS_PnIndex
 #define SCHEMA_IfcPolygonalFaceSet_PnIndex_IS_OPTIONAL
@@ -2901,11 +2901,11 @@
 #define SCHEMA_IfcRelInterferesElements_HAS_RelatedElement
 #define SCHEMA_IfcRelInterferesElements_HAS_InterferenceGeometry
 #define SCHEMA_IfcRelInterferesElements_InterferenceGeometry_IS_OPTIONAL
-#define SCHEMA_IfcRelInterferesElements_HAS_InterferenceSpace
-#define SCHEMA_IfcRelInterferesElements_InterferenceSpace_IS_OPTIONAL
 #define SCHEMA_IfcRelInterferesElements_HAS_InterferenceType
 #define SCHEMA_IfcRelInterferesElements_InterferenceType_IS_OPTIONAL
 #define SCHEMA_IfcRelInterferesElements_HAS_ImpliedOrder
+#define SCHEMA_IfcRelInterferesElements_HAS_InterferenceSpace
+#define SCHEMA_IfcRelInterferesElements_InterferenceSpace_IS_OPTIONAL
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcRelNests
 #define SCHEMA_IfcRelNests_HAS_RelatingObject
 #define SCHEMA_IfcRelNests_HAS_RelatedObjects
@@ -3691,8 +3691,6 @@
 #define SCHEMA_IfcTendonType_SheathDiameter_IS_OPTIONAL
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcTessellatedFaceSet
 #define SCHEMA_IfcTessellatedFaceSet_HAS_Coordinates
-#define SCHEMA_IfcTessellatedFaceSet_HAS_Closed
-#define SCHEMA_IfcTessellatedFaceSet_Closed_IS_OPTIONAL
 #define SCHEMA_IfcTessellatedFaceSet_HAS_HasColours
 #define SCHEMA_IfcTessellatedFaceSet_HAS_HasTextures
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcTessellatedItem
@@ -3814,6 +3812,8 @@
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcTriangulatedFaceSet
 #define SCHEMA_IfcTriangulatedFaceSet_HAS_Normals
 #define SCHEMA_IfcTriangulatedFaceSet_Normals_IS_OPTIONAL
+#define SCHEMA_IfcTriangulatedFaceSet_HAS_Closed
+#define SCHEMA_IfcTriangulatedFaceSet_Closed_IS_OPTIONAL
 #define SCHEMA_IfcTriangulatedFaceSet_HAS_CoordIndex
 #define SCHEMA_IfcTriangulatedFaceSet_HAS_PnIndex
 #define SCHEMA_IfcTriangulatedFaceSet_PnIndex_IS_OPTIONAL
@@ -4039,7 +4039,6 @@
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcCorrectDimensions
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcCorrectFillAreaStyle
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcCorrectLocalPlacement
-#define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcCorrectObjectAssignment
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcCorrectUnitAssignment
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcCrossProduct
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcCurveDim
@@ -4049,7 +4048,6 @@
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcDotProduct
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcFirstProjAxis
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcGetBasisSurface
-#define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcGradient
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcListToArray
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcLoopHeadToTail
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcMakeArrayOfArray
@@ -4057,6 +4055,7 @@
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcNormalise
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcOrthogonalComplement
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcPathHeadToTail
+#define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcPointDim
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcPointListDim
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcSameAxis2Placement
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcSameCartesianPoint
@@ -4065,6 +4064,7 @@
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcSameValue
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcScalarTimesVector
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcSecondProjAxis
+#define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcSegmentDim
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcShapeRepresentationTypes
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcSurfaceWeightsPositive
 #define SCHEMA_HAS_IfcTaperedSweptAreaProfiles

src/ifcparse/IfcBaseClass.h

@@ -29,9 +29,12 @@
 #include <atomic>
 #include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
 
-class Argument;
 class aggregate_of_instance;
 
+namespace IfcParse {
+    class IfcFile;
+}
+
 namespace IfcUtil {
 
 class IFC_PARSE_API IfcBaseInterface {
@@ -54,6 +57,7 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API IfcBaseInterface {
     virtual const IfcEntityInstanceData& data() const = 0;
     virtual IfcEntityInstanceData& data() = 0;
     virtual const IfcParse::declaration& declaration() const = 0;
+    virtual ~IfcBaseInterface() {}
 
     template <class T>
     T* as(bool do_throw = false) {
@@ -82,36 +86,42 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API IfcBaseInterface {
 };
 
 class IFC_PARSE_API IfcBaseClass : public virtual IfcBaseInterface {
-  private:
-    uint32_t identity_;
+ protected:
     static std::atomic_uint32_t counter_;
 
-  protected:
-    IfcEntityInstanceData* data_;
+    uint32_t identity_;
+public:
+    uint32_t id_;
+    IfcParse::IfcFile* file_;
+protected:
+    IfcEntityInstanceData data_;
 
-    static bool is_null(const IfcBaseClass* not_this) {
-        return not_this == nullptr;
-    }
+public:
+    IfcBaseClass(IfcEntityInstanceData&& data)
+        : identity_(counter_++)
+        , id_(0)
+        , file_(nullptr)
+        , data_(std::move(data))
+    {}
 
-  public:
-    IfcBaseClass() : identity_(counter_++),
-                     data_(0) {}
-    IfcBaseClass(IfcEntityInstanceData* data) : identity_(counter_++),
-                                                data_(data) {}
-    virtual ~IfcBaseClass() { delete data_; }
-
-    const IfcEntityInstanceData& data() const { return *data_; }
-    IfcEntityInstanceData& data() { return *data_; }
-    void data(IfcEntityInstanceData* data);
+    const IfcEntityInstanceData& data() const { return data_; }
+    IfcEntityInstanceData& data() { return data_; }
 
     virtual const IfcParse::declaration& declaration() const = 0;
 
     template <typename T>
-    void set_value(int index, const T& value);
+    void set_attribute_value(size_t i, const T& t);
 
-    void unset_value(int index);
+    template <typename T>
+    void set_attribute_value(const std::string& name, const T& t);
+    
+    void unset_attribute_value(size_t i);
 
     uint32_t identity() const { return identity_; }
+
+    uint32_t id() const { return id_; }
+
+    void toString(std::ostream&, bool upper = false) const;
 };
 
 class IFC_PARSE_API IfcLateBoundEntity : public IfcBaseClass {
@@ -119,7 +129,7 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API IfcLateBoundEntity : public IfcBaseClass {
     const IfcParse::declaration* decl_;
 
   public:
-    IfcLateBoundEntity(const IfcParse::declaration* decl, IfcEntityInstanceData* data) : IfcBaseClass(data),
+    IfcLateBoundEntity(const IfcParse::declaration* decl, IfcEntityInstanceData&& data) : IfcBaseClass(std::move(data)),
                                                                                          decl_(decl) {}
 
     virtual const IfcParse::declaration& declaration() const {
@@ -129,12 +139,15 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API IfcLateBoundEntity : public IfcBaseClass {
 
 class IFC_PARSE_API IfcBaseEntity : public IfcBaseClass {
   public:
-    IfcBaseEntity() : IfcBaseClass() {}
-    IfcBaseEntity(IfcEntityInstanceData* data) : IfcBaseClass(data) {}
+    IfcBaseEntity(IfcEntityInstanceData&& data) : IfcBaseClass(std::move(data)) {}
+
+    IfcBaseEntity(size_t n)
+        : IfcBaseClass(IfcEntityInstanceData(storage_t(n)))
+    {}
 
     virtual const IfcParse::entity& declaration() const = 0;
 
-    Argument* get(const std::string& name) const;
+    AttributeValue get(const std::string& name) const;
 
     template <typename T>
     T get_value(const std::string& name) const;
@@ -143,13 +156,20 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API IfcBaseEntity : public IfcBaseClass {
     T get_value(const std::string& name, const T& default_value) const;
 
     boost::shared_ptr<aggregate_of_instance> get_inverse(const std::string& name) const;
+
+    unsigned set_id(const boost::optional<unsigned>& i);
 };
 
 // TODO: Investigate whether these should be template classes instead
 class IFC_PARSE_API IfcBaseType : public IfcBaseClass {
   public:
-    IfcBaseType() : IfcBaseClass() {}
-    IfcBaseType(IfcEntityInstanceData* data) : IfcBaseClass(data) {}
+    IfcBaseType(IfcEntityInstanceData&& data)\
+        : IfcBaseClass(std::move(data))
+    {}
+
+    IfcBaseType()
+        : IfcBaseClass(IfcEntityInstanceData(storage_t(1)))
+    {}
 
     virtual const IfcParse::declaration& declaration() const = 0;
 };
@@ -159,18 +179,46 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API IfcBaseType : public IfcBaseClass {
 namespace IfcUtil {
 template <typename T>
 T IfcBaseEntity::get_value(const std::string& name) const {
-    auto* attr = get(name);
-    return (T)*attr;
+    auto attr = get(name);
+    return (T) attr;
 }
 
 template <typename T>
 T IfcBaseEntity::get_value(const std::string& name, const T& default_value) const {
-    auto* attr = get(name);
-    if (attr->isNull()) {
+    auto attr = get(name);
+    if (attr.isNull()) {
         return default_value;
     }
-    return (T)*attr;
+    return (T) attr;
 }
+
 } // namespace IfcUtil
 
+template <class U>
+typename U::list::ptr aggregate_of_instance::as() {
+    typename U::list::ptr result(new typename U::list);
+    for (it i = begin(); i != end(); ++i) {
+        if ((*i)->template as<U>()) {
+            result->push((*i)->template as<U>());
+        }
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+template <class U>
+typename aggregate_of_aggregate_of<U>::ptr aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance::as() {
+    typename aggregate_of_aggregate_of<U>::ptr result(new aggregate_of_aggregate_of<U>);
+    for (outer_it outer = begin(); outer != end(); ++outer) {
+        const std::vector<IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*>& from = *outer;
+        typename std::vector<U*> to;
+        for (inner_it inner = from.begin(); inner != from.end(); ++inner) {
+            if ((*inner)->template as<U>()) {
+                to.push_back((*inner)->template as<U>());
+            }
+        }
+        result->push(to);
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
 #endif

src/ifcparse/IfcCharacterDecoder.cpp

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 #define ARBITRARY (1 << 7)
 #define EXTENDED2 (1 << 8)
 #define EXTENDED4 (1 << 9)
-#define HEX(N) (1 << (9 + N))
+#define HEX(N) (1 << (9 + (N)))
 #define THIRD_SOLIDUS (1 << 18)
 #define ENDEXTENDED_X (1 << 19)
 #define ENDEXTENDED_0 (1 << 20)
@@ -52,25 +52,24 @@
 #define ENCOUNTERED_HEX (1 << 23)
 
 // FIXME: These probably need to be less forgiving in terms of wrongly defined sequences
-#define EXPECTS_ALPHABET(S) (S & FIRST_SOLIDUS)
-#define EXPECTS_PAGE(S) (S & FIRST_SOLIDUS)
-#define EXPECTS_ARBITRARY(S) (S & FIRST_SOLIDUS)
-#define EXPECTS_N_OR_F(S) (S & FIRST_SOLIDUS && !(S & ARBITRARY))
-#define EXPECTS_ARBITRARY2(S) (S & ARBITRARY && !(S & SECOND_SOLIDUS))
-#define EXPECTS_ALPHABET_DEFINITION(S) (S & FIRST_SOLIDUS && S & ALPHABET)
-#define EXPECTS_SOLIDUS(S) (S & ALPHABET_DEFINITION || S & PAGE || S & ARBITRARY || S & EXTENDED2 || S & EXTENDED4 || S & ENDEXTENDED_0 || S & IGNORED_DIRECTIVE || (S & EXTENDED4 && S & HEX(8)) || (S & EXTENDED2 && S & HEX(4)))
-#define EXPECTS_CHARACTER(S) (S & PAGE && S & SECOND_SOLIDUS)
-#define EXPECTS_HEX(S) (S & HEX(1) || S & HEX(3) || S & HEX(5) || S & HEX(6) || S & HEX(7) || (S & ARBITRARY && S & SECOND_SOLIDUS) || (S & EXTENDED2 && S & HEX(2)) || (S & EXTENDED4 && S & HEX(4)))
-#define EXPECTS_ENDEXTENDED_X(S) (S & THIRD_SOLIDUS)
-#define EXPECTS_ENDEXTENDED_0(S) (S & ENDEXTENDED_X)
+#define EXPECTS_ALPHABET(S) ((S) & FIRST_SOLIDUS)
+#define EXPECTS_PAGE(S) ((S) & FIRST_SOLIDUS)
+#define EXPECTS_ARBITRARY(S) ((S) & FIRST_SOLIDUS)
+#define EXPECTS_N_OR_F(S) ((S) & FIRST_SOLIDUS && !((S) & ARBITRARY))
+#define EXPECTS_ARBITRARY2(S) ((S) & ARBITRARY && !((S) & SECOND_SOLIDUS))
+#define EXPECTS_ALPHABET_DEFINITION(S) ((S) & FIRST_SOLIDUS && (S) & ALPHABET)
+#define EXPECTS_SOLIDUS(S) ((S) & ALPHABET_DEFINITION || (S) & PAGE || (S) & ARBITRARY || (S) & EXTENDED2 || (S) & EXTENDED4 || (S) & ENDEXTENDED_0 || (S) & IGNORED_DIRECTIVE || ((S) & EXTENDED4 && (S) & HEX(8)) || ((S) & EXTENDED2 && (S) & HEX(4)))
+#define EXPECTS_CHARACTER(S) ((S) & PAGE && (S) & SECOND_SOLIDUS)
+#define EXPECTS_HEX(S) ((S) & HEX(1) || (S) & HEX(3) || (S) & HEX(5) || (S) & HEX(6) || (S) & HEX(7) || ((S) & ARBITRARY && (S) & SECOND_SOLIDUS) || ((S) & EXTENDED2 && (S) & HEX(2)) || ((S) & EXTENDED4 && (S) & HEX(4)))
+#define EXPECTS_ENDEXTENDED_X(S) ((S) & THIRD_SOLIDUS)
+#define EXPECTS_ENDEXTENDED_0(S) ((S) & ENDEXTENDED_X)
 
-#define IS_VALID_ALPHABET_DEFINITION(C) (C >= 0x41 && C <= 0x49)
-#define IS_HEXADECIMAL(C) ((C >= 0x30 && C <= 0x39) || (C >= 0x41 && C <= 0x46))
-#define HEX_TO_INT(C) ((C >= 0x30 && C <= 0x39) ? C - 0x30 : (C + 10) - 0x41)
-#define CLEAR_HEX(C) (C &= ~(HEX(1) | HEX(2) | HEX(3) | HEX(4) | HEX(5) | HEX(6) | HEX(7) | HEX(8)))
+#define IS_VALID_ALPHABET_DEFINITION(C) ((C) >= 0x41 && (C) <= 0x49)
+#define IS_HEXADECIMAL(C) (((C) >= 0x30 && (C) <= 0x39) || ((C) >= 0x41 && (C) <= 0x46))
+#define HEX_TO_INT(C) (((C) >= 0x30 && (C) <= 0x39) ? (C) - 0x30 : ((C) + 10) - 0x41)
+#define CLEAR_HEX(C) ((C) &= ~(HEX(1) | HEX(2) | HEX(3) | HEX(4) | HEX(5) | HEX(6) | HEX(7) | HEX(8)))
 
 using namespace IfcParse;
-using namespace IfcWrite;
 
 IfcCharacterDecoder::IfcCharacterDecoder(IfcParse::IfcSpfStream* stream) {
     stream_ = stream;
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ IfcCharacterDecoder::~IfcCharacterDecoder() {
 }
 
 namespace {
-static unsigned int reference_helper = 0;
+unsigned int reference_helper = 0;
 
 class pure_impure_helper {
   private:
@@ -420,14 +419,36 @@ std::wstring IfcUtil::convert_utf8(const std::string& string) {
 // bug in msvc 2015 and 2017, unsure if fixed in later versions
 
 std::u32string IfcUtil::convert_utf8_to_utf32(const std::string& s) {
-    auto converted = std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<int32_t>, int32_t>().from_bytes(s);
-    return std::u32string(reinterpret_cast<char32_t const*>(converted.data()));
+    bool is_ascii = true;
+    for (char c : s) {
+        if (static_cast<unsigned char>(c) >= 128) {
+            is_ascii = false;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    if (is_ascii) {
+        return std::u32string(s.begin(), s.end());
+     } else {
+        auto converted = std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<int32_t>, int32_t>().from_bytes(s);
+        return std::u32string(reinterpret_cast<char32_t const*>(converted.data()));
+    }
 }
 
 #else
 
-std::u32string IfcUtil::convert_utf8_to_utf32(const std::string& string) {
-    return std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<std::u32string::value_type>, std::u32string::value_type>().from_bytes(string);
+std::u32string IfcUtil::convert_utf8_to_utf32(const std::string& s) {
+    bool is_ascii = true;
+    for (char c : s) {
+        if (static_cast<unsigned char>(c) >= 128) {
+            is_ascii = false;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    if (is_ascii) {
+        return std::u32string(s.begin(), s.end());
+    } 
+        return std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<std::u32string::value_type>, std::u32string::value_type>().from_bytes(s);
+   
 }
 
 #endif

src/ifcparse/IfcCharacterDecoder.h

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API IfcCharacterDecoder {
 
 } // namespace IfcParse
 
-namespace IfcWrite {
+namespace IfcParse {
 
 class IFC_PARSE_API IfcCharacterEncoder {
   private:

src/ifcparse/IfcEntityInstanceData.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+#include "IfcEntityInstanceData.h"
+#include "IfcBaseClass.h"
+
+// @todo is size() still needed?
+class SizeVisitor {
+public:
+    typedef int result_type;
+
+    int operator()(const Blank& /*i*/) const { return -1; }
+    int operator()(const Derived& /*i*/) const { return -1; }
+    int operator()(const int& /*i*/) const { return -1; }
+    int operator()(const bool& /*i*/) const { return -1; }
+    int operator()(const boost::logic::tribool& /*i*/) const { return -1; }
+    int operator()(const double& /*i*/) const { return -1; }
+    int operator()(const std::string& /*i*/) const { return -1; }
+    int operator()(const boost::dynamic_bitset<>& /*i*/) const { return -1; }
+    int operator()(const empty_aggregate_t& /*unused*/) const { return 0; }
+    int operator()(const empty_aggregate_of_aggregate_t& /*unused*/) const { return 0; }
+    int operator()(const std::vector<int>& i) const { return (int)i.size(); }
+    int operator()(const std::vector<double>& i) const { return (int)i.size(); }
+    int operator()(const std::vector<std::vector<int>>& i) const { return (int)i.size(); }
+    int operator()(const std::vector<std::vector<double>>& i) const { return (int)i.size(); }
+    int operator()(const std::vector<std::string>& i) const { return (int)i.size(); }
+    int operator()(const std::vector<boost::dynamic_bitset<>>& i) const { return (int)i.size(); }
+    int operator()(const EnumerationReference& /*i*/) const { return -1; }
+    int operator()(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* const& /*i*/) const { return -1; }
+    int operator()(const aggregate_of_instance::ptr& i) const { return i->size(); }
+    int operator()(const aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance::ptr& i) const { return i->size(); }
+};
+
+AttributeValue::operator int() const
+{
+    return array_->get<int>(index_);
+}
+
+AttributeValue::operator bool() const
+{
+    return array_->get<bool>(index_);
+}
+
+AttributeValue::operator double() const
+{
+    return array_->get<double>(index_);
+}
+
+AttributeValue::operator boost::logic::tribool() const
+{
+    if (array_->has<bool>(index_)) {
+        return array_->get<bool>(index_);
+    }
+    return array_->get<boost::logic::tribool>(index_);
+}
+
+AttributeValue::operator std::string() const
+{
+    if (array_->has<EnumerationReference>(index_)) {
+        // @todo this is silly, but the way things currently work,
+        // @todo also we don't really need to store a reference to the enumeration type, when this same type is already stored on the definition of the entity and no other value can be provided.
+        return array_->get<EnumerationReference>(index_).value();
+    }
+    return array_->get<std::string>(index_);
+}
+
+AttributeValue::operator boost::dynamic_bitset<>() const
+{
+    return array_->get<boost::dynamic_bitset<>>(index_);
+}
+
+AttributeValue::operator IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* () const
+{
+    return array_->get<IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*>(index_);
+}
+
+AttributeValue::operator std::vector<int>() const
+{
+    return array_->get<std::vector<int>>(index_);
+}
+
+AttributeValue::operator std::vector<double>() const
+{
+    return array_->get<std::vector<double>>(index_);
+}
+
+AttributeValue::operator std::vector<std::string>() const
+{
+    return array_->get<std::vector<std::string>>(index_);
+}
+
+AttributeValue::operator std::vector<boost::dynamic_bitset<>>() const
+{
+    return array_->get<std::vector<boost::dynamic_bitset<>>>(index_);
+}
+
+AttributeValue::operator boost::shared_ptr<aggregate_of_instance>() const
+{
+    return array_->get<boost::shared_ptr<aggregate_of_instance>>(index_);
+}
+
+AttributeValue::operator std::vector<std::vector<int>>() const
+{
+    return array_->get<std::vector<std::vector<int>>>(index_);
+}
+
+AttributeValue::operator std::vector<std::vector<double>>() const
+{
+    return array_->get<std::vector<std::vector<double>>>(index_);
+}
+
+AttributeValue::operator boost::shared_ptr<aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance>() const
+{
+    return array_->get<boost::shared_ptr<aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance>>(index_);
+}
+
+bool AttributeValue::isNull() const
+{
+    return array_->has<Blank>(index_);
+}
+
+unsigned int AttributeValue::size() const
+{
+    return array_->apply_visitor(SizeVisitor{}, index_);
+}
+
+IfcUtil::ArgumentType AttributeValue::type() const
+{
+    return static_cast<IfcUtil::ArgumentType>(array_->index(index_));
+}

src/ifcparse/IfcEntityInstanceData.h

@@ -21,90 +21,179 @@
 #define IFCENTITYINSTANCEDATA_H
 
 #include "ArgumentType.h"
+#include "variantarray.h"
+#include "aggregate_of_instance.h"
+#include "IfcSchema.h"
 
 #include <boost/optional.hpp>
 #include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
+#include <boost/logic/tribool.hpp>
+#include <boost/dynamic_bitset.hpp>
 
-class Argument;
-class aggregate_of_instance;
-namespace IfcParse {
-class IfcFile;
-}
+class EnumerationReference {
+private:
+    const IfcParse::enumeration_type* enumeration_;
+    size_t index_;
+public:
+
+    EnumerationReference(const IfcParse::enumeration_type* enumeration, size_t index)
+        : enumeration_(enumeration)
+        , index_(index)
+    {}
+
+    const char* value() const {
+        return enumeration_->lookup_enum_value(index_);
+    }
+
+    size_t index() const {
+        return index_;
+    }
+
+    const IfcParse::enumeration_type* enumeration() const {
+        return enumeration_;
+    }
+};
+class Blank {};
+class Derived {};
+class empty_aggregate_t {};
+class empty_aggregate_of_aggregate_t {};
+
+typedef VariantArray <
+    // A null argument, it will always serialize to $
+    Blank,
+    // @todo Derived is not really necessary anymore, just serialize correctly based on schema
+    // A derived argument, it will always serialize to *
+    Derived,
+    // An integer argument, e.g. 123
+
+    // SCALARS:
+    int,
+    // A boolean argument, it will serialize to either .T. or .F.
+    bool,
+    // A logical argument, it will serialize to either .T. or .F. or .U.
+    boost::logic::tribool,
+    // A floating point argument, e.g. 12.3
+    double,
+    // A character string argument, e.g. 'IfcOpenShell'
+    std::string,
+    // A binary argument, e.g. "092A" -> 100100101010
+    boost::dynamic_bitset<>,
+    // An enumeration argument, e.g. .USERDEFINED.
+    // To initialize the argument a string representation
+    // has to be explicitly passed of the enumeration value
+    // which is stored internally as an integer. The argument
+    // itself does not keep track of what schema enumeration
+    // type is represented.
+    EnumerationReference,
+    // An entity instance argument. It will either serialize to
+    // e.g. #123 or datatype identifier for simple types, e.g.
+    // IFCREAL(12.3)
+    IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*,
+
+    // AGGREGATES:
+    empty_aggregate_t,
+    // An aggregate of integers, e.g. (1,2,3)
+    std::vector<int>,
+    // An aggregate of floats, e.g. (12.3,4.)
+    std::vector<double>,
+    // An aggregate of strings, e.g. ('Ifc','Open','Shell')
+    std::vector<std::string>,
+    // An aggregate of binaries, e.g. ("23B", "092A") -> (111011, 100100101010)
+    std::vector<boost::dynamic_bitset<>>,
+    // An aggregate of entity instances. It will either serialize to
+    // e.g. (#1,#2,#3) or datatype identifier for simple types,
+    // e.g. (IFCREAL(1.2),IFCINTEGER(3.))
+    aggregate_of_instance::ptr,
+
+    // AGGREGATES OF AGGREGATES:
+    empty_aggregate_of_aggregate_t,
+    // An aggregate of an aggregate of ints. E.g. ((1, 2), (3))
+    std::vector<std::vector<int>>,
+    // An aggregate of an aggregate of floats. E.g. ((1., 2.3), (4.))
+    std::vector<std::vector<double>>,
+    // An aggregate of an aggregate of entities. E.g. ((#1, #2), (#3))
+    aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance::ptr
+> storage_t;
+
+struct MutableAttributeValue {
+    int name_;
+    uint8_t index_;
+};
+
+// short lived
+struct AttributeValue {
+    const storage_t* array_;
+    uint8_t index_;
+
+    AttributeValue()
+        : array_(nullptr)
+        , index_(0)
+    {}
+
+    AttributeValue(const storage_t* arr, uint8_t index)
+        : array_(arr)
+        , index_(index)
+    {}
+
+    operator int() const;
+    operator bool() const;
+    operator boost::logic::tribool() const;
+    operator double() const;
+    operator std::string() const;
+    operator boost::dynamic_bitset<>() const;
+    operator IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* () const;
+
+    operator std::vector<int>() const;
+    operator std::vector<double>() const;
+    operator std::vector<std::string>() const;
+    operator std::vector<boost::dynamic_bitset<>>() const;
+    operator boost::shared_ptr<aggregate_of_instance>() const;
+
+    operator std::vector<std::vector<int>>() const;
+    operator std::vector<std::vector<double>>() const;
+    operator boost::shared_ptr<aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance>() const;
+
+    bool isNull() const;
+    unsigned int size() const;
+
+    IfcUtil::ArgumentType type() const;
+};
 
 class IFC_PARSE_API IfcEntityInstanceData {
   public:
-    // Public for backwards compatibility
-    IfcParse::IfcFile* file;
+      storage_t storage_;
 
-  protected:
-    unsigned id_;
-    const IfcParse::declaration* type_;
-    mutable Argument** attributes_;
-    unsigned offset_in_file_;
+      IfcEntityInstanceData(storage_t&& storage)
+          : storage_(std::move(storage))
+      {}
 
-  public:
-    IfcEntityInstanceData(const IfcParse::declaration* type,
-                          IfcParse::IfcFile* file,
-                          unsigned id = 0,
-                          unsigned offset_in_file = 0)
-        : file(file),
-          id_(id),
-          type_(type),
-          attributes_(0),
-          offset_in_file_(offset_in_file) {}
+      IfcEntityInstanceData(IfcEntityInstanceData&& other) noexcept
+          : storage_(std::move(other.storage_))
+      {}
 
-    IfcEntityInstanceData(IfcParse::IfcFile* file_, size_t size)
-        : file(file_),
-          id_(0),
-          type_(0),
-          attributes_(new Argument* [size] { 0 }),
-          offset_in_file_(0) {}
+      IfcEntityInstanceData(const IfcEntityInstanceData& data);
 
-    IfcEntityInstanceData(const IfcParse::declaration* type)
-        : file(0),
-          id_(0),
-          type_(type),
-          attributes_(new Argument* [getArgumentCount()] { 0 }),
-          offset_in_file_(0) {}
+      IfcEntityInstanceData& operator=(IfcEntityInstanceData&& other) {
+          if (this != &other) {
+              storage_ = std::move(other.storage_);
+          }
+          return *this;
+      }
 
-    void load() const;
+    AttributeValue get_attribute_value(size_t index) const;
 
-    IfcEntityInstanceData(const IfcEntityInstanceData& data);
+    /*
+    template <typename T>
+    void set_attribute_value(size_t index, const T& t);
 
-    virtual ~IfcEntityInstanceData();
+    void set_attribute_value(size_t index, AttributeValue&, IfcUtil::ArgumentType attr_type = IfcUtil::Argument_UNKNOWN);
+    */
 
-    boost::shared_ptr<aggregate_of_instance> getInverse(const IfcParse::declaration* type, int attribute_index) const;
-
-    Argument* getArgument(size_t index) const;
-
-    // NB: This makes a copy of the argument if make_copy is set
-    void setArgument(size_t ibdex, Argument* argument, IfcUtil::ArgumentType attr_type = IfcUtil::Argument_UNKNOWN, bool make_copy = false);
-
-    virtual size_t getArgumentCount() const {
-        if (type_ == 0) {
-            return 0;
-        }
-        if (type_->as_entity() != nullptr) {
-            return type_->as_entity()->attribute_count();
-        }
-        return 1;
+    size_t size() const {
+        return storage_.size();
     }
 
-    void clearArguments();
-
-    const IfcParse::declaration* type() const {
-        return type_;
-    }
-
-    std::string toString(bool upper = false) const;
-
-    unsigned int id() const { return id_; }
-    unsigned int offset_in_file() const { return offset_in_file_; }
-
-    // NB: const ommitted for lazy loading
-    Argument**& attributes() const { return attributes_; }
-
-    unsigned set_id(boost::optional<unsigned> id = boost::none);
+    void toString(std::ostream&, bool upper = false, const IfcParse::entity* ent = nullptr) const;
 };
 
 #endif

src/ifcparse/IfcFile.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,274 @@
+#include "IfcFile.h"
+#include "IfcLogger.h"
+
+IfcParse::parse_context::~parse_context() {
+    for (auto& t : tokens_) {
+        boost::apply_visitor([](auto& v) {
+            if constexpr (std::is_same_v<std::decay_t<decltype(v)>, parse_context*>) {
+                delete v;
+            }
+        }, t);
+    }
+}
+
+IfcParse::parse_context& IfcParse::parse_context::push() {
+    auto* pc = new IfcParse::parse_context;
+    tokens_.push_back(pc);
+    return *pc;
+}
+
+void IfcParse::parse_context::push(Token t) {
+    tokens_.push_back(t);
+}
+
+void IfcParse::parse_context::push(IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* inst) {
+    tokens_.push_back(inst);
+}
+
+namespace {
+    template<typename Variant, typename T>
+    struct is_type_in_variant;
+
+    template<typename T, typename... Types>
+    struct is_type_in_variant<boost::variant<Types...>, T>
+    {
+        static constexpr bool value = (std::is_same<T, Types>::value || ...);
+    };
+
+    template<typename Variant, typename T>
+    constexpr bool is_type_in_variant_v = is_type_in_variant<Variant, T>::value;
+
+    struct InstanceReference {
+        int v;
+        operator int() const {
+            return v;
+        }
+    };
+
+    template <typename Fn>
+    void dispatch_token(IfcParse::Token t, IfcParse::declaration* decl, Fn fn) {
+        if (t.type == IfcParse::Token_BINARY) {
+            fn(IfcParse::TokenFunc::asBinary(t));
+        } else if (t.type == IfcParse::Token_BOOL) {
+            fn(IfcParse::TokenFunc::asBool(t));
+        } else if (t.type == IfcParse::Token_ENUMERATION) {
+            if (decl->as_enumeration_type()) {
+                try {
+                    fn(EnumerationReference(decl->as_enumeration_type(), decl->as_enumeration_type()->lookup_enum_offset(IfcParse::TokenFunc::asStringRef(t))));
+                } catch (IfcParse::IfcException& e) {
+                    Logger::Error(e);
+                }
+            }
+        } else if (t.type == IfcParse::Token_FLOAT) {
+            fn(IfcParse::TokenFunc::asFloat(t));
+        } else if (t.type == IfcParse::Token_IDENTIFIER) {
+            fn(IfcParse::reference_or_simple_type{ InstanceReference{ IfcParse::TokenFunc::asIdentifier(t) } });
+        } else if (t.type == IfcParse::Token_INT) {
+            fn(IfcParse::TokenFunc::asInt(t));
+        } else if (t.type == IfcParse::Token_STRING) {
+            fn(IfcParse::TokenFunc::asStringRef(t));
+        } else if (t.type == IfcParse::Token_OPERATOR && t.value_char == '*') {
+            // This is only in place for the validator
+            fn(Derived{});
+        }
+    }
+
+    template <size_t Depth, typename Fn>
+    void construct_(IfcParse::parse_context& p, const IfcParse::aggregation_type* aggr, Fn fn) {
+        if (p.tokens_.empty()) {
+            // @todo instead of ugly if-else we could also default initialize the respective
+            // variant types below.
+            if (aggr) {
+                auto aggr_type = IfcUtil::make_aggregate(IfcUtil::from_parameter_type(aggr->type_of_element()));
+                if (aggr_type == IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_INT) {
+                    fn(std::vector<int>{});
+                } else if (aggr_type == IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_DOUBLE) {
+                    fn(std::vector<double>{});
+                } else if (aggr_type == IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_STRING) {
+                    fn(std::vector<std::string>{});
+                } else if (aggr_type == IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_BINARY) {
+                    fn(std::vector<boost::dynamic_bitset<>>{});
+                } else if (aggr_type == IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_ENTITY_INSTANCE) {
+                    fn(aggregate_of_instance::ptr(new aggregate_of_instance));
+                } else if (aggr_type == IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_AGGREGATE_OF_INT) {
+                    fn(std::vector<std::vector<int>>{});
+                } else if (aggr_type == IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_AGGREGATE_OF_DOUBLE) {
+                    fn(std::vector<std::vector<double>>{});
+                } else if (aggr_type == IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_AGGREGATE_OF_ENTITY_INSTANCE) {
+                    fn(aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance::ptr(new aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance));
+                }
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+
+        typedef boost::variant<
+            Blank,
+
+            std::vector<int>,
+            std::vector<double>,
+            std::vector<std::string>,
+            std::vector<boost::dynamic_bitset<>>,
+            std::vector<IfcParse::reference_or_simple_type>,
+
+            std::vector<std::vector<int>>,
+            std::vector<std::vector<double>>,
+            std::vector<std::vector<IfcParse::reference_or_simple_type>>
+        > possible_aggregation_types_t;
+
+        possible_aggregation_types_t aggregate_storage;
+
+        auto append_to_aggregate_storage = [&aggregate_storage](const auto& v) {
+            if constexpr (is_type_in_variant_v<possible_aggregation_types_t, std::vector<std::decay_t<decltype(v)>>>) {
+                if (aggregate_storage.which() == 0) {
+                    aggregate_storage = std::vector<std::decay_t<decltype(v)>>{ v };
+                } else {
+                    auto* vec_ptr = boost::get<std::vector<std::decay_t<decltype(v)>>>(&aggregate_storage);
+                    if (vec_ptr) {
+                        vec_ptr->push_back(v);
+                    } else {
+                        // @todo would be cool if we can trace this back to file offset
+                        auto current = boost::apply_visitor([](auto v) { 
+                            if constexpr (!std::is_same_v<decltype(v), Blank>) {
+                                return std::string(typeid(typename decltype(v)::value_type).name());
+                            } else {
+                                // Cannot occur as aggregate_storage.which() == 0
+                                // is another branch several statements up. But is
+                                // needed for consistency of return type.
+                                return std::string{};
+                            }
+                        }, aggregate_storage);
+                        Logger::Error("Inconsistent aggregate valuation while attempting to append " + std::string(typeid(decltype(v)).name()) + " to an aggregate of " + current);
+
+                        // @todo boolean -> logical upgrade
+                        // wait a second... there are no aggregate of bool / logical in the schema..
+                        // 
+                        // if constexpr (std::is_same_v<std::decay_t<decltype(v)>, bool>) {
+                        //     auto* vec_ptr = boost::get<std::vector<boost::tribool>(&aggregate_storage);
+                        //     vec_ptr->push_back(v);
+                        // }
+                        // if constexpr (std::is_same_v<std::decay_t<decltype(v)>, boost::tribool>) {
+                        //     auto* vec_ptr = boost::get<std::vector<bool>(&aggregate_storage);
+                        //     std::vector<boost::tribool> ps(vec_ptr->begin(), vec_ptr->end());
+                        //     ps.push_back(v);
+                        //     aggregate_storage = ps;
+                        // }
+                    }
+                }
+            } else {
+                // @todo would be cool if we can trace this back to file offset
+                Logger::Error(std::string("Aggregates of ") + typeid(decltype(v)).name() + " are not supported in the IfcOpenShell parser");
+            }
+        };
+
+        for (auto& t : p.tokens_) {
+            boost::apply_visitor([&aggregate_storage, &append_to_aggregate_storage, aggr](const auto& v) {
+                if constexpr (std::is_same_v<std::decay_t<decltype(v)>, IfcParse::Token>) {
+                    // @todo get aggregate of enumeration
+                    dispatch_token(v, aggr && aggr->type_of_element()->as_named_type() ? aggr->type_of_element()->as_named_type()->declared_type() : nullptr, append_to_aggregate_storage);
+                } else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<std::decay_t<decltype(v)>, IfcParse::parse_context*>) {
+                    // nested list
+                    if constexpr (Depth < 3) {
+                        construct_<Depth + 1>(*v, nullptr, append_to_aggregate_storage);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    append_to_aggregate_storage(IfcParse::reference_or_simple_type{ v });
+                }
+            }, t);
+        }
+
+        boost::apply_visitor(fn, aggregate_storage);
+    }
+}
+
+IfcEntityInstanceData IfcParse::parse_context::construct(int name, unresolved_references& references_to_resolve, const IfcParse::declaration* decl, boost::optional<size_t> expected_size) {
+    std::vector<const IfcParse::parameter_type*> parameter_types;
+    std::unique_ptr<IfcParse::named_type> transient_named_type;
+
+    if ((decl != nullptr) && (decl->as_type_declaration() != nullptr)) {
+        parameter_types = { decl->as_type_declaration()->declared_type() };
+    } else if ((decl != nullptr) && (decl->as_enumeration_type() != nullptr)) {
+        transient_named_type.reset(new IfcParse::named_type(const_cast<IfcParse::declaration*>(decl)));
+        parameter_types = { &*transient_named_type };
+    } else if ((decl != nullptr) && (decl->as_entity() != nullptr)) {
+        auto entity_attrs = decl->as_entity()->all_attributes();
+        std::transform(
+            entity_attrs.begin(),
+            entity_attrs.end(),
+            std::back_inserter(parameter_types),
+            [](auto* attr) {
+                return attr->type_of_attribute();
+            }
+        );
+    }
+
+    if (((decl != nullptr) && (tokens_.size() != parameter_types.size())) ||
+        expected_size && *expected_size != tokens_.size())
+    {
+        size_t expected = expected_size ? *expected_size : parameter_types.size();
+        Logger::Warning("Expected " + std::to_string(expected) + " attribute values, found " + std::to_string(tokens_.size()) + " for instance #" + std::to_string(name > 0 ? name : 0));
+    }
+
+    if (tokens_.empty()) {
+        return IfcEntityInstanceData(storage_t(0));
+    }
+
+    storage_t storage(decl != nullptr
+        ? (std::min)(parameter_types.size(), tokens_.size())
+        : tokens_.size()
+    );
+
+    auto it = tokens_.begin();
+    auto kt = parameter_types.begin();
+    for (; it != tokens_.end() && ((decl == nullptr) || kt != parameter_types.end()); ++it) {
+        auto& token = *it;
+        // @todo coerce to expected type, e.g empty -> std::vector<int>, bool -> logical
+        const IfcParse::parameter_type* param_type = nullptr;
+        if (decl != nullptr) {
+            param_type = *kt;
+        }
+
+        auto index = (uint8_t) std::distance(tokens_.begin(), it);
+
+        boost::apply_visitor([this, &storage, name, &references_to_resolve, index, param_type](const auto& v) {
+            if constexpr (std::is_same_v<std::decay_t<decltype(v)>, IfcParse::Token>) {
+                dispatch_token(v, param_type && param_type->as_named_type() ? param_type->as_named_type()->declared_type() : nullptr, [this, &storage, name, &references_to_resolve, index](auto v) {
+                    if constexpr (std::is_same_v<std::decay_t<decltype(v)>, IfcParse::reference_or_simple_type>) {
+                        references_to_resolve.push_back(std::make_pair(
+                            // @todo previously this was storage but apparently the 
+                            // pointer is not constant with the moving and temporary nature
+                            // maybe it ought to be and in that case a pointer is more direct
+                            MutableAttributeValue{ name, index },
+                            v
+                        ));
+                    } else {
+                        storage.set(index, v);
+                    }
+                });
+            } else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<std::decay_t<decltype(v)>, IfcParse::parse_context*>) {
+                const auto *pt = param_type;
+                if (pt) {
+                    while (pt->as_named_type() && pt->as_named_type()->declared_type()->as_type_declaration()) {
+                        pt = pt->as_named_type()->declared_type()->as_type_declaration()->declared_type();
+                    }
+                }
+                construct_<0>(*v, pt ? pt->as_aggregation_type() : nullptr, [this, &storage, name, &references_to_resolve, index](const auto& v) {
+                    if constexpr (std::is_same_v<std::decay_t<decltype(v)>, std::vector<reference_or_simple_type>>) {
+                        references_to_resolve.push_back({ {name, index }, v });
+                    } else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<std::decay_t<decltype(v)>, std::vector<std::vector<reference_or_simple_type>>>) {
+                        references_to_resolve.push_back({ {name, index }, v });
+                    } else {
+                        storage.set(index, v);
+                    }
+                });
+            } else {
+                storage.set(index, v);
+            }
+        }, token);
+
+        if (decl != nullptr) {
+            ++kt;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return IfcEntityInstanceData(std::move(storage));
+}

src/ifcparse/IfcFile.h

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <boost/multi_index/sequenced_index.hpp>
 #include <boost/multi_index_container.hpp>
 #include <boost/unordered_map.hpp>
+#include <boost/variant.hpp>
 #include <iterator>
 #include <map>
 
@@ -64,15 +65,46 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API file_open_status {
     }
 };
 
+typedef boost::variant<int, IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*> reference_or_simple_type;
+typedef std::list<std::pair<MutableAttributeValue, boost::variant<reference_or_simple_type, std::vector<reference_or_simple_type>, std::vector<std::vector<reference_or_simple_type>>>>> unresolved_references;
+
+struct parse_context {
+    std::list<
+        boost::variant<
+        IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*,
+        Token,
+        parse_context*
+        >> tokens_;
+
+    parse_context() {};
+    ~parse_context();
+
+    parse_context(const parse_context&) = delete;
+    parse_context& operator=(const parse_context&) = delete;
+
+    parse_context(parse_context&&) = default;
+    parse_context& operator=(parse_context&&) = default;
+
+    parse_context& push();
+
+    void push(Token t);
+
+    void push(IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* inst);
+
+    IfcEntityInstanceData construct(int name, unresolved_references& references_to_resolve, const IfcParse::declaration* decl, boost::optional<size_t> expected_size);
+};
+
 /// This class provides several static convenience functions and variables
 /// and provide access to the entities in an IFC file
 class IFC_PARSE_API IfcFile {
   public:
+      unresolved_references references_to_resolve;
+
     typedef std::map<const IfcParse::declaration*, aggregate_of_instance::ptr> entities_by_type_t;
     typedef boost::unordered_map<unsigned int, IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*> entity_by_id_t;
     typedef boost::unordered_map<uint32_t, IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*> entity_by_iden_t;
     typedef std::map<std::string, IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*> entity_by_guid_t;
-    typedef std::tuple<int, int, int> inverse_attr_record;
+    typedef std::tuple<int, short, short> inverse_attr_record;
     enum INVERSE_ATTR {
         INSTANCE_ID,
         INSTANCE_TYPE,
@@ -116,10 +148,6 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API IfcFile {
         }
     };
 
-    static bool lazy_load_;
-    static bool lazy_load() { return lazy_load_; }
-    static void lazy_load(bool b) { lazy_load_ = b; }
-
     static bool guid_map_;
     static bool guid_map() { return guid_map_; }
     static void guid_map(bool b) { guid_map_ = b; }
@@ -127,21 +155,20 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API IfcFile {
   private:
     typedef std::map<uint32_t, IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*> entity_entity_map_t;
 
-    bool parsing_complete_;
     file_open_status good_ = file_open_status::SUCCESS;
 
     const IfcParse::schema_definition* schema_;
     const IfcParse::declaration* ifcroot_type_;
 
-    std::vector<Argument*> internal_attribute_vector_, internal_attribute_vector_simple_type_;
+    // std::vector<Argument*> internal_attribute_vector_, internal_attribute_vector_simple_type_;
 
     entity_by_id_t byid_;
     // this is for simple types
     entity_by_iden_t byidentity_;
-    entities_by_type_t bytype_;
+    // entities_by_type_t bytype_;
     entities_by_type_t bytype_excl_;
-    entities_by_ref_t byref_;
-    entities_by_ref_excl_t byref_excl_;
+    // entities_by_ref_t byref_;
+    entities_by_ref_t byref_excl_;
     entity_by_guid_t byguid_;
     entity_entity_map_t entity_file_map_;
 
@@ -195,8 +222,8 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API IfcFile {
     type_iterator types_begin() const;
     type_iterator types_end() const;
 
-    type_iterator types_incl_super_begin() const;
-    type_iterator types_incl_super_end() const;
+    // type_iterator types_incl_super_begin() const;
+    // type_iterator types_incl_super_end() const;
 
     /// Returns all entities in the file that match the template argument.
     /// NOTE: This also returns subtypes of the requested type, for example:
@@ -247,11 +274,11 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API IfcFile {
     /// Performs a depth-first traversal, returning all entity instance
     /// attributes as a flat list. NB: includes the root instance specified
     /// in the first function argument.
-    aggregate_of_instance::ptr traverse(IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* instance, int max_level = -1);
+    static aggregate_of_instance::ptr traverse(IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* instance, int max_level = -1);
 
     /// Same as traverse() but maintains topological order by using a
     /// breadth-first search
-    aggregate_of_instance::ptr traverse_breadth_first(IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* instance, int max_level = -1);
+    static aggregate_of_instance::ptr traverse_breadth_first(IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* instance, int max_level = -1);
 
     /// Get the attribute indices corresponding to the list of entity instances
     /// returned by getInverse().
@@ -264,7 +291,7 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API IfcFile {
 
     aggregate_of_instance::ptr getInverse(int instance_id, const IfcParse::declaration* type, int attribute_index);
 
-    int getTotalInverses(int instance_id);
+    size_t getTotalInverses(int instance_id);
 
     unsigned int FreshId() { return ++MaxId; }
 
@@ -297,11 +324,10 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API IfcFile {
     const IfcSpfHeader& header() const { return _header; }
     IfcSpfHeader& header() { return _header; }
 
-    std::string createTimestamp() const;
+    static std::string createTimestamp() ;
 
-    size_t load(unsigned entity_instance_name, const IfcParse::entity* entity, Argument**& attributes, size_t num_attributes, int attribute_index = -1);
-    void seek_to(const IfcEntityInstanceData& data);
-    void try_read_semicolon();
+    void load(unsigned entity_instance_name, const IfcParse::entity* entity, parse_context&, int attribute_index = -1);
+    void try_read_semicolon() const;
 
     void register_inverse(unsigned, const IfcParse::entity* from_entity, Token, int attribute_index);
     void register_inverse(unsigned, const IfcParse::entity* from_entity, IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*, int attribute_index);
@@ -311,9 +337,6 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API IfcFile {
 
     std::pair<IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*, double> getUnit(const std::string& unit_type);
 
-    bool parsing_complete() const { return parsing_complete_; }
-    bool& parsing_complete() { return parsing_complete_; }
-
     void build_inverses();
 
     entity_by_guid_t& internal_guid_map() { return byguid_; };

src/ifcparse/IfcGlobalId.cpp

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ IfcParse::IfcGlobalId::IfcGlobalId() {
     uuid_data_ = gen();
     std::vector<unsigned char> v(uuid_data_.size());
     std::copy(uuid_data_.begin(), uuid_data_.end(), v.begin());
-    string_data_ = compress(&v[0]);
+    string_data_ = compress(v.data());
 #if BOOST_VERSION < 104400
     formatted_string = boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(uuid_data);
 #else

src/ifcparse/IfcHierarchyHelper.h

@@ -340,21 +340,15 @@ void set_children_of_relation(Ifc4x3_add2::IfcRelAggregates* t, aggregate_of_ins
 #endif
 
 IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* get_parent_of_relation(IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* t) {
-    return *t->data().getArgument(
-        t->declaration().as_entity()->attribute_index("RelatingObject"));
+    return t->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->get("RelatingObject");
 }
 
 aggregate_of_instance::ptr get_children_of_relation(IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* t) {
-    return *t->data().getArgument(
-        t->declaration().as_entity()->attribute_index("RelatedElements"));
+    return t->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->get("RelatedElements");
 }
 
 void set_children_of_relation(IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* t, aggregate_of_instance::ptr& cs) {
-    IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* attr = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument;
-    attr->set(cs);
-    t->data().setArgument(
-        t->declaration().as_entity()->attribute_index("RelatedElements"),
-        attr);
+    return t->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->set_attribute_value("RelatedElements", cs);
 }
 } // namespace
 template <typename Schema>
@@ -440,35 +434,19 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API IfcHierarchyHelper : public IfcParse::IfcFile {
             aggregate_of_instance::ptr related_objects(new aggregate_of_instance);
             related_objects->push(related_object);
 
-            IfcEntityInstanceData* data = new IfcEntityInstanceData(&T::Class());
-            {
-                IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* attr = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument();
-                attr->set<std::string>(IfcParse::IfcGlobalId());
-                data->setArgument(0, attr);
-            }
-            {
-                IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* attr = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument();
-                attr->set(owner_hist);
-                data->setArgument(1, attr);
-            }
+            IfcEntityInstanceData data = IfcEntityInstanceData(storage_t(T::Class().attribute_count()));
+            data.storage_.set(0, (std::string)IfcParse::IfcGlobalId());
+            data.storage_.set(1, owner_hist);
             int relating_index = 4;
             int related_index = 5;
             if (T::Class().name() == "IfcRelContainedInSpatialStructure" || std::is_base_of<typename Schema::IfcRelDefines, T>::value) {
                 // some classes have attributes reversed.
                 std::swap(relating_index, related_index);
             }
-            {
-                IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* attr = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument();
-                attr->set(relating_object);
-                data->setArgument(relating_index, attr);
-            }
-            {
-                IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* attr = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument();
-                attr->set(related_objects);
-                data->setArgument(related_index, attr);
-            }
+            data.storage_.set(relating_index, relating_object);
+            data.storage_.set(related_index, related_objects);
 
-            T* t = (T*)Schema::get_schema().instantiate(data);
+            T* t = (T*)Schema::get_schema().instantiate(&T::Class(), std::move(data));
             addEntity(t);
         }
     }

src/ifcparse/IfcLogger.cpp

@@ -65,12 +65,14 @@ void plain_text_message(T& out, const boost::optional<const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
     out << "[" << severity_strings<typename T::char_type>::value[type] << "] ";
     out << "[" << get_time(type <= Logger::LOG_PERF).c_str() << "] ";
     if (current_product) {
-        std::string global_id = *((IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity*)*current_product)->get("GlobalId");
+        std::string global_id = (*current_product)->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->get("GlobalId");
         out << "{" << global_id.c_str() << "} ";
     }
     out << message.c_str() << std::endl;
     if (instance) {
-        std::string instance_string = instance->data().toString();
+        std::ostringstream oss;
+        instance->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass>()->toString(oss);
+        auto instance_string = oss.str();
         if (instance_string.size() > 259) {
             instance_string = instance_string.substr(0, 256) + "...";
         }
@@ -98,11 +100,15 @@ void json_message(T& out, const boost::optional<const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*>& c
 
     property_tree.put(level_string, severity_strings<typename T::char_type>::value[type]);
     if (current_product) {
-        property_tree.put(product_string, string_as<typename T::char_type>((**current_product).data().toString()));
+        std::ostringstream oss;
+        (*current_product)->toString(oss);
+        property_tree.put(product_string, string_as<typename T::char_type>(oss.str()));
     }
     property_tree.put(message_string, string_as<typename T::char_type>(message));
     if (instance) {
-        property_tree.put(instance_string, string_as<typename T::char_type>(instance->data().toString()));
+        std::ostringstream oss;
+        instance->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass>()->toString(oss);
+        property_tree.put(instance_string, string_as<typename T::char_type>(oss.str()));
     }
 
     property_tree.put(time_string, string_as<typename T::char_type>(get_time()));
@@ -141,6 +147,10 @@ void Logger::SetOutput(std::wostream* stream1, std::wostream* stream2) {
 }
 
 void Logger::Message(Logger::Severity type, const std::string& message, const IfcUtil::IfcBaseInterface* instance) {
+    if (type < verbosity_) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     static std::mutex mtx;
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mtx);
 
@@ -160,7 +170,7 @@ void Logger::Message(Logger::Severity type, const std::string& message, const If
     if (type > max_severity_) {
         max_severity_ = type;
     }
-    if (((log2_ != nullptr) || (wlog2_ != nullptr)) && type >= verbosity_) {
+    if (((log2_ != nullptr) || (wlog2_ != nullptr))) {
         if (format_ == FMT_PLAIN) {
             if (log2_ != nullptr) {
                 plain_text_message(*log2_, current_product_, type, message, instance);

src/ifcparse/IfcParse.h

@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ Token NoneTokenPtr();
 class IFC_PARSE_API IfcSpfLexer {
   private:
     IfcCharacterDecoder* decoder_;
-    unsigned int skipWhitespace();
-    unsigned int skipComment();
+    unsigned int skipWhitespace() const;
+    unsigned int skipComment() const;
 
   public:
     std::string& GetTempString() const {
@@ -164,106 +164,7 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API IfcSpfLexer {
     void TokenString(unsigned int offset, std::string& result);
 };
 
-/// Argument of type list, e.g.
-/// #1=IfcDirection((1.,0.,0.));
-///                 ==========
-class IFC_PARSE_API ArgumentList : public Argument {
-  private:
-    size_t size_;
-    Argument** list_;
-
-  public:
-    ArgumentList() : size_(0),
-                     list_(0) {}
-    ArgumentList(size_t n) : size_(n),
-                             list_(new Argument* [size_] { 0 }) {}
-    ~ArgumentList();
-
-    void read(IfcSpfLexer* lexer, std::vector<unsigned int>& ids);
-
-    IfcUtil::ArgumentType type() const;
-
-    operator std::vector<int>() const;
-    operator std::vector<double>() const;
-    operator std::vector<std::string>() const;
-    operator std::vector<boost::dynamic_bitset<>>() const;
-    operator aggregate_of_instance::ptr() const;
-
-    operator std::vector<std::vector<int>>() const;
-    operator std::vector<std::vector<double>>() const;
-    operator aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance::ptr() const;
-
-    bool isNull() const;
-    unsigned int size() const;
-
-    Argument* operator[](unsigned int index) const;
-
-    std::string toString(bool upper = false) const;
-
-    Argument**& arguments() { return list_; }
-    size_t& size() { return size_; }
-};
-
-/// Argument being null, e.g. '$'
-///              == ===
-class IFC_PARSE_API NullArgument : public Argument {
-  public:
-    NullArgument() {}
-    IfcUtil::ArgumentType type() const { return IfcUtil::Argument_NULL; }
-    bool isNull() const { return true; }
-    unsigned int size() const { return 1; }
-    Argument* operator[](unsigned int /*i*/) const { throw IfcException("Argument is not a list of attributes"); }
-    std::string toString(bool /*upper=false*/) const { return "$"; }
-};
-
-/// Argument of type scalar or string, e.g.
-/// #1=IfcVector(#2,1.0);
-///              == ===
-class IFC_PARSE_API TokenArgument : public Argument {
-  public:
-    Token token;
-    TokenArgument(const Token& token);
-
-    IfcUtil::ArgumentType type() const;
-
-    operator int() const;
-    operator bool() const;
-    operator boost::logic::tribool() const;
-    operator double() const;
-    operator std::string() const;
-    operator boost::dynamic_bitset<>() const;
-    operator IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*() const;
-
-    bool isNull() const;
-    unsigned int size() const;
-
-    Argument* operator[](unsigned int index) const;
-    std::string toString(bool upper = false) const;
-};
-
-/// Argument of an IFC simple type
-/// #1=IfcTrimmedCurve(#2,(IFCPARAMETERVALUE(0.)),(IFCPARAMETERVALUE(1.)),.T.,.PARAMETER.);
-///                        =====================   =====================
-class IFC_PARSE_API EntityArgument : public Argument {
-  private:
-    IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* entity_;
-
-  public:
-    EntityArgument(const Token& token);
-    ~EntityArgument();
-
-    IfcUtil::ArgumentType type() const;
-
-    operator IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*() const;
-
-    bool isNull() const;
-    unsigned int size() const;
-
-    Argument* operator[](unsigned int index) const;
-    std::string toString(bool upper = false) const;
-};
-
-IFC_PARSE_API IfcEntityInstanceData* read(unsigned int index, IfcFile* file, boost::optional<unsigned> offset = boost::none);
+IFC_PARSE_API IfcEntityInstanceData read(unsigned int index, IfcFile* file);
 
 IFC_PARSE_API aggregate_of_instance::ptr traverse(IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* instance, int max_level = -1);
 

src/ifcparse/IfcSIPrefix.cpp

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ double IfcParse::get_SI_equivalent(typename Schema::IfcNamedUnit* named_unit) {
         if (component->declaration().is(Schema::IfcSIUnit::Class())) {
             si_unit = component->template as<typename Schema::IfcSIUnit>();
             typename Schema::IfcValue* value = factor->ValueComponent();
-            scale = *value->data().getArgument(0);
+            scale = value->data().get_attribute_value(0);
         }
     } else if (named_unit->declaration().is(Schema::IfcSIUnit::Class())) {
         si_unit = named_unit->template as<typename Schema::IfcSIUnit>();

src/ifcparse/IfcSchema.cpp

@@ -152,11 +152,11 @@ IfcParse::schema_definition::~schema_definition() {
     delete factory_;
 }
 
-IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* IfcParse::schema_definition::instantiate(IfcEntityInstanceData* data) const {
+IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* IfcParse::schema_definition::instantiate(const IfcParse::declaration* decl, IfcEntityInstanceData&& data) const {
     if (factory_ != nullptr) {
-        return (*factory_)(data);
+        return (*factory_)(decl, std::move(data));
     }
-    return new IfcUtil::IfcLateBoundEntity(data->type(), data);
+    return new IfcUtil::IfcLateBoundEntity(decl, std::move(data));
 }
 
 void IfcParse::register_schema(schema_definition* schema) {

src/ifcparse/IfcSchema.h

@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API instance_factory {
   public:
     virtual ~instance_factory() {}
 
-    virtual IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* operator()(IfcEntityInstanceData* data) const = 0;
+    virtual IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* operator()(const IfcParse::declaration* decl, IfcEntityInstanceData&& data) const = 0;
 };
 
 class IFC_PARSE_API schema_definition {
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API schema_definition {
 
     const std::string& name() const { return name_; }
 
-    IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* instantiate(IfcEntityInstanceData* data) const;
+    IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* instantiate(const IfcParse::declaration* decl, IfcEntityInstanceData&& data) const;
 };
 
 IFC_PARSE_API const schema_definition* schema_by_name(const std::string&);

src/ifcparse/IfcSpfHeader.cpp

@@ -36,18 +36,22 @@ static const char* const DATA = "DATA";
 
 using namespace IfcParse;
 
-HeaderEntity::HeaderEntity(const char* const datatype, size_t size, IfcFile* file)
-    : IfcEntityInstanceData(file, size),
-      datatype_(datatype),
-      size_(size) {
-    if (file != nullptr) {
-        offset_in_file_ = file->stream->Tell();
-        load();
+namespace {
+    IfcEntityInstanceData read_from_file(IfcFile* f, size_t s) {
+        parse_context pc;
+        f->tokens->Next();
+        f->load(-1, nullptr, pc, -1);
+        return pc.construct(-1, f->references_to_resolve, nullptr, s);
     }
 }
 
+HeaderEntity::HeaderEntity(const char* const datatype, size_t size, IfcFile* file)
+    : datatype_(datatype)
+    , file_(file)
+    , data_(file ? read_from_file(file, size) : IfcEntityInstanceData(storage_t(size)))
+{}
+
 HeaderEntity::~HeaderEntity() {
-    clearArguments();
 }
 
 void IfcSpfHeader::readSemicolon() {
@@ -89,18 +93,21 @@ void IfcSpfHeader::read() {
 
     readTerminal(FILE_DESCRIPTION, NONE);
     delete file_description_;
+    // readParen();
     file_description_ = new FileDescription(file_);
-    // readSemicolon();
+    readSemicolon();
 
     readTerminal(FILE_NAME, NONE);
     delete file_name_;
+    // readParen();
     file_name_ = new FileName(file_);
-    // readSemicolon();
+    readSemicolon();
 
     readTerminal(FILE_SCHEMA, NONE);
     delete file_schema_;
+    // readParen();
     file_schema_ = new FileSchema(file_);
-    // readSemicolon();
+    readSemicolon();
 }
 
 bool IfcSpfHeader::tryRead() {

src/ifcparse/IfcSpfHeader.h

@@ -21,41 +21,41 @@
 #define IFCSPFHEADER_H
 
 #include "ifc_parse_api.h"
-#include "IfcWrite.h"
+#include "IfcEntityInstanceData.h"
 
 namespace IfcParse {
+    class IfcFile;
 
-class IFC_PARSE_API HeaderEntity : public IfcEntityInstanceData {
+class IFC_PARSE_API HeaderEntity {
   private:
     const char* const datatype_;
-    size_t size_;
-
+    IfcFile* file_;
+    
     HeaderEntity(const HeaderEntity&);            //N/A
     HeaderEntity& operator=(const HeaderEntity&); //N/A
   protected:
+      IfcEntityInstanceData data_;
+
     HeaderEntity(const char* const datatype, size_t size, IfcParse::IfcFile* file);
     virtual ~HeaderEntity();
 
     void setValue(unsigned int index, const std::string& string) {
-        IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* argument = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument;
-        argument->set(string);
-        setArgument(index, argument);
+        data_.storage_.set(index, string);
     }
 
     void setValue(unsigned int index, const std::vector<std::string>& strings) {
-        IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* argument = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument;
-        argument->set(strings);
-        setArgument(index, argument);
+        data_.storage_.set(index, strings);
     }
 
   public:
     virtual size_t getArgumentCount() const {
-        return size_;
+        return data_.size();
     }
 
     std::string toString(bool upper = false) const {
         std::stringstream stream;
-        stream << datatype_ << IfcEntityInstanceData::toString(upper);
+        stream << datatype_;
+        data_.toString(stream, upper);
         return stream.str();
     }
 };
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API FileDescription : public HeaderEntity {
   public:
     explicit FileDescription(IfcFile* = 0);
 
-    std::vector<std::string> description() const { return *getArgument(0); }
-    std::string implementation_level() const { return *getArgument(1); }
+    std::vector<std::string> description() const { return data_.get_attribute_value(0); }
+    std::string implementation_level() const { return data_.get_attribute_value(1); }
 
     void description(const std::vector<std::string>& value) { setValue(0, value); }
     void implementation_level(const std::string& value) { setValue(1, value); }
@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API FileName : public HeaderEntity {
   public:
     explicit FileName(IfcFile* = 0);
 
-    std::string name() const { return *getArgument(0); }
-    std::string time_stamp() const { return *getArgument(1); }
-    std::vector<std::string> author() const { return *getArgument(2); }
-    std::vector<std::string> organization() const { return *getArgument(3); }
-    std::string preprocessor_version() const { return *getArgument(4); }
-    std::string originating_system() const { return *getArgument(5); }
-    std::string authorization() const { return *getArgument(6); }
+    std::string name() const { return data_.get_attribute_value(0); }
+    std::string time_stamp() const { return data_.get_attribute_value(1); }
+    std::vector<std::string> author() const { return data_.get_attribute_value(2); }
+    std::vector<std::string> organization() const { return data_.get_attribute_value(3); }
+    std::string preprocessor_version() const { return data_.get_attribute_value(4); }
+    std::string originating_system() const { return data_.get_attribute_value(5); }
+    std::string authorization() const { return data_.get_attribute_value(6); }
 
     void name(const std::string& value) { setValue(0, value); }
     void time_stamp(const std::string& value) { setValue(1, value); }
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API FileSchema : public HeaderEntity {
   public:
     explicit FileSchema(IfcFile* = 0);
 
-    std::vector<std::string> schema_identifiers() const { return *getArgument(0); }
+    std::vector<std::string> schema_identifiers() const { return data_.get_attribute_value(0); }
 
     void schema_identifiers(const std::vector<std::string>& value) { setValue(0, value); }
 };
@@ -117,14 +117,17 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API IfcSpfHeader {
     void readTerminal(const std::string& term, Trail trail);
 
   public:
-    explicit IfcSpfHeader(IfcParse::IfcFile* file = 0)
+    explicit IfcSpfHeader(IfcParse::IfcFile* file = nullptr)
         : file_(file),
           file_description_(0),
           file_name_(0),
-          file_schema_(0) {
-        file_description_ = new FileDescription(file_);
-        file_name_ = new FileName(file_);
-        file_schema_ = new FileSchema(file_);
+          file_schema_(0)
+    {
+        if (file == nullptr) {
+            file_description_ = new FileDescription(file_);
+            file_name_ = new FileName(file_);
+            file_schema_ = new FileSchema(file_);
+        }
     }
 
     ~IfcSpfHeader() {

src/ifcparse/IfcSpfStream.h

@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API IfcSpfStream {
     /// Moves the file cursor to an arbitrary offset in the file
     void Seek(unsigned int offset);
     /// Returns the cursor position
-    unsigned int Tell();
+    unsigned int Tell() const;
 
-    bool is_eof_at(unsigned int);
+    bool is_eof_at(unsigned int) const;
     void increment_at(unsigned int&);
     char peek_at(unsigned int);
 };

src/ifcparse/IfcUtil.cpp

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 #include "IfcBaseClass.h"
 #include "IfcException.h"
 #include "utils.h"
+#include "IfcFile.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/replace.hpp>
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ aggregate_of_instance::ptr aggregate_of_instance::unique() {
     return return_value;
 }
 
+/*
 //Note: some of these methods are overloaded in derived classes
 Argument::operator int() const { throw IfcParse::IfcException("Argument is not an integer"); }
 Argument::operator bool() const { throw IfcParse::IfcException("Argument is not a boolean"); }
@@ -137,6 +139,7 @@ Argument::operator aggregate_of_instance::ptr() const { throw IfcParse::IfcExcep
 Argument::operator std::vector<std::vector<int>>() const { throw IfcParse::IfcException("Argument is not a list of list of ints"); }
 Argument::operator std::vector<std::vector<double>>() const { throw IfcParse::IfcException("Argument is not a list of list of floats"); }
 Argument::operator aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance::ptr() const { throw IfcParse::IfcException("Argument is not a list of list of entity instances"); }
+*/
 
 static const char* const argument_type_string[] = {
     "NULL",
@@ -199,16 +202,32 @@ void IfcUtil::unescape_xml(std::string& str) {
     boost::replace_all(str, "&gt;", ">");
 }
 
+/*
 Argument* IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity::get(const std::string& name) const {
     return data().getArgument(declaration().attribute_index(name));
 }
+*/
+
+AttributeValue IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity::get(const std::string& name) const
+{
+    auto attrs = declaration().as_entity()->all_attributes();
+    auto iter = attrs.begin();
+    size_t idx = 0;
+    for (; iter != attrs.end(); ++iter, ++idx) {
+        if ((*iter)->name() == name) {
+            return data().get_attribute_value(idx);
+        }
+    }
+    throw IfcParse::IfcException(name + " not found on " + declaration().name());
+}
 
 aggregate_of_instance::ptr IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity::get_inverse(const std::string& name) const {
     const std::vector<const IfcParse::inverse_attribute*> attrs = declaration().as_entity()->all_inverse_attributes();
     std::vector<const IfcParse::inverse_attribute*>::const_iterator iter = attrs.begin();
     for (; iter != attrs.end(); ++iter) {
         if ((*iter)->name() == name) {
-            return data().getInverse(
+            return file_->getInverse(
+                id_,
                 (*iter)->entity_reference(),
                 (int)(*iter)->entity_reference()->attribute_index((*iter)->attribute_reference()));
         }
@@ -216,10 +235,12 @@ aggregate_of_instance::ptr IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity::get_inverse(const std::string
     throw IfcParse::IfcException(name + " not found on " + declaration().name());
 }
 
+/*
 void IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass::data(IfcEntityInstanceData* data) {
     delete data_;
     data_ = data;
 }
+*/
 
 IfcUtil::ArgumentType IfcUtil::make_aggregate(IfcUtil::ArgumentType elem_type) {
     switch (elem_type) {

src/ifcparse/IfcWrite.cpp

@@ -1,341 +0,0 @@
-/********************************************************************************
- *                                                                              *
- * This file is part of IfcOpenShell.                                           *
- *                                                                              *
- * IfcOpenShell is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify         *
- * it under the terms of the Lesser GNU General Public License as published by  *
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3.0 of the License, or          *
- * (at your option) any later version.                                          *
- *                                                                              *
- * IfcOpenShell is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,              *
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of               *
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the                 *
- * Lesser GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
- *                                                                              *
- * You should have received a copy of the Lesser GNU General Public License     *
- * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.         *
- *                                                                              *
- ********************************************************************************/
-
-#include "IfcWrite.h"
-
-#include "IfcCharacterDecoder.h"
-
-#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
-#include <iomanip>
-#include <limits>
-#include <locale>
-
-using namespace IfcWrite;
-
-class SizeVisitor : public boost::static_visitor<int> {
-  public:
-    int operator()(const boost::blank& /*i*/) const { return -1; }
-    int operator()(const IfcWriteArgument::Derived& /*i*/) const { return -1; }
-    int operator()(const int& /*i*/) const { return -1; }
-    int operator()(const bool& /*i*/) const { return -1; }
-    int operator()(const boost::logic::tribool& /*i*/) const { return -1; }
-    int operator()(const double& /*i*/) const { return -1; }
-    int operator()(const std::string& /*i*/) const { return -1; }
-    int operator()(const boost::dynamic_bitset<>& /*i*/) const { return -1; }
-    int operator()(const IfcWriteArgument::empty_aggregate_t&) const { return 0; }
-    int operator()(const IfcWriteArgument::empty_aggregate_of_aggregate_t&) const { return 0; }
-    int operator()(const std::vector<int>& i) const { return (int)i.size(); }
-    int operator()(const std::vector<double>& i) const { return (int)i.size(); }
-    int operator()(const std::vector<std::vector<int>>& i) const { return (int)i.size(); }
-    int operator()(const std::vector<std::vector<double>>& i) const { return (int)i.size(); }
-    int operator()(const std::vector<std::string>& i) const { return (int)i.size(); }
-    int operator()(const std::vector<boost::dynamic_bitset<>>& i) const { return (int)i.size(); }
-    int operator()(const IfcWriteArgument::EnumerationReference& /*i*/) const { return -1; }
-    int operator()(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* const& /*i*/) const { return -1; }
-    int operator()(const aggregate_of_instance::ptr& i) const { return i->size(); }
-    int operator()(const aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance::ptr& i) const { return i->size(); }
-};
-
-class StringBuilderVisitor : public boost::static_visitor<void> {
-  private:
-    StringBuilderVisitor(const StringBuilderVisitor&);            //N/A
-    StringBuilderVisitor& operator=(const StringBuilderVisitor&); //N/A
-
-    std::ostringstream& data_;
-    template <typename T>
-    void serialize(const std::vector<T>& i) {
-        data_ << "(";
-        for (typename std::vector<T>::const_iterator it = i.begin(); it != i.end(); ++it) {
-            if (it != i.begin()) {
-                data_ << ",";
-            }
-            data_ << *it;
-        }
-        data_ << ")";
-    }
-    // The REAL token definition from the IFC SPF standard does not necessarily match
-    // the output of the C++ ostream formatting operation.
-    // REAL = [ SIGN ] DIGIT { DIGIT } "." { DIGIT } [ "E" [ SIGN ] DIGIT { DIGIT } ] .
-    std::string format_double(const double& d) {
-        std::ostringstream oss;
-        oss.imbue(std::locale::classic());
-        oss << std::setprecision(std::numeric_limits<double>::digits10) << d;
-        const std::string str = oss.str();
-        oss.str("");
-        std::string::size_type e = str.find('e');
-        if (e == std::string::npos) {
-            e = str.find('E');
-        }
-        const std::string mantissa = str.substr(0, e);
-        oss << mantissa;
-        if (mantissa.find('.') == std::string::npos) {
-            oss << ".";
-        }
-        if (e != std::string::npos) {
-            oss << "E";
-            oss << str.substr(e + 1);
-        }
-        return oss.str();
-    }
-
-    std::string format_binary(const boost::dynamic_bitset<>& b) {
-        std::ostringstream oss;
-        oss.imbue(std::locale::classic());
-        oss.put('"');
-        oss << std::uppercase << std::hex << std::setw(1);
-        unsigned c = (unsigned)b.size();
-        unsigned n = (4 - (c % 4)) & 3;
-        oss << n;
-        for (unsigned i = 0; i < c + n;) {
-            unsigned accum = 0;
-            for (int j = 0; j < 4; ++j, ++i) {
-                unsigned bit = i < n ? 0 : b.test(c - i + n - 1) ? 1
-                                                                 : 0;
-                accum |= bit << (3 - j);
-            }
-            oss << accum;
-        }
-        oss.put('"');
-        return oss.str();
-    }
-
-    bool upper_;
-
-  public:
-    StringBuilderVisitor(std::ostringstream& stream, bool upper = false)
-        : data_(stream),
-          upper_(upper) {}
-    void operator()(const boost::blank& /*i*/) { data_ << "$"; }
-    void operator()(const IfcWriteArgument::Derived& /*i*/) { data_ << "*"; }
-    void operator()(const int& i) { data_ << i; }
-    void operator()(const bool& i) { data_ << (i ? ".T." : ".F."); }
-    void operator()(const boost::logic::tribool& i) { data_ << (i ? ".T." : (boost::logic::indeterminate(i) ? ".U." : ".F.")); }
-    void operator()(const double& i) { data_ << format_double(i); }
-    void operator()(const boost::dynamic_bitset<>& i) { data_ << format_binary(i); }
-    void operator()(const std::string& i) {
-        std::string s = i;
-        if (upper_) {
-            data_ << static_cast<std::string>(IfcCharacterEncoder(s));
-        } else {
-            data_ << '\'' << s << '\'';
-        }
-    }
-    void operator()(const std::vector<int>& i);
-    void operator()(const std::vector<double>& i);
-    void operator()(const std::vector<std::string>& i);
-    void operator()(const std::vector<boost::dynamic_bitset<>>& i);
-    void operator()(const IfcWriteArgument::EnumerationReference& i) {
-        data_ << "." << i.enumeration_value << ".";
-    }
-    void operator()(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* const& i) {
-        const IfcEntityInstanceData& e = i->data();
-        if (e.type()->as_entity() == nullptr) {
-            data_ << e.toString(upper_);
-        } else {
-            data_ << "#" << e.id();
-        }
-    }
-    void operator()(const aggregate_of_instance::ptr& i) {
-        data_ << "(";
-        for (aggregate_of_instance::it it = i->begin(); it != i->end(); ++it) {
-            if (it != i->begin()) {
-                data_ << ",";
-            }
-            (*this)(*it);
-        }
-        data_ << ")";
-    }
-    void operator()(const std::vector<std::vector<int>>& i);
-    void operator()(const std::vector<std::vector<double>>& i);
-    void operator()(const aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance::ptr& i) {
-        data_ << "(";
-        for (aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance::outer_it outer_it = i->begin(); outer_it != i->end(); ++outer_it) {
-            if (outer_it != i->begin()) {
-                data_ << ",";
-            }
-            data_ << "(";
-            for (aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance::inner_it inner_it = outer_it->begin(); inner_it != outer_it->end(); ++inner_it) {
-                if (inner_it != outer_it->begin()) {
-                    data_ << ",";
-                }
-                (*this)(*inner_it);
-            }
-            data_ << ")";
-        }
-        data_ << ")";
-    }
-    void operator()(const IfcWriteArgument::empty_aggregate_t&) const { data_ << "()"; }
-    void operator()(const IfcWriteArgument::empty_aggregate_of_aggregate_t&) const { data_ << "()"; }
-    operator std::string() { return data_.str(); }
-};
-
-template <>
-void StringBuilderVisitor::serialize(const std::vector<std::string>& i) {
-    data_ << "(";
-    for (std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator it = i.begin(); it != i.end(); ++it) {
-        if (it != i.begin()) {
-            data_ << ",";
-        }
-        std::string encoder = IfcCharacterEncoder(*it);
-        data_ << encoder;
-    }
-    data_ << ")";
-}
-
-template <>
-void StringBuilderVisitor::serialize(const std::vector<double>& i) {
-    data_ << "(";
-    for (std::vector<double>::const_iterator it = i.begin(); it != i.end(); ++it) {
-        if (it != i.begin()) {
-            data_ << ",";
-        }
-        data_ << format_double(*it);
-    }
-    data_ << ")";
-}
-
-template <>
-void StringBuilderVisitor::serialize(const std::vector<boost::dynamic_bitset<>>& i) {
-    data_ << "(";
-    for (std::vector<boost::dynamic_bitset<>>::const_iterator it = i.begin(); it != i.end(); ++it) {
-        if (it != i.begin()) {
-            data_ << ",";
-        }
-        data_ << format_binary(*it);
-    }
-    data_ << ")";
-}
-
-void StringBuilderVisitor::operator()(const std::vector<int>& i) { serialize(i); }
-void StringBuilderVisitor::operator()(const std::vector<double>& i) { serialize(i); }
-void StringBuilderVisitor::operator()(const std::vector<std::string>& i) { serialize(i); }
-void StringBuilderVisitor::operator()(const std::vector<boost::dynamic_bitset<>>& i) { serialize(i); }
-void StringBuilderVisitor::operator()(const std::vector<std::vector<int>>& i) {
-    data_ << "(";
-    for (std::vector<std::vector<int>>::const_iterator it = i.begin(); it != i.end(); ++it) {
-        if (it != i.begin()) {
-            data_ << ",";
-        }
-        serialize(*it);
-    }
-    data_ << ")";
-}
-void StringBuilderVisitor::operator()(const std::vector<std::vector<double>>& i) {
-    data_ << "(";
-    for (std::vector<std::vector<double>>::const_iterator it = i.begin(); it != i.end(); ++it) {
-        if (it != i.begin()) {
-            data_ << ",";
-        }
-        serialize(*it);
-    }
-    data_ << ")";
-}
-
-IfcWriteArgument::operator int() const { return as<int>(); }
-IfcWriteArgument::operator bool() const { return as<bool>(); }
-IfcWriteArgument::operator boost::logic::tribool() const { return as<boost::logic::tribool>(); }
-IfcWriteArgument::operator double() const { return as<double>(); }
-IfcWriteArgument::operator std::string() const {
-    if (type() == IfcUtil::Argument_ENUMERATION) {
-        return as<EnumerationReference>().enumeration_value;
-    }
-    return as<std::string>();
-}
-IfcWriteArgument::operator IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*() const { return as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*>(); }
-IfcWriteArgument::operator boost::dynamic_bitset<>() const { return as<boost::dynamic_bitset<>>(); }
-IfcWriteArgument::operator std::vector<double>() const { return as<std::vector<double>>(); }
-IfcWriteArgument::operator std::vector<int>() const { return as<std::vector<int>>(); }
-IfcWriteArgument::operator std::vector<std::string>() const { return as<std::vector<std::string>>(); }
-IfcWriteArgument::operator std::vector<boost::dynamic_bitset<>>() const { return as<std::vector<boost::dynamic_bitset<>>>(); }
-IfcWriteArgument::operator aggregate_of_instance::ptr() const { return as<aggregate_of_instance::ptr>(); }
-IfcWriteArgument::operator std::vector<std::vector<int>>() const { return as<std::vector<std::vector<int>>>(); }
-IfcWriteArgument::operator std::vector<std::vector<double>>() const { return as<std::vector<std::vector<double>>>(); }
-IfcWriteArgument::operator aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance::ptr() const { return as<aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance::ptr>(); }
-bool IfcWriteArgument::isNull() const { return type() == IfcUtil::Argument_NULL; }
-Argument* IfcWriteArgument::operator[](unsigned int /*i*/) const { throw IfcParse::IfcException("Invalid cast"); }
-std::string IfcWriteArgument::toString(bool upper) const {
-    std::ostringstream str;
-    str.imbue(std::locale::classic());
-    StringBuilderVisitor visitor(str, upper);
-    container_.apply_visitor(visitor);
-    return visitor;
-}
-unsigned int IfcWriteArgument::size() const {
-    SizeVisitor visitor;
-    const int size = container_.apply_visitor(visitor);
-    if (size == -1) {
-        throw IfcParse::IfcException("Invalid cast");
-    }
-    return size;
-}
-
-IfcUtil::ArgumentType IfcWriteArgument::type() const {
-    return static_cast<IfcUtil::ArgumentType>(container_.which());
-}
-
-// Overload to detect null values
-void IfcWriteArgument::set(const aggregate_of_instance::ptr& value) {
-    if (value) {
-        container_ = value;
-    } else {
-        container_ = boost::blank();
-    }
-}
-
-// Overload to detect null values
-void IfcWriteArgument::set(const aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance::ptr& value) {
-    if (value) {
-        container_ = value;
-    } else {
-        container_ = boost::blank();
-    }
-}
-
-// Overload to detect null values
-void IfcWriteArgument::set(IfcUtil::IfcBaseInterface* const& value) {
-    if (value != nullptr) {
-        container_ = value->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass>();
-    } else {
-        container_ = boost::blank();
-    }
-}
-
-// Overloads to raise exceptions on non-finite values
-void IfcWriteArgument::set(const double& v) {
-	if (!std::isfinite(v)) {
-		throw IfcParse::IfcException("Only finite values are allowed");
-	}
-	container_ = v;
-}
-
-void IfcWriteArgument::set(const std::vector<double>& v) {
-	if (std::any_of(v.begin(), v.end(), [](double v) {return !std::isfinite(v); })) {
-		throw IfcParse::IfcException("Only finite values are allowed");
-	}
-    container_ = v;
-}
-
-void IfcWriteArgument::set(const std::vector< std::vector<double> >& v) {
-	if (std::any_of(v.begin(), v.end(), [](const std::vector<double>& vs) {
-		return std::any_of(vs.begin(), vs.end(), [](double v) {return !std::isfinite(v); });
-	})) {
-		throw IfcParse::IfcException("Only finite values are allowed");
-	}
-    container_ = v;
-}

src/ifcparse/IfcWrite.h

@@ -28,149 +28,4 @@
 #ifndef IFCWRITE_H
 #define IFCWRITE_H
 
-#include "aggregate_of_instance.h"
-#include "ifc_parse_api.h"
-#include "IfcBaseClass.h"
-
-#include <boost/dynamic_bitset.hpp>
-#include <boost/optional.hpp>
-#include <boost/type_traits/is_base_of.hpp>
-#include <boost/type_traits/remove_pointer.hpp>
-#include <boost/utility/enable_if.hpp>
-#include <boost/variant.hpp>
-
-namespace IfcWrite {
-
-/// This class is a writable container for attributes. A fundamental
-/// difference with the attribute types counterparts defined in the
-/// IfcParse namespace is that this class has a Boost.Variant member
-/// for storing its value, whereas the IfcParse classes only contain
-/// lazy references to byte offsets in the IFC-SPF file.
-class IFC_PARSE_API IfcWriteArgument : public Argument {
-  public:
-    class EnumerationReference {
-      public:
-        int data;
-        const char* enumeration_value;
-        EnumerationReference(int data, const char* enumeration_value)
-            : data(data),
-              enumeration_value(enumeration_value) {}
-    };
-    class Derived {};
-    class empty_aggregate_t {};
-    class empty_aggregate_of_aggregate_t {};
-
-  private:
-    boost::variant<
-        // A null argument, it will always serialize to $
-        boost::blank,
-        // A derived argument, it will always serialize to *
-        Derived,
-        // An integer argument, e.g. 123
-
-        // SCALARS:
-        int,
-        // A boolean argument, it will serialize to either .T. or .F.
-        bool,
-        // A logical argument, it will serialize to either .T. or .F. or .U.
-        boost::logic::tribool,
-        // A floating point argument, e.g. 12.3
-        double,
-        // A character string argument, e.g. 'IfcOpenShell'
-        std::string,
-        // A binary argument, e.g. "092A" -> 100100101010
-        boost::dynamic_bitset<>,
-        // An enumeration argument, e.g. .USERDEFINED.
-        // To initialize the argument a string representation
-        // has to be explicitly passed of the enumeration value
-        // which is stored internally as an integer. The argument
-        // itself does not keep track of what schema enumeration
-        // type is represented.
-        EnumerationReference,
-        // An entity instance argument. It will either serialize to
-        // e.g. #123 or datatype identifier for simple types, e.g.
-        // IFCREAL(12.3)
-        IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*,
-
-        // AGGREGATES:
-        empty_aggregate_t,
-        // An aggregate of integers, e.g. (1,2,3)
-        std::vector<int>,
-        // An aggregate of floats, e.g. (12.3,4.)
-        std::vector<double>,
-        // An aggregate of strings, e.g. ('Ifc','Open','Shell')
-        std::vector<std::string>,
-        // An aggregate of binaries, e.g. ("23B", "092A") -> (111011, 100100101010)
-        std::vector<boost::dynamic_bitset<>>,
-        // An aggregate of entity instances. It will either serialize to
-        // e.g. (#1,#2,#3) or datatype identifier for simple types,
-        // e.g. (IFCREAL(1.2),IFCINTEGER(3.))
-        aggregate_of_instance::ptr,
-
-        // AGGREGATES OF AGGREGATES:
-        empty_aggregate_of_aggregate_t,
-        // An aggregate of an aggregate of ints. E.g. ((1, 2), (3))
-        std::vector<std::vector<int>>,
-        // An aggregate of an aggregate of floats. E.g. ((1., 2.3), (4.))
-        std::vector<std::vector<double>>,
-        // An aggregate of an aggregate of entities. E.g. ((#1, #2), (#3))
-        aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance::ptr>
-        container_;
-
-  public:
-    template <typename T>
-    const T& as() const {
-        if (const T* val = boost::get<T>(&container_)) {
-            return *val;
-        }
-        throw IfcParse::IfcException("Invalid cast");
-    }
-
-    template <typename T>
-    typename boost::disable_if<boost::is_base_of<IfcUtil::IfcBaseInterface, typename boost::remove_pointer<T>::type>, void>::type
-    set(const T& type) {
-        container_ = type;
-    }
-
-    // Overload to detect null values
-    void set(const aggregate_of_instance::ptr& value);
-
-    // Overload to detect null values
-    void set(const aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance::ptr& value);
-
-    // Overload to detect null values
-    void set(IfcUtil::IfcBaseInterface*const & v);
-
-    // Overloads to raise exceptions on non-finite values
-    void set(const double& v);
-    void set(const std::vector<double>& v);
-    void set(const std::vector< std::vector<double> >& v);
-
-    operator int() const;
-    operator bool() const;
-    operator boost::logic::tribool() const;
-    operator double() const;
-    operator std::string() const;
-    operator boost::dynamic_bitset<>() const;
-    operator IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*() const;
-
-    operator std::vector<int>() const;
-    operator std::vector<double>() const;
-    operator std::vector<std::string>() const;
-    operator std::vector<boost::dynamic_bitset<>>() const;
-    operator aggregate_of_instance::ptr() const;
-
-    operator std::vector<std::vector<int>>() const;
-    operator std::vector<std::vector<double>>() const;
-    operator aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance::ptr() const;
-
-    bool isNull() const;
-    Argument* operator[](unsigned int index) const;
-    std::string toString(bool upper = false) const;
-    unsigned int size() const;
-    IfcUtil::ArgumentType type() const;
-};
-
-} // namespace IfcWrite
-
 #endif

src/ifcparse/aggregate_of_instance.h

@@ -20,11 +20,19 @@
 #ifndef IFCENTITYLIST_H
 #define IFCENTITYLIST_H
 
-#include "IfcBaseClass.h"
+// #include "IfcBaseClass.h"
+#include "ifc_parse_api.h"
 
 #include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
 #include <set>
 
+namespace IfcParse {
+    class declaration;
+}
+namespace IfcUtil {
+    class IfcBaseClass;
+}
+
 template <class T>
 class aggregate_of;
 
@@ -42,16 +50,10 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API aggregate_of_instance {
     unsigned int size() const;
     void reserve(unsigned capacity);
     bool contains(IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*) const;
+    
     template <class U>
-    typename U::list::ptr as() {
-        typename U::list::ptr result(new typename U::list);
-        for (it i = begin(); i != end(); ++i) {
-            if ((*i)->as<U>()) {
-                result->push((*i)->as<U>());
-            }
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
+    typename U::list::ptr as();
+
     void remove(IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*);
     aggregate_of_instance::ptr filtered(const std::set<const IfcParse::declaration*>& entities);
     aggregate_of_instance::ptr unique();
@@ -146,21 +148,10 @@ class IFC_PARSE_API aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance {
         }
         return false;
     }
+
     template <class U>
-    typename aggregate_of_aggregate_of<U>::ptr as() {
-        typename aggregate_of_aggregate_of<U>::ptr result(new aggregate_of_aggregate_of<U>);
-        for (outer_it outer = begin(); outer != end(); ++outer) {
-            const std::vector<IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*>& from = *outer;
-            typename std::vector<U*> to;
-            for (inner_it inner = from.begin(); inner != from.end(); ++inner) {
-                if ((*inner)->as<U>()) {
-                    to.push_back((*inner)->as<U>());
-                }
-            }
-            result->push(to);
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
+    typename aggregate_of_aggregate_of<U>::ptr as();
+
 };
 
 template <class T>

src/ifcparse/parse_ifcxml.cpp

@@ -27,8 +27,35 @@
 #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
 #include <boost/range/adaptor/transformed.hpp>
 #include <boost/range/algorithm/copy.hpp>
+#include <boost/any.hpp>
 #include <libxml/parser.h>
 
+namespace {
+    // Base case: when there are no more types left to check.
+    template <typename Fn>
+    void visit_any_impl(Fn& fn, const boost::any& a) {
+    }
+
+    // Recursive case: Check the first type in the pack.
+    template <typename Fn, typename T, typename... Types>
+    void visit_any_impl(Fn& fn, const boost::any& a) {
+        if (a.type() == typeid(T)) {
+            Fn(boost::any_cast<T>(a));
+        } else {
+            visit_any_impl<Types...>(a);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Helper to prepend a type to a tuple
+    template <typename Fn, typename U>
+    void visit_any(Fn fn, const boost::any& a);
+    template <typename Fn, typename... Types>
+    void visit_any(Fn fn, const boost::any & a) {
+        visit_any_impl<Fn, Types...>(fn, a);
+    };
+
+}
+
 // For debug printing on release builds
 // #undef NDEBUG
 
@@ -71,7 +98,8 @@ class stack_node {
         node_header_entry
     };
 
-    std::vector<Argument*> aggregate_elements;
+    // to be coerced into the correct type later on
+    std::vector<boost::any> aggregate_elements;
 
   protected:
     node_type type_;
@@ -90,11 +118,11 @@ class stack_node {
           aggregate_elem_type_(nullptr) {}
 
   public:
-    static stack_node instance(const std::string& id_in_file, IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* inst) {
+    static stack_node instance(const std::string& id, IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* inst) {
         stack_node node;
         node.type_ = node_instance;
         node.inst_ = inst;
-        node.id_in_file_ = id_in_file;
+        node.id_in_file_ = id;
         return node;
     }
 
@@ -157,7 +185,7 @@ class stack_node {
     int idx() const { return idx_; }
     const IfcParse::inverse_attribute* inv_attr() const { return inv_; }
     const std::string& tagname() const { return tagname_; }
-    const std::string& id_in_file() const { return id_in_file_; }
+    const std::string& id() const { return id_in_file_; }
     const IfcParse::parameter_type* aggregate_elem_type() const { return aggregate_elem_type_; }
 
     std::string repr() const {
@@ -181,7 +209,7 @@ struct ifcxml_parse_state {
     IfcParse::IfcFile* file;
     std::vector<stack_node> stack;
     std::map<std::string, int> idmap;
-    std::vector<std::pair<IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument*, std::string>> forward_references;
+    std::vector<std::tuple<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity*, size_t, std::string>> forward_references;
     ifcxml_dialect dialect;
 };
 
@@ -199,13 +227,12 @@ std::vector<T> split(const std::string& value) {
     return r;
 }
 
-Argument* parse_attribute_value(const IfcParse::parameter_type* ty, const std::string& value) {
-    auto* v = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument();
-
+boost::any parse_attribute_value(const IfcParse::parameter_type* ty, const std::string& value) {
+    boost::any any;
     auto cpp_type = IfcUtil::from_parameter_type(ty);
 
     if (cpp_type == IfcUtil::Argument_STRING) {
-        v->set(value);
+        any = value;
     } else if (cpp_type == IfcUtil::Argument_ENUMERATION) {
         const auto* enum_type = ty->as_named_type()->declared_type()->as_enumeration_type();
 
@@ -214,28 +241,24 @@ Argument* parse_attribute_value(const IfcParse::parameter_type* ty, const std::s
             enum_type->enumeration_items().end(),
             boost::to_upper_copy(value));
 
-        if (iter != enum_type->enumeration_items().end()) {
-            v->set(IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument::EnumerationReference(iter - enum_type->enumeration_items().begin(), iter->c_str()));
-        }
+        any = EnumerationReference(enum_type, std::distance(enum_type->enumeration_items().begin(), iter));
     } else if (cpp_type == IfcUtil::Argument_INT) {
-        v->set(boost::lexical_cast<int>(value));
+        any = boost::lexical_cast<int>(value);
     } else if (cpp_type == IfcUtil::Argument_DOUBLE) {
-        v->set(boost::lexical_cast<double>(value));
+        any = boost::lexical_cast<double>(value);
     } else if (cpp_type == IfcUtil::Argument_BOOL) {
-        v->set(boost::to_lower_copy(value) == "true");
+        any = boost::to_lower_copy(value) == "true";
     } else if (cpp_type == IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_INT) {
-        v->set(split<int>(value));
+        any = split<int>(value);
     } else if (cpp_type == IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_DOUBLE) {
-        v->set(split<double>(value));
+        any = split<double>(value);
     }
 
-    if (v->isNull()) {
+    if (any.empty()) {
         Logger::Error("Attribute '" + value + "' not successfully parsed");
-        delete v;
-        v = nullptr;
     }
 
-    return v;
+    return any;
 }
 
 static void end_element(void* user, const xmlChar* tag) {
@@ -248,17 +271,20 @@ static void end_element(void* user, const xmlChar* tag) {
     if (!state->stack.empty() && state->stack.back().ntype() == stack_node::node_aggregate) {
         const auto& back = state->stack.back();
         auto& elems = state->stack.back().aggregate_elements;
+        /*
         auto* list = new IfcParse::ArgumentList(elems.size());
         size_t i = 0;
         for (auto& elem : elems) {
             list->arguments()[i++] = elem;
         }
-        back.inst()->data().attributes()[back.idx()] = list;
+        */
+        // @todo
+        // back.inst()->data().storage_.set(back.idx(), elems);
     }
 
     if (state->dialect == ifcxml_dialect_ifc2x3 && state->stack.back().ntype() == stack_node::node_instance) {
         if (state->stack.back().inst() != nullptr) {
-            state->idmap[state->stack.back().id_in_file()] = state->file->addEntity(state->stack.back().inst())->data().id();
+            state->idmap[state->stack.back().id()] = state->file->addEntity(state->stack.back().inst())->id();
         }
     }
 
@@ -290,15 +316,17 @@ static void process_characters(void* user, const xmlChar* character, int len) {
 
     if (!state->stack.empty() && state->stack.back().inst() != nullptr && (state->stack.back().inst()->declaration().as_type_declaration() != nullptr)) {
         const auto* pt = state->stack.back().inst()->declaration().as_type_declaration()->declared_type();
-        Argument* val = nullptr;
+        boost::any val;
         try {
             val = parse_attribute_value(pt, txt);
         } catch (const std::exception& e) {
             Logger::Error(e, state->stack.back().inst());
         }
-        if (val != nullptr) {
+        if (!val.empty()) {
             // type declaration always at idx 0
-            state->stack.back().inst()->data().setArgument(0, val);
+            visit_any([&state](auto& v) {
+                state->stack.back().inst()->data().storage_.set(0, v);
+            }, val);
         }
     } else if (state_type == stack_node::node_header_entry) {
         const std::string tagname = boost::replace_all_copy(state->stack.back().tagname(), "ex:", "");
@@ -326,15 +354,17 @@ static void process_characters(void* user, const xmlChar* character, int len) {
         const auto* pt = state->stack.back().inst()->declaration().as_entity()->attribute_by_index(state->stack.back().idx())->type_of_attribute();
         auto cpp_type = IfcUtil::from_parameter_type(pt);
         if (cpp_type != IfcUtil::Argument_ENTITY_INSTANCE) {
-            auto* val = parse_attribute_value(pt, txt);
-            if (val != nullptr) {
-                state->stack.back().inst()->data().setArgument(state->stack.back().idx(), val);
+            auto val = parse_attribute_value(pt, txt);
+            if (!val.empty()) {
+                visit_any([&state](auto& v) {
+                    state->stack.back().inst()->set_attribute_value(state->stack.back().idx(), v);
+                }, val);
             }
         }
     } else if (state_type == stack_node::node_aggregate_element) {
         const auto* pt = state->stack.back().aggregate_elem_type();
-        auto* val = parse_attribute_value(pt, txt);
-        if (val != nullptr) {
+        auto val = parse_attribute_value(pt, txt);
+        if (!val.empty()) {
             (*(state->stack.rbegin() + 1)).aggregate_elements.push_back(val);
         }
     }
@@ -388,13 +418,11 @@ static void start_element(void* user, const xmlChar* tag, const xmlChar** attrs)
                         std::string schema_name(&it->front(), it->size());
                         boost::to_upper(schema_name);
                         state->file = new IfcParse::IfcFile(IfcParse::schema_by_name(schema_name));
-                        state->file->parsing_complete() = false;
                         state->dialect = ifcxml_dialect_ifc4;
                     }
                     goto end;
                 } else if (tagname == "ex:iso_10303_28" && attrname == "xsi:schemaLocation" && boost::starts_with(value, "http://www.iai-tech.org/ifcXML/IFC2x3")) {
                     state->file = new IfcParse::IfcFile(IfcParse::schema_by_name("IFC2X3"));
-                    state->file->parsing_complete() = false;
                     state->dialect = ifcxml_dialect_ifc2x3;
                     goto end;
                 }
@@ -414,32 +442,30 @@ static void start_element(void* user, const xmlChar* tag, const xmlChar** attrs)
         // XML identifiers need to start with a alphabetic character). This convention
         // is not always followed, so a mapping is kept from XML string attribute to
         // numeric index into the IfcParse::IfcFile.
-        std::string id_in_file;
+        std::string id;
 
         // Create an attribute value from an instance. Potentially NULL in case it is a
         // forward reference to an instance not yet encountered.
-        auto instance_to_attribute = [&state](const boost::variant<std::string, IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*>& inst_or_ref, Argument*& attr, IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*& inst) {
-            IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* wattr = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument;
-            attr = wattr;
+        auto instance_to_attribute = [&state](const boost::variant<std::string, IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*>& inst_or_ref, size_t attribute_index, IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*& inst) {
             if (inst_or_ref.which() == 0) {
                 inst = nullptr;
                 // This attribute is NULL initially and after parsing the complete
                 // file populated in a subsequent step.
-                state->forward_references.push_back(std::make_pair((IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument*)attr, boost::get<std::string>(inst_or_ref)));
+                state->forward_references.push_back(std::make_tuple(inst->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>(), attribute_index, boost::get<std::string>(inst_or_ref)));
             } else {
                 inst = boost::get<IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*>(inst_or_ref);
-                wattr->set(inst);
+                inst->set_attribute_value(attribute_index, inst);
             }
         };
 
         // Create or reference an instance from the file and set attributes based on XML attributes.
-        auto create_instance = [&state, &attributes, &id_in_file](const IfcParse::declaration* decl) {
+        auto create_instance = [&state, &attributes](const IfcParse::declaration* decl) {
             boost::optional<std::string> id;
             boost::variant<std::string, IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*> rv;
 
             for (auto& pair : attributes) {
                 if (pair.first == "id" || pair.first == "href" || pair.first == "ref") {
-                    id = id_in_file = pair.second;
+                    id = id = pair.second;
                     if (pair.first == "href" || pair.first == "ref") {
                         if (state->idmap.find(pair.second) == state->idmap.end()) {
                             rv = pair.second;
@@ -453,7 +479,7 @@ static void start_element(void* user, const xmlChar* tag, const xmlChar** attrs)
                 }
             }
 
-            auto* untyped = new IfcEntityInstanceData(decl);
+            auto untyped = IfcEntityInstanceData(storage_t(decl->as_entity() != nullptr ? decl->as_entity()->attribute_count() : 1));
 
             const IfcParse::entity* entity = decl->as_entity();
             if (entity != nullptr) {
@@ -465,9 +491,11 @@ static void start_element(void* user, const xmlChar* tag, const xmlChar** attrs)
                     auto idx = entity->attribute_index(pair.first);
                     if (idx != -1) {
                         const auto* attr = entity->attribute_by_index(idx);
-                        auto* val = parse_attribute_value(attr->type_of_attribute(), pair.second);
-                        if (val != nullptr) {
-                            untyped->setArgument(idx, val);
+                        auto val = parse_attribute_value(attr->type_of_attribute(), pair.second);
+                        if (!val.empty()) {
+                            visit_any([&untyped, idx](auto& v) {
+                                untyped.storage_.set(idx, v);
+                            }, val);
                         }
                     } else {
                         Logger::Error("Unknown attribute '" + pair.first + "' on entity '" + entity->name() + "' with value '" + pair.second + "'");
@@ -475,14 +503,14 @@ static void start_element(void* user, const xmlChar* tag, const xmlChar** attrs)
                 }
             }
 
-            IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* newinst = state->file->schema()->instantiate(untyped);
+            IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* newinst = state->file->schema()->instantiate(decl, std::move(untyped));
 
             if (state->dialect == ifcxml_dialect_ifc4) {
                 // In IFC2X3 not added directly because attrs such as GlobalId are in
                 // subsequent child nodes
                 newinst = state->file->addEntity(newinst);
                 if (id) {
-                    state->idmap[*id] = newinst->data().id();
+                    state->idmap[*id] = newinst->id();
                 }
             }
 
@@ -499,12 +527,12 @@ static void start_element(void* user, const xmlChar* tag, const xmlChar** attrs)
 
         if (state_type == stack_node::node_select) {
             const IfcParse::declaration* decl = state->file->schema()->declaration_by_name(tagname_copy);
-            Argument* attr;
+            // Argument* attr;
             IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* inst;
             auto inst_ = create_instance(decl);
-            instance_to_attribute(inst_, attr, inst);
-            state->stack.back().inst()->data().setArgument(state->stack.back().idx(), attr);
-            state->stack.push_back(stack_node::instance(id_in_file, inst));
+            instance_to_attribute(inst_, state->stack.back().idx(), inst);
+            // state->stack.back().inst()->data().storage_.set(state->stack.back().idx(), attr);
+            state->stack.push_back(stack_node::instance(id, inst));
         } else if (state_type == stack_node::node_aggregate) {
 
             const IfcParse::parameter_type* attribute_type = state->stack.back().inst()->declaration().as_entity()->attribute_by_index(state->stack.back().idx())->type_of_attribute();
@@ -533,10 +561,11 @@ static void start_element(void* user, const xmlChar* tag, const xmlChar** attrs)
                 if (decl != nullptr) {
                     auto inst_or_ref = create_instance(decl);
                     IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* inst;
-                    Argument* attr;
-                    instance_to_attribute(inst_or_ref, attr, inst);
-                    state->stack.back().aggregate_elements.push_back(attr);
-                    state->stack.push_back(stack_node::instance(id_in_file, inst));
+                    // Argument* attr;
+                    // @todo
+                    // instance_to_attribute(inst_or_ref, attr, inst);
+                    state->stack.back().aggregate_elements.push_back(boost::any{});
+                    state->stack.push_back(stack_node::instance(id, inst));
                 }
             }
         } else if (state_type == stack_node::node_instance) {
@@ -559,15 +588,12 @@ static void start_element(void* user, const xmlChar* tag, const xmlChar** attrs)
                         if ((*found)->bound1() == 0 && (*found)->bound2() == 1) {
                             auto inst_or_ref = create_instance((*found)->entity_reference());
                             IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* inst;
-                            Argument* attr;
-                            instance_to_attribute(inst_or_ref, attr, inst);
+                            instance_to_attribute(inst_or_ref, 0, inst);
                             if (inst != nullptr) {
                                 int idx = (*found)->entity_reference()->attribute_index(
                                     (*found)->attribute_reference());
-                                IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* attr_inv = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument();
-                                attr_inv->set(state->stack.back().inst());
-                                inst->data().setArgument(idx, attr_inv);
-                                state->stack.push_back(stack_node::instance(id_in_file, inst));
+                                inst->data().storage_.set(idx, state->stack.back().inst());
+                                state->stack.push_back(stack_node::instance(id, inst));
                             } else {
                                 Logger::Error("Unknown attribute " + tagname);
                                 state->stack.push_back(state->stack.back());
@@ -589,11 +615,11 @@ static void start_element(void* user, const xmlChar* tag, const xmlChar** attrs)
                         if (IfcUtil::from_parameter_type(attribute_type) == IfcUtil::Argument_ENTITY_INSTANCE) {
                             if (const auto* entity = attribute_type->as_named_type()->declared_type()->as_entity()) {
                                 auto inst_or_reference = create_instance(entity);
-                                Argument* attr;
-                                IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* newinst;
-                                instance_to_attribute(inst_or_reference, attr, newinst);
-                                state->stack.back().inst()->data().setArgument(idx, attr);
-                                state->stack.push_back(stack_node::instance(id_in_file, newinst));
+                                IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* inst;
+                                instance_to_attribute(inst_or_reference, idx, inst);
+                                // @todo
+                                state->stack.back().inst();
+                                state->stack.push_back(stack_node::instance(id, boost::get<IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass*>(inst_or_reference)));
                             } else if (attribute_type->as_named_type()->declared_type()->as_select_type() != nullptr) {
                                 // Select types cause an additional indirection, so the current stack node is simply repeated
                                 state->stack.push_back(stack_node::select(state->stack.back().inst(), idx));
@@ -631,28 +657,25 @@ static void start_element(void* user, const xmlChar* tag, const xmlChar** attrs)
 
                 auto inst_or_ref = create_instance(decl);
                 IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* inst;
-                Argument* attr;
-                instance_to_attribute(inst_or_ref, attr, inst);
+                instance_to_attribute(inst_or_ref, state->stack.back().idx(), inst);
 
                 if (state_type == stack_node::node_inverse) {
                     int idx = state->stack.back().inv_attr()->entity_reference()->attribute_index(
                         state->stack.back().inv_attr()->attribute_reference());
-                    IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* attr_inv = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument();
-                    attr_inv->set(state->stack.back().inst());
                     if (inst != nullptr) {
-                        inst->data().setArgument(idx, attr_inv);
+                        inst->data().storage_.set(idx, state->stack.back().inst());
                     } else {
                         Logger::Error("Internal error, inverse attribute not processed");
                     }
                 } else if (state_type == stack_node::node_instance_attribute) {
-                    state->stack.back().inst()->data().attributes()[state->stack.back().idx()] = attr;
+                    state->stack.back().inst()->data().storage_.set(state->stack.back().idx(), inst);
                 }
 
                 if (entity == nullptr) {
                     // Type declaration, immediately populate attr 0
                     state->stack.push_back(stack_node::instance_attribute(inst, 0));
                 } else {
-                    state->stack.push_back(stack_node::instance(id_in_file, inst));
+                    state->stack.push_back(stack_node::instance(id, inst));
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -667,6 +690,8 @@ end:
 
 #ifdef WITH_IFCXML
 IFC_PARSE_API IfcParse::IfcFile* IfcParse::parse_ifcxml(const std::string& filename) {
+    throw std::runtime_error("IFC-XML import temporarily disabled");
+
     ifcxml_parse_state state;
     state.file = nullptr;
     state.dialect = ifcxml_dialect_unknown;
@@ -680,16 +705,18 @@ IFC_PARSE_API IfcParse::IfcFile* IfcParse::parse_ifcxml(const std::string& filen
     xmlSAXUserParseFile(&handler, &state, filename.c_str());
 
     for (const auto& pair : state.forward_references) {
+        /*
         auto it = state.idmap.find(pair.second);
         if (it == state.idmap.end()) {
             Logger::Error("Instance with id '" + pair.second + "' not encountered");
         } else {
             pair.first->set(state.file->instance_by_id(it->second));
         }
+        */
     }
 
     if (state.file != nullptr) {
-        state.file->parsing_complete() = true;
+        // state.file->parsing_complete() = true;
         state.file->build_inverses();
     }
 

src/ifcparse/variantarray.h

@@ -0,0 +1,320 @@
+/********************************************************************************
+*                                                                              *
+* This file is part of IfcOpenShell.                                           *
+*                                                                              *
+* IfcOpenShell is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify         *
+* it under the terms of the Lesser GNU General Public License as published by  *
+* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3.0 of the License, or          *
+* (at your option) any later version.                                          *
+*                                                                              *
+* IfcOpenShell is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,              *
+* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of               *
+* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the                 *
+* Lesser GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
+*                                                                              *
+* You should have received a copy of the Lesser GNU General Public License     *
+* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.         *
+*                                                                              *
+********************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+A dynamic sequence of variant types arranged in a way to reduce size impact due
+to alignment by grouping the 1 byte type indices. Using heap allocation - hence
+storing a pointer instead - for larger types so that the overall size of the
+variant - which is the maximum size of its constituents - is reduced.
+*/
+
+#ifndef VARIANTARRAY_H
+#define VARIANTARRAY_H
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <type_traits>
+#include <utility>
+#include <memory>
+#include <tuple>
+
+#include "IfcException.h"
+
+namespace impl {
+    // Trait to detect unique_ptr
+    template <typename...> struct is_unique_ptr : std::false_type {};
+    template<class T, typename... Args>
+    struct is_unique_ptr<std::unique_ptr<T, Args...>> : std::true_type {};
+
+    /*
+    // Trait to find index of type in parameter pack
+    template <typename T, typename... Ts>
+    struct TypeIndex;
+    template <typename T, typename... Ts>
+    struct TypeIndex<T, T, Ts...> : std::integral_constant<std::size_t, 0> {};
+    template <typename T, typename U, typename... Ts>
+    struct TypeIndex<T, U, Ts...> : std::integral_constant<std::size_t, 1 + TypeIndex<T, Ts...>::value> {};
+    template <typename T, typename... Ts>
+    constexpr std::size_t TypeIndex_v = TypeIndex<T, Ts...>::value;
+    */
+
+    // Trait to find index of type in parameter pack considering inheritance
+    template <typename T, typename... Ts>
+    struct TypeIndex;
+
+    // Base case: When the first type in the pack is the type we're looking for, or is a base class of it
+    template <typename T, typename U, typename... Ts>
+    struct TypeIndex<T, U, Ts...>
+        : std::integral_constant<std::size_t, (std::is_pointer_v<T> ? std::is_base_of_v<std::remove_pointer_t<U>, std::remove_pointer_t<T>> : std::is_same_v<T, U>) ? 0 :
+        (TypeIndex<T, Ts...>::value == std::numeric_limits<std::size_t>::max()
+            ? std::numeric_limits<std::size_t>::max()
+            : 1 + TypeIndex<T, Ts...>::value)> {};
+
+    // Recursion termination: When the parameter pack is empty
+    template <typename T>
+    struct TypeIndex<T> : std::integral_constant<std::size_t, std::numeric_limits<std::size_t>::max()> {};
+
+    // Helper variable template
+    template <typename T, typename... Ts>
+    constexpr std::size_t TypeIndex_v = TypeIndex<T, Ts...>::value;
+
+    // Trait to determine if a type is small enough to be stored directly
+    template <typename T>
+    struct is_small_object {
+        static constexpr bool value = sizeof(T) <= sizeof(void*) * 2;
+    };
+
+    // Metafunction to transform T to unique_ptr<T> based on size
+    template <typename T>
+    struct TransformType {
+        using type = typename std::conditional<
+            is_small_object<T>::value,
+            T,
+            std::unique_ptr<T>
+        >::type;
+    };
+
+    // Helper to prepend a type to a tuple
+    template <typename T, typename Tuple>
+    struct TuplePrepend;
+    template <typename T, typename... Types>
+    struct TuplePrepend<T, std::tuple<Types...>> {
+        using type = std::tuple<T, Types...>;
+    };
+
+    // Map types based on above size transform
+    template <typename... Types>
+    struct MapTypes;
+    template <typename FirstType, typename... RestTypes>
+    struct MapTypes<FirstType, RestTypes...> {
+        using type = typename TuplePrepend<
+            typename TransformType<FirstType>::type,
+            typename MapTypes<RestTypes...>::type
+        >::type;
+    };
+    template <>
+    struct MapTypes<> {
+        using type = std::tuple<>;
+    };
+    template <typename... Types>
+    using MapTypes_t = typename MapTypes<Types...>::type;
+
+    // Create aligned_union from paramater pack stored in tuple for storage in variant
+    template <typename T>
+    struct make_union_from_tuple {};
+    template <typename... Args>
+    struct make_union_from_tuple<std::tuple<Args...>> {
+        using type = typename std::aligned_union<0, Args...>::type;
+    };
+
+}
+
+template<typename... Types>
+class VariantArray {
+public:
+    using TypesTuple = impl::MapTypes_t<Types...>;
+
+    VariantArray(size_t size)
+        : size_and_indices_(new uint8_t[size + 1])
+        , storage_(size ? new StorageType[size] : nullptr)
+    {
+        if (size) {
+            size_and_indices_[0] = (uint8_t) size;
+            memset(size_and_indices_ + 1, 0, sizeof(uint8_t) * size);
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
+                // type 0 needs to be default constructable
+                set(i, typename std::tuple_element<0, std::tuple<Types...>>::type{});
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    VariantArray(VariantArray&& other) noexcept
+        : size_and_indices_(other.size_and_indices_)
+        , storage_(other.storage_)
+    {
+        other.size_and_indices_ = nullptr;
+        other.storage_ = nullptr;
+    }
+
+    VariantArray& operator=(VariantArray&& other) noexcept {
+        if (this != &other) {
+            free_();
+
+            size_and_indices_ = other.size_and_indices_;
+            storage_ = other.storage_;
+
+            other.size_and_indices_ = nullptr;
+            other.storage_ = nullptr;
+        }
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    VariantArray(const VariantArray&) = delete;
+    VariantArray(const VariantArray&&) = delete;
+    VariantArray& operator= (const VariantArray&) = delete;
+
+    template<typename T, typename = std::enable_if_t<!std::is_same_v<std::decay_t<T>, VariantArray>>>
+    void set(std::size_t index, T&& value) {
+        using U = std::decay_t<T>;
+        static_assert(impl::TypeIndex_v<U, Types...> < sizeof...(Types), "Type not supported by variant");
+        if (index >= size_and_indices_[0]) {
+            throw std::out_of_range("Index out of range");
+        }
+
+        destroy_at_index(index);
+
+        size_and_indices_[index + 1] = impl::TypeIndex_v<U, Types...>;
+        using V = typename std::tuple_element<impl::TypeIndex_v<U, Types...>, impl::MapTypes_t<Types... >>::type;
+        // std::wcout << "setting " << index << " to " << typeid(V).name() << " (" << impl::TypeIndex_v<U, Types...> << ")" << std::endl;
+        if constexpr (impl::is_unique_ptr<V>::value) {
+            new(&storage_[index]) V(new U(value));
+        } else {
+            new(&storage_[index]) U(std::forward<T>(value));
+        }
+    }
+
+    ~VariantArray() {
+        free_();
+    }
+
+    std::size_t index(std::size_t index) const noexcept {
+        return size_and_indices_[index + 1];
+    }
+
+    template<typename T>
+    T& get(std::size_t index) {
+        if (!has<T>(index)) {
+            throw std::bad_cast();
+        }
+        using V = typename std::tuple_element<impl::TypeIndex_v<T, Types...>, impl::MapTypes_t<Types... >>::type;
+        if constexpr (impl::is_unique_ptr<V>::value) {
+            return **reinterpret_cast<V*>(&storage_[index]);
+        } else {
+            return *reinterpret_cast<V*>(&storage_[index]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    template<typename T>
+    bool has(std::size_t index) const {
+        return size_and_indices_[index + 1] == impl::TypeIndex<T, Types...>::value;
+    }
+
+    template<typename T>
+    const T& get(std::size_t index) const {
+        if (size_and_indices_[index + 1] != impl::TypeIndex<T, Types...>::value) {
+            // @todo this IfcException is silly. Figure out what
+            // to do, but at the moment it is specifically caught
+            // in various places.
+            throw IfcParse::IfcException(
+                "Type held at index " + std::to_string(index) + " is " + 
+                get_type_name(size_and_indices_[index + 1]) + " and not " + typeid(T).name()
+            );
+        }
+        using V = typename std::tuple_element<impl::TypeIndex_v<T, Types...>, impl::MapTypes_t<Types... >>::type;
+        if constexpr (impl::is_unique_ptr<V>::value) {
+            return **reinterpret_cast<const V*>(&storage_[index]);
+        } else {
+            return *reinterpret_cast<const V*>(&storage_[index]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    template<typename Visitor>
+    auto apply_visitor(Visitor&& visitor, std::size_t index) const {
+        return apply_visitor_impl(std::forward<Visitor>(visitor), index, std::integral_constant<std::size_t, sizeof...(Types)>{});
+    }
+
+    auto size() const {
+        return size_and_indices_ ? size_and_indices_[0] : 0;
+    }
+
+private:
+    using StorageType = typename impl::make_union_from_tuple<impl::MapTypes_t<Types...>>::type;
+
+    uint8_t* size_and_indices_;
+    StorageType* storage_;
+
+    void destroy_at_index(std::size_t index) {
+        destroy_type_at_index(index, std::integral_constant<std::size_t, sizeof...(Types)>{});
+    }
+
+    void free_() {
+        if (size_and_indices_) {
+            for (std::size_t i = 0; i < size_and_indices_[0]; ++i) {
+                destroy_at_index(i);
+            }
+            delete[] size_and_indices_;
+            delete[] storage_;
+        }
+    }
+
+    template<std::size_t Index>
+    void destroy_type_at_index(std::size_t index, std::integral_constant<std::size_t, Index>) {
+        if (size_and_indices_[index + 1] == Index - 1) {
+            using T = typename std::tuple_element_t<Index - 1, impl::MapTypes_t<Types...>>;
+            if constexpr (!std::is_trivially_destructible<T>::value) {
+                reinterpret_cast<T*>(&storage_[index])->~T();
+            }
+            size_and_indices_[index + 1] = sizeof...(Types);
+        } else {
+            destroy_type_at_index(index, std::integral_constant<std::size_t, Index - 1>{});
+        }
+    }
+
+    void destroy_type_at_index(std::size_t, std::integral_constant<std::size_t, 0>) {}
+
+    template<typename Visitor, std::size_t Index>
+    auto apply_visitor_impl(Visitor&& visitor, std::size_t idx, std::integral_constant<std::size_t, Index>) const {
+        if (size_and_indices_[idx + 1] == Index - 1) {
+            using T = typename std::tuple_element_t<Index - 1, impl::MapTypes_t<Types...>>;
+            if constexpr (impl::is_unique_ptr<T>::value) {
+                return visitor(**reinterpret_cast<T*>(&storage_[idx]));
+            } else {
+                return visitor(*reinterpret_cast<T*>(&storage_[idx]));
+            }
+        }
+        return apply_visitor_impl(std::forward<Visitor>(visitor), idx, std::integral_constant<std::size_t, Index - 1>{});
+    }
+
+    template<typename Visitor>
+    auto apply_visitor_impl(Visitor&&, std::size_t, std::integral_constant<std::size_t, 0>) const {
+        throw std::runtime_error("Invalid variant index");
+        if constexpr (!std::is_void_v<decltype(std::declval<Visitor>()(std::declval<typename std::tuple_element_t<0, impl::MapTypes_t<Types...>> &>()))>) {
+            return decltype(std::declval<Visitor>()(std::declval<typename std::tuple_element_t<0, impl::MapTypes_t<Types...>> &>())){};
+        }
+    }
+
+    template <size_t I>
+    const char* get_type_name_impl(size_t i) const {
+        if constexpr (I == 0) {
+            return "";
+        } else {
+            if (i == I - 1) {
+                return typeid(std::tuple_element_t<I - 1, std::tuple<Types...>>).name();
+            } else {
+                return get_type_name_impl<I - 1>(i);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    const char* get_type_name(size_t i) const {
+        return get_type_name_impl<sizeof...(Types)>(i);
+    }
+};
+
+#endif

src/ifcwrap/IfcGeomWrapper.i

@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ std::string taxonomy_item_repr(ifcopenshell::geometry::taxonomy::item::ptr i) {
 		if ((ent = self->instance->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()) == nullptr) {
 			return 0;
 		}
-		return ent->data().id();
+		return ent->id();
 	}
 }
 
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ struct ShapeRTTI : public boost::static_visitor<PyObject*>
 
 	template <typename Schema>
 	static boost::variant<IfcGeom::Element*, IfcGeom::Representation::Representation*, IfcGeom::Transformation*> helper_fn_create_shape(const std::string& geometry_library, ifcopenshell::geometry::Settings& settings, IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* instance, IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* representation = 0) {
-		IfcParse::IfcFile* file = instance->data().file;
+		IfcParse::IfcFile* file = instance->file_;
 			
 		ifcopenshell::geometry::Converter kernel(geometry_library, file, settings);
 			
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ struct ShapeRTTI : public boost::static_visitor<PyObject*>
 						throw IfcParse::IfcException("Failed to process shape");
 					}
 
-					IfcGeom::Representation::BRep brep(settings, instance->declaration().name(), to_locale_invariant_string(instance->data().id()), shapes);
+					IfcGeom::Representation::BRep brep(settings, instance->declaration().name(), to_locale_invariant_string(instance->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->id()), shapes);
 					try {
 						if (settings.get<ifcopenshell::geometry::settings::IteratorOutput>().get() == ifcopenshell::geometry::settings::SERIALIZED) {
 							return new IfcGeom::Representation::Serialization(brep);
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ ifcopenshell::geometry::taxonomy::item::ptr try_upcast(PyObject* obj0, swig_type
 
 %inline %{
 	ifcopenshell::geometry::taxonomy::item::ptr map_shape(ifcopenshell::geometry::Settings& settings, IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* instance) {
-        std::unique_ptr<ifcopenshell::geometry::abstract_mapping> mapping(ifcopenshell::geometry::impl::mapping_implementations().construct(instance->data().file, settings));
+        std::unique_ptr<ifcopenshell::geometry::abstract_mapping> mapping(ifcopenshell::geometry::impl::mapping_implementations().construct(instance->file_, settings));
 		return mapping->map(instance);
 	}
 %}

src/ifcwrap/IfcParseWrapper.i

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ private:
 %ignore IfcParse::IfcFile::begin;
 %ignore IfcParse::IfcFile::end;
 
+%ignore parse_context;
+
 %ignore operator<<;
 
 %ignore IfcParse::FileDescription::FileDescription;
@@ -54,6 +56,24 @@ private:
 %rename("add") addEntity;
 %rename("remove") removeEntity;
 
+%{
+
+template<typename T>
+struct is_std_vector : std::false_type {};
+template<typename T, typename Alloc>
+struct is_std_vector<std::vector<T, Alloc>> : std::true_type {};
+template<typename T>
+constexpr bool is_std_vector_v = is_std_vector<T>::value;
+
+template<typename T>
+struct is_std_vector_vector : std::false_type {};
+template<typename T, typename Alloc, typename Alloc2>
+struct is_std_vector_vector<std::vector<std::vector<T, Alloc>, Alloc2>> : std::true_type {};
+template<typename T>
+constexpr bool is_std_vector_vector_v = is_std_vector_vector<T>::value;
+
+%}
+
 class attribute_value_derived {};
 %{
 class attribute_value_derived {};
@@ -127,15 +147,15 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 	}
 	
 	aggregate_of_instance::ptr get_inverse(IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* e) {
-		return $self->getInverse(e->data().id(), 0, -1);
+		return $self->getInverse(e->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->id(), 0, -1);
 	}
 
 	std::vector<int> get_inverse_indices(IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* e) {
-		return $self->get_inverse_indices(e->data().id());
+		return $self->get_inverse_indices(e->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->id());
 	}
 
 	int get_total_inverses(IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* e) {
-		return $self->getTotalInverses(e->data().id());
+		return $self->getTotalInverses(e->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->id());
 	}
 
 	void write(const std::string& fn) {
@@ -166,6 +186,7 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 		return ts;
 	}
 
+	/*
 	std::vector<std::string> types_with_super() const {
 		const size_t n = std::distance($self->types_incl_super_begin(), $self->types_incl_super_end());
 		std::vector<std::string> ts;
@@ -173,6 +194,7 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 		std::transform($self->types_incl_super_begin(), $self->types_incl_super_end(), std::back_inserter(ts), helper_fn_declaration_get_name);
 		return ts;
 	}
+	*/
 
 	std::string schema_name() const {
 		if ($self->schema() == 0) return "";
@@ -220,7 +242,9 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 	// to expose it to the Python wrapper it is simply duplicated here.
 	// Same applies to the two methods reimplemented below.
 	int id() const {
-		return $self->data().id();
+		return $self->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>() != nullptr
+			? $self->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->id()
+			: 0;
 	}
 
 	int __len__() const {
@@ -279,13 +303,16 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 		return t;
 	}
 
-	std::pair<IfcUtil::ArgumentType,Argument*> get_argument(unsigned i) {
-		return std::pair<IfcUtil::ArgumentType,Argument*>($self->data().getArgument(i)->type(), $self->data().getArgument(i));
+	AttributeValue get_argument(unsigned i) {
+		return $self->data().get_attribute_value(i);
 	}
 
-	std::pair<IfcUtil::ArgumentType,Argument*> get_argument(const std::string& a) {
-		unsigned i = $self->declaration().as_entity()->attribute_index(a);
-		return std::pair<IfcUtil::ArgumentType,Argument*>($self->data().getArgument(i)->type(), $self->data().getArgument(i));
+	AttributeValue get_argument(const std::string& a) {
+		auto i = $self->declaration().as_entity()->attribute_index(a);
+		if (i == -1) {
+			throw std::runtime_error("Attribute '" + a + "' not found on entity named " + $self->declaration().name());
+		}
+		return $self->data().get_attribute_value((unsigned)i);
 	}
 
 	bool __eq__(IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* other) const {
@@ -293,16 +320,20 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 	}
 
 	std::string __repr__() const {
-		return $self->data().toString();
+	    std::ostringstream oss;
+		$self->toString(oss);
+        return oss.str();
 	}
 
 	std::string to_string(bool valid_spf) const {
-		return $self->data().toString(valid_spf);
+		std::ostringstream oss;
+		$self->toString(oss, valid_spf);
+        return oss.str();
 	}
 
 	// Just something to have a somewhat sensible value to hash
 	size_t file_pointer() const {
-		return reinterpret_cast<size_t>($self->data().file);
+		return reinterpret_cast<size_t>($self->file_);
 	}
 
 	unsigned get_argument_index(const std::string& a) const {
@@ -341,7 +372,7 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 	void setArgumentAsNull(unsigned int i) {
 		bool is_optional = $self->declaration().as_entity()->attribute_by_index(i)->optional();
 		if (is_optional) {
-			self->data().setArgument(i, new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument());
+			self->set_attribute_value(i, Blank{});
 		} else {
 			throw IfcParse::IfcException("Attribute not set");
 		}
@@ -350,13 +381,9 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 	void setArgumentAsInt(unsigned int i, int v) {
 		IfcUtil::ArgumentType arg_type = helper_fn_attribute_type($self, i);
 		if (arg_type == IfcUtil::Argument_INT) {
-			IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* arg = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument();
-			arg->set(v);
-			self->data().setArgument(i, arg);	
+			self->set_attribute_value(i, v);	
 		} else if ( (arg_type == IfcUtil::Argument_BOOL) && ( (v == 0) || (v == 1) ) ) {
-			IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* arg = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument();
-			arg->set(v == 1);
-			self->data().setArgument(i, arg);	
+			self->set_attribute_value(i, v);	
 		} else {
 			throw IfcParse::IfcException("Attribute not set");
 		}
@@ -365,9 +392,7 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 	void setArgumentAsBool(unsigned int i, bool v) {
 		IfcUtil::ArgumentType arg_type = helper_fn_attribute_type($self, i);
 		if (arg_type == IfcUtil::Argument_BOOL) {
-			IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* arg = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument();
-			arg->set(v);
-			self->data().setArgument(i, arg);	
+			self->set_attribute_value(i, v);	
 		} else {
 			throw IfcParse::IfcException("Attribute not set");
 		}
@@ -376,9 +401,7 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 	void setArgumentAsLogical(unsigned int i, boost::logic::tribool v) {
 		IfcUtil::ArgumentType arg_type = helper_fn_attribute_type($self, i);
 		if (arg_type == IfcUtil::Argument_LOGICAL) {
-			IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* arg = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument();
-			arg->set(v);
-			self->data().setArgument(i, arg);	
+			self->set_attribute_value(i, v);	
 		} else {
 			throw IfcParse::IfcException("Attribute not set");
 		}
@@ -387,9 +410,7 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 	void setArgumentAsDouble(unsigned int i, double v) {
 		IfcUtil::ArgumentType arg_type = helper_fn_attribute_type($self, i);
 		if (arg_type == IfcUtil::Argument_DOUBLE) {
-			IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* arg = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument();
-			arg->set(v);
-			self->data().setArgument(i, arg);	
+			self->set_attribute_value(i, v);	
 		} else {
 			throw IfcParse::IfcException("Attribute not set");
 		}
@@ -398,31 +419,15 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 	void setArgumentAsString(unsigned int i, const std::string& a) {
 		IfcUtil::ArgumentType arg_type = helper_fn_attribute_type($self, i);
 		if (arg_type == IfcUtil::Argument_STRING) {
-			IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* arg = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument();
-			arg->set(a);
-			self->data().setArgument(i, arg);	
+			self->set_attribute_value(i, a);	
 		} else if (arg_type == IfcUtil::Argument_ENUMERATION) {
 			const IfcParse::enumeration_type* enum_type = $self->declaration().schema()->declaration_by_name($self->declaration().type())->as_entity()->
 			attribute_by_index(i)->type_of_attribute()->as_named_type()->declared_type()->as_enumeration_type();
-		
-			std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator it = std::find(
-				enum_type->enumeration_items().begin(), 
-				enum_type->enumeration_items().end(), 
-				a);
-		
-			if (it == enum_type->enumeration_items().end()) {
-				throw IfcParse::IfcException(a + " does not name a valid item for " + enum_type->name());
-			}
-
-			IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* arg = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument();
-			arg->set(IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument::EnumerationReference(it - enum_type->enumeration_items().begin(), it->c_str()));
-			self->data().setArgument(i, arg);
+			self->set_attribute_value(i, EnumerationReference(enum_type, enum_type->lookup_enum_offset(a)));
 		} else if (arg_type == IfcUtil::Argument_BINARY) {
 			if (IfcUtil::valid_binary_string(a)) {
 				boost::dynamic_bitset<> bits(a);
-				IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* arg = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument();
-				arg->set(bits);
-				self->data().setArgument(i, arg);
+				self->set_attribute_value(i, bits);
 			} else {
 				throw IfcParse::IfcException("String not a valid binary representation");
 			}
@@ -434,9 +439,7 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 	void setArgumentAsAggregateOfInt(unsigned int i, const std::vector<int>& v) {
 		IfcUtil::ArgumentType arg_type = helper_fn_attribute_type($self, i);
 		if (arg_type == IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_INT) {
-			IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* arg = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument();
-			arg->set(v);
-			self->data().setArgument(i, arg);
+			self->set_attribute_value(i, v);
 		} else {
 			throw IfcParse::IfcException("Attribute not set");
 		}
@@ -445,9 +448,7 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 	void setArgumentAsAggregateOfDouble(unsigned int i, const std::vector<double>& v) {
 		IfcUtil::ArgumentType arg_type = helper_fn_attribute_type($self, i);
 		if (arg_type == IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_DOUBLE) {
-			IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* arg = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument();
-			arg->set(v);
-			self->data().setArgument(i, arg);
+			self->set_attribute_value(i, v);
 		} else {
 			throw IfcParse::IfcException("Attribute not set");
 		}
@@ -456,9 +457,7 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 	void setArgumentAsAggregateOfString(unsigned int i, const std::vector<std::string>& v) {
 		IfcUtil::ArgumentType arg_type = helper_fn_attribute_type($self, i);
 		if (arg_type == IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_STRING) {
-			IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* arg = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument();
-			arg->set(v);
-			self->data().setArgument(i, arg);
+			self->set_attribute_value(i, v);
 		} else if (arg_type == IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_BINARY) {
 			std::vector< boost::dynamic_bitset<> > bits;
 			bits.reserve(v.size());
@@ -469,9 +468,7 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 					throw IfcParse::IfcException("String not a valid binary representation");
 				}			
 			}
-			IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* arg = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument();
-			arg->set(bits);
-			self->data().setArgument(i, arg);
+			self->set_attribute_value(i, bits);
 		} else {
 			throw IfcParse::IfcException("Attribute not set");
 		}
@@ -480,9 +477,7 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 	void setArgumentAsEntityInstance(unsigned int i, IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* v) {
 		IfcUtil::ArgumentType arg_type = helper_fn_attribute_type($self, i);
 		if (arg_type == IfcUtil::Argument_ENTITY_INSTANCE) {
-			IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* arg = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument();
-			arg->set(v);
-			self->data().setArgument(i, arg);
+			self->set_attribute_value(i, v);
 		} else {
 			throw IfcParse::IfcException("Attribute not set");
 		}
@@ -491,9 +486,7 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 	void setArgumentAsAggregateOfEntityInstance(unsigned int i, aggregate_of_instance::ptr v) {
 		IfcUtil::ArgumentType arg_type = helper_fn_attribute_type($self, i);
 		if (arg_type == IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_ENTITY_INSTANCE) {
-			IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* arg = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument();
-			arg->set(v);
-			self->data().setArgument(i, arg);
+			self->set_attribute_value(i, v);
 		} else {
 			throw IfcParse::IfcException("Attribute not set");
 		}
@@ -502,9 +495,7 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 	void setArgumentAsAggregateOfAggregateOfInt(unsigned int i, const std::vector< std::vector<int> >& v) {
 		IfcUtil::ArgumentType arg_type = helper_fn_attribute_type($self, i);
 		if (arg_type == IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_AGGREGATE_OF_INT) {
-			IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* arg = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument();
-			arg->set(v);
-			self->data().setArgument(i, arg);
+			self->set_attribute_value(i, v);
 		} else {
 			throw IfcParse::IfcException("Attribute not set");
 		}
@@ -513,9 +504,7 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 	void setArgumentAsAggregateOfAggregateOfDouble(unsigned int i, const std::vector< std::vector<double> >& v) {
 		IfcUtil::ArgumentType arg_type = helper_fn_attribute_type($self, i);
 		if (arg_type == IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_AGGREGATE_OF_DOUBLE) {
-			IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* arg = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument();
-			arg->set(v);
-			self->data().setArgument(i, arg);
+			self->set_attribute_value(i, v);
 		} else {
 			throw IfcParse::IfcException("Attribute not set");
 		}
@@ -524,9 +513,7 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 	void setArgumentAsAggregateOfAggregateOfEntityInstance(unsigned int i, aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance::ptr v) {
 		IfcUtil::ArgumentType arg_type = helper_fn_attribute_type($self, i);
 		if (arg_type == IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_AGGREGATE_OF_ENTITY_INSTANCE) {
-			IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* arg = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument();
-			arg->set(v);
-			self->data().setArgument(i, arg);
+			self->set_attribute_value(i, v);
 		} else {
 			throw IfcParse::IfcException("Attribute not set");
 		}
@@ -606,27 +593,8 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 	IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* new_IfcBaseClass(const std::string& schema_identifier, const std::string& name) {
 		const IfcParse::schema_definition* schema = IfcParse::schema_by_name(schema_identifier);
 		const IfcParse::declaration* decl = schema->declaration_by_name(name);
-		IfcEntityInstanceData* data = new IfcEntityInstanceData(decl);
-
-		for (size_t i = 0; i < data->getArgumentCount(); ++i) {
-			data->setArgument(i, new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument());
-		}
-
-		if (decl->as_entity()) {			
-			const std::vector<bool>& derived = decl->as_entity()->derived();
-			std::vector<bool>::const_iterator it = derived.begin();
-
-			size_t index = 0;
-			for (; it != derived.end(); ++it, ++index) {
-				if (*it) {
-					IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument* arg = new IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument();
-					arg->set(IfcWrite::IfcWriteArgument::Derived());
-					data->setArgument(index, arg);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		
-		return schema->instantiate(data);
+        IfcEntityInstanceData data(storage_t(decl->as_entity() ? decl->as_entity()->attribute_count() : 1));
+		return schema->instantiate(decl, std::move(data));
 	}
 %}
 
@@ -789,92 +757,29 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 
 	// @todo refactor this to remove duplication with the typemap. 
 	// except this is calls the above function in case of instances.
-	PyObject* convert_cpp_attribute_to_python(IfcUtil::ArgumentType type, Argument& arg) {
-		if (!arg.isNull() && type != IfcUtil::Argument_DERIVED) {
-		try {
-		switch(type) {
-			case IfcUtil::Argument_INT: {
-				int v = arg;
-				return pythonize(v);
-			break; }
-			case IfcUtil::Argument_BOOL: {
-				bool v = arg;
-				return pythonize(v);
-			break; }
-			case IfcUtil::Argument_LOGICAL: {
-				boost::logic::tribool v = arg;
-				return pythonize(v);
-			break; }
-			case IfcUtil::Argument_DOUBLE: {
-				double v = arg;
-				return pythonize(v);
-			break; }
-			case IfcUtil::Argument_ENUMERATION:
-			case IfcUtil::Argument_STRING: {
-				std::string v = arg;
-				return pythonize(v);
-			break; }
-			case IfcUtil::Argument_BINARY: {
-				boost::dynamic_bitset<> v = arg;
-				return pythonize(v);
-			break; }
-			case IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_INT: {
-				std::vector<int> v = arg;
+	PyObject* convert_cpp_attribute_to_python(AttributeValue arg) {
+		return arg.array_->apply_visitor([](auto& v){
+			using U = std::decay_t<decltype(v)>;
+            if constexpr (is_std_vector_vector_v<U>) {
+                return pythonize_vector2(v);
+            } else if constexpr (is_std_vector_v<U>) {
 				return pythonize_vector(v);
-			break; }
-			case IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_DOUBLE: {
-				std::vector<double> v = arg;
-				return pythonize_vector(v);
-			break; }
-			case IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_STRING: {
-				std::vector<std::string> v = arg;
-				return pythonize_vector(v);
-			break; }
-			case IfcUtil::Argument_ENTITY_INSTANCE: {
-				IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* v = arg;
-				return get_info_cpp(v);
-			break; }
-			case IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_ENTITY_INSTANCE: {
-				aggregate_of_instance::ptr v = arg;
-				auto r = PyTuple_New(v->size());
-				for (unsigned i = 0; i < v->size(); ++i) {
-					PyTuple_SetItem(r, i, get_info_cpp((*v)[i]));
-				}				
-				return r;
-			break; }
-			case IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_BINARY: {
-				std::vector< boost::dynamic_bitset<> > v = arg;
-				return pythonize_vector(v);
-			break; }
-			case IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_AGGREGATE_OF_INT: {
-				std::vector< std::vector<int> > v = arg;
-				return pythonize_vector2(v);
-			break; }
-			case IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_AGGREGATE_OF_DOUBLE: {
-				std::vector< std::vector<double> > v = arg;
-				return pythonize_vector2(v);
-			break; }
-			case IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_AGGREGATE_OF_ENTITY_INSTANCE: {
-				aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance::ptr vs = arg;
-				auto rs = PyTuple_New(vs->size());
-				for (auto it = vs->begin(); it != vs->end(); ++it) {
-					aggregate_of_instance::ptr v_i = arg;
-					auto r = PyTuple_New(v_i->size());
-					for (unsigned i = 0; i < v_i->size(); ++i) {
-						PyTuple_SetItem(r, i, get_info_cpp((*v_i)[i]));
-					}
-					PyTuple_SetItem(rs, std::distance(vs->begin(), it), r);
-				}				
-				return rs;
-			break; }
-			case IfcUtil::Argument_EMPTY_AGGREGATE: {
-				return PyTuple_New(0);
-			break; }
-		}
-		} catch(...) {}
-		}
-		Py_INCREF(Py_None);
-		return Py_None;
+            } else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<U, EnumerationReference>) {
+                return pythonize(std::string(v.value()));
+			} else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<U, Derived>) {
+				if (feature_use_attribute_value_derived) {
+					return SWIG_NewPointerObj(new attribute_value_derived, SWIGTYPE_p_attribute_value_derived, SWIG_POINTER_OWN);
+				} else {
+					Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+					return static_cast<PyObject*>(Py_None); 
+				}
+            } else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<U, empty_aggregate_t> || std::is_same_v<U, empty_aggregate_of_aggregate_t> || std::is_same_v<U, Blank>) {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+				return static_cast<PyObject*>(Py_None); 
+            } else {
+				return pythonize(v);
+			}
+		}, arg.index_);
 	}
 %}
 %inline %{
@@ -891,8 +796,8 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 				auto attr_type = *dit
 					? IfcUtil::Argument_DERIVED
 					: IfcUtil::from_parameter_type((*it)->type_of_attribute());
-				auto value_cpp = v->data().getArgument(std::distance(attrs.begin(), it));
-				auto value_py = convert_cpp_attribute_to_python(attr_type, *value_cpp);
+				auto value_cpp = v->data().get_attribute_value(std::distance(attrs.begin(), it));
+				auto value_py = convert_cpp_attribute_to_python(value_cpp);
 				PyDict_SetItem(d, name_py, value_py);
 				Py_DECREF(name_py);
 				Py_DECREF(value_py);
@@ -900,15 +805,15 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 
 			const std::string& id_cpp = "id";
 			auto id_py = pythonize(id_cpp);
-			auto id_v_py = pythonize(v->data().id());
+			auto id_v_py = pythonize(v->as<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity>()->id());
 			PyDict_SetItem(d, id_py, id_v_py);
 			Py_DECREF(id_py);
 			Py_DECREF(id_v_py);
 		} else {
 			const std::string& name_cpp = "wrappedValue";
 			auto name_py = pythonize(name_cpp);
-			auto value_cpp = v->data().getArgument(0);
-			auto value_py = convert_cpp_attribute_to_python(value_cpp->type(), *value_cpp);
+			auto value_cpp = v->data().get_attribute_value(0);
+			auto value_py = convert_cpp_attribute_to_python(value_cpp);
 			PyDict_SetItem(d, name_py, value_py);
 			Py_DECREF(name_py);
 			Py_DECREF(value_py);

src/ifcwrap/utils/typemaps_out.i

@@ -31,95 +31,36 @@
 	$result = SWIG_Python_str_FromChar(data_type_strings[(int)$1]);
 }
 
-%typemap(out) std::pair<IfcUtil::ArgumentType, Argument*> {
+%typemap(out) AttributeValue {
 	// The SWIG %exception directive does not take care
 	// of our typemap. So the attribute conversion block
 	// is wrapped in a try-catch block manually.
 	try {
-	const Argument& arg = *($1.second);
-	const IfcUtil::ArgumentType type = $1.first;
-	if (arg.isNull()) {
-		Py_INCREF(Py_None);
-		$result = Py_None;
-	} else if (type == IfcUtil::Argument_DERIVED) {
-		if (feature_use_attribute_value_derived) {
-			$result = SWIG_NewPointerObj(new attribute_value_derived, SWIGTYPE_p_attribute_value_derived, SWIG_POINTER_OWN);
-		} else {
-			Py_INCREF(Py_None);
-			$result = Py_None;
-		}
-	} else {
-	switch(type) {
-		case IfcUtil::Argument_INT: {
-			int v = arg;
-			$result = pythonize(v);
-		break; }
-		case IfcUtil::Argument_BOOL: {
-			bool v = arg;
-			$result = pythonize(v);
-		break; }
-		case IfcUtil::Argument_LOGICAL: {
-			boost::logic::tribool v = arg;
-			$result = pythonize(v);
-		break; }
-		case IfcUtil::Argument_DOUBLE: {
-			double v = arg;
-			$result = pythonize(v);
-		break; }
-		case IfcUtil::Argument_ENUMERATION:
-		case IfcUtil::Argument_STRING: {
-			std::string v = arg;
-			$result = pythonize(v);
-		break; }
-		case IfcUtil::Argument_BINARY: {
-			boost::dynamic_bitset<> v = arg;
-			$result = pythonize(v);
-		break; }
-		case IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_INT: {
-			std::vector<int> v = arg;
-			$result = pythonize_vector(v);
-		break; }
-		case IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_DOUBLE: {
-			std::vector<double> v = arg;
-			$result = pythonize_vector(v);
-		break; }
-		case IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_STRING: {
-			std::vector<std::string> v = arg;
-			$result = pythonize_vector(v);
-		break; }
-		case IfcUtil::Argument_ENTITY_INSTANCE: {
-			IfcUtil::IfcBaseClass* v = arg;
-			$result = pythonize(v);
-		break; }
-		case IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_ENTITY_INSTANCE: {
-			aggregate_of_instance::ptr v = arg;
-			$result = pythonize(v);
-		break; }
-		case IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_BINARY: {
-			std::vector< boost::dynamic_bitset<> > v = arg;
-			$result = pythonize_vector(v);
-		break; }
-		case IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_AGGREGATE_OF_INT: {
-			std::vector< std::vector<int> > v = arg;
-			$result = pythonize_vector2(v);
-		break; }
-		case IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_AGGREGATE_OF_DOUBLE: {
-			std::vector< std::vector<double> > v = arg;
-			$result = pythonize_vector2(v);
-		break; }
-		case IfcUtil::Argument_AGGREGATE_OF_AGGREGATE_OF_ENTITY_INSTANCE: {
-			aggregate_of_aggregate_of_instance::ptr v = arg;
-			$result = pythonize(v);
-		break; }
-		case IfcUtil::Argument_EMPTY_AGGREGATE: {
-			$result = PyTuple_New(0);
-		break; }
-		case IfcUtil::Argument_UNKNOWN:
-		default:
-			SWIG_exception(SWIG_RuntimeError,"Unknown attribute type");
-		break;
-	}
-	}
+		$result = $1.array_->apply_visitor([](auto& v){
+			using U = std::decay_t<decltype(v)>;
+            if constexpr (is_std_vector_vector_v<U>) {
+                return pythonize_vector2(v);
+            } else if constexpr (is_std_vector_v<U>) {
+				return pythonize_vector(v);
+            } else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<U, EnumerationReference>) {
+                return pythonize(std::string(v.value()));
+			} else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<U, Derived>) {
+				if (feature_use_attribute_value_derived) {
+					return SWIG_NewPointerObj(new attribute_value_derived, SWIGTYPE_p_attribute_value_derived, SWIG_POINTER_OWN);
+				} else {
+					Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+					return static_cast<PyObject*>(Py_None); 
+				}
+            } else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<U, empty_aggregate_t> || std::is_same_v<U, empty_aggregate_of_aggregate_t> || std::is_same_v<U, Blank>) {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+				return static_cast<PyObject*>(Py_None); 
+            } else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<U, empty_aggregate_t> || std::is_same_v<U, empty_aggregate_of_aggregate_t> || std::is_same_v<U, Derived> || std::is_same_v<U, Blank>) {
+                Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+				return static_cast<PyObject*>(Py_None); 
+            } else {
+				return pythonize(v);
+			}
+		}, $1.index_);
 	} catch(IfcParse::IfcException& e) {
 		SWIG_exception(SWIG_RuntimeError, e.what());
 	} catch(...) {