Multiple Docs: Safely accessing stored RhinoDoc reference

Serengeti (Rhino 8 BETA) Developer
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Is it safe to store a reference to a document and access it later on?

public class Foo
{
    public RhinoDoc Document { get; private set; }
    public MyStore MyStore { get => Document.RuntimeData.GetValue(typeof(MyStore), rhinoDoc => new MyStore(rhinoDoc)); }

    public Foo(RhinoDoc rhinoDoc) : base()
    {
        Document = rhinoDoc;
    }

    public void Bar() {
        MyStore.Xyz();
    }
}

Or should I always retrieve the document from the serialnumber?

public class Foo
{
    public uint DocumentSerialNumber { get; private set; }
    public RhinoDoc Document { get => RhinoDoc.FromRuntimeSerialNumber(DocumentSerialNumber); }
    public MyStore MyStore { get => Document.RuntimeData.GetValue(typeof(MyStore), rhinoDoc => new MyStore(rhinoDoc)); }

    public Foo(unit documentSerialNumber) : base()
    {
        DocumentSerialNumber = documentSerialNumber;
    }

    public void Bar() {
        MyStore.Xyz();
    }
}

What are the performance implications of each, if there are any? It seems expensive to look it up every time :man_shrugging:

2

If the document is created by you, I think the first one is enough.

I’d use WeakReference though.

3

Thanks for the reply!

It’s not. It’s the actual “user” controlled documents. Do you know if a reference to one of them will be valid as long as the user have that document open?

4

FromRuntimeSerialNumber is pretty fast. You can see the implementation of it at

Unfortunately no. If a user closes the doc, the reference will no longer be valid.

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5

Moved everything to FromRuntimeSerialNumber. Thanks for the enlightenment Steve!