====== References ======

In [[doc:user:general:glossaire#Python]], all variables except the most basic ones are references. This means that if ''a'' is an object, ''b=a'' does not copy ''a'' into ''b'', but means that both ''a'' and ''b'' are references pointing towards the same object.

When defining a test case in Metafor, references can be used to shorten the corresponding module. For example:

  geometry = metafor.getDomain().getGeometry()

defines a reference, ''geometry'', pointing towards the geometry of the domain.

In Metafor documentation, all following references, defined from the basic object ''metafor'', will be used:

  domain         = metafor.getDomain()
  geometry       = domain.getGeometry()
  pointset       = geometry.getPointSet()
  curveset       = geometry.getCurveSet()
  wireset        = geometry.getWireSet()
  surfaceset     = geometry.getSurfaceSet()
  sideset        = geometry.getSideSet()
  skinset        = geometry.getSkinSet()
  volumeset      = geometry.getVolumeSet()
  interactionset = domain.getInteractionSet()
  mesh           = geometry.getMesh()
  meshpointset   = mesh.getPointSet()
  materialset    = domain.getMaterialSet()
  lawset         = domain.getMaterialLawSet()
  groupset       = geometry.getGroupSet()
  loadingset     = domain.getLoadingSet()
  valuesmanager  = metafor.getValuesManager()
  tsm            = metafor.getTimeStepManager()
  mim            = metafor.getMechanicalIterationManager()
  tim            = metafor.getThermalIterationManager()
  solvermanager  = matafor.getSolverManager
  ...

In the writing of an input file, these references must obviously be defined somewhere, either in the beginning of the [[doc:user:general:glossaire#module]] or, better, just before using them.

For instance, the line:

  domain.getGeometry().getPointSet().define(1, L, h, 0)

is replaced in this documentation and in the [[doc:user:general:glossaire#battery]] by:

  pointset.define(1, L, h, 0)