More work on Auto Reference

Projects/Foundations/UI/Function-Libraries/ProtocolNode.js

@@ -263,21 +263,24 @@ function newFoundationsFunctionLibraryProtocolNode() {
                 if (node.payload.referenceParentCombinedNodePath === undefined) {
                     let attachNodePath = UI.projects.foundations.utilities.hierarchy.getNodeNameTypePath(node.payload.referenceParent)
                      // Save path to reference parent for auto restore
-                     savedPayload.referenceParentCombinedNodePath = { path: attachNodePath }
+                    // savedPayload.referenceParentCombinedNodePath = { path: attachNodePath }
+                     //console.log("this is the saved payload new save", savedPayload)
                 } else {
                      // Save path to reference parent for auto restore
-                     savedPayload.referenceParentCombinedNodePath = { path: node.payload.referenceParentCombinedNodePath }
+                     savedPayload.referenceParentCombinedNodePath = node.payload.referenceParentCombinedNodePath
+                     console.log("this is the saved payload old save", savedPayload)
                 }
             } else {
                 /* The referenceParent property can be inherited from the previous saved payload. */
                 if (node.savedPayload !== undefined) {
                     savedPayload.referenceParent = node.savedPayload.referenceParent
                     // Save path to reference parent for auto restore
-                    savedPayload.referenceParentCombinedNodePath = node.payload.referenceParentCombinedNodePath 
+                    savedPayload.referenceParentCombinedNodePath = node.savedPayload.referenceParentCombinedNodePath 
+                    //console.log("this is the saved payload inherited", savedPayload)
                 }
             }
         }
-        console.log("this is the saved payload", savedPayload)
+
         return savedPayload
     }
 }

Projects/Foundations/UI/Function-Libraries/ReferenceAttachDetach.js

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function newFoundationsFunctionLibraryAttachDetach() {
     function storeAttachNodePath(node, attachToNode) {
         let attachNodePath = UI.projects.foundations.utilities.hierarchy.getNodeNameTypePath(attachToNode)
         // Save attach path to active payload
-        node.payload.referenceParentCombinedNodePath = { path: attachNodePath }
+        node.payload.referenceParentCombinedNodePath = attachNodePath
     }
 
     // Clear the path to reference parent when the reference is cleared

Projects/Foundations/UI/Function-Libraries/UiObjectsFromNodes.js

@@ -308,10 +308,53 @@ function newFoundationsFunctionLibraryUiObjectsFromNodes() {
             }
             if (node.savedPayload !== undefined) {
                 if (node.savedPayload.referenceParent !== undefined) { // these are children recreated
+                    // Reestablish based on Id
                     node.payload.referenceParent = mapOfNodes.get(node.savedPayload.referenceParent.id)
+                    //console.log("this is the node we tried to connect to", node.payload.referenceParent)
                     if (node.payload.referenceParent === undefined) { 
-                        //console.log('[WARN]' + node.type + ' ' + node.name + ' reference parent lost during re-binding phase.')
-                    }
+                        console.log('this node failed to connect' + node.type + ' ' + node.name, node )
+                        let rawPath = node.savedPayload.referenceParentCombinedNodePath
+                        if (rawPath !== undefined) {
+                            console.log('this is a saved path',node.savedPayload.referenceParentCombinedNodePath)
+                            // Attempt to reestablish reference based on saved path
+                            let nodePath = []
+                            let headNode = UI.projects.foundations.spaces.designSpace.workspace.getHierarchyHeadsByCodeNameAndNodeType(rawPath[0][0], rawPath[0][1]) 
+                            console.log('this is our returned head node', headNode)
+                            // Loop through saved Path and gather nodes
+                            /*for (let i = 0; i < rawPath.length; i++) {
+                                console.log("we are at this step in the node path", rawPath[i])
+                                // Loop through map of nodes to find each node in path 
+                                for (let x = 0; x < mapOfNodes.length; x++) {
+                                    let mapNode = mapOfNodes[x]
+                                    let mapNodeCodeName = UI.projects.foundations.utilities.nodeConfig.loadConfigProperty(mapNode.payload, 'codeName')
+                                    if (mapNodeCodeName === rawPath[i][0] && mapNode.type === ) {
+                                        nodePath.push(mapNode)
+                                    }
+                                } 
+                                console.log("nodePath", nodePath)
+                            }*/
+                        }
+                     }
+
+                    // need to figure out how to check that this has failed to move to path implimentation
+                        
+
+                       
+                        function getMapNodeByCodeNameAndNodeType(codeName, nodeType) {
+                            for (let i = 0; i < mapOfNodes.length; i++) {
+                                let mapNode = mapOfNodes[i]
+                                let mapNodeCodeName = UI.projects.foundations.utilities.nodeConfig.loadConfigProperty(mapNode.payload, 'codeName')
+                                if (mapNodeCodeName === codeName && mapNode.type === nodeType) {
+                                    return mapNode
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                        //console.log("this is the node", node, "saved path", path, "and map", mapOfNodes )
+                        
+                        if (node.payload.referenceParent === undefined) {
+                            //console.log('[WARN]' + node.type + ' ' + node.name + ' reference parent lost during re-binding phase.')
+                        }
+                    
                 } 
             }
         }