Milsymbol Mapping

Milsymbol Mapping

The "MilSymMapper" class provides methods for mapping draw object SIDC and TypeId between the milsymbol versions: APP6D, MIL-STD-2525D, and MIL-STD-2525C.

Examples of Usage

These examples maps the Battle Position type.

Get Mapped SIDC from SIDC

var resources= new DrawObjectCommonResources(...);

// Get APP6D sidc from MIL-STD-2525C sidc
var id_d = resources.MilSymMapper.GetMilSymSIDCFromMilSymSIDC("TACGRP.C2GM.DEF.ARS.BTLPSN", Mapping.MilSymType.APP6D);

// Get MIL-STD-2525C sidc from APP6D sidc
var id_c = resources.MilSymMapper.GetMilSymSIDCFromMilSymSIDC("30002500001512000000", Mapping.MilSymType.MILSTD2525C);

// Get APP6D sidc from 15 character MIL-STD-2525C sidc
 var id_d = resources.MilSymMapper.MapAPP6CToAPP6D("SUGPUSTA--A----");

// Get APP6D sidc from 15 character MIL-STD-2525C sidc, where sidc is generalized to find nearest APP6D sidc
 var id_d = resources.MilSymMapper.MapAPP6CToAPP6D("S*GCIUEF--H****", true);

// Get 15 character MIL-STD-2525C sidc from APP6D sidc 
 var id_c = resources.MilSymMapper.MapAPP6DToAPP6C("10030100001101040000");

// Get 15 character MIL-STD-2525C sidc from APP6D sidc, where sidc is generalized to find nearest MIL-STD-2525C sidc
 var id_c = resources.MilSymMapper.MapAPP6DToAPP6C("10001000001622000000", true);

Get Mapped TypeId from SIDC

var resources= new DrawObjectCommonResources(...);

// Get APP6D TypeId from MIL-STD-2525C sidc
var typeId_d = resources.MilSymMapper.GetDrawObjectTypeId("TACGRP.C2GM.DEF.ARS.BTLPSN", Mapping.MilSymType.APP6D);

// Get MIL-STD-2525C TypeId from APP6D sidc
var typeId_c = resources.MilSymMapper.GetDrawObjectTypeId("30002500001512000000", Mapping.MilSymType.MILSTD2525C);

Get Mapped SIDC from TypeId

var resources= new DrawObjectCommonResources(...);

// Get APP6D sidc from TypeId
var id_d = resources.MilSymMapper.GetMilSymSIDCFromTypeId(new Guid("88784e27-c8d4-46d8-a72f-4fc433c759ee"), Mapping.MilSymType.APP6D);

// Get MIL-STD-2525C sidc from TypeId
var id_c = resources.MilSymMapper.GetMilSymSIDCFromTypeId(new Guid("88784e27-c8d4-46d8-a72f-4fc433c759ee"), Mapping.MilSymType.MILSTD2525C);

How to Create MilSymMapper Without Factory

var mappingDrawObjectTypeXmlParser = new MappingDrawObjectTypeXmlParser();
var mappingDrawObjectTypeLoader = new MappingDrawObjectTypeLoader(mappingDrawObjectTypeXmlParser);
var milSymMapper = new MilSymMapper(mappingDrawObjectTypeLoader);

Handling Mismatches Between APP6D and MIL-STD2525C

Some objects cannot be mapped directly between APP6D and MIL-STD2525C. Either because the primitive representation of the objects are not compatible or because the objects are not present in both versions. To handle this, the configuration file MilSymVersionMappings.json (located in the Data folder of the application output), sets up how these objects (SIDCs) should be mapped.

Entries in the configuration file looks like this:

{
      "SourceVersion": "APP6D",
      "TargetVersion": "MILSTD2525C",
      "Name": "Minimum Safe Distance Zones",
      "Source": "30002500002721000000",
      "Target": "GENERIC.ELLIPSE",
      "ObjectType": "MultiFanArea"
}

The values in an entry are:

Name	Description
SourceVersion	Version to map from.
TargetVersion	Version to map to.
Name	Name of object (for readability only, does not affect mapping).
Source	SIDC to map from.
Target	SIDC to map to.
ObjectType	Primitive type of object (for readability only, does not affect mapping).

The entries in the configuration file can be edited to whatever is the best match for the client application, as long as the primitive representation of the objects are compatible.