858     

   859     def addglobalVar(self, type, name, location="", description=""):

   860         globalvars = self.getglobalVars()

   861         if len(globalvars) == 0:

   862             globalvars.append(PLCOpenClasses["varList"]())

   863         var = PLCOpenClasses["varListPlain_variable"]()

   864         var.setname(name)

   865         var_type = PLCOpenClasses["dataType"]()

   866         if type in [x for x,y in TypeHierarchy_list if not x.startswith("ANY")]:

   867             if type == "STRING":

   868                 var_type.setcontent({"name" : "string", "value" : PLCOpenClasses["elementaryTypes_string"]()})

   869             elif type == "WSTRING":

   870                 var_type.setcontent({"name" : "wstring", "value" : PLCOpenClasses["elementaryTypes_wstring"]()})

   871             else:

   872                 var_type.setcontent({"name" : type, "value" : None})

   873         else:

   874             derived_type = PLCOpenClasses["derivedTypes_derived"]()

   875             derived_type.setname(type)

   876             var_type.setcontent({"name" : "derived", "value" : derived_type})

   877         var.settype(var_type)

   878         if location != "":

   879             var.setaddress(location)

   880         if description != "":

   881             ft = PLCOpenClasses["formattedText"]()

   882             ft.settext(description)

   883             var.setdocumentation(ft)

   884         globalvars[-1].appendvariable(var)

   885     setattr(cls, "addglobalVar", addglobalVar)

   886