Small changes to the ReferenceType class, allows them to be used -- however resolution of referenced objects is still missing.

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/core/model/Typesystem.cpp b/src/core/model/Typesystem.cpp
index 6ae92b4..17d81dd 100644
--- a/src/core/model/Typesystem.cpp
+++ b/src/core/model/Typesystem.cpp
@@ -666,8 +666,13 @@ bool ReferenceType::doBuild(Variant &data, Logger &logger,
 			throw LoggableException("Reference must be a valid identifier",
 			                        data);
 		}
+		data = Variant{};
+		return true;
 	}
-	return false;
+
+	// Throw an exception if no valid data is given
+	throw LoggableException(
+	    "Expected object or string for constructing a reference", data);
 }
 
 bool ReferenceType::doCheckIsa(Handle<const Type> type) const
@@ -676,6 +681,8 @@ bool ReferenceType::doCheckIsa(Handle<const Type> type) const
 	return type->isa(&RttiTypes::ReferenceType);
 }
 
+Variant ReferenceType::create() const { return Variant{}; }
+
 Handle<Descriptor> ReferenceType::getDescriptor() { return descriptor; }
 
 void ReferenceType::setDescriptor(Handle<Descriptor> descriptor)
diff --git a/src/core/model/Typesystem.hpp b/src/core/model/Typesystem.hpp
index ce3cee0..3d869d9 100644
--- a/src/core/model/Typesystem.hpp
+++ b/src/core/model/Typesystem.hpp
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ public:
 	 *
 	 * @return a null reference.
 	 */
-	Variant create() const override { return Variant{}; }
+	Variant create() const override;
 
 	/**
 	 * Returns the descriptor containing the ontological type of which an