parameter::get_global_value (public)

 parameter::get_global_value [ -localize ] [ -boolean ] \
    -package_key package_key -parameter parameter [ -default default ]

Defined in packages/acs-tcl/tcl/parameter-procs.tcl

Get the value of a global package parameter.

Switches:

-localize (optional, boolean)

should we attempt to localize the parameter

-boolean (optional, boolean)

ensure boolean parameters are normalized to 0 or 1

-package_key (required)

identifies the package to which the global param belongs

-parameter (required)

which parameter's value to get

-default (optional)

what to return if we don't find a value. Defaults to returning the empty string.

Returns:

The string trimmed (leading and trailing spaces removed) parameter value

See Also:

• parameter::get

Testcases:

parameter_register_test, parameter__check_procs