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Groups

 [GROUPS numGroups ;

   [- groupName compNamePattern ...
      [+ REGION regionName]
      [+ PROPERTY {propName propVal} ...] ...
   ;] ...

 END GROUPS]

Defines groups in a design. The numGroups information corresponds to the number of cluster objects representing a group in a design. A cluster object represents a group if it has no associated clusterBoundary object.

groupName compNamePattern

groupName corresponds to the cluster name and is found using:

     void oaCluster::getName(oaString &name) const

PROPERTY {propName propVal} ...

See PROPERTIES.

REGION regionName

regionName corresponds to the name of the parent cluster of the group cluster. It is obtained using:

   oaCluster *oaCluster::getParent()
   void oaCluster::getName(oaString &name) const