Accessing External Contract's Struct Array mappings

Question

I have struct in an external contract that I need access to

Contract Ext{
 Struct user{
    uint dailybalance;
 }
 mapping ( address => user[] ) userDailyBalances;
}

How do I access the dailybalance for a specific index in the mapped array of structs?

Contract Need{

   function need(){
      Ext x = Ext ( Extcontractaddress );
      uint256 bal = x.userDailyBalances( msg.sender )[0].dailybalance;

  } 
}

Does not work nor does x.userDailyBalances( msg.sender[0].dailybalance ) nor x.userDailyBalances( msg.sender.[0].dailybalance )

Achala Dissanayake · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-11T02:47:34.353

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You are trying to access the storage of the external contract directly which is not allowed. Refer here.

You need to have a getter method implemented inside the external contract to make this feasible.

External Contract:

Contract Ext{
 Struct user{
    uint dailybalance;
 }
 mapping ( address => user[] ) userDailyBalances;

function getDailyBalance(user) constant returns(unit) {
        return userDailyBalances( user )[0].dailybalance;
    }

}

Your Contract:

Contract Need{

   function need(){
      Ext x = Ext ( Extcontractaddress );
      uint256 bal = x.getDailyBalance( msg.sender );

  }

}

Hope this helps.

edited Oct 11 '17 at 02:47

answered Sep 19 '17 at 17:22

Achala Dissanayake

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it is exactly what I was planning to do.. was just curious if a direct approach was possible – Dino Anastos Sep 19 '17 at 17:40
since the mapping is not initialized yet (declared only), you need to have setter function as well in the practical scenario. – Achala Dissanayake Sep 19 '17 at 18:01
I used a getter function in the external; contract and then accessed that instead of the mapping directly – Dino Anastos Sep 19 '17 at 20:53

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