Get NetLogo widgets in headless mode

Question

I need to get the list of all defined widgets in a nlogo script in headless mode. I basically need to the targeted variables and the default values. But I just find private methods in the API to achieve this (https://github.com/NetLogo/NetLogo/blob/5.x/src/main/org/nlogo/headless/HeadlessModelOpener.scala#L136-L234). Is there a public method from the API to achieve this ? Thanks

Answer 1

Mike Horn solved this by parsing through the .nlogo file in his NetTango project. If you're okay with that, take a look at his Model.java load() method, and initSlider(), initSwitch(), and initPlot() methods. I don't remember the exact relative line location of default value for the other widget types, but if you open a .nlogo file in a text editor, you should be able to figure it out.