Rule which iterates through group(s) of similar items

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The ‘Associated Items’ design pattern shows you how to take a string, representing the name of an Item, and use it search through a Group of similar Items, to get the Item you want.
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Design Pattern: Associated Items

Please see Design Pattern: What is a Design Pattern and How Do I Use Them for how to read and use DPs. Problem Statement Often one will have a number of separate Items which are all related to each other in some way. For example, one might have a Contact on a door and a DateTime to represent when the last time the door was opened. This is easy enough to keep track of if there are only one or two such Items, but if one has a lot of similar Items or is using a lot of generically coded rules where…