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 # addInput2

 Last update: 30.07.2026 

public [addInput2](add-input2.md)(name: [String](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html), type: [String](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html), classURL: [String](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html), value: [String](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html)): [Variable](./../-variable/index.md)

adds a pending input to the component.

Valid types of variables are listed below. Add \[\] to the end of the type name to indicate an array of that type.

- double - double
- int - integer
- string - string
- bool - boolean
- ref - reference
- file - A binary or ascii file.
- quad - Quad Facet Geometry, a geometry type composed of multiple quadrilaterals.
- sor - Surface of Revolution, a geometry type defined by a profile curve rotated about an axis.
- nurbs - A geometry type for NURBS.
- bspline - A geometry type for B-Spline curves.
- ruled - A geometry type for ruled surfaces.
- skinned - A geometry type for skinned surfaces.
- node - A geometry type for displaying multiple points in space.

#### Return

pointer to the variable object

#### Parameters

namethe name of the variabletypethe type of the variableclassURLclass of the object variable. Empty string for non-object variablevaluethe value of the variable#### Throws

[ModelCenterException](./../-model-center-exception/index.md)