How to refer to current node name in "execute at begin node"

Question

Hi I'm wondering how can I reference to current node name in execute at begin node property.

\node[execute at begin node = \command_which_uses_node_name_to_to_do_soething_draw_uml_component_symbol] (){Node-name};

Answer 1

The node name is stored in \tikz@fig@name at the time the code in execute at begin node is executed.

Here's an MWE, which prints > \tikz@fig@name=macro: ->myname. into the .log file:

\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}

\makeatletter
\tikzset{
    teststyle/.style={
        execute at begin node=\show\tikz@fig@name   
    }
} 
\makeatother

\begin{tikzpicture}
\node (myname) [teststyle] {Text};
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}