function [uniqueIDStr, objectClass] = getIDClass(entry)
    % GETIDCLASS function returns the Simulink Identifier string 
    % and class of the object associated with the entry. If entry is
    % empty, it returns empty char for both.
    
    %   Copyright 2018-2019 The MathWorks, Inc.
    
    uniqueIDStr = '';
    objectClass = '';
    % if the entry is non-empty, return the Simulink ID string and
    % object class
    if(~strcmp(entry, ''))
        dh = fxptds.SimulinkDataArrayHandler;
        sysObj = get_param(entry, 'Object');
        uniqueIDStr = dh.getUniqueIdentifier(struct('Object', sysObj)).UniqueKey;
        objectClass = fxptui.getClassFromObject(sysObj);
    end
end