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Identifiable
Identifiable is an entity with a namespace, type and an identifier. Applications should retrieve instances from Factory This class is abstract.
Details
Extends Typed
Module common
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Method Summary
| Name | Returns | Description |
|---|---|---|
| getFullyQualifiedIdentifier | string |
Get the fully qualified identifier of this instance |
| getIdentifier | string |
Get the identifier of this instance |
| isRelationship | boolean |
Determine if this identifiable is a relationship |
| isResource | boolean |
Determine if this identifiable is a resource |
| setIdentifier | void |
Set the identifier of this instance |
| toString | String |
Returns the string representation of this class |
| toURI | String |
Returns a URI representation of a reference to this identifiable |
Inherited Method Summary
| Supertype | Name | Returns | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typed | getType | string |
Get the type of the instance (a short name, not including namespace) |
| Typed | getFullyQualifiedType | string |
Get the fully-qualified type name of the instance (including namespace) |
| Typed | getNamespace | string |
Get the namespace of the instance |
| Typed | setPropertyValue | void |
Sets a property on this Resource |
| Typed | addArrayValue | void |
Adds a value to an array property on this Resource |
| Typed | instanceOf | boolean |
Check to see if this instance is an instance of the specified fully qualified type name |
Method Details
getIdentifier
string getIdentifier( )
Get the identifier of this instance
Returns
string - The identifier for this object
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Parameters
No parameters
setIdentifier
_ setIdentifier( string id )_
Set the identifier of this instance
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Parameters
| Name | Type | Mandatory | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | Yes | the new identifier for this object |
getFullyQualifiedIdentifier
string getFullyQualifiedIdentifier( )
Get the fully qualified identifier of this instance. (namespace '.' type '#' identifier).
Returns
string - the fully qualified identifier of this instance
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Parameters
No parameters
toString
String toString( )
Returns the string representation of this class
Returns
String - the string representation of the class
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Parameters
No parameters
isRelationship
boolean isRelationship( )
Determine if this identifiable is a relationship.
Returns
boolean - True if this identifiable is a relationship, false if not.
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Parameters
No parameters
isResource
boolean isResource( )
Determine if this identifiable is a resource.
Returns
boolean - True if this identifiable is a resource, false if not.
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Parameters
No parameters
toURI
String toURI( )
Returns a URI representation of a reference to this identifiable
Returns
String - the URI for the identifiable
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Parameters
No parameters
Inherited methods
getType
string getType( )
Inherited from: Typed
Get the type of the instance (a short name, not including namespace).
Returns
string - The type of this object
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Parameters
No parameters
getFullyQualifiedType
string getFullyQualifiedType( )
Inherited from: Typed
Get the fully-qualified type name of the instance (including namespace).
Returns
string - The fully-qualified type name of this object
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Parameters
No parameters
getNamespace
string getNamespace( )
Inherited from: Typed
Get the namespace of the instance.
Returns
string - The namespace of this object
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Parameters
No parameters
setPropertyValue
void setPropertyValue( string propname, string value )
Inherited from: Typed
Sets a property on this Resource
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Parameters
| Name | Type | Mandatory | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| propName | string | Yes | the name of the field |
| value | string | Yes | the value of the property |
addArrayValue
void addArrayValue( string propname, string value )
Inherited from: Typed
Adds a value to an array property on this Resource
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Parameters
| Name | Type | Mandatory | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| propName | string | Yes | the name of the field |
| value | string | Yes | the value of the property |
instanceOf
boolean instanceOf( String fqt )
Inherited from: Typed
Check to see if this instance is an instance of the specified fully qualified type name.
Returns
boolean - True if this instance is an instance of the specified fully qualified type name, false otherwise.
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Parameters
| Name | Type | Mandatory | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| fqt | String | Yes | The fully qualified type name. |