Identifiable (Common API)

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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

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

Parameters

No parameters

setIdentifier

setIdentifier( string id )

Set the identifier of this instance

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

Parameters

No parameters

toString

String toString( )

Returns the string representation of this class

Returns

String - the string representation of the class

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.

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.

Parameters

No parameters

toURI

String toURI( )

Returns a URI representation of a reference to this identifiable

Returns

String - the URI for the identifiable

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

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

Parameters

No parameters

getNamespace

string getNamespace( )

Inherited from: Typed

Get the namespace of the instance.

Returns

string - The namespace of this object

Parameters

No parameters

setPropertyValue

void setPropertyValue( string propname, string value )

Inherited from: Typed

Sets a property on this Resource

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

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.

Parameters

Name Type Mandatory Description
fqt String Yes The fully qualified type name.