com.webmethods.portal.service.meta2.query

Interface IThingDescQuery

public interface IThingDescQuery

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IThingIDList	getAncestors(IThingID thingID) gets all ancestors of current container of same type order is from root to current container
IThingID	getXTypeAncestor(IThingID thingID, int xtypeID) find nearest ancestor of given xtype
boolean	isDescendent(IThingID containerID, IThingID targetID, int relType) finds out if thing is a descendent of this container
IThingIDList	listAllDescendents(IThingID thingID, int relType, int xtypeID, int startIndex, int endIndex, int depth, boolean inclDeleted) lists all descendents in unordered tree view

Method Detail

isDescendent

boolean isDescendent(IThingID containerID,
                     IThingID targetID,
                     int relType)
              throws MetaException

finds out if thing is a descendent of this container

Parameters:

containerID -

targetID -

relType -

Returns:

Throws:

MetaException

listAllDescendents

IThingIDList listAllDescendents(IThingID thingID,
                                int relType,
                                int xtypeID,
                                int startIndex,
                                int endIndex,
                                int depth,
                                boolean inclDeleted)
                         throws MetaException

lists all descendents in unordered tree view

Parameters:

relType - PRIMARY_TOPIC or PRIMARY_FOLDER

xtypeID - filter by xtype if > 0

startIndex - item to start list with

endIndex - item to end list with

depth - depth starting from container (0)

Returns:

list of all descendents in tree order (unsorted)

Throws:

MetaException - if container no longer exists or DB access error

getAncestors

IThingIDList getAncestors(IThingID thingID)
                   throws MetaException

gets all ancestors of current container of same type order is from root to current container

Throws:

MetaException

getXTypeAncestor

IThingID getXTypeAncestor(IThingID thingID,
                          int xtypeID)
                   throws MetaException

find nearest ancestor of given xtype

Parameters:

thingID -

xtypeID -

Returns:

Throws:

MetaException