com.webmethods.portal.service.meta2.query

Interface IThingRelationQuery

public interface IThingRelationQuery

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IThingIDList	getContainerIDs(IThingID thingID, int relType, int startIndex, int endIndex, boolean includeDescendents) Get the IDs of any containers of this thing.
List<IThingChildEntry>	getRelatedIDs(IThingID thingID, boolean fFrom)
IThingIDList	getRelatedIDs(IThingID thingID, boolean fFrom, int relType, int startIndex, int endIndex) Get the set of generically related things as an array of thingIDs.
IThingIDList	listStyledThings(IThingID styleID, int startIndex, int endIndex) Lists things of a given style

Method Detail

getRelatedIDs

IThingIDList getRelatedIDs(IThingID thingID,
                           boolean fFrom,
                           int relType,
                           int startIndex,
                           int endIndex)
                    throws MetaException

Get the set of generically related things as an array of thingIDs. Only works for non-containment relationships. fFrom indicates direction of the relationship: * true means from me to the other thing * false means from the other thing to me

Parameters:

relType - the relationship type to follow

startIndex - index of the first item to return.

endIndex - index of the last item to return. -1 specifies the last item.

Returns:

array of thingIDs

Throws:

MetaException

getContainerIDs

IThingIDList getContainerIDs(IThingID thingID,
                             int relType,
                             int startIndex,
                             int endIndex,
                             boolean includeDescendents)
                      throws MetaException

Get the IDs of any containers of this thing.

Parameters:

relType - specifies a relationship type to filter for. Must be a containment relationship. Ignored if includeDescendents is true

startIndex - start of list

endIndex - -1 means all

includeDescendents - true if you want to find all containers of all descendents

Returns:

long[] null if no containers found or off page.

Throws:

MetaException - If thing is invalid or DB error

getRelatedIDs

List<IThingChildEntry> getRelatedIDs(IThingID thingID,
                                     boolean fFrom)
                              throws MetaException

Throws:

MetaException

listStyledThings

IThingIDList listStyledThings(IThingID styleID,
                              int startIndex,
                              int endIndex)
                       throws MetaException

Lists things of a given style

Parameters:

styleID -

startIndex -

endIndex -

Returns:

Throws:

MetaException