Package com.webmethods.portal.service.meta2

Interface IThingIDService

All Superinterfaces:

IComponent, IInitializable, IMetaComponent

public interface IThingIDService
extends IMetaComponent

For creation and manipulation of IThingID

See Also:

• IThingID
• IThing
• IThingService

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
IThingID	convertToCurrentFormat(int dbID)	converts a dbID to a IThingID will make a DB call if thingID is not cached
IThingID	createThingID(int xtypeID, int dbID)	create a thingID based on xtypeID and database ID
IThingID	createThingID(String uri)	get a thingID from a uri string
IThingID	createThingID(String xtypeName, int dbID)	create a thingID based on xtypeID and database ID
IThingIDList	createThingIDList()	creates an empty thingID list
IThingIDList	createThingIDList(int initialSize)	creates an empty thingID list
int	getState(boolean isInactive, boolean isDeleted)	Converts state flags to value
IThingID	invalidID()	returns an invalid ID (not null)

Methods inherited from interface com.webmethods.portal.system.IComponent

getComponentData, getComponentName, getComponentProvider, getURI, isInitialized, setComponentData, setComponentProvider

Methods inherited from interface com.webmethods.portal.system.init.IInitializable

init, shutdown

Methods inherited from interface com.webmethods.portal.service.meta2.IMetaComponent

getMetaContext, setMetaContext

Method Details

createThingID

IThingID createThingID(String uri)

get a thingID from a uri string

Parameters:

uri -

Returns:

createThingID

IThingID createThingID(int xtypeID,
 int dbID)

create a thingID based on xtypeID and database ID

Parameters:

xtypeID - xtype id

dbID - database ID

Returns:

thingID

See Also:

• IThingType

createThingID

IThingID createThingID(String xtypeName,
 int dbID)

create a thingID based on xtypeID and database ID

Parameters:

xtypeName - IXtypeService value

dbID - database ID

Returns:

thingID

See Also:

• IThingType

invalidID

IThingID invalidID()

returns an invalid ID (not null)

convertToCurrentFormat

IThingID convertToCurrentFormat(int dbID)

converts a dbID to a IThingID will make a DB call if thingID is not cached

Parameters:

dbID - dbID of item to convert

Returns:

null if not found

createThingIDList

IThingIDList createThingIDList(int initialSize)

creates an empty thingID list

createThingIDList

IThingIDList createThingIDList()

creates an empty thingID list

getState

int getState(boolean isInactive,
 boolean isDeleted)

Converts state flags to value

Returns:

IThingState value