com.webmethods.portal.service.meta2.thing
Interface IThingID

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, IURI, Serializable

public interface IThingID
extends IURI

Field Summary

static int

THINGID_WIDTH defines the size of string versions of the dbID (ex:0000012134)

Method Summary

boolean	exists() Does this ID exist in the system? Warning will always result in a DB call, use sparingly
int	getDBState() gets thing state as it exists in the DB warning will always result in a DB call, use sparingly
IMetaContext	getMetaContext() get the meta context for this thing
IThing	getThing()
void	initialize(String uri) Initialize this thingID via URI string Do not call directly, use PortalSystem.acquireURI(java.lang.String)
boolean	isValid() false if not a valid ID
String	toString() The URI of this thingID

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

clone, getSegment, getSegments, getSegments, getServiceName, getSize

Field Detail

THINGID_WIDTH

static final int THINGID_WIDTH

defines the size of string versions of the dbID (ex:0000012134)

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getMetaContext

IMetaContext getMetaContext()

get the meta context for this thing

Returns:

IMetaContext

isValid

boolean isValid()

false if not a valid ID

Returns:

boolean

getThing

IThing getThing()

Returns:

instantiated thing, or null if invalid ID or xtype ID

getDBState

int getDBState()

gets thing state as it exists in the DB warning will always result in a DB call, use sparingly

See Also:

com.webmethods.portal.service.meta2.thing.IThingState

exists

boolean exists()

Does this ID exist in the system? Warning will always result in a DB call, use sparingly

toString

String toString()

The URI of this thingID

Specified by:

toString in interface IURI

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

string representation

See Also:

IURI, Object

initialize

void initialize(String uri)
                throws PortalException

Initialize this thingID via URI string Do not call directly, use PortalSystem.acquireURI(java.lang.String)

Specified by:

initialize in interface IURI

Parameters:

uri -

Throws:

PortalException - if invalid URI

See Also:

IURI