Package com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.core

Interface IMendixObject

public interface IMendixObject
Represents an entity (IMetaObject) instance.

  • Method Details

    • getMembers

      Map<String,? extends IMendixObjectMember<?>> getMembers(IContext context)
      Returns a HashMap with all members of this object.
      Parameters:
      context - the context for accessing the object
      Returns:
      the map with all members

    • getChangedMembers

      List<? extends IMendixObjectMember<?>> getChangedMembers(IContext context)
      Returns a list with all members of this object that changed since creation, retrieval or commit.
      Parameters:
      context - the context for accessing the object
      Returns:
      the list with all changed members

    • getReferences

      List<? extends MendixObjectReference> getReferences(IContext context)
      Returns a list with all 'to-one' association members of this object.
      Parameters:
      context - the context for accessing the object
      Returns:
      the list with all MendixObjectReferences

    • getReferenceSets

      List<? extends MendixObjectReferenceSet> getReferenceSets(IContext context)
      Returns a list with all 'to-many' association members of this object.
      Parameters:
      context - the context for accessing the object
      Returns:
      the list with all MendixObjectReferenceSets

    • getPrimitives

      List<? extends IMendixObjectMember<?>> getPrimitives(IContext context)
      Returns a list with all primitive (non-association) members of this object.
      Parameters:
      context - the context for accessing the object
      Returns:
      the list with all primitive members

    • getVirtualMembers

      Map<String,? extends IMendixObjectMember<?>> getVirtualMembers(IContext context)
      Returns a HashMap with all virtual members of this object.
      Parameters:
      context - the context for accessing the object
      Returns:
      the map with all virtual members

    • isVirtual

      boolean isVirtual(IContext context, String name)
      Returns whether a certain attribute is virtual.
      Parameters:
      context - the context for accessing the object
      name - the attribute name
      Returns:
      true if the attribute is virtual, false otherwise

    • getType

      String getType()
      Returns the type of this object as a string.
      Returns:
      the type

    • setValue

      void setValue(IContext context, String memberName, Object value)
      Set the value for the member with name memberName.

      This method does not update changeDate and changedBy system attributes. Use ICore.change(IContext, IMendixObject, Map) if needed.

      Parameters:
      context - the context for accessing the object
      memberName - the name of the member to set
      value - the value to set

    • getValue

      <T> T getValue(IContext context, String memberName)
      Returns the value of the member with memberName.
      Type Parameters:
      T - the type of the member value, which should match the attribute type
      Parameters:
      context - the context for accessing the object
      memberName - the name of the member to get
      Returns:
      the value of the member

    • hasMember

      boolean hasMember(String memberName)
      Returns whether this object has a member named memberName.
      Parameters:
      memberName - to name of the member to check
      Returns:
      true if the member exists, false otherwise (security is not checked)

    • getMember

      IMendixObjectMember<?> getMember(IContext context, String memberName)
      Returns the member object with memberName.
      Parameters:
      context - the context for accessing the object
      memberName - the name of the member to get (should exist)
      Returns:
      the MendixObjectMember for the given name

    • getId

      IMendixIdentifier getId()
      Returns the identifier of this object.
      Returns:
      the id

    • getState

      IMendixObject.ObjectState getState()
      Returns the object state of this object.
      Returns:
      the object state

    • isChanged

      boolean isChanged()
      Returns whether at least one member of this object has changed since creation, retrieval or commit.
      Returns:
      true if a changed member exists, false otherwise

    • equals

      boolean equals(Object obj)
      Overrides:
      equals in class Object

    • clone

      @Deprecated IMendixObject clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException
      Deprecated.
      since 9.24. Use createClone() instead.
      Returns a deep copy of this object.
      Returns:
      deep clone of this object
      Throws:
      CloneNotSupportedException - when cloning is not supported

    • createClone

      IMendixObject createClone()
      Returns a deep copy of this object.
      Returns:
      deep clone of this object

    • hasChangedByAttribute

      boolean hasChangedByAttribute()
      Returns whether at least one attribute of this object has changed since creation, retrieval or commit.
      Returns:
      true if a changed attribute exists, false otherwise

    • hasChangedDateAttribute

      boolean hasChangedDateAttribute()
      Returns whether at least one date attribute of this object has changed since creation, retrieval or commit.
      Returns:
      true if a changed date attribute exists, false otherwise

    • hasOwnerAttribute

      boolean hasOwnerAttribute()
      Returns whether at least one owner attribute of this object has changed since creation, retrieval or commit.
      Returns:
      true if a changed owner attribute exists, false otherwise

    • getChangedBy

      IMendixIdentifier getChangedBy(IContext context) throws CoreException
      Returns the Mendix identifier of the last user that changed this object.
      Parameters:
      context - the context for accessing the object
      Returns:
      the identifier of the last user that changed this object
      Throws:
      CoreException - if hasChangedByAttribute == false

    • getChangedDate

      Date getChangedDate(IContext context) throws CoreException
      Returns the last Date that changed in this object.
      Parameters:
      context - the context for accessing the object
      Returns:
      the last Date that changed
      Throws:
      CoreException - if hasChangedDateAttribute == false

    • getOwner

      IMendixIdentifier getOwner(IContext context) throws CoreException
      Returns the IMendixIdentifier of the user that owns this object.
      Parameters:
      context - the context for accessing the object
      Returns:
      the identifier of the owner
      Throws:
      CoreException - if hasOwnerAttribute == false

    • hasCreatedDateAttribute

      boolean hasCreatedDateAttribute()
      Returns whether this object has a created data attribute.
      Returns:
      true if a created date attribute exists, false otherwise

    • getCreatedDate

      Date getCreatedDate(IContext context) throws CoreException
      Returns the date/time at which this object was created.
      Parameters:
      context - the context for accessing the object
      Returns:
      the creation date
      Throws:
      CoreException - if hasCreatedDateAttribute == false

    • hasNullValues

      boolean hasNullValues(IContext context)
      Returns whether this object contains empty members.
      Parameters:
      context - the context for accessing the object
      Returns:
      true if an empty member exists, false otherwise

    • getMetaObject

      IMetaObject getMetaObject()
      Returns the meta object for this object.
      Returns:
      the meta object

    • hasDeleteRights

      boolean hasDeleteRights(IContext context)
      Returns whether this object has delete rights.
      Parameters:
      context - the context for accessing the object
      Returns:
      true if this object has delete rights, false otherwise

    • isNew

      boolean isNew()
      Returns whether this object has not been committed yet. Only returns true when this object is explicitly committed. If this object is auto-committed, this method returns false.
      Returns:
      true if this object is new, false otherwise

    • isInstanceOf

      default boolean isInstanceOf(IMetaObject metaObject)
      Returns whether this object is an instance of a given IMetaObject.
      Parameters:
      metaObject - instance of the metaObject
      Returns:
      true if this object is an instance of the given IMetaObject.

    • isInstanceOf

      default boolean isInstanceOf(String metaObject)
      Returns whether this object is an instance of a given IMetaObject.
      Parameters:
      metaObject - name of the metaObjectz
      Returns:
      true if this object is an instance of the given IMetaObject