com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.core

Interface IMendixIdentifier

public interface IMendixIdentifier

Identifier object holding the information for uniquely identifiying an object instance
holds the following information:
- object type
- datastore code
- object id

Based on this information the MendixIdentifier can generate a global unique identifier (GUID) which is globally unique within the whole XAS

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	clone()
short	getEntityId()
long	getGuid() Deprecated. Use toLong() instead.
IMendixObject	getObject()
String	getObjectType()
short	getObjectTypeHash() Deprecated. Use getEntityId() instead.
void	setObject(IMendixObject object)
long	toLong()

Method Detail

getObjectTypeHash

@Deprecated
short getObjectTypeHash()

Deprecated. Use getEntityId() instead.

Returns:

the objectTypeHash

getGuid

@Deprecated
long getGuid()

Deprecated. Use toLong() instead.

Returns:

the id

getObjectType

String getObjectType()

Returns:

the objectType

toLong

long toLong()

Returns:

the long value of this identifier

getEntityId

short getEntityId()

Returns:

the entity id

getObject

IMendixObject getObject()

Returns:

the object. Use at your own risk, the actual object will most likely not be set.

setObject

void setObject(IMendixObject object)

Parameters:

object - the object to set

clone

Object clone()
      throws CloneNotSupportedException

Returns:

returns deep clone of this object

Throws:

CloneNotSupportedException