Mendix 9 Client Documentation: Class: mendix/lib/MxMetaObject

Constructor

new mendix/lib/MxMetaObject()

Constructs a new MxMetaObject.

Methods

getAttributes() → {Array.<string>}

Returns the names of all attributes.

Returns:

the names of the attributes

Type: Array.<string>

Example

var attrs = mxmetaobject.getAttributes(); // [ "Name", "Age" ];

getAttributesWithoutReferences() → {Array.<string>}

Returns the names of the non-reference attributes.

Returns:

the names of the attributes

Type: Array.<string>

getEntity() → {string}

Returns the entity name.

Returns:

name of the entity

Type: string

getEnumCaption(attr, value) → {string}

Returns the caption of an enumeration value.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`attr`	string	attribute
`value`	string	enumeration value

Returns:

the caption of the enumeration value.

Type: string

Example

mxmetaobject.getEnumCaption("Color", "red"); // "Rouge"

getEnumKVPairs(enumeration) → {Object.<string, string>}

Returns values and their captions of an enumeration attribute.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`enumeration`	string	attribute to get the pairs for

Deprecated:

since version 8.14, use getEnumMap instead.

Returns:

map from values to captions of the enumeration attribute

Type: Object.<string, string>

Example

mxmetaobject.getEnumKVPairs("Color"); // { red: "Red",
                                      //   green: "Green",
                                      //   blue: "Blue" }

getEnumMap(attr) → {Array.<{key: string, caption: string}>}

Returns the enumeration values and captions of an enumeration in the correct order.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`attr`	string	attribute to get the values and captions for

Returns:

values and caption of the enumeration

Type: Array.<{key: string, caption: string}>

Example

mxmetaobject.getEnumMap("Color"); // [ { key : "red",   caption : "Red" },
                                  //   { key : "green", caption : "Green" },
                                  //   { key : "blue",  caption : "Blue" } ]

getOptions(attr) → {Array.<string>}

Returns the possible values for an enumeration attribute.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`attr`	string	attribute to get the values for

Returns:

possible values of the attribute

Type: Array.<string>

Example

mxmetaobject.getOptions("Color"); // [ "red", "green", "blue" ]

getReferenceAttributes() → {Array.<string>}

Returns the names of the reference attributes.

Returns:

the names of the attributes

Type: Array.<string>

Example

var refs = mxmetaobject.getReferenceAttributes(); // [ "Mod.Person_Parent",
                                                  //   "Mod.Person_Company" ]

getSelectorEntity(attr) → {string}

Returns the referred entity of a reference attribute.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`attr`	string	reference attribute

Returns:

entity name

Type: string

Example

mxobj.getSelectorEntity("CRM.Order_OrderLine"); // "CRM.OrderLine"

getSubEntities() → {Array.<string>}

Returns the entities that inherit form this entity.

Returns:

the inheriting entities

Type: Array.<string>

Example

mxmetaobject.getSubEntities(); // [ "MyModule.EntityA", "MyModule.EntityB" ]

getSuperEntities() → {boolean}

Returns the inheritance chain of this entity.

Returns:

the names of the entities in the inheritance chain.

Type: boolean

Example

mxmetaobject.getSuperEntities(); // [ "MyModule.EntityC",
                                 //   "MyModule.EntityD",
                                 //   "System.User" ]

has(attribute) → {boolean}

Checks whether this entity has a specific attribute.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`attribute`	string	to check

Returns:

true if the MxMetaObject has the attribute, false otherwise

Type: boolean

Example

if (mxmetaobject.has("Name")) {
    console.log("has Name");
} else {
    console.log("does not have Name");
}

hasSubEntities() → {boolean}

Checks whether other entities inherit from this entity.

Returns:

true if other entities inherit from this entity, false otherwise

Type: boolean

Example

if (mxmetaobject.hasSubEntities()) {
    console.log("is inherited from");
} else {
    console.log("is not inherited from");
}

hasSuperEntities() → {boolean}

Checks whether this entity inherits from another entity.

Returns:

true if the entity inherits from another entity, false otherwise

Type: boolean

Example

if (mxmetaobject.hasSuperEntities()) {
    console.log("inherits from another entity");
} else {
    console.log("does not inherit from another entity");
}

inheritsFrom(ancestor)

Checks whether this entity inherits from another.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`ancestor`	string	the entity to check for ancestry

Returns:

true if this entity inherits form ancestor, false otherwise

Example

if (mxmetaobject.inheritsFrom("System.User")) {
    console.log("inherits from System.User");
} else {
    console.log("does not inherit from System.User");
}

isA(entity)

Checks whether this entity is an instance of or inherits from another entity.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`entity`	string	entity to check for ancestry

Returns:

true if the object is an instance of entity, false otherwise

Example

if (mxmetaobject.isA("System.User")) {
    console.log("a System.User");
} else {
    console.log("not a System.User");
}

isBidirectionalReference(attr) → {boolean}

Checks whether a reference attribute is owned by both sides

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`attr`	string	attribute to check

Returns:

trueif attr is a reference which is owned by both sides, false otherwise

Type: boolean

Example

if (mxmetaobject.isBidirectionalReference("Children" {
    console.log("bidirectional reference");
} else {
    console.log("not a bidirectional reference");
}

isBoolean(attr) → {boolean}

Checks whether an attribute is of type Boolean.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`attr`	string	attribute to check

Returns:

true if attr is of Boolean type, false otherwise

Type: boolean

Example

if (mxmetaobject.isBoolean("Checked")) {
    console.log("Boolean");
} else {
    console.log("not a Boolean");
}

isDate(attr) → {boolean}

Checks whether an attribute is of type Date.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`attr`	string	attribute to check

Returns:

true if attr is of Date type, false otherwise

Type: boolean

Example

if (mxmetaobject.isDate("DoB")) {
    console.log("Date");
} else {
    console.log("not a Date");
}

isEnum(attr) → {boolean}

Checks whether an attribute is of type Enumeration.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`attr`	string	attribute to check

Returns:

true if attr is of Enumeration type, false otherwise

Type: boolean

Example

if (mxmetaobject.isEnum("Colors")) {
    console.log("Enumeration");
} else {
    console.log("not an Enumeration");
}

isLocalizedDate(attr) → {boolean}

Checks whether an attribute is of type Date and is localized.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`attr`	string	attribute to check

Returns:

true if attr is of Date type and is localized, false otherwise

Type: boolean

Example

if (mxmetaobject.isLocalizedDate("DoB")) {
    console.log("localized Date");
} else {
    console.log("not a localized Date");
}

isNumeric(attr) → {boolean}

Checks whether an attribute has a numeric type.

Types that are considered numeric are: Integer, Long and Decimal.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`attr`	string	attribute to check

Returns:

true if attr is of Number type, false otherwise

Type: boolean

Example

if (mxmetaobject.isNumeric("Count")) {
    console.log("Number");
} else {
    console.log("not a Number");
}

isObjectReference(attr) → {boolean}

Checks whether an attribute is a reference.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`attr`	string	attribute to check

Returns:

true if attr is a reference, false otherwise

Type: boolean

Example

if (mxmetaobject.isObjectReference("Mother")) {
    console.log("reference");
} else {
    console.log("not a reference");
}

isObjectReferenceSet(attr) → {boolean}

Checks whether an attribute is a reference set.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`attr`	string	attribute to check

Returns:

true if attr is a reference set, false otherwise

Type: boolean

Example

if (mxmetaobject.isObjectReferenceSet("Children")) {
    console.log("reference set");
} else {
    console.log("not a reference set");
}

isPassword(attr) → {boolean}

Checks whether an attribute is of type Password.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`attr`	string	attribute to check

Returns:

true if attr is of Password type, false otherwise

Type: boolean

Example

if (mxmetaobject.isPassword("Password")) {
    console.log("Password");
} else {
    console.log("not a Password");
}

isReference(attr) → {boolean}

Checks whether an attribute is a reference or reference set.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`attr`	string	attribute to check

Returns:

true if attr is a reference or reference set, false otherwise

Type: boolean

Example

if (mxmetaobject.isReference("Children")) {
    console.log("reference or reference set");
} else {
    console.log("not a reference or reference set");
}