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xpfGetEntity

xpfGetEntity

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Last updated: May 14, 2019 by Former user (Deleted)
FUNCTION xpfGetEntity (modelId    : GENERIC;
                       entityName : STRING)       
                       entityId   : GENERIC;

The xpfGetEntity function returns the instanceId of the entity_definition instance of the specified entity; The entity_definition instance is located in the dictionary model of the actual Express schema in EDMdatabase. An entity_definition is uniquely defined by the arguments modelId and entityName. The instanceId of the actual entity_definition instance is returned in the entityId argument.

Arguments

TypeNameComment
GENERICmodelIdId of the model within the EDMdatabse
STRINGentityNameThe name of the entity

Return Value

 

TypeNameComment
GENERICentityIdThe instanceId of the actual entity_definition instance

Options

 

Example

  FUNCTION getEntity(modelId : GENERIC; entityName : STRING) : GENERIC;
    LOCAL
      entityId : GENERIC;
      name     : STRING;
    END_LOCAL;
    ON_ERROR_DO;
      xpxPrintf('\nError.');
      xpxThrow;
    END_ON_ERROR_DO;
    
    entityId := xpfGetEntity(modelId,entityName);
    xpxPrintf('\nentiyId : %lu',entityId); 
    name := entityId.name;
    xpxPrintf('\nEntity name : %s',name); 
    IF(name <> entityName) THEN
      xpxThrow;
    END_IF;
    
    RETURN(entityId);
  END_FUNCTION;

 

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