Class %Collection.ListOfObj

class %Collection.ListOfObj extends %Collection.AbstractListOfObj, Super

The %Collection.ListOfObj class represents a list of references to objects, each of which is associated with a numeric position in the list. The first element in the list is stored at position 1. The objects referred to must be registered. They can be either persistent objects or non-id objects.

Internally, a %Collection.ListOfObj object contains two lists: one for holding the OID values for the objects referred to (or their serialized state in the case of a list of non-id objects); and another for holding the OREF values for any objects that have been explicitly referred to, and hence "swizzled" into memory. Swizzling (loading an object into memory and generating an OREF value for it) happens automatically whenever the user refers to an object within the list. For example, if list is an %Collection.ListOfObj object containing a list of Doctor objects (that is a list of OID values for Doctor objects stored in the database) then the following code fragment will automatically load the Doctor object at location 7 in the list into memory and generate an OREF value referring to the in-memory version of the Doctor object. This OREF value can then be used to access the properties and methods of the Doctor object:

	Set doc=list.GetAt(7)
	Write doc.Name

Alternatively, we could use cascading dot syntax:

	Set name=list.GetAt(7).Name

These %Collection classes can only be used when you have a collection property of another object as they rely on storing the data inside the parent object, they can not be used as 'stand alone' collections, for this use the %ListOfObjects.

Inventory

Parameters	Properties	Methods	Queries	Indices	ForeignKeys	Triggers
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Summary

Properties
ElementClassType	ElementType	LiteralBehavior	OrefStorage
Owner	ReadOnly	Size	Storage
StreamLocation

Methods
%%OIDGet	%AddToSaveSet	%ClassIsLatestVersion	%ClassName
%ConstructClone	%Disconnect	%DispatchClassMethod	%DispatchGetModified
%DispatchGetProperty	%DispatchMethod	%DispatchSetModified	%DispatchSetMultidimProperty
%DispatchSetProperty	%Extends	%GetParameter	%IsA
%IsModified	%New	%NormalizeObject	%ObjectModified
%OriginalNamespace	%PackageName	%RemoveFromSaveSet	%SerializeObject
%SetModified	%UnSwizzleAt	%ValidateObject	BuildValueArray
Clear	Count	Find	FindObjectId
FindOref	GetAt	GetNext	GetObjectAt
GetObjectIdAt	GetObjectIdNext	GetObjectIdPrevious	GetObjectNext
GetObjectPrevious	GetPrevious	Insert	InsertAt
InsertList	InsertObject	InsertObjectAt	InsertObjectId
InsertObjectIdAt	InsertOrdered	IsDefined	Next
Previous	RemoveAt	Serialize	SetAt
SetObjectAt	SetObjectIdAt	SizeGet	SizeSet

Subclasses
%Collection.ListOfObjCN	%Collection.ListOfStream	%Collection.MV.ListOfObj

Properties

• property Size as %Integer [ Calculated ];

Size is the number of elements contained in the list.

Methods

• method %UnSwizzleAt(key As %Integer, force As %Integer = 0) as %Status

Unswizzles (removes from memory) the individual element at position key in the list.
Returns a %Status value indicating success or failure.

• classmethod BuildValueArray(serialized As %Binary, array As %Binary) as %Status

Constructs array(key)=value for each element in the serialval value.
Returns a %Status value indicating success or failure.

• final method Count() as %Integer

Returns the number of elements contained in the list.

• method Find(element As %ObjectIdentity, key As %Integer) as %String

Starting from, but not including, position key, Find finds the next element in the list whose OID value equals element. If key is a null string, Find starts at the beginning of the list.
Find returns the position of the found element or null string ("") if no element was found.

• method FindObjectId(id As %String, key As %Integer) as %String

Starting from, but not including, position key, FindObjectId finds the next element in the list whose ObjectId equals id. If key is a null string, Find starts at the beginning of the list.
Find returns the position of the found element or null string ("") if no element was found.

• method FindOref(oref As %RegisteredObject, key As %Integer = "", id As %String = "") as %String

Starting from, but not including, location key, finds the next element in the array whose Oref value equals oref.
If key is a null string (""), the search starts at the beginning of the array.
FindOref returns the key associated with the found element or null string ("") if no element is found. Unswizzled references are compared to oref.%Oid() and if equal, swizzling will occur.

• method GetAt(key As %Integer) as %RegisteredObject

Finds and returns the OREF value referring to the object at position key in the list.
GetAt returns the value of the element at location key or null string ("") if no element is found.

• method GetNext(ByRef key As %Integer) as %RegisteredObject

Finds and returns the OREF value referring to the object at the position after key in the list. If key is a null string (""), it returns the OREF value of the first element in the list.
The value of key, which is passed by reference, is updated to the position value of the returned element or null string ("") if key is at the end of the list.

• method GetObjectAt(key As %Integer, force As %Integer = 0) as %ObjectIdentity

Finds and returns the OID value referring to the object at position key in the list.
Returns the value of the element at location key or null string ("") if no element is found.

• final method GetObjectIdAt(key As %Integer, force As %Integer = 0) as %String

Finds and returns the ID value referring to the object at position key in the list.
Returns the value of the element at location key or null string ("") if no element is found.

• final method GetObjectIdNext(ByRef key As %Integer = "") as %String

Finds and returns the ID value referring to the object at the position after key in the list. If key is a null string (""), it returns the ID value of the first element in the list.
The value of key, which is passed by reference, is updated to the position value of the returned element or null string ("") if key is at the end of the list.

• final method GetObjectIdPrevious(ByRef key As %Integer) as %String

Finds and returns the ID value referring to the object at the position before key in the list. If key is a null string (""), it returns the ID value of the last element in the list.
The value of key, which is passed by reference, is updated to the position value of the returned element or null string ("") if key is at the beginning of the list.

• method GetObjectNext(ByRef key As %Integer) as %ObjectIdentity

Finds and returns the OID value referring to the object at the position after key in the list. If key is a null string (""), it returns the OID value of the first element in the list.
The value of key, which is passed by reference, is updated to the position value of the returned element or null string ("") if key is at the end of the list.

• method GetObjectPrevious(ByRef key As %Integer) as %ObjectIdentity

Finds and returns the OID value referring to the object at the position before key in the list. If key is a null string (""), it returns the OID value of the last element in the list.
The value of key, which is passed by reference, is updated to the position value of the returned element or null string ("") if key is at the beginning of the list.

• method GetPrevious(ByRef key As %Integer) as %RegisteredObject

Finds and returns the OREF value referring to the object at the position before key in the list. If key is a null string (""), it returns the OREF value of the last element in the list.
The value of key, which is passed by reference, is updated to the position value of the returned element or null string ("") if key is at the beginning of the list.

• method Insert(oref As %RegisteredObject) as %Status

Inserts an element with OREF value oref at the end of the list.
Returns a %Status value indicating success or failure.

• method InsertAt(oref As %RegisteredObject, key As %Integer) as %Status

Inserts an element with OREF value oref at position key.
To make room for the new element, the elements previously at or following position key are moved up by one position.
key must be in the following range:
1 <= index <= Count() + 1
Returns a %Status value indicating success or failure.

• method InsertObject(oid As %ObjectIdentity) as %Status

Inserts an element with OID value oid at the end of the list.
Returns a %Status value indicating success or failure.

• method InsertObjectAt(oid As %ObjectIdentity, key As %Integer) as %Status

Inserts an element with OID value oid at position key.
To make room for the new element, the elements previously at or following position key are moved up by one position.
key must be in the following range:
1 <= index <= Count() + 1
Returns a %Status value indicating success or failure.

• method InsertObjectId(id As %String) as %Status

Inserts an element with ID value id at the end of the list.
Returns a %Status value indicating success or failure.

• method InsertObjectIdAt(id As %String, key As %Integer) as %Status

Inserts an element with ID value id at position key.
To make room for the new element, the elements previously at or following position key are moved up by one position.
key must be in the following range:
1 <= index <= Count() + 1
Returns a %Status value indicating success or failure.

• method IsDefined(key As %Integer) as %Boolean

Returns true (1) if a value is defined at location key, otherwise false (0).

• final method Next(key As %Integer = 0) as %Integer

Finds and returns the index value of the element at the location following key in the list. If key is a null string (""), then Next returns the position of the first element in the list (1).

• final method Previous(key As %Integer = 0) as %Integer

Finds and returns the index value of the element at the location preceding key in the list. If key is a null string (""), then Next returns the position of the last element in the list.

• method RemoveAt(key As %Integer, Output success As %Boolean) as %ObjectIdentity

Removes the element at position key in the list. The elements following position key are moved to fill in the resulting gap.
RemoveAt returns the OID value of the removed element or null string ("") if no element was removed. It also has a success output argument that returns true if the item was removed and false if it was not.

• method Serialize(force As %Integer = 0) as %String

Serialize() constructs a serialized form of the collection as a string

• method SetAt(oref As %RegisteredObject, key As %Integer) as %Status

Sets the OREF value of the element at position key to oref.
Returns a %Status value indicating success or failure.

• method SetObjectAt(oid As %ObjectIdentity, key As %Integer) as %Status

Sets the OID value of the element at position key to oid.
Returns a %Status value indicating success or failure.

• method SetObjectIdAt(id As %String, key As %Integer) as %Status

Sets the ID value of the element at position key to id.
Returns a %Status value indicating success or failure.

• final method SizeGet() as %Integer

This is a Get accessor method for the Size property.

• abstract method SizeSet(newvalue As %Integer) as %Status

This is a Set accessor method for the Size property.


[BASEXML] > [%Collection] > [ListOfObj]		Private Storage