5.2.3.6 - Accessing catalog source type using id

Forum > Scripting > 5.2.3.6 - Accessing catalog source type using id

Simon Verhoeven

postedon July 23, 2013at 6:32 PM

I would like to access the the source type of a catalog given it's id (weather it is static, data source ect...).

Something like the following.

If (ExistsBusinessObject('Catalog', $catalogID)) Then
CATALOGTYPE $catalog:= CAST(CATALOGTYPE, GETBUSINESSOBJECT('Catalog', $catalogID).deepClone());
Return $catalog.getSourceType();
End

What is the CATALOGTYPE I need, something like com.nm.sdk.catalog?
Can I access source type (weather it is static, data source ect...) using this type?

Thanks in advance,

Simon Verhoeven

Stephan

repliedon July 24, 2013at 11:27 AM

Hi Simon,

You have to use the fully qualified Java class name as CATALOGTYPE: com.nm.sdk.data.catalogues.Catalogue

1BusinessObject $object := GETBUSINESSOBJECT('Catalog', $catalogID);
2If $object == null Then
3   Return null;
4Else
5   com.nm.sdk.data.catalogues.Catalogue $catalog := CAST(com.nm.sdk.data.catalogues.Catalogue, $object);
6   Return $catalog.getSource().getIdentifier();
7End

The method "getIdentifier()" usually returns the fully qualified Java class name of the source implementation. Here are some example values:
Static Source: com.nm.sdk.data.catalogues.sources.stat.StaticSource
Catalog Source: com.nm.sdk.data.catalogues.sources.catalogue.CatalogueCatalogueSource
Expression Source: com.nm.sdk.data.catalogues.sources.expression.ExpressionSource
Database Source: com.nm.sdk.data.catalogues.sources.datasource.DataSourceCatalogueSource

- Stephan

PS: You don't need to call "deepClone()". You have to call this method only if you intend to modify the business object. But as long as you only read from it, there is no need to clone it.

Please sign in to add a reply