TypeDefinition - Type definition
Type definitions refer to metadata objects providing information about complex data types and enumerations. Mainly, type definitions provide meta-information for a property or extent.
Type definitions for user-defined data types usually refer to elements, i.e. to properties in case of structure definition or to enumerators in case of enumerations. Property definitions can be retrieved by propertyDefinition() . Enumerators for an enumeration can be made available by calling enumeratorDefinition() .
Type definitions refer to resources defined in the dictionary of the database. when closing the database, type definitions may become inaccessible and should be destroyed before.
- 1. Administration - Administration functions
- 2. Properties - Type metadata
- 3. Complex data type - Type metadata - complex data types
- 3.1. Elements - Complex data type elements
- 3.2. View - Type metadata - views
- 4. Enumeration - Type metadata - enumerations
- TypeDefinition - Constructor
- alignment - Alignment definition
- attributeCount - Number of attributes
- attributeName - Get attribute according to position
- attributeNameCount - Get number of attribute names
- baseTypeCount - Number of base types
- basedOn - Does structure inherit from passed type
- checkDeleteEmpty - Check 'delete empty' option
- collectionName - Get reference from structure definition
- collectionNameCount - Get number of reference paths
- enumeratorCount - Number of enumerators
- enumeratorDefinition - Get enumerator definition
- enumeratorEntry - Get enumerator definition entry
- from - FROM expression
- generatesGUID - GUID Option
- groupBy - Group specifications
- having - Having specification
- inherits - Does type inherit from passed type
- instanceVersioning - Instance versioning
- internalTypeID - Internal type number
- isA - Is structure of passed type
- isComplexType - Is data type a complex data type
- isElementaryType - Is type a basic data type?
- isEnumeration - Is data type an enumeration
- isOdabaObject - Complex data type is based on __OBJECT
- isValid - Is type definition valid?
- isView - Does type definition define a view
- keyCount - Number of defined keys
- keyDefinition - Get type definition for key
- keyExist - Check key name
- length - Instance length
- lookupCode - Lookup enumeration code by string
- lookupString - Lookup enumeration string by code
- lookupType - Get enumeration class name
- metaType - Meta-type property
- name - Data type name
- namespaceID - Internal name space identifier
- operator== - Are type definitions equal?
- propertyCount - Data type property count
- propertyDefinition - Get property definition
- propertyExist - Check property path
- referenceCount - Number of references
- relationshipCount - Relationship count
- resourceId - Resource identification number
- schemaVersion - Structure schema version
- sharedBaseName - Get property names for shared base types
- sharedBaseNameCount - Number of shared base type properties
- where - Where specification
- ~TypeDefinition - Destructor