Extends

• ArchBaseCoreObjectWithId

Members

static, readonly displayTypeName :string

Returns the display type name string 'ArchBaseMultiActionContainer'.

static, readonly isArchBaseMultiActionContainer :boolean

Returns true indicating that this is an ArchBaseMultiActionContainer instance.

readonly actionCount :number

Returns the number of actions in this multi action container.

readonly actionFirst :ArchBaseAction

Returns the first / starting action in this container's action list. For a task or state, this would be the starting action. If there is no first action, nothing is returned.

readonly actionLast :ArchBaseAction

Returns the last action in this container's action list. If there is no last action, nothing is returned. Remember, this does not mean this would be the last action to execute at runtime because the last action may have outputs with actions contained underneath them.

readonly actions :Array.<ArchBaseAction>

Returns an ordered array that contains the top level actions contained in this container. By top level this means that actions which are contained in outputs of actions will not be included in this array. If there are no actions, an empty array is returned. The action at index 0 will be the first action in this container. For example, if this were actions contained in a task or state, the action at index 0 is the starting / first action.

readonly id :string

The identifier string for this object.

Inherited From:

• ArchBaseCoreObjectWithId#id

readonly idMayBeBlank :string

Returns whether or not the id property may be blank or undefined for this object. For example, the returned settings from ArchMenu#settingsMenu will have a blank identifier along with the settings returned from ArchMenu#settingsSpeechRec. Note that this is an extremely rare case.

Inherited From:

• ArchBaseCoreObjectWithId#idMayBeBlank

See:

• ArchBaseCoreObjectWithId#id

readonly isArchBaseCoreObject :boolean

Returns true indicating that this is an ArchBaseCoreObject instance.

Inherited From:

• ArchBaseCoreObject#isArchBaseCoreObject

readonly isMenuChoiceContainer :boolean

Returns whether or not this action container is in a menu choice. If so, you cannot add actions to it. Actions are added to menu choices when menu choices are created by different methods on the ArchFactoryMenus.

See:

• ArchFactoryMenus

readonly isTerminated :boolean

Returns whether or not all paths of execution are terminated ( i.e. have terminating actions ).

readonly isVariableContainer :boolean

Returns whether or not this object acts as a variable container which means you can add variables to it.

readonly logStr :string

This is a string suitable for logging information about this object which is generated by the Architect Scripting object itself. Usually this contains stuff like the tracking ID, name, type information, etc. etc. This information will be used as the header for actual logging calls.

Inherited From:

• ArchBaseObject#logStr

readonly logStrTypeOnly :string

This is a string suitable for logging information about this object where it's just the object's type. This is normally used when logging errors that occur in constructor parameter checking because the scripting object isn't set up and the normal logging str contents wouldn't be set up.

Inherited From:

• ArchBaseObject#logStrTypeOnly

Methods

canAddAction(archDefinitionAction) → {boolean}

Returns whether or not the specified action can be added to this container.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
archDefinitionAction	ArchDefinitionAction	the action definition to check.

Returns:

boolean

deleteAction(archActionToDelete)

Deletes the specified action from this container.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
archActionToDelete	ArchBaseAction	the action to delete.

isFilterMatch(archFilterObject) → {boolean}

Returns whether or not this Architect Scripting object is a match for the supplied ArchFilterObject instance.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
archFilterObject	ArchFilterObject	the object filter to use to determine if it's a match.

Returns:

boolean

Inherited From:

• ArchBaseObject#isFilterMatch

logError(errorStr)

Logs an error to the logging service with a log header from this object's logStr property value when ArchLogging#logErrors is true.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
errorStr	string	the error string to log.

Inherited From:

• ArchBaseObject#logError

logErrorAndThrow(errorStr)

Logs an error to the logging service with a log header from this object's logStr property value when ArchLogging#logErrors is true and then throws the string in the errorStr parameter.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
errorStr	string	the error string to log. This should be a non-blank string.

Throws:

• Throws the submitted error string.

Inherited From:

• ArchBaseObject#logErrorAndThrow

logNote(noteStr)

Logs a note to the logging service with a log header from this object's logStr property value when ArchLogging#logNotes is true.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
noteStr	string	the note string to log. This should be a non-blank string.

Inherited From:

• ArchBaseObject#logNote

logNoteVerbose(noteStr)

Logs a note to the logging service with a log header from this object's logStr property value when ArchLogging#logNotesVerbose is true.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
noteStr	string	the note string to log. This should be a non-blank string.

Inherited From:

• ArchBaseObject#logNoteVerbose

logWarning(warningStr)

Logs a warning to the logging service with a log header from this object's logStr property value when ArchLogging#logWarnings is true.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
warningStr	string	the warning string to log. This should be a non-blank string.

Inherited From:

• ArchBaseObject#logWarning

moveAction(archActionToMove, archActionNewPreviousActionopt)

Moves an action in the action container to a different position.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Attributes	Default	Description
archActionToMove	ArchBaseAction			the action to move in this container.
archActionNewPreviousAction	ArchBaseAction	<optional>	If not specified, moves the action to the top of this action container.	the destination action in this container above which the action specified in the archActionToMove parameter should be moved.

traverse(callbackFunction, traverseFilteropt) → {number}

This method iterates over this object and ArchBaseCoreObject instances within it. For each object it will call the ArchBaseObject#isFilterMatch method with a filter and call the supplied callback function if isMatch returns true. The callback will be passed an ArchTraverseInfo with details about the match such as the match object itself along with current contextual information such as the object hierarchy for the match object relative to the object on which this traverse call is being made.

The traverse filter is one which you can create by calling ArchFactoryFilters#createFilterObject and then add desired clauses or clause containers to it. If not specified, this function will use a default filter.

Here is an example that does a simple flow traversal using the default filter and logs information about objects in the callback from the traverse object that's passed back:

archInboundCallFlow.traverse(function(traverseInfo) {
   archLogging.logNote('  Object     : ' + traverseInfo.matchObject.logStr);
   archLogging.logNote('    Hierarchy: ' + traverseInfo.context.hierarchyStr);
});

This might be enough for most uses and you can check various aspects about the object in the callback such as "is this an Architect action?" by seeing if traverseInfo.matchObject.isArchBaseAction is true. You can specify a filter for the traversal code to use as well and only have it call your callback when the object's ArchBaseCoreObject#isFilterMatch method returns true for the filter. Here's an example that creates a filter for callbacks on any type of transfer action, any decision action or objects whose name property case insensitively matches the word 'foo'. While this could all be done with one property callback clause the example will use multiple clauses for the sake of simplicity:

const myTraverseFilter = filterFactory.createFilterObject(archEnums.FILTER_CONTAINER_OPERATORS.or);
myTraverseFilter.addClausePropertyValueEquals('isArchBaseActionTransfer', true);
myTraverseFilter.addClausePropertyValueEquals('isArchActionDecision',     true);
myTraverseFilter.addClausePropertyCallback('name', function(propValue, archContainingObject, propName) {
      // We fully spelled out the function signature above but archContainingObject and propName are
      // not needed in this case.  The archContainingObject is the object that contains the
      // property and propName is the property name itself.  We pass in propName because the same
      // function could be used for multiple property callback clauses.
      // Remember to return a boolean true, false or undefined from ths callback.  :)
      return propValue && propValue.toLowerCase() === 'foo';
});
archTask.traverse(function(traverseContext) {
   // You will only be called back here for ArchBaseCoreObject instances that
   // have the isArchBaseActionTransfer or isArchActionDecision property values equal to true.
}, myTraverseFilter);

If you supply a filter with no clauses, this tells the traverse method to call the supplied callback function for every ArchBaseCoreObject it traverses.

If you want traversal itself to stop after a callback, simply return boolean false from the callback function you supply to the traverse call.

The traverse method does not process deprecated property names such as orgId, orgName or languageSettings. Additionally it does not traverse in to properties that would "jump out" of the current traversal. An example of this would be if the code was traversing an ArchActionJumpToMenu action that it would not start traversing in to the menu that it jumps to. Another example would be a ArchActionChangeState action where it would not traverse in to the target state of the action. This also means traversal does not traverse in to the ArchBaseValue#flowLevelDefault property.

And lastly, as Scripting evolves over time with new versions, you can expect to get callbacks for new object types such as new actions or new properties on objects. As such, it's important not to assume any particular order in callbacks to keep code most compatible with traversal callbacks. Or if you use inequality checks in filter clauses remember that new "stuff" may satisfy an inequality check which may or may not be anticipated in your logic.

Note: This traverse method is a helper method and is very handy for iterating over Architect Scripting objects and their properties in a generic fashion with filtering capabilities. Obviously you can write your own custom traversal code if this implementation doesn't cut it for some reason. :)

This function returns the number of times it called the callback function.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Attributes	Default	Description
callbackFunction	callbackTraverseInfo			the callback function to call for objects that match the traverse filter.
traverseFilter	ArchFilterObject	<optional>	ArchFactoryFilters#createFilterTraverseDefault	the filter to use when performing the traversal to determine which ArchBaseCoreObject instances you wish to be called back for. If no filter is specified, this function will call ArchFactoryFilters#createFilterTraverseDefault and use that traversal default filter. The wantArchBaseValues parameter on that call is set to true.

Returns:

number

Inherited From:

• ArchBaseCoreObject#traverse