Extends

• ArchBaseCoreObject

Members

static, readonly displayTypeName :string

Returns the display type name string 'ArchDataType'.

readonly isAnAnyType :boolean

Returns whether this data type is considered to be an Architect Any type. You will see Any types listed in Architect's Expression Help like the implementation of the == operator that takes a valueToCompare and valueToCompareTo parameters whose types are Any types. Yes, that means that it's possible for some data types to not be an "any" type. Who would have thunk? ;-)

readonly isArchBaseCoreObject :boolean

Returns true indicating that this is an ArchBaseCoreObject instance.

Overrides:

• ArchBaseCoreObject#isArchBaseCoreObject

readonly isArchDataType :boolean

Returns true indicating that this is an ArchDataType instance.

readonly isCollection :boolean

Returns whether this data type is a collection type.

readonly isComplex :boolean

Returns whether this data type is a complex type. A complex type contains properties such as the Email type. One thing to note is that the currency type, while it has both an amount and code properties, accessing this property getter will return false for that type.

readonly label :string

Returns a localized displayable name string for the data type.

readonly logStr :string

A string suitable for logging that contains information about this data type.

Overrides:

• ArchBaseCoreObject#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.

Overrides:

• ArchBaseCoreObject#logStrTypeOnly

readonly valueCanBeLiteral :boolean

This reports whether values created for this data type can support literal mode. If this returns false, no values ArchBaseValue created for this data type will support literal mode. If it returns true, you can then check the value's settings via ArchValueSettings#canBeLiteral on whether literal mode is supported for that value.

Methods

isAvailableAsInputForFlowType(flowType) → {boolean}

Returns whether this data type is available as a flow input for the specified flow type.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
flowType	string	the flow type to check. The string values in ArchEnums#FLOW_TYPES list valid values.

Throws:

Attempting call this function when the Architect Scripting session is not connected will throw.

Returns:

boolean

isAvailableAsOutputForFlowType(flowType) → {boolean}

Returns whether this data type is available as a flow output for the specified flow type.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
flowType	string	the flow type to check. The string values in ArchEnums#FLOW_TYPES list valid values.

Throws:

Attempting call this function when the Architect Scripting session is not connected will throw.

Returns:

boolean

isAvailableForFlow(archBaseFlow) → {boolean}

Returns whether this data type is available for the specific flow. Different than isAvailableForFlowType because it takes into account common modules and its allowable flow types

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
archBaseFlow	ArchBaseFlow	the flow instance to check.

Throws:

Attempting call this function when the Architect Scripting session is not connected will throw.

Returns:

boolean

isAvailableForFlowType(flowType) → {boolean}

Returns whether this data type is available for the specified flow type.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
flowType	string	the flow type to check. The string values in ArchEnums#FLOW_TYPES list valid values.

Throws:

Attempting call this function when the Architect Scripting session is not connected will throw.

Returns:

boolean

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

Overrides:

• ArchBaseCoreObject#isFilterMatch

isScriptCreatableForFlow(archBaseFlow) → {boolean}

Returns whether this data type is user / scripting creatable in a specific flow instance. We recommend that if you have an actual flow instance rather than just a flow type string where you're querying this availability that you call this method instead as the boolean result from this method will be more accurate for flow types where instances might have more dynamic behavior such as the common module flow type.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
archBaseFlow	ArchBaseFlow	the flow instance to check.

Throws:

Attempting call this function when the Architect Scripting session is not connected will throw.

Returns:

boolean

isScriptCreatableForFlowType(flowType) → {boolean}

Returns whether this data type is user / scripting creatable. For example, data types that are creatable can be used for an update statement in an update data action. Note that this method is working with a flow type string so it's working at more of a definition level. If you have an actual flow instance that you would like to check, please use ArchDataType#isScriptCreatableForFlow instead and have correct behavior for the common module flow type.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
flowType	string	the flow type to check. The string values in ArchEnums#FLOW_TYPES list valid values.

Throws:

Attempting call this function when the Architect Scripting session is not connected will throw.

Returns:

boolean

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.

Overrides:

• ArchBaseCoreObject#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.

Overrides:

• ArchBaseCoreObject#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.

Overrides:

• ArchBaseCoreObject#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.

Overrides:

• ArchBaseCoreObject#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.

Overrides:

• ArchBaseCoreObject#logWarning

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

Overrides:

• ArchBaseCoreObject#traverse