%Library.MethodDefinition

persistent class %Library.MethodDefinition extends %Library.AbstractDefinition

SQL Table Name: %Library.MethodDefinition

This class represents a specific method description for a class contained within the Caché Dictionary.

For more information on class definition classes, refer to About Class Definition Classes.

Property Inventory

• Abstract
• Call
• ClassMethod
• ClassName
• Code
• CodeMode
• Description
• Expression
• Final
• FormalSpec
• GenerateAfter
• Generator
• Implementation
• Internal
• Language
• Name
• NotForProperty
• NotInheritable
• PlaceAfter
• Private
• ReadOnly
• ReturnType
• SQLName
• SQLProc
• SequenceNumber

Method Inventory

• CallGet()
• CallSet()
• CodeGet()
• CodeSet()
• ExpressionGet()
• ExpressionSet()
• GeneratorGet()
• GeneratorSet()

Properties

property Abstract as %CacheString;

A flag indicating if this method is abstract (1) or not (0).

Property methods: AbstractGet(), AbstractIsValid(), AbstractSet()

property Call as %CacheString [ Calculated ];

For call methods, a string containing the name of the routine to call.

property ClassMethod as %CacheString;

A flag indicating whether the method is a class method (1) or an instance method (0).

Property methods: ClassMethodGet(), ClassMethodIsValid(), ClassMethodSet()

property ClassName as %CacheString;

A string containing the name of the class the method belongs to.

Property methods: ClassNameGet(), ClassNameIsValid(), ClassNameSet()

property Code as %CacheString [ Calculated ];

The implementation for the method.

property CodeMode as %CacheString [ InitialExpression = "code" ];

A string containing the code mode of the method.

Property methods: CodeModeGet(), CodeModeIsValid(), CodeModeSet()

property Description as %CacheString;

A string containing the description of the method.

Property methods: DescriptionGet(), DescriptionIsValid(), DescriptionSet()

property Expression as %CacheString [ Calculated ];

property Final as %CacheString;

A flag indicating whether the method is final (1) or not (0).

Property methods: FinalGet(), FinalIsValid(), FinalSet()

property FormalSpec as %CacheString;

A string containing the list of arguments for the method.

Property methods: FormalSpecGet(), FormalSpecIsValid(), FormalSpecSet()

property GenerateAfter as %CacheString;

For a method generator, a string containing the name of another method generator which should be called before this one when compiling.

Property methods: GenerateAfterGet(), GenerateAfterIsValid(), GenerateAfterSet()

property Generator as %CacheString [ Calculated ];

The implementation of the method generator for this method.

property Implementation as %CacheString;

The implementation of the method generator for this method.

Property methods: ImplementationGet(), ImplementationIsValid(), ImplementationSet()

property Internal as %CacheString;

A flag indicating whether the method is internal (1) or not (0).

Property methods: InternalGet(), InternalIsValid(), InternalSet()

property Language as %CacheString [ InitialExpression = "cache" ];

This is for internal use.

Property methods: LanguageGet(), LanguageIsValid(), LanguageSet()

property Name as %CacheString;

A string containing the name of the method.

Property methods: NameGet(), NameIsValid(), NameSet()

property NotForProperty as %CacheString;

This is for internal use.

Property methods: NotForPropertyGet(), NotForPropertyIsValid(), NotForPropertySet()

property NotInheritable as %CacheString;

This is for internal use.

Property methods: NotInheritableGet(), NotInheritableIsValid(), NotInheritableSet()

property PlaceAfter as %CacheString;

A string containing the name of another method which should be placed before this method in generated code.

Property methods: PlaceAfterGet(), PlaceAfterIsValid(), PlaceAfterSet()

property Private as %CacheString;

A flag indicating whether the method is private (1) or public (0).

Property methods: PrivateGet(), PrivateIsValid(), PrivateSet()

property ReadOnly as %CacheString [ InitialExpression = 0 ];

Set to true of the implementation is too large to load into the property as you can not save this class, but you may look at the other properties

Property methods: ReadOnlyGet(), ReadOnlyIsValid(), ReadOnlySet()

property ReturnType as %CacheString;

A string containing the return type (a class name) for the method. If there is no return type it contains a null string ("").

Property methods: ReturnTypeGet(), ReturnTypeIsValid(), ReturnTypeSet()

property SQLName as %CacheString;

A string containing the name of this method when projected as an SQLPROCEDURE.

Property methods: SQLNameGet(), SQLNameIsValid(), SQLNameSet()

property SQLProc as %CacheString;

A flag indicating whether the method can be called as an SQL stored procedure (1) or not (0). A stored procedure must marked as a class method.

Property methods: SQLProcGet(), SQLProcIsValid(), SQLProcSet()

property SequenceNumber as %CacheString;

Sequence number used to determine order of this item in Studio editor and in XML export format.

Property methods: SequenceNumberGet(), SequenceNumberIsValid(), SequenceNumberSet()

Methods

method CallGet() as %CacheString

method CallSet(value As %CacheString) as %Status

method CodeGet() as %CacheString

method CodeSet(value As %CacheString) as %Status

method ExpressionGet() as %CacheString

method ExpressionSet(value As %CacheString) as %Status

method GeneratorGet() as %CacheString

method GeneratorSet(value As %CacheString) as %Status

Indexes

index (IDKEY on ) [IdKey, Type = key];

Index methods: IDKEYCheck(), IDKEYDelete(), IDKEYExists(), IDKEYOpen(), IDKEYSQLCheckUnique(), IDKEYSQLExists(), IDKEYSQLFindPKeyByConstraint(), IDKEYSQLFindRowIDByConstraint()