entitySelection.getDataClass( )

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4D v19

Description

The entitySelection.getDataClass( ) method returns the dataclass of the entity selection. This method is mainly useful in the context of generic code.

Example

The following generic code duplicates all entities of the entity selection:

  //duplicate_entities method

  //duplicate_entities($1)

  //duplicate_entities(entity_selection)

 

 C_OBJECT($dataClass;$1;$entitySelection;$entity;$duplicate;$status)

 $entitySelection:=$1

 $dataClass:=$entitySelection.getDataClass()

 For each($entity;$entitySelection)

    $duplicate:=$dataClass.new()

    $duplicate.fromObject($entity.toObject())

    $duplicate[$dataClass.getInfo().primaryKey]:=Null //reset the primary key

    $status:=$duplicate.save()

 End for each