Class EntitiesClientBase

Contains functionality to get and manipulate entities.

Inheritance

object

EntitiesClientBase

Implements

IEntitiesClient

Namespace: StylelabsStylelabs.MSdkStylelabs.M.Sdk.ModelsClients

Assembly: Stylelabs.M.Sdk.dll

Syntax

RequestResponse

public abstract class EntitiesClientBase : IEntitiesClient

Remarks

When possible, always include the specific properties and relations that are required when fetching entities. IEntityLoadConfiguration

Constructors

EntitiesClientBase(IMClient)

Initializes a new instance of the EntitiesClientBase class.

Declaration

RequestResponse

protected EntitiesClientBase(IMClient client)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IMClient	client	The client.

Methods

CopyAsync(long, IEntityCopyOptions)

Copies an entity by id to a new or existing entity.

Declaration

RequestResponse

public abstract Task<long> CopyAsync(long entityId, IEntityCopyOptions copyOptions)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
long	entityId	The source entity id.
IEntityCopyOptions	copyOptions	The copy options.

Returns

Type	Description
Task<>long	The id of the copied entity.

DeleteAsync(long)

Deletes the IEntity with the specified id in Content-Hub. If the entity doesn't exist, nothing will happen.

Declaration

RequestResponse

public abstract Task DeleteAsync(long entityId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
long	entityId	The id of the entity to delete.

Returns

Type	Description
Task	A representing the asynchronous operation.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
ForbiddenException	Thrown when the entity exists but could not be deleted.

GetAsync(long, IEntityLoadConfiguration)

Gets the IEntity instance with the specified id.

Declaration

RequestResponse

public abstract Task<IEntity> GetAsync(long id, IEntityLoadConfiguration loadConfiguration = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
long	id	The id of the entity to get.
IEntityLoadConfiguration	loadConfiguration	The loading configuration for the entity.

Returns

Type	Description
Task<>IEntity	The entity or null when it was not found.

GetAsync(string, IEntityLoadConfiguration)

Gets the IEntity instance with the specified identifier.

Declaration

RequestResponse

public abstract Task<IEntity> GetAsync(string identifier, IEntityLoadConfiguration loadConfiguration = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	identifier	The identifier of the entity to get.
IEntityLoadConfiguration	loadConfiguration	The loading configuration for the entity.

Returns

Type	Description
Task<>IEntity	The entity or null when it was not found.

GetByDefinitionAsync(string, IEntityLoadConfiguration, int, int)

Queries for entities of the specified definition.

Declaration

RequestResponse

public Task<IEntityQueryResult> GetByDefinitionAsync(string definition, IEntityLoadConfiguration loadConfiguration = null, int skip = null, int take = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	definition	The name of the definition to get the entities for (case insensitive).
IEntityLoadConfiguration	loadConfiguration	The loading configuration for entity.
int	skip	Skip specified number of entities. If no value is specified, no items will be skipped.
int	take	Take only specified number of entities. If no value is specified, the default Take will be used.

Returns

Type	Description
Task<>IEntityQueryResult	The iterator.

GetEntityIdIterator(string)

Creates an IIdIterator instance for the specified definition that returns entity ids Results are sorted ascending on creation date.

Declaration

RequestResponse

public IIdIterator GetEntityIdIterator(string definition)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	definition	The name of the definition to get the entities for (case insensitive).

Returns

Type	Description
IIdIterator	The iterator.

GetEntityIterator(string, IEntityLoadConfiguration)

Creates an IEntityIterator instance for the specified definition that returns IEntity instances. Results are sorted ascending on creation date.

Declaration

RequestResponse

public IEntityIterator GetEntityIterator(string definition, IEntityLoadConfiguration loadConfiguration = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	definition	The name of the definition to get the entities for (case insensitive).
IEntityLoadConfiguration	loadConfiguration	The loading configuration for entity.

Returns

Type	Description
IEntityIterator	The iterator.

GetIdsByDefinitionAsync(string, int, int)

Queries for entity ids of the specified definition.

Declaration

RequestResponse

public Task<IIdQueryResult> GetIdsByDefinitionAsync(string definition, int skip = null, int take = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	definition	The name of the definition to get the entities for (case insensitive).
int	skip	Skip specified number of entities. If no value is specified, no items will be skipped.
int	take	Take only specified number of entities. If no value is specified, the default Take will be used.

Returns

Type	Description
Task<>IIdQueryResult	The iterator.

GetManyAsync(IEnumerable<long>, IEntityLoadConfiguration)

Gets multiple IEntity instances with the specified ids. The result can have a different ordering and size (when entities don't exist) than the input.

Declaration

RequestResponse

public abstract Task<IList<IEntity>> GetManyAsync(IEnumerable<long> ids, IEntityLoadConfiguration loadConfiguration = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IEnumerable<>long	ids	The ids of the entities to get.
IEntityLoadConfiguration	loadConfiguration	The loading configuration for the entity.

Returns

Type	Description
Task<>IList<>IEntity	A (non-null) list of entities.

GetManyAsync(IEnumerable<string>, IEntityLoadConfiguration)

Gets multiple IEntity instances with the specified s. The result can have a different ordering and size (when entities don't exist) than the input.

Declaration

RequestResponse

public Task<IList<IEntity>> GetManyAsync(IEnumerable<string> identifiers, IEntityLoadConfiguration loadConfiguration = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IEnumerable<>string	identifiers	The identifiers of the entities to get.
IEntityLoadConfiguration	loadConfiguration	The loading configuration for the entity.

Returns

Type	Description
Task<>IList<>IEntity	A (non-null) list of entities.

SaveAsync(IEntity)

Saves the entity in Content-Hub.

Declaration

RequestResponse

public abstract Task<long> SaveAsync(IEntity entity)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
IEntity	entity	The entity to save.

Returns

Type	Description
Task<>long	The id of the entity in Content-Hub.

Remarks

The existing entity will not be updated in any way. If any information is needed that was generated on the server after persisting, they entity will need to be fetched again.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
ValidationException	Thrown when the entity could not be saved because a validation error occurred.

Implements

IEntitiesClient

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