ClassDefinition (PegaRULES Java Engine v7.4.0

```
public interface ClassDefinition
```
Represents a PegaRULES class.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`static java.lang.String`	`COPYRIGHT`
`static int`	`DB_COL__PROP_EXIST_WITH_OTHER_NAME`
`static int`	`DB_COL_PROP_EXIST`
`static int`	`NO_DB_COL_PROP_EXIST`
`static java.lang.String`	`VERSION`

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`boolean`	`canWriteInstances()` Can one write instances of this class?
`java.util.Set`	`getAllAncestorClasses()` Gets the ancestors of this class (using pattern and direct inheritance if applicable).
`java.util.List<java.lang.String>`	`getAllAncestorClassesListWithoutDuplicates()` Gets the ancestors of this class (using pattern and direct inheritance if applicable).
`java.util.Iterator`	`getAncestorIter()` Gets the ancestors of this class (using pattern inheritance if applicable).
`ClassDefinition`	`getBaseClass()` Returns this class's base class.
`java.util.Iterator`	`getChildrenIter()` Gets only the direct descendants (children) of this class.
`ClassDefinition`	`getClassGroup()` Returns the class group to which this class belongs.
`java.lang.String`	`getDatabase()` Returns the database (as defined in `Data-Admin-DB-Name`) in which instances of this class are stored.
`java.lang.String`	`getDatabase(boolean isReportDb)` Returns the database (as defined in `Data-Admin-DB-Name`) in which instances of this class are stored.
`java.lang.String`	`getDBProductName()` Deprecated. use `getDBProductName(com.pega.pegarules.pub.runtime.PublicAPI)` instead
`java.lang.String`	`getDBProductName(PublicAPI aPega)` Returns the name of the database program that manages the table in which this class is stored.
`java.util.Iterator`	`getDescendantIter()` Gets the descendants of this class.
`ClassDefinition`	`getDirectedParent()` Gets the parent of this class.
`java.util.Map`	`getJavaGenerators()` Returns the name of the Java generator classes for this PegaRULES class.
`java.lang.String`	`getJavaWrapperClassName()` Get the Java class used to back up any Java Properties defined on this class.
`java.util.List`	`getKeyPropertyList()` Gets the key properties.
`java.lang.String`	`getName()` Gets the name of this class.
`ClassDefinition`	`getPatternParent()` Gets the pattern parent of this class.
`java.util.Map`	`getPropertyToColumnMap()` Returns an immutable version of the explicit property to column map
`java.lang.String`	`getRuleSetName()` Get this class's ruleset.
`DatabaseTable`	`getTable()` Returns table that a class is mapped to.
`java.lang.String`	`getTableName()` Deprecated. use `getTableName(com.pega.pegarules.pub.runtime.PublicAPI)` instead
`java.lang.String`	`getTableName(PublicAPI aPega)` Returns the table in which this class is stored.
`boolean`	`hasAutoGeneratedKey()` Indicates whether this class has an auto generated key defined.
`boolean`	`hasJavaGenerators()` Indicates whether this class has any Java generator classes defined, for any aspect.
`boolean`	`hasSameCaseProperty(java.lang.String aPropertyName, PublicAPI aContext)` Determine if there is property with samecase
`boolean`	`isAncestorOf(java.lang.String aPossibleDescendantName)` Is this class defined to be the ancestor of another?
`boolean`	`isConcrete()` Is this class Concrete?
`boolean`	`isExcludedFromFTIndex()` Returns a boolean indicating, if true, that this class is excluded from full text indexing
`boolean`	`isMappedToBaseTable()` Is this class mapped to the base table?
`boolean`	`isMappedToExternalTable()` Is this class mapped to an external table?
`boolean`	`isPropertyExposed(java.lang.String aPropertyName, PublicAPI aContext)` Is a property exposed as a column in the table in which instances of this class live?
`int`	`isPropertyMappedtoAnotherName(java.lang.String aPropertyName, PublicAPI aContext, java.lang.StringBuffer aMappedName)` Determine if the passed in property is mapped to another case sensitive version of the property also mapped to the same db table
`boolean`	`isRule()` Is this a rule class?
`boolean`	`shouldSkipHistorySnapshots()` Check if the class is configured to skip history snapshots.
`boolean`	`usesInheritance()` Does this class use inheritance?
`boolean`	`usesPatternInheritance()` Does this class use pattern inheritance?
`boolean`	`usesRuleResolution()` Does this class use rule resolution?

- Field Detail
  - VERSION
```
static final java.lang.String VERSION
```
  - COPYRIGHT
```
static final java.lang.String COPYRIGHT
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - DB_COL_PROP_EXIST
```
static final int DB_COL_PROP_EXIST
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - NO_DB_COL_PROP_EXIST
```
static final int NO_DB_COL_PROP_EXIST
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - DB_COL__PROP_EXIST_WITH_OTHER_NAME
```
static final int DB_COL__PROP_EXIST_WITH_OTHER_NAME
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - getName
```
java.lang.String getName()
```
    Gets the name of this class.
    
    Returns:
    
    the name
  - getDirectedParent
```
ClassDefinition getDirectedParent()
```
    Gets the parent of this class.
    
    Returns:
    
    the parent, or null if this is the ultimate base class
  - getPatternParent
```
ClassDefinition getPatternParent()
```
    Gets the pattern parent of this class.
    
    Returns:
    
    the pattern parent, or null if none
  - isRule
```
boolean isRule()
```
    Is this a rule class?
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this is a rule class; that is, if it inherits from the base rule class--not necessarily that it uses rule resolution
  - isConcrete
```
boolean isConcrete()
```
    Is this class Concrete?
    
    Returns:
    
    true if concrete, false if abstract
  - usesRuleResolution
```
boolean usesRuleResolution()
```
    Does this class use rule resolution?
    
    Returns:
    
    true if it does
  - getJavaWrapperClassName
```
java.lang.String getJavaWrapperClassName()
```
    Get the Java class used to back up any Java Properties defined on this class.
    
    Returns:
    
    the package-qualified Java class name
  - usesInheritance
```
boolean usesInheritance()
```
    Does this class use inheritance?
    
    Returns:
    
    true if it does
  - usesPatternInheritance
```
boolean usesPatternInheritance()
```
    Does this class use pattern inheritance?
    
    Returns:
    
    true if it does
  - getRuleSetName
```
java.lang.String getRuleSetName()
```
    Get this class's ruleset.
    
    Returns:
    
    the name of the ruleset
  - getDBProductName
```
java.lang.String getDBProductName(PublicAPI aPega)
                           throws DatabaseException
```
    Returns the name of the database program that manages the table in which this class is stored.
    
    Parameters:
    
    aPega - the current executable context
    
    Returns:
    
    the name of the program
    
    Throws:
    
    ConfigurationException - if classes and/or databases are not configured properly
    
    DatabaseException - if there is a problem with the database
  - getDBProductName
```
java.lang.String getDBProductName()
                           throws DatabaseException
```
    Deprecated. use getDBProductName(com.pega.pegarules.pub.runtime.PublicAPI) instead
    
    Returns the name of the database program that manages the table in which this class is stored.
    
    Returns:
    
    the name of the program
    
    Throws:
    
    ConfigurationException - if classes and/or databases are not configured properly
    
    DatabaseException - if there is a problem with the database
  - getTableName
```
java.lang.String getTableName()
                       throws DatabaseException
```
    Deprecated. use getTableName(com.pega.pegarules.pub.runtime.PublicAPI) instead
    
    Returns the table in which this class is stored. (Does not check to see if it is actually valid to store instances of this class.)
    
    Returns:
    
    the name of the table
    
    Throws:
    
    ConfigurationException - if the class and/or table is not configured correctly
    
    DatabaseException - if there is a database problem
  - getTableName
```
java.lang.String getTableName(PublicAPI aPega)
                       throws DatabaseException
```
    Returns the table in which this class is stored. (Does not check to see if it is actually valid to store instances of this class.)
    
    Parameters:
    
    aPega - the current executable context
    
    Returns:
    
    the name of the table
    
    Throws:
    
    ConfigurationException - if the class and/or table is not configured correctly
    
    DatabaseException - if there is a database problem
  - getKeyPropertyList
```
java.util.List getKeyPropertyList()
```
    Gets the key properties.
    
    Returns:
    
    the key properties, as an unmodifiable collection of String
  - canWriteInstances
```
boolean canWriteInstances()
```
    Can one write instances of this class?
    Returns:
    true if you can write instances of this class; in other words, if
    the class does is not an ancestor of Code-
    
    the class is not an ancestor of Embed-
    
    the class has at least one key property defined
    
    the class is not abstract
  - isPropertyExposed
```
boolean isPropertyExposed(java.lang.String aPropertyName,
                          PublicAPI aContext)
                   throws DatabaseException
```
    Is a property exposed as a column in the table in which instances of this class live?
    
    Parameters:
    
    aPropertyName - the property
    
    aContext - the context from which this is called
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the property is exposed, false otherwise (or if the property does not exist)
    
    Throws:
    
    DatabaseException - if there is a database problem
  - hasSameCaseProperty
```
boolean hasSameCaseProperty(java.lang.String aPropertyName,
                            PublicAPI aContext)
                     throws DatabaseException
```
    Determine if there is property with samecase
    
    Parameters:
    
    aPropertyName - the property
    
    aContext - the context from which this is called
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the is a property with same case, false otherwise (or if the property does not exist)
    
    Throws:
    
    DatabaseException - if there is a database problem
  - isPropertyMappedtoAnotherName
```
int isPropertyMappedtoAnotherName(java.lang.String aPropertyName,
                                  PublicAPI aContext,
                                  java.lang.StringBuffer aMappedName)
                           throws DatabaseException
```
    Determine if the passed in property is mapped to another case sensitive version of the property also mapped to the same db table
    
    Parameters:
    
    aPropertyName - the name of the desired property to be checked
    
    aContext - is a context to be passed in
    
    aMappedName - if the column is mapped then the string buffer returns the other mapped column name
    
    Returns:
    
    int where the values correspond to the static variables valid return values are ClassDefinition.DB_COL_PROP_EXIST, ClassDefinition.NO_DB_COL_PROP_EXIST, ClassDefinition.DB_COL__PROP_EXIST_WITH_OTHER_NAME;
    
    Throws:
    
    DatabaseException - if there is a database problem
  - getAncestorIter
```
java.util.Iterator getAncestorIter()
```
    Gets the ancestors of this class (using pattern inheritance if applicable).
    
    Returns:
    
    an iterator of ancestors, not including this class, in the order they would be searched for rule resolution. It is a non-modifiable iterator of ClassDefinitions.
  - getDescendantIter
```
java.util.Iterator getDescendantIter()
```
    Gets the descendants of this class.
    
    Returns:
    
    an unmodifiable iterator of descendants, not including this class. The iterator returns ClassDefinitions.
  - getChildrenIter
```
java.util.Iterator getChildrenIter()
```
    Gets only the direct descendants (children) of this class. It returns both pattern and directed children without duplicates.
    
    Returns:
    
    an unmodifiable iterator of descendants, not including this class. The iterator returns ClassDefinitions.
  - isAncestorOf
```
boolean isAncestorOf(java.lang.String aPossibleDescendantName)
```
    Is this class defined to be the ancestor of another?
    
    Parameters:
    
    aPossibleDescendantName - name of the other class
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this class is an ancestor of aPossibleDescendantName, or if the classes are the same. Returns false otherwise. Also returns false If either class does not exist.
  - getClassGroup
```
ClassDefinition getClassGroup()
```
    Returns the class group to which this class belongs.
    
    Returns:
    
    if this class is the head of a class group or belongs to a class group, returns the definition of the class at the head of the group; if this class does not belong to a class group, returns null.
  - getDatabase
```
java.lang.String getDatabase()
                      throws DatabaseException
```
    Returns the database (as defined in Data-Admin-DB-Name) in which instances of this class are stored.
    
    Returns:
    
    the name of the database
    
    Throws:
    
    DatabaseException - if there is a problem
  - getDatabase
```
java.lang.String getDatabase(boolean isReportDb)
                      throws DatabaseException
```
    Returns the database (as defined in Data-Admin-DB-Name) in which instances of this class are stored.
    
    Parameters:
    
    isReportDb - specify if we need to get the reports db
    
    Returns:
    
    the name of the database
    
    Throws:
    
    DatabaseException - if there is a problem
  - isMappedToExternalTable
```
boolean isMappedToExternalTable()
                         throws DatabaseException
```
    Is this class mapped to an external table?
    
    Returns:
    
    true if it is. This does not necessarily imply that this class is an Obj-external class--that is, that this class may be accessed with Obj- methods.
    
    Throws:
    
    NonexistentTableException - if the table to which the class is mapped does not exist
    
    ConfigurationException - if the table to which this class is mapped does not exist, or if there is some other configuration problem
    
    DatabaseException - if there is a database problem
  - isMappedToBaseTable
```
boolean isMappedToBaseTable()
                     throws DatabaseException
```
    Is this class mapped to the base table?
    
    Returns:
    
    true if is.
    
    Throws:
    
    DatabaseException - if there is a database problem
  - getTable
```
DatabaseTable getTable()
                throws DatabaseException
```
    Returns table that a class is mapped to.
    
    Returns:
    
    the table
    
    Throws:
    
    DatabaseException - if there is a problem
  - getBaseClass
```
ClassDefinition getBaseClass()
```
    Returns this class's base class. The base class is the directed ancestor of this class whose immediate directed parent is @baseclass. (This is usually something like Embed-, Work-, Data- or Rule-.)
    
    Returns:
    
    the base class; or null if this class is @baseclass, or if this parent's directed parent is @baseclass
  - isExcludedFromFTIndex
```
boolean isExcludedFromFTIndex()
```
    Returns a boolean indicating, if true, that this class is excluded from full text indexing
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this class is excluded from full text indexing
  - getPropertyToColumnMap
```
java.util.Map getPropertyToColumnMap()
```
    Returns an immutable version of the explicit property to column map
    
    Returns:
    
    a map from property name to column name
  - getJavaGenerators
```
java.util.Map getJavaGenerators()
```
    Returns the name of the Java generator classes for this PegaRULES class.
    
    Returns:
    
    The names of the Java assembled classes (as strings), keyed by the aspect name (as a string). If there is only one default Java assembly class, then the single entry in this map will have a null key. If this class has no assemblers, then an empty map is returned.
  - hasAutoGeneratedKey
```
boolean hasAutoGeneratedKey()
```
    Indicates whether this class has an auto generated key defined.
    
    Returns:
    
    boolean If it does.
  - hasJavaGenerators
```
boolean hasJavaGenerators()
```
    Indicates whether this class has any Java generator classes defined, for any aspect. Will also iterate through all the direct parents of this class to find any inherited generators.
    
    Returns:
    
    boolean If this class, or a direct parent, has any java generators of any aspect defined.
  - getAllAncestorClasses
```
java.util.Set getAllAncestorClasses()
```
    Gets the ancestors of this class (using pattern and direct inheritance if applicable).
    
    Returns:
    
    an Set of ancestors, not including this class.
  - getAllAncestorClassesListWithoutDuplicates
```
java.util.List<java.lang.String> getAllAncestorClassesListWithoutDuplicates()
```
    Gets the ancestors of this class (using pattern and direct inheritance if applicable).
    
    Returns:
    
    an List of ancestors, not including this class.
  - shouldSkipHistorySnapshots
```
boolean shouldSkipHistorySnapshots()
```
    Check if the class is configured to skip history snapshots. History snapshots are saved for Rule-, Data- and some Link- classes.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this class is configured to skip history snapshots

Interface ClassDefinition

Field Summary

Method Summary

Field Detail

VERSION

COPYRIGHT

DB_COL_PROP_EXIST

NO_DB_COL_PROP_EXIST

DB_COL__PROP_EXIST_WITH_OTHER_NAME

Method Detail

getName

getDirectedParent

getPatternParent

isRule

isConcrete

usesRuleResolution

getJavaWrapperClassName

usesInheritance

usesPatternInheritance

getRuleSetName

getDBProductName

getDBProductName

getTableName

getTableName

getKeyPropertyList

canWriteInstances

isPropertyExposed

hasSameCaseProperty

isPropertyMappedtoAnotherName

getAncestorIter

getDescendantIter

getChildrenIter

isAncestorOf

getClassGroup

getDatabase

getDatabase

isMappedToExternalTable

isMappedToBaseTable

getTable

getBaseClass

isExcludedFromFTIndex

getPropertyToColumnMap

getJavaGenerators

hasAutoGeneratedKey

hasJavaGenerators

getAllAncestorClasses

getAllAncestorClassesListWithoutDuplicates

shouldSkipHistorySnapshots