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Version: 8.1

DataManager class

Level: intermediate

DataManager class

DataManager is a singleton class available via the Terrasoft global object. The class provides the dataStore repository. You can upload the contents of one or more database tables to the repository.

dataStore: {
/* The DataManagerItem type data collection of the SysModule schema. */
SysModule: sysModuleCollection,
/* The DataManagerItem type data collection of the SysModuleEntity schema. */
SysModuleEntity: sysModuleEntityCollection
}

Each record of the collection represents the record of the corresponding database table.

Properties

{Object} dataStore

The data collection repository.

{String} itemClassName

The record class name. Has the Terrasoft.DataManagerItem value.

Methods

{Terrasoft.Collection} select(config, callback, scope)

If dataStore does not contain a data collection that has the config.entitySchemaName name, the method builds and executes a database query, then returns the retrieved data. Otherwise, the method returns the data collection from dataStore.

Parameters

{Object} config

The configuration object.

Configuration object properties

{String} entitySchemaName

The schema name.

{Terrasoft.FilterGroup} filters

The conditions.

{Function} callback

The callback function.

{Object} scope

The scope of the callback function.

{Terrasoft.DataManagerItem} createItem(config, callback, scope)

Creates a new record of the config.entitySchemaName type. The record columns have the config.columnValues values.

Parameters

{Object} config

The configuration object.

Configuration object properties

{String} entitySchemaName

The schema name.

{Object} columnValues

The record column values.

{Function} callback

The callback function.

{Object} scope

The scope of the callback function.

{Terrasoft.DataManagerItem} addItem(item)

Adds the item record to the schema data collection.

Parameters

{Terrasoft.DataManagerItem} item

The record to add.

{Terrasoft.DataManagerItem} findItem(entitySchemaName, id)

Returns the record from the data collection of the schema that has the entitySchemaName name and id ID.

Parameters

{String} entitySchemaName

The data collection name.

{String} id

The record ID.

{Terrasoft.DataManagerItem} remove(item)

Selects the isDeleted flag for the item record. Once the changes are recorded, the record will be deleted from the database.

Parameters

{Terrasoft.DataManagerItem} item

The record to delete.

removeItem(item)

Deletes the record from the schema data collection.

Parameters

{Terrasoft.DataManagerItem} item

The record to delete.

{Terrasoft.DataManagerItem} update(config, callback, scope)

Updates the record that has the config.primaryColumnValue primary column value with the values from config.columnValues.

Parameters

{Object} config

The configuration object.

Configuration object properties

{String} entitySchemaName

The schema name.

{String} primaryColumnValue

The primary column value.

{Mixed} columnValues

The column values.

{Function} callback

The callback function.

{Object} scope

The scope of the callback function.

{Terrasoft.DataManagerItem} discardItem(item)

Discards the changes to the item record made as part of the current DataManager session.

Parameters

{Terrasoft.DataManagerItem} item

The record, changes to which to discard.

{Object} save(config, callback, scope)

Saves the data collections of the schemas specified in config.entitySchemaNames to the database.

Parameters

{Object} config

The configuration object.

Configuration object properties

{String[]} entitySchemaName

The name of the schema to save. Leave empty to save the data collections of all schemas.

{Function} callback

The callback function.

{Object} scope

The scope of the callback function.

DataManagerItem class

Properties

{Terrasoft.BaseViewMode} viewModel

The object projection of the database record.

Methods

setColumnValue(columnName, columnValue)

Assigns the new columnValue value to the column that has the columnName name.

Parameters

{String} columnName

The column name.

{String} columnValue

The column value.

{Mixed} getColumnValue(columnName)

Returns the value of the column that has the columnName name.

Parameters

{String} columnName

The column name.

{Object} getValues()

Returns the values of all record columns.

remove()

Selects the isDeleted flag for the record.

discard()

Discards the changes to the record made as part of the current DataManager session.

{Object} save(callback, scope)

Records the changes in the database.

Parameters

callback

The callback function.

scope

The scope of the callback function.

{Boolean} getIsNew()

Returns the flag that marks the record as new.

{Boolean} getIsChanged()

Returns the flag that marks the record as changed.

Use examples
Retrieve the records from the Contact table
/* Define the configuration object. */
var config = {
/* The entity schema name. */
entitySchemaName: "Contact",
/* Exclude duplicates from the resulting dataset. */
isDistinct: true
};
/* Retrieve the data. */
Terrasoft.DataManager.select(config, function (collection) {
/* Save the retrieved records to the local repository. */
collection.each(function (item) {
Terrasoft.DataManager.addItem(item);
});
}, this);
Add a new record to the DataManager object
/* Define the configuration object. */
var config = {
/* The entity schema name. */
entitySchemaName: "Contact",
/* The column values. */
columnValues: {
Id: "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001",
Name: "Name1"
}
};
/* Create a new record. */
Terrasoft.DataManager.createItem(config, function (item) {
Terrasoft.DataManager.addItem(item);
}, this);
Retrieve the record and change the column value
/* Retrieve the record. */
var item = Terrasoft.DataManager.findItem("Contact",
"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001");
/* Assign the new "Name2" value to the Name column. */
item.setColumnValue("Name", "Name2");
Delete the record from DataManager
/* Define the configuration object. */
var config = {
/* The entity schema name. */
entitySchemaName: "Contact",
/* The primary column value. */
primaryColumnValue: "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001"
};
/* Select the isDeleted flag for the item record. */
Terrasoft.DataManager.remove(config, function () {
}, this);
Discard the changes made as part of the current DataManager session
/* Retrieve the record. */
var item = Terrasoft.DataManager.findItem("Contact",
"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001");
/* Discard the changes to the record. */
Terrasoft.DataManager.discardItem(item);
Record the changes in the database
/* Define the configuration object. */
var config = {
/* The entity schema name. */
entitySchemaNames: ["Contact"]
};
/* Save the changes in the database. */
Terrasoft.DataManager.save(config, function () {
}, this);