BLPAPI C++  3.24.8
SchemaElementDefinition Class Reference

#include <blpapi_schema.h>

Public Types

enum  { UNBOUNDED = -1 }
 

Public Member Functions

 SchemaElementDefinition (blpapi_SchemaElementDefinition_t *handle)
 
 ~SchemaElementDefinition ()
 
void setUserData (void *userData)
 
Name name () const
 
const char * description () const
 
int status () const
 
const SchemaTypeDefinition typeDefinition () const
 
size_t minValues () const
 
size_t maxValues () const
 
size_t numAlternateNames () const
 
Name getAlternateName (size_t index) const
 
void * userData () const
 
std::ostream & print (std::ostream &stream, int level=0, int spacesPerLevel=4) const
 
blpapi_SchemaElementDefinition_timpl () const
 

Detailed Description

This class implements the definition of an individual field within a schema type. An element is defined by an identifier/name, a type, and the number of values of that type that may be associated with the identifier/name. In addition, this class offers access to metadata providing a description and deprecation status for the field. Finally, SchemaElementDefinition provides an interface for associating arbitrary user-defined data (specified as a void*) with an element definition.

SchemaElementDefinition objects are returned by Service and Operation objects to define the content of requests, replies and events. The SchemaTypeDefinition returned by SchemaElementDefinition::typeDefinition() may itself provide access to SchemaElementDefinition objects when the schema contains nested elements. (See the SchemaTypeDefinition documentation for more information on complex types.)

An optional element has minValues() == 0.

A mandatory element has minValues() >= 1.

An element that must contain a single value has minValues() == maxValues() == 1.

An element containing an array has maxValues() > 1.

An element with no upper limit on the number of values has maxValues() == UNBOUNDED.

SchemaElementDefinition objects are read-only, with the exception of a single void* attribute for storing user data. SchemaElementDefinition objects have reference semantics with respect to this user data field: calling c.setUserData(void*) modifies the user data associated with c, as well as that associated with all copies of c. As a result, functions which set or read this attribute are NOT per-object thread-safe. Clients must synchronize such operations across all copies of an object.

Application clients need never create fresh SchemaElementDefinition objects directly; applications will typically work with copies of objects returned by other blpapi components.

See Component blpapi_schema

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ anonymous enum

anonymous enum
Enumerator
UNBOUNDED 

Indicates an array has an unbounded number of values.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ SchemaElementDefinition()

◆ ~SchemaElementDefinition()

Destroy this object.

Member Function Documentation

◆ description()

const char * description ( ) const

Return a null-terminated string containing a human-readable description of this element. This pointer is valid until this SchemaElementDefinition is destroyed.

◆ getAlternateName()

Name getAlternateName ( size_t  index) const

Return the specified indexth alternate name for this element. If index >=numAlternateNames() an exception is thrown.

◆ impl()

◆ maxValues()

size_t maxValues ( ) const

Return the maximum number of occurrences of this element. This value is always greater than or equal to one.

◆ minValues()

size_t minValues ( ) const

Return the minimum number of occurrences of this element. This value is always greater than or equal to zero.

◆ name()

Name name ( ) const

Return the name identifying this element within its containing structure/type.

◆ numAlternateNames()

size_t numAlternateNames ( ) const

Return the number of alternate names for this element.

◆ print()

std::ostream & print ( std::ostream &  stream,
int  level = 0,
int  spacesPerLevel = 4 
) const

Format this SchemaElementDefinition to the specified output stream at the (absolute value of) the optionally specified indentation level and return a reference to stream. If level is specified, optionally specify spacesPerLevel, the number of spaces per indentation level for this and all of its nested objects. If level is negative, suppress indentation of the first line. If spacesPerLevel is negative, format the entire output on one line, suppressing all but the initial indentation (as governed by level).

◆ setUserData()

void setUserData ( void *  userData)

Set the user data associated with this SchemaElementDefinition – and all copies of this SchemaElementDefinition – to the specified userData. Clients are responsible for synchronizing calls to this function, and to userData(), across all copies of this SchemaElementDefinition object.

◆ status()

int status ( ) const

Return the deprecation status, as a SchemaStatus::Value, of this element.

◆ typeDefinition()

const SchemaTypeDefinition typeDefinition ( ) const

Return the type of values contained in this element.

◆ userData()

void * userData ( ) const

Return the user data associated with this SchemaElementDefinition. If no user data has been associated with this SchemaElementDefinition then return 0. Clients are responsible for synchronizing calls to this function with calls to setUserData(void*) made on not only this SchemaElementDefinition, but also all copies of this SchemaElementDefinition. Note that SchemaElementDefinition objects have reference semantics: this function will reflect the last value set on any copy of this SchemaElementDefinition.


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