Call a common entity service, independently from entity type

[iguerra]

I have an infotable with type EntityReference (just name and type field), it contains different objects like mashup, menus ,things, etc

for each entity I need to call its related common service (on my case SetProjectName) :

for things

   Things[entityname].SetProjectName("myproj")

for mashups

   Mashups[entityname].SetProjectName("myproj")

for users

   Users[entityname].SetProjectName("myproj")

.... and so on for almost all types

is there a way to call SetProjectName intependently from entity type ?

[emscur]

Hello @iguerra,

The easiest way to accomplish this is by checking the entityType and creating a conditional statement for each type. Find an example below:

if (entityType == "ThingTemplate") {
    ThingTemplates[entityName].SetProjectName({
		projectName: undefined /* PROJECTNAME */
	});
} else if (entityType == "Thing") {
    Things[entityName].SetProjectName({
		projectName: undefined /* PROJECTNAME */
	});
}

I hope you find this helpful.

Thanks,

Emmanuel 

[iguerra]

Hello @emscur 

yes this is what I already coded, there are about 18 entity types (I used switch-case)

It's very long service with almost the same code repeated on each case section 

I was thinking if there where a easier way or a method to call an entity differently, something like

AllEntities[entityName].myCommonService()

but seems not ....

[emscur]

Hello @iguerra,

Yes, that is the only way to achieve this for now. However, I would recommend posting your suggestion to the ThingWorx Ideas forum for consideration. We appreciate your feedback!

Thanks,

Emmanuel

[nmilleson · Accepted solution]

@iguerra ,

You could try this.. it works for me in 9.0

var entitiesHash = {"Things":Things, "ThingTemplates":ThingTemplates}; // and so on...etc..

var a = entitiesHash[EntityType]; 

var b = a[EntityName];

var result = b.setProjectName();

EntityType and EntityName are inputs to your service.. 

[iguerra]

Hello @nmilleson 

I confirm it works,

I just put some code ...if someone need collection list/hash

    var CollectionHash = {"Thing"	: Things, 
                        "ThingTemplate"	: ThingTemplates,
                        "Project"	: Projects,
                        "ThingShape"	: ThingShapes,
                        "DataShape"	: DataShapes,
                        "ModelTag"	: ModelTags,
                        "Network"	: Networks,
                        "Mashup" 	: Mashups,
                        "Dashboard"	: Dashboards,
                        "Menu"		: Menus,
                        "MediaEntity"	: MediaEntities,
                        "StyleDefinition"	: StyleDefinitions,
                        "StyleTheme"		: StyleThemes,
                        "StateDefinition"	: StateDefinitions,
                        "DataTag"		: DataTags,
                        "PersistenceProvider": PersistenceProviders,
                        "Group"			: Groups,
                        "User"			: Users,
                        "Organization"		: Organizations,
                        "ApplicationKey" 	: ApplicationKeys,
                        "LocalizationTable"	: LocalizationTables                    
                       }; 

	var Collection = CollectionHash[entity_type]; 
	var Entity = Collection[entity_name];
	var result = Entity.SetProjectName({projectName: MyProjectName});

Anyway ... may be a native collection like AllEntities would be useful.

Thanks

[slangley]

Hi @iguerra.

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Regards.

--Sharon