Extension - ThingTemplate - SetHomeMashup

[pborderie]

Hi,

I am developping an extension for ThingWorx, and I can't find a way to set the HomeMashup for a ThingTemplate.

I tried using com.thingworx.entities.RootEntity.SetHomeMashup(String name) with my template mashup's name, in initializeEntity() and in initialiazeThing(), but when I load my extension on the server the HomeMashup setting is blank.

I tried setting it with a JavaScript service on the server, and it works :

var params = {

    name: "SLBTemplateMashup" /* MASHUPNAME */

};

// no return

ThingTemplates["SLBThingTemplate"].SetHomeMashup(params);

Is there another way to set the HomeMashup on a ThingTemplate from the extension ? Am I missing something ?

Thank you for your answers.

[ankigupta]

Hi Pierre,

Try following and see if it helps:

ThingTemplate tt = (ThingTemplate) EntityUtilities.findEntity("Thing_Template_Name_Here", ThingworxRelationshipTypes.ThingTemplate);

tt.SetHomeMashup("Home_Mashup_Name_Here");

You would need to import:

import com.thingworx.thingtemplates.ThingTemplate;

import com.thingworx.entities.utils.EntityUtilities;

Hope it helps.

Thanks,

Ankit Gupta

[pborderie]

I tried it in initializeEntity(), initializeThing() and processStartNotification(), it doesn't work, HomeMashup is not set.

Here is a part of my code :

@ThingworxBaseTemplateDefinition(name = "RemoteThing")
@ThingworxPropertyDefinitions(properties = { @ThingworxPropertyDefinition(name = "S1", description = "", category = "Outputs", baseType = "NUMBER", isLocalOnly = false, aspects = { "dataChangeType:Always", "isRemote:true", "units:%", "isLogged:true" }), @ThingworxPropertyDefinition(name = "S2", description = "", category = "Outputs", baseType = "NUMBER", isLocalOnly = false, aspects = { "dataChangeType:Always", "isRemote:true", "units:%", "isLogged:true" }), @ThingworxPropertyDefinition(name = "S3", description = "", category = "Outputs", baseType = "NUMBER", isLocalOnly = false, aspects = { "dataChangeType:Always", "isRemote:true", "units:%", "isLogged:true" }), @ThingworxPropertyDefinition(name = "S4", description = "", category = "Outputs", baseType = "NUMBER", isLocalOnly = false, aspects = { "dataChangeType:Always", "isRemote:true", "units:%", "isLogged:true" }), @ThingworxPropertyDefinition(name = "S5", description = "", category = "Outputs", baseType = "NUMBER", isLocalOnly = false, aspects = { "dataChangeType:Always", "isRemote:true", "units:%", "isLogged:true" }), @ThingworxPropertyDefinition(name = "S6", description = "", category = "Outputs", baseType = "NUMBER", isLocalOnly = false, aspects = { "dataChangeType:Always", "isRemote:true", "units:%", "isLogged:true" }) })
public class SLBThingTemplate extends RemoteThing {
    protected static Logger _logger = LogUtilities.getInstance().getApplicationLogger(SLBThingTemplate.class);
    @Override
    public void initializeEntity() throws Exception {
        super.initializeEntity();
        _logger.info("in:SLBThingTemplate.initializeEntity()");
        //
        ThingTemplate tpl = (ThingTemplate) EntityUtilities.findEntity("SLBThingTemplate", ThingworxRelationshipTypes.ThingTemplate);
        _logger.info(tpl.getName() + " found!");
        _logger.info("(before set) HomeMashup = " + tpl.GetHomeMashup());
        tpl.SetHomeMashup("SLBTemplateMashup");
        _logger.info("(after set) HomeMashup = " + tpl.GetHomeMashup());
//        SetHomeMashup("SLBTemplateMashup"); // doesn't work
        // automatically bind properties to remote properties exposed by the remote device
        // Outputs:
        this.SetRemotePropertyBinding("S1", "S1", 0, DataChangeType.NEVER.toString(), 0.);
        this.SetRemotePropertyBinding("S2", "S2", 0, DataChangeType.NEVER.toString(), 0.);
        this.SetRemotePropertyBinding("S3", "S3", 0, DataChangeType.NEVER.toString(), 0.);
        this.SetRemotePropertyBinding("S4", "S4", 0, DataChangeType.NEVER.toString(), 0.);
        this.SetRemotePropertyBinding("S5", "S5", 0, DataChangeType.NEVER.toString(), 0.);
        this.SetRemotePropertyBinding("S6", "S6", 0, DataChangeType.NEVER.toString(), 0.);
        //
        _logger.info("out:SLBThingTemplate.initializeEntity()");
    }
    @Override
    public void initializeThing() throws Exception {
        super.initializeThing();
        _logger.info("in:SLBThingTemplate.initializeThing()");
        //
        ThingTemplate tpl = (ThingTemplate) EntityUtilities.findEntity("SLBThingTemplate", ThingworxRelationshipTypes.ThingTemplate);
        _logger.info(tpl.getName() + " found!");
        _logger.info("(before set) HomeMashup = " + tpl.GetHomeMashup());
        tpl.SetHomeMashup("SLBTemplateMashup");
        _logger.info("(after set) HomeMashup = " + tpl.GetHomeMashup());
        _logger.info("out:SLBThingTemplate.initializeThing()");
    }
    @Override
    public void processStartNotification() {
        super.processStartNotification();
        try {
            _logger.info("in:SLBThingTemplate.processStartNotification()");
            //
            ThingTemplate tpl = (ThingTemplate) EntityUtilities.findEntity("SLBThingTemplate", ThingworxRelationshipTypes.ThingTemplate);
            _logger.info(tpl.getName() + " found!");
            _logger.info("(before set) HomeMashup = " + tpl.GetHomeMashup());
            tpl.SetHomeMashup("SLBTemplateMashup");
            _logger.info("(after set) HomeMashup = " + tpl.GetHomeMashup());
        } catch (Exception e) {
            _logger.error(e.getMessage());
        }
        _logger.info("out:SLBThingTemplate.processStartNotification()");
    }
}