/// <summary> Retrieves in this AttributeTypeCollection object all AttributeTypeEntity objects which are related via a relation of type 'm:n' with the passed in ContextEntity.
/// All current elements in the collection are removed from the collection.</summary>
/// <param name="contextInstance">ContextEntity object to be used as a filter in the m:n relation</param>
/// <param name="maxNumberOfItemsToReturn"> The maximum number of items to return with this retrieval query.</param>
/// <param name="sortClauses">The order by specifications for the sorting of the resultset. When not specified, no sorting is applied.</param>
/// <param name="pageNumber">The page number to retrieve.</param>
/// <param name="pageSize">The page size of the page to retrieve.</param>
/// <returns>true if the retrieval succeeded, false otherwise</returns>
public virtual bool GetMultiManyToManyUsingContextCollectionViaAttribute(IEntity contextInstance, long maxNumberOfItemsToReturn, ISortExpression sortClauses, int pageNumber, int pageSize)
{
if (!base.SuppressClearInGetMulti)
{
this.Clear();
}
AttributeTypeDAO dao = DAOFactory.CreateAttributeTypeDAO();
return(dao.GetMultiUsingContextCollectionViaAttribute(base.Transaction, this, maxNumberOfItemsToReturn, sortClauses, base.EntityFactoryToUse, contextInstance, pageNumber, pageSize));
}
/// <summary> Gets a scalar value, calculated with the aggregate and expression specified. the field index specified is the field the expression and aggregate are applied on.</summary>
/// <param name="fieldIndex">Field index of field to which to apply the aggregate function and expression</param>
/// <param name="expressionToExecute">The expression to execute. Can be null</param>
/// <param name="aggregateToApply">Aggregate function to apply. </param>
/// <param name="filter">The filter to apply to retrieve the scalar</param>
/// <param name="relations">The relations to walk</param>
/// <param name="groupByClause">The groupby clause to apply to retrieve the scalar</param>
/// <returns>the scalar value requested</returns>
public virtual object GetScalar(AttributeTypeFieldIndex fieldIndex, IExpression expressionToExecute, AggregateFunction aggregateToApply, IPredicate filter, IRelationCollection relations, IGroupByCollection groupByClause)
{
EntityFields fields = new EntityFields(1);
fields[0] = EntityFieldFactory.Create(fieldIndex);
if ((fields[0].ExpressionToApply == null) || (expressionToExecute != null))
{
fields[0].ExpressionToApply = expressionToExecute;
}
if ((fields[0].AggregateFunctionToApply == AggregateFunction.None) || (aggregateToApply != AggregateFunction.None))
{
fields[0].AggregateFunctionToApply = aggregateToApply;
}
AttributeTypeDAO dao = DAOFactory.CreateAttributeTypeDAO();
return(dao.GetScalar(fields, base.Transaction, filter, relations, groupByClause));
}
/// <summary>Creats a new DAO instance so code which is in the base class can still use the proper DAO object.</summary>
protected override IDao CreateDAOInstance()
{
return(DAOFactory.CreateAttributeTypeDAO());
}
/// <summary> Retrieves Entity rows in a datatable which match the specified filter. It will always create a new connection to the database.</summary>
/// <param name="selectFilter">A predicate or predicate expression which should be used as filter for the entities to retrieve.</param>
/// <param name="maxNumberOfItemsToReturn"> The maximum number of items to return with this retrieval query.</param>
/// <param name="sortClauses">The order by specifications for the sorting of the resultset. When not specified, no sorting is applied.</param>
/// <param name="relations">The set of relations to walk to construct to total query.</param>
/// <param name="pageNumber">The page number to retrieve.</param>
/// <param name="pageSize">The page size of the page to retrieve.</param>
/// <returns>DataTable with the rows requested.</returns>
public static DataTable GetMultiAsDataTable(IPredicate selectFilter, long maxNumberOfItemsToReturn, ISortExpression sortClauses, IRelationCollection relations, int pageNumber, int pageSize)
{
AttributeTypeDAO dao = DAOFactory.CreateAttributeTypeDAO();
return(dao.GetMultiAsDataTable(maxNumberOfItemsToReturn, sortClauses, selectFilter, relations, pageNumber, pageSize));
}