UserAttribute vs IntegerAttribute

Greg Legere

Hey everyone,

Trying to figure out how I can tell if I'm looking at a UserAttribute or an IntegerAttribute when pulling in the category definition.

The type for both an int and a user filed are "Integer", I can try to cast to IntegerAttribute and then catch the InvalidCastException but I don't see how that's the proper approach here. I shouldn't have to catch an exception to determine the type of field.

I've also tried getting the AttributeGroupDefinition, and the CategoryTemplate (DataValue[]) to see what they return; but likewise they all report "Integer"

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

C# code:

AttributeGroupDefinition agd = dmc.GetCategoryDefinition(ref auth, categoryID);

OTWS.Attribute[] als = agd.Attributes;

foreach (OTWS.Attribute in als) s += "ATT: " + a.Type;

 

Solution provided by Pramod Mohandas:

if (attribute is UserAttribute) { ... }

appuGmail

you can maybe cheat like this

 A Integer

<Attributes xsi:type="IntegerAttribute">

               <DisplayName>myIntegerField</DisplayName>

               <ID>6</ID>

               <Key>18602.7.6</Key>

               <MaxValues>5</MaxValues>

               <MinValues>1</MinValues>

               <Required>false</Required>

               <Searchable>true</Searchable>

               <Type>Integer</Type>

               <Values xsi:nil="true"/>

               <Values xsi:nil="true"/>

            </Attributes>

A User

 <Attributes xsi:type="UserAttribute">

               <DisplayName>MyUser</DisplayName>

               <ID>8</ID>

               <Key>18602.7.8</Key>

               <MaxValues>5</MaxValues>

               <MinValues>1</MinValues>

               <Required>false</Required>

               <Searchable>true</Searchable>

               <Type>Integer</Type>

               <AllowGroups>false</AllowGroups>

               <Values xsi:nil="true"/>

               <Values xsi:nil="true"/>

               <Values xsi:nil="true"/>

            </Attributes>

Not sure what I show in SOAPUI comes to you but if you can look for 'AllowGroups'  in the User attribute it may not be there...

I also ran GetAttributeDefinition which gave me similar info

 <Attributes xsi:type="UserAttribute">

               <DisplayName>MyUser</DisplayName>

               <ID>8</ID>

               <Key>18602.7.8</Key>

               <MaxValues>5</MaxValues>

               <MinValues>1</MinValues>

               <Required>false</Required>

               <Searchable>true</Searchable>

               <Type>Integer</Type>

               <AllowGroups>false</AllowGroups>

               <Values xsi:nil="true"/>

               <Values xsi:nil="true"/>

               <Values xsi:nil="true"/>

            </Attributes>

I don't dwelve in this space much so my knowledge is pretty rustic at this time...

..... appnair appunair( Livelink Rocks  )

Well, if I called the wrongnumber, why did you answer the phone?
James Thurber, New Yorker cartoon caption, June 5, 1937 

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 1:39 PM, eLink Entry: Content Web Services Forum <otdncontentwebservices971forum@elinkkc.opentext.com> wrote:

UserAttribute vs IntegerAttribute

Posted bygreg.legere@canada.ca (Legere, Greg)On 03/28/2018 02:34 PM

Hey everyone,Trying to figure out how I can tell if I'm looking at a UserAttribute or an IntegerAttribute when pulling in the category definition.The type for both an int and a user filed are "Integer", I can try to cast to IntegerAttribute and then catch the InvalidCastException but I don't see how that's the proper approach here. I shouldn't have to catch an exception to determine the type of field.I've also tried getting the AttributeGroupDefinition, and the CategoryTemplate (DataValue[]) to see what they return; but likewise they all report "Integer"Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!C# code:AttributeGroupDefinition agd = dmc.GetCategoryDefinition(ref auth, categoryID);OTWS.Attribute[] als = agd.Attributes;foreach (OTWS.Attribute in als) s += "ATT: " + a.Type;

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