Package com.microstrategy.web.objects

Interface WebDisplayUnit

All Superinterfaces:

KeyedObject

All Known Subinterfaces:

RWMessage, WebAttribute, WebAttributeForm, WebBlob, WebBrowseHierarchyItem, WebChangeJournalSearch, WebCommandManagerScript, WebConstantPrompt, WebConstantPromptAnswer, WebCustomGroup, WebDBConnection, WebDBLogin, WebDBMS, WebDBRole, WebDerivedElement, WebDevice, WebDimension, WebDimensionAttribute, WebDimtyPrompt, WebDimtyPromptAnswer, WebDimtyUnit, WebDocumentMessage, WebElement, WebElementsPrompt, WebElementsPromptAnswer, WebExpressionPrompt, WebExpressionPromptAnswer, WebFilter, WebFilterBase, WebFolder, WebFormat, WebFunction, WebIServerSubscriptionDevice, WebIServerSubscriptionTrigger, WebLink, WebLocaleObjectInfo, WebMDSecurityFilter, WebMDXCatalog, WebMDXCube, WebMDXDisplayUnit, WebMDXSource, WebMessage, WebMetric, WebMonitor, WebObjectInfo, WebObjectsPrompt, WebObjectsPromptAnswer, WebPalette, WebPerformanceMonitor, WebProject, WebPrompt, WebPromptAnswer, WebPropertySet, WebReportMessage, WebReusableThresholds, WebScheduleEvent, WebScheduleTrigger, WebScheduleTriggerEvent, WebScheduleTriggerTime, WebScheduleTriggerTimeDaily, WebScheduleTriggerTimeMonthly, WebScheduleTriggerTimeWeekly, WebScheduleTriggerTimeYearly, WebSearch, WebSecurityRole, WebServerDef, WebShortcut, WebTable, WebTableSource, WebTemplate, WebTheme, WebTimePrompt, WebTransmitter, WebUser, WebUserEntity, WebUserGroup

All Known Implementing Classes:

WebBlobImpl, WebChangeJournalSearchImpl, WebDBMSImpl, WebDerivedElementsHelper, WebDossierPersonalViewShortcutImpl, WebEmailDeviceImpl, WebEmailTransmitterImpl, WebFileDeviceImpl, WebFTPDeviceImpl, WebMobileDeviceImpl, WebPrinterDeviceImpl, WebReportDefinitionImpl, WebReusableThresholdsImpl, WebSyncRecommendationFolder, WebSyncSearchFolder, WebTransmitterImpl

public interface WebDisplayUnit
extends KeyedObject

The WebDisplayUnit interface represents an object which can have display XML generated for it.

There are several states which a display unit can be in:

• highlighted - If an object is highlighted, then it will have an attribute highlight set to 1 in the generated display XML.
• selected - If an object is selected, then it will have an attribute selected set to 1 in the generated display XML.
• has details(detailed) - If an object has details, then it will have more information about it in the display XML. For a dimension, this will retrieve it's attributes; for a folder, the objects it contains; for an attribute, its forms and elements.

Since:

MicroStrategy Web 7.3.1 or earlier

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addDetails(boolean details)	This method will add or remove details from the display unit.
void	applyVisitor(DisplayUnitsVisitor visitor, boolean deep)
boolean	canHighlight()
WebDisplayUnits	getChildUnits()	Returns the collection of child display units, or null if the object is not a collection.
java.lang.String	getDisplayName()	Returns the display name associated with this object.
int	getDisplayUnitType()	Returns the type of display unit that this object represents.
java.lang.String	getID()	Returns the DSS ID of the display unit.
boolean	hasDetails()	Returns whether this display unit currently has details enabled.
void	highlightUnit()	Sets this display unit to be highlighted.
void	highlightUnit(boolean details)	Sets this display unit to be highlighted.
boolean	isHighlighted()	Returns whether this unit is highlighted.
boolean	isObjectInfo()	Returns true if underlying Web Object can be cast to WebObjectInfo.
boolean	isSelected()	Returns whether this display unit is selected.
void	setDisplayName(java.lang.String displayName)	This method will set the value of the display name.
void	setSelected(boolean selected)	Sets the current unit's selection status.

Methods inherited from interface com.microstrategy.utils.KeyedObject

_getObKey

Method Detail

getDisplayUnitType

int getDisplayUnitType()

Returns the type of display unit that this object represents. If this display unit represents a first-class object, then this method will return a value from EnumDSSXMLObjectTypes; otherwise, it will return a value from EnumWebDependentObjectType.

Returns:

The display unit type, from EnumDSSXMLObjectTypes or EnumWebDependentObjectType.

getID

java.lang.String getID()

Returns the DSS ID of the display unit.

Returns:

The ID of the display unit.

hasDetails

boolean hasDetails()

Returns whether this display unit currently has details enabled.

Returns:

True if details are enabled, false otherwise.

addDetails

void addDetails(boolean details)
         throws WebObjectsException

This method will add or remove details from the display unit. Note that this call may generate a call to the Intelligence Server if the details are not already present for the display unit.

Parameters:

details - The desired state of details for the display unit.

Throws:

WebObjectsException - Thrown if the details cannot be retrieved from the Intelligence Server.

isHighlighted

boolean isHighlighted()

Returns whether this unit is highlighted.

Returns:

True if the display unit is highlighted, false otherwise.

highlightUnit

void highlightUnit()

Sets this display unit to be highlighted. This call will ensure that details are not present for the highlighted unit.

highlightUnit

void highlightUnit(boolean details)
            throws WebObjectsException

Sets this display unit to be highlighted. The details value will determine whether it should include details as well.

Parameters:

details - Whether the highlighted unit should include details.

Throws:

WebObjectsException - Thrown if the details for a highlighted unit cannot be retrieved from the Intelligence Server.

isSelected

boolean isSelected()

Returns whether this display unit is selected.

Returns:

True if the unit is selected, false otherwise.

setSelected

void setSelected(boolean selected)

Sets the current unit's selection status.

Parameters:

selected - Whether the unit should be set to be selected or not.

getDisplayName

java.lang.String getDisplayName()

Returns the display name associated with this object. If this was not set by the user or found in the object XML, then this will be equivalent to the name property of the underlying object.

Returns:

The display name associated with the display unit object.

See Also:

setDisplayName(java.lang.String), WebObjectInfo.getName()

setDisplayName

void setDisplayName(java.lang.String displayName)

This method will set the value of the display name. This name will be used to identify the object in display XML. Setting this value will have no affect on the actual name of the object.

Parameters:

displayName - The display name to associate with the object.

See Also:

getDisplayName(), WebObjectInfo.getName()

isObjectInfo

boolean isObjectInfo()

Returns true if underlying Web Object can be cast to WebObjectInfo. If an object can be cast to WebObjectInfo, then it is a first class object.

Returns:

true if underlying Web Object can be cast to WebObjectInfo.

getChildUnits

WebDisplayUnits getChildUnits()
                       throws WebObjectsException

Returns the collection of child display units, or null if the object is not a collection. Note that several display units are actually collections of display units as well.

Returns:

The collection of child display units of this instance, or null if this object is not a collection.

Throws:

WebObjectsException

applyVisitor

void applyVisitor(DisplayUnitsVisitor visitor,
                  boolean deep)
           throws WebObjectsException

Throws:

WebObjectsException

canHighlight

boolean canHighlight()

Since:

MicroStrategy Web 8.0.0