Selecting Based on Source Value

You can create a new Source from an existing Source by selecting only certain values of the base Source. Typically, you use one of the following methods to select based on the values of the base values:

Source.select(BooleanSource), Source.selectValue(Source)

Source.selectValues(Source)

Source.selectValues(Source[])

BooleanSource.selectValue(boolean)

BooleanSource.selectValues(boolean[])

NumberSource.selectValue(double)

NumberSource.selectValue(int)

NumberSource.selectValue(float)

NumberSource.selectValue(short)

NumberSource.selectValues(double[])

NumberSource.selectValues(float[])

NumberSource.selectValues(int[])

NumberSource.selectValues(short[])

StringSource.selectValue(String)

StringSource.selectValues(String[])

You can also select values using the join method using the syntax shown below.

Source Source::join (Source joined, 
     Source comparison, 
     Source.COMPARISON_RULE_SELECT,
     boolean visible);

Assume that you have a primary Source objects named timesDim that you created from an MdmDimension object named mdmTimesDim and whose values are the calendar values. To select only the those values for 1996, you can issue the code shown in Example 6-1

Example 6-1 Selecting Based on Source Values

Source timesSel = timesDim.selectValue("1996");