abstract class SCC_COMMON:ENTITY:AbstractEntity

Implemented Interfaces: SCC_COMMON:ENTITY:IEntity

Direct Known Subclasses: SCC_COMMON:ENTITY:StagedEntity, SCC_COMMON:ENTITY:StagedHREntity, SCC_COMMON:ENTITY:BasicEntity, SCC_COMMON:ENTITY:WorkEntity

See Also: BasicEntity, StagedEntity, StagedHREntity

Summary

Property Summary

public Array of string	baseProps: A list of properties that are controlled on the base entities, so the property name cannot be changed.
public Array of ChildEntity	ChildEntityArray: An array of all the ChildEntities of the current entity. The childEntities are determined by the entity registry, and populated when the entity is instansiated.
public Record	data: The backing record for this entity.
public Record	dataPreimage: The preimage of the backing record for this entity. The entity is compare against the preimage prior to save.
public boolean	DO_SAVE: Specifies if the entity is allowed to save.
protected AnyHashMap	dynamicProperties
public boolean	entityDelete: Marks this entity for deletion, and prevents save.
public string	entityID: ID of the entity from the registry.
protected Record	EntityMetaData
public string	entityName: The name of the entity as defined in the registry.
protected boolean	hasAuditRowAddDttm
protected boolean	hasAuditRowAddOprid: A value, set by testForAudit, that speficies if this entity has audit fields. It is used during save time to determine if the audit fields need to be updated.
protected boolean	hasAuditRowUpdDttm
protected boolean	hasAuditRowUpdOprid
protected Array of string	ignoreFields: DEPRECATED. ignoreFields is no longer used; if it is found it is used by EntityPropBuilder during the upgrade to the new property system. The array of names of fields to ignore for the purposes of moving data to and from xml, pushing a new field onto this array adds it to the list.
public Array of DataKey	keyCollection
public IEntity	parent: Parent Entity, null if it is at the top level of tree.
public ChildEntity	parentCE: The child entity that encompasses all the entities of a particular type under the parent.
public string	prodRecordName: The name of the production record is populated here based on the registry.
protected Rowset	PropertyMetaData
protected string	RECORD_NAME: The name of the current record underlying this entity.
public string	SCC_ENTITY_INST_ID: A unique identifier for the specific row of data.
public datetime	SCC_ROW_ADD_DTTM: The Datetime the row of data was added, this is part of the who columns. This property corresponds to this field, if it exists on the record, if not it does nothing. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override get & set.
public string	SCC_ROW_ADD_OPRID: The Person who added the row of data, this is part of the who columns. This property corresponds to this field, if it exists on the record, if not it does nothing. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override get & set.
public datetime	SCC_ROW_UPD_DTTM: The Datetime the row of data was update, this is part of the who columns. This property corresponds to this field, if it exists on the record, if not it does nothing. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override get & set.
public string	SCC_ROW_UPD_OPRID The Person who updated the row of data, this is part of the who columns. This property corresponds to this field, if it exists on the record, if not it does nothing. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override get & set.
public boolean	selfServiceMode: If the entity is in selfServiceMode.
public boolean	STAGE_MODE: Specifies if this entity is currently in Stage Mode (True) and working with the stage record, or in Production Mode (False) and working with the production record.
public string	UPDATE_RULE: Specifies the update rule to use for the purposes of Data Update Rule.
public string	USER_CONTEXT: The user that this is being run on behalf of, since adds and updates may be done from administrative mode on behalf of a given user, or %UserId.
public Record	workflowPreimage: The pre-image object to use for workflow.
protected string	XSDCustomNS: The namespace to use for custom attributes in the schema, found and set during generateXSD.
public Array of string	XSDFieldList: A string list of all the fields for the current entity for the XSD. This is used in conjunction with buildXSD to determine if key fields are required, based on if their parent has the same key.
protected string	XSDNS: The namespace to use for the schema, found and set during generateXSD.

Constructor Summary:

public void	AbstractEntity(IEntity p_parent): The Constructor.

Method Summary:

protected string	applyDataKey(string p_queryString)
protected string	buildCSVString(array of any p_arrValues, string p_metaTag)
protected void	buildPropertyMetaDataCache()
public void	buildXSD(XmlNode xmlnode): Builds the xml schema section pertaining to this entity. The implementation builds and populates the schema based on the underlying record, ignoring any fields in the ignore array. Keys that roll down from the parent are not marked required on the child. RECOMMENDATION: Only override if the entity requires a custom schema.
protected void	buildXSDChildren(XmlNode xmlnode): Iterates through the ChildEntityArray and issues a buildXSD against each ChildEntity, which in turn creates a temporary entity and calls buildXSD. Base implementation uses the entity registry. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
protected void	changeRecord(string p_recname): Changes the record to the record name specified. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public void	clearDataPreImage(): Clears the Data preimage and workflow preImage. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
protected void	clearDataPreImageChildren(): Iterates through the ChildEntityArray and issues a clearDataPreImage against each ChildEntity, which in turn calls clearDataPreImage on all of the entities it contains. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
protected void	commonValidate(MessageLogBase p_messageLog out, number p_validateArgs): Runs the record based validations and outputs results to the log. Also invokes validateChildren. validateChildren is called before record based validations. Validation Arguments<table> <tr><td>%Edit_DateRange</td><td>Reasonable Date Range (Is the date contained within the specified reasonable date range?)</td></tr> <tr><td>%Edit_OneZero</td><td>1/0 (Do all 1/0 fields contain only a 1 or 0?)</td></tr> <tr><td>%Edit_PromptTable</td><td>Prompt Table (Is field data contained in the specified prompt table?)</td></tr> <tr><td>%Edit_Required</td><td>Required Field (Do all required fields contain data? For numeric or signed fields, it checks that they do not contain NULL or 0 values.)</td></tr> <tr><td>%Edit_TranslateTable</td><td>Translate Table (Is field data contained in the specified translate table?)</td></tr> <tr><td>%Edit_YesNo</td><td>Yes/No (Do all yes/no fields only contain only yes or no data?)</td></tr> </table>
protected void	defaultChildren(): Iterates through the ChildEntityArray and issues a setDefault against each ChildEntity, which in turn calls setDefault on all of the entities it contains. Base implementation uses the entity registry. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public void	delete(boolean p_entityDelete): Marks this entity and all its children for deletion at save time - soft delete. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override this method.
protected void	deleteChildren(boolean p_entityDelete): Iterates through the ChildEntityArray and issues a delete against each ChildEntity, which in turn calls delete on all of the entities it contains. Base implementation uses the entity registry. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public void	demote(number p_tempID): Moves data from production records to staging record. RECOMMENDATION: This must be implemented, but is only used if the entity is staged. In the implementation make sure to call demoteChildren to cause demote to work with the registry.
protected void	demoteChildren(number p_tempID): Iterates through the ChildEntityArray and issues a demote against each ChildEntity, which in turn calls demote on all of the entities it contains. Base implementation uses the entity registry. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public void	destroy(): Perform cleanup activity on this entity.
public boolean	entityFieldUpdateNeeded(Rowset p_DataUpdateRule, string p_fieldName, any oldValue) RECOMMENDATION: Do not override
public boolean	entityTypeUpdateNeeded(Rowset p_DataUpdateRule, any p_entityType, boolean p_newFlag) RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public boolean	entityTypeUpdateRequested(Rowset p_DataUpdateRule, any p_entityType) RECOMMENDATION: Do not override
public boolean	entityUpdateRequested(Rowset p_DataUpdateRule) RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public void	fill(Record p_inRec out, boolean p_clearState): Populates (fills) this entity from the given record. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
protected void	fillChildren(boolean p_clearState): Iterates through the ChildEntityArray and issues a fill against each ChildEntity, which in turn calls fill on all of the entities it contains. Base implementation uses the entity registry. RECOMMENDATION : Do not override.
public void	fillFromKeys(boolean p_clearState): Performs a select by key based on the fields on the underlying record. This should be run on the top level entity to start a fill.
protected void	fillLOVDescrs(): Re-initializes and Populates the LOV Description Hash Map shmLOVDescr based on the current property values.
public void	fromXmlNode(XmlNode parentNode): Retrieves data to properties based on the fields in the record. Fields marked ignore are not Processed. Entity Element Names, wrapping of the ChildEntities or embedding is based on the entity registry. RECOMMENDATION: Only override if the xml for this entity has to be custom.
protected void	fromXmlNodeChildren(XmlNode parentNode): Iterates through the ChildEntityArray and issues a fromXMLNode against each ChildEntity, which in turn calls fromXMLNode on all of the entities it contains. Base implementation uses the entity registry. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public Rowset	generateRowset(): This method generates a rowset of data for the underlying record of this entity based on the keys of the parent. It is used as part of the fill process for building out the entity tree. The method is called as if it were a static method, so it is not associated with any particular entity data. The base implementation dynamically matches keys from the parent to the child and builds the query for the rowset based on that. RECOMMENDATION: If the key structure between the parent and child does not match up, or the rowset needs to be built using another method (i.e. a service) override this method.
public string	generateXSD(): Generates the xml schema with this node as the root. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public ChildEntity	getChildEntity(string p_entityID): Retrives the ChildEntity Object based on the entity ID. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
protected CSUserDefaults	getCSUserDefaults(): Retrieves the CSUserDefaults. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public DataKey	getDataKey(): Retrieves the dataKey for this entity. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public Record	getEntPropsByPropertyName(string propname): Returns the EntityProperty Record (SCC_ENT_PROPS) based on the property name.
protected string	getFullEntityPathName()
public array of string	getIgnoreFields(): A method to get the current ignorefields, used for upgrade.
protected InstallationHCM	getInstallationHCM(): Retrieves the HCM Installation Defaults. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public string	getLOVDescr(string propname): Returns the LOV Description based on the associated property name when parsed from XML.
protected string	getLOVValue(Record p_recProp, string p_code)
public number	getMaxSeqNbrSQL(): Retrieves the maximum sequence number from the database based on the keystructure of the current entity. This method is irrelevant if there are no sequence numbers for the entity. RECOMMENDATION: Override if there is a sequence number and it is not related to all the keys.
protected IEntity	getParent(): Retrieves the parent Entity. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public any	getProperty(string propname)
protected any	getPropertyByMetaRec(Record propMetaRec)
protected string	getRecordName(): Retrieves the name of the current record on this entity. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public string	getTagByFieldName(string fieldname): Returns the xml tag based on the field name. If metadata exists that is used, otherwise it returns the field name. This method should no longer be overriden! The xml tag is now based on the property meta data.
public void	hardDelete(MessageLogBase p_messageLog out): Deletes the entity object and all its child entities from the database, based on the entityDelete flag. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override this method.
protected void	hardDeleteChildren(MessageLogBase p_messageLog out): Iterates through the ChildEntityArray and issues a hardDelete against each ChildEntity, which in turn calls hardDelete on all of the entities it contains. Base implementation uses the entity registry. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public boolean	hasEffdt()
public boolean	hasEffseq()
public boolean	hasKey(string p_keyname): Check if the entity has a particular field as a key. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public boolean	isEqualKeys(IEntity p_entity): Allows the given entity to be compared with this entity for equality. The Base implementation compares for equality based on the underlying entity record contents. RECOMMENDATION: Override this method if you need to do custom equality checking.
public boolean	isEqualKeysRecord(Record p_rec): Allows the given record to be compared with this entity for equality. Compares for equality based on the underlying entity record content. RECOMMENDATION: Override this method if you need to do custom equality checking.
public void	populateAudit(): Populates the who column data, this method is invoked prior to save. This allows handling of the who columns to be more or less dynamic. If there are no who columns this method does nothing . RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public void	prePublish(Rowset p_changesRS out): Uses the workflowPreimage and post images of the entity to build a PSCAMA Rowset in preparation for publish. The parameter Rowset may be Null. Data should be appended to this rowset if it is NON-Null. RECOMMENDATION: Override if pre-publish logic is required.
public void	preSave(): Allows the opportunity for an entity to perform any pre Save activities. The Base implementation does nothing. Presave is automatically called from save, from the top level entity, and runs the presave logic before invoking preSave children. RECOMMENDATION: Override this method if the entity needs to do last minute preSave processing.
public void	preSaveChildren(): Iterates through the ChildEntityArray and issues a preSave against each ChildEntity, which in turn calls preSave on all of the entities it contains. Base implementation uses the entity registry. Presave is automatically called from save, from the top level entity, and runs the presave logic before invoking preSave children. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public void	preSaveFirst(): Similar to presave, however, this method is called once per childEntity, prior to any other presave activity to allow for presave activity that may act across all entities in the childEntity. The Base implementation does nothing. RECOMMENDATION: Override this method if the entity needs to do last minute preSave processing crossing entity boundaries.
public void	promote(string p_emplID, MessageLogBase p_log out): Moves Data from Staging to Production Records (does not validate or save). RECOMMENDATION: This must be implemented, but is only used if the entity is staged. In the implementation make sure to call promoteChildren to cause promote to work with the registry.
protected void	promoteChildren(string p_emplID, MessageLogBase p_log out): Iterates through the ChildEntityArray and issues a promote against each ChildEntity, which in turn calls promote on all of the entities it contains. Base implementation uses the entity registry. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public void	publish(Rowset p_changesRS, boolean p_onlineMode): Takes a PSCAMA based rowset of information to be published during workflow Uses that information to construct a Message and according to the onlineMode publishes the Message data in realtime or to the batch delay table. RECOMMENDATION: Override if publish logic is required.
public Rowset	retrieveDataRule(): Uses the entityID and Update Rule Name to read Data Update Rule information. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public void	save(MessageLogBase p_messageLog out): Base implementation, calls presave and issues save for all children then a save for this entity. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
protected void	saveChildren(MessageLogBase p_messageLog out): Iterates through the ChildEntityArray and issues a Save against each ChildEntity, which in turn calls Save on all of the entities it contains. Base implementation uses the entity registry. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public void	setChildren(): Builds out the ChildEntityArray based on the entity registry. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
protected void	setData(Record p_dataRec): Sets the Data record. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
protected void	setDataPreImage(Record p_dataPreImageRec): Sets the Data preimage. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public void	setDefault(): Base implementation sets the default value for each field using the Field setDefault method if the field has not already been marked changed. RECOMMENDATION: Override if required
protected void	setEntityID(string p_entityID): Sets the entity ID, and retrieves the related information from the registry. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
protected void	setKeyList(): Sets the list of key fields to private instance variable keyList. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public void	setProperty(string propname, any value)
protected void	setPropertyByMetaRec(Record propMetaRec, any value)
public void	setStageMode(boolean p_stageInd): Sets the stage mode and changes the underlying record to stage/production for this entity and all children. This implementation does nothing since stage mode is not required. RECOMMENDATION: Override if the entity is Staged.
public void	setUpdateRule(string p_UpdateRule): Sets a specific update rule. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public void	setUpdateRuleByTransName(string p_transName): Sets the update rule based on the transaction name in the setup table. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public void	setUserContext(string p_userContext): Sets the user context for this entity. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
protected void	testForAudit(): Checks if the underlying record has the audit fields and sets the property hasAudit. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public void	toXmlNode(XmlNode parentNode): Pushes data to the XML structure from the entity. Fields marked ignore are not Processed. Entity Element Names, wrapping of the ChildEntities or embedding is based on the entity registry. The value of properties corresponding to the fields are pushed. RECOMMENDATION: Only override if the xml for this entity has to be custom.
protected void	toXmlNodeChildren(XmlNode parentNode): Iterates through the ChildEntityArray and issues a toXMLNode against each ChildEntity, which in turn calls toXMLNode on all of the entities it contains. Base implementation uses the entity registry. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public void	updateChildFields(string propname, array of ChildEntity cea): Sets the value of a specific property on all ChildEntites to match the current entity. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public void	updateFromRecord(Record rec): Updates by matching fields in the record to fields in the underlying record on the entity. Values are only set if the value has changed. Values are set using properties, so any additional get-set logic is handled.
protected void	updateKeyFields(): Updates all the key fields of the child entities that match the key fields on this entity. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public void	validate(MessageLogBase p_messageLog out): Validates the entity object if entity is not marked for deletion. NOTE: commonValidate invokes validateChildren. validateChildren is called before record based validations. RECOMMENDATION: Override this method if the entity requires custom validation. Use commonValidate to call the system edits for control over exactly which edits run, or %Super. Validate if you want them all.-- This method does the following standard system edits:- Required fields are present- Validates all 1/0 fields contain only a 1 or a 0- Validates all translate fields have a valid value- Validates all YesNo fields contain a Y or an N- Validates all prompt edit fields have a valid value.
protected void	validateChildren(MessageLogBase p_messageLog out): Iterates through the ChildEntityArray and issues a validate against each ChildEntity, which in turn calls validate on all of the entities it contains. Base implementation uses the entity registry. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.
public void	validateFirst(MessageLogBase p_messageLog out): Allows validations to be performed on all entities under a childEntity; this is valuable in doing validation against other entities under the same childEntity. RECOMMENDATION: Override this method if the entity requires custom validation crossing entity boundaries.
public void	workflow(boolean p_onlineMode): Orchestrates the prepublish and publish methods for this entity and all children. RECOMMENDATION: Do not override.

Details

Property Details:

baseProps	public Array of string
ChildEntityArray	public Array of ChildEntity
data	public Record
dataPreimage	public Record
DO_SAVE	public boolean
dynamicProperties	protected AnyHashMap
entityDelete	public boolean
entityID	public string
EntityMetaData	protected Record
entityName	public string
hasAuditRowAddDttm	protected boolean
hasAuditRowAddOprid	protected boolean
hasAuditRowUpdDttm	protected boolean
hasAuditRowUpdOprid	protected boolean
ignoreFields	protected Array of string
keyCollection	public Array of DataKey
parent	public IEntity
parentCE	public ChildEntity
prodRecordName	public string
PropertyMetaData	protected Rowset
RECORD_NAME	protected string
SCC_ENTITY_INST_ID	public string
SCC_ROW_ADD_DTTM	public datetime
SCC_ROW_ADD_OPRID	public string
SCC_ROW_UPD_DTTM	public datetime
SCC_ROW_UPD_OPRID	public string
selfServiceMode	public boolean
STAGE_MODE	public boolean
UPDATE_RULE	public string
USER_CONTEXT	public string
workflowPreimage	public Record
XSDCustomNS	protected string
XSDFieldList	public Array of string
XSDNS	protected string

Constructor Details:

AbstractEntity	Parameters: IEntity p_parent: The parent of this entity, or null if this is the top of the entity tree.

Method Details:

applyDataKey	Parameters: string p_queryString Return: string
buildCSVString	Parameters: array of any p_arrValues string p_metaTag Return: string
buildPropertyMetaDataCache	N/A
buildXSD	Parameters: XmlNode xmlnode: The Tools XmlNode object of the parent that should be continued by this entity.
buildXSDChildren	Parameters: XmlNode xmlnode: The node of the current entity that all children see as the parent.
changeRecord	Parameters: string p_recname: The name of the record to have this entity use.
clearDataPreImage	N/A
clearDataPreImageChildren	N/A
commonValidate	Parameters: MessageLogBase p_messageLog(out): The message log to log any errors to. number p_validateArgs: Specify the validations to be run in a format like (%Edit_DateRange + %Edit_OneZero +Edit_Required).
defaultChildren	N/A
delete	Parameters: boolean p_entityDelete: True to delete this entity and False to "undelete".
deleteChildren	Parameters: boolean p_entityDelete: True to delete this entity and False to "undelete".
demote	Parameters: number p_tempID: The tempid to replace the emplid with.
demoteChildren	Parameters: number p_tempID: The Tempid to associated with all demoted data.
destroy	N/A
entityFieldUpdateNeeded	Parameters: Rowset p_DataUpdateRule string p_fieldName any oldValue Return: boolean
entityTypeUpdateNeeded	Parameters: Rowset p_DataUpdateRule any p_entityType boolean p_newFlag Return: boolean – True if the Data Update Rule specifies the entity type should be updated.
entityTypeUpdateRequested	Parameters: Rowset p_DataUpdateRule: The data update rule. any p_entityType: The entity type value (for example, For the Address entity, type values include: DORM, HOME, MAIL, and so on.) Return: boolean - True if any row of the Data Update Rule Detail (for this entity AND type) has an action not equal to "Do Not Update" (N).
entityUpdateRequested	Parameters: Rowset p_DataUpdateRule: The data update rule. Return: boolean - True if any row of the Data Update Rule Detail (for this entity) has an action not equal to "Do Not Update" (N).
fill	Parameters: Record p_inRec(out): The record structure that is used to populate this entity. boolean p_clearState: Whether or not to RESET this entities pre-image.
fillChildren	Parameters: boolean p_clearState
fillFromKeys	Parameters: boolean p_clearState: Whether or not to RESET this entities pre-image.
fillLOVDescrs	N/A
fromXmlNode	Parameters: XmlNode parentNode: The parent node to add this node to.
fromXmlNodeChildren	Parameters: XmlNode parentNode: The node of the current entity that all children see as the parent.
generateRowset	Return: Rowset - a rowset populated based on the parent keys, or null if no rows are found.
generateXSD	Return: string - the XML Schema as a string.
getChildEntity	Parameters: string p_entityID: The entity ID, based on the registry, of the ChildEntity object to retrieve. Return: ChildEntity
getCSUserDefaults	Return: CSUserDefaults
getDataKey	Return: DataKey
getEntPropsByPropertyName	Parameters: string propname: The property name. Return: Record
getFullEntityPathName	Return: string
getIgnoreFields	Return: array of string
getInstallationHCM	Return: InstallationHCM
getLOVDescr	Parameters: string propname: The property name to get a LOV Description based on. Return: string
getLOVValue	Parameters: Record p_recProp string p_code Return: string
getMaxSeqNbrSQL	Return: number - the maximum sequence number found.
getParent	Return: IEntity
getProperty	Parameters: string propname Return: any
getPropertyByMetaRec	Parameters: Record propMetaRec Return: any
getRecordName	Return: string - The record name
getTagByFieldName	Parameters: string fieldname: The fieldname to search on. Return: string
hardDelete	Parameters: MessageLogBase p_messageLog(out): the message log
hardDeleteChildren	Parameters: MessageLogBase p_messageLog(out): the message log
hasEffdt	Return: boolean
hasEffseq	Return: boolean
hasKey	Parameters: string p_keyname: The name of the field to check. Return: boolean - true, the field exists and is a key, false, the field is not a key, or does not exist.
isEqualKeys	Parameters: IEntity p_entity Return: boolean
isEqualKeysRecord	Parameters: Record p_rec Return: boolean
populateAudit
prePublish	Parameters: Rowset p_changesRS(out)
preSave	N/A
preSaveChildren	N/A
preSaveFirst	N/A
promote	Parameters: string p_emplID MessageLogBase p_log(out): The MessageLog object to log all errors/warnings to.
promoteChildren	Parameters: string p_emplID: The EMPLID key to associate with the promoted data. MessageLogBase p_log(out)
publish	Parameters: Rowset p_changesRS boolean p_onlineMode
retrieveDataRule	Return: Rowset - the Data Update Rule information for the current entity in a rowset (Level 0 - SCC_DUR_HDR, Level 1 - SCC_DUR_DTL).
save	Parameters: MessageLogBase p_messageLog(out): the message log
saveChildren	MessageLogBase p_messageLog(out): the message log
setChildren	N/A
setData	Parameters: Record p_dataRec: The record to set data to.
setDataPreImage	Parameters: Record p_dataPreImageRec: The preimage record to set.
setDefault	N/A
setEntityID	Parameters: string p_entityID: The ID of the Entity.
setKeyList	N/A
setProperty	Parameters: string propname any value
setPropertyByMetaRec	Parameters: Record propMetaRec any value
setStageMode	Parameters: boolean p_stageInd: Set to stage (true) or production (false).
setUpdateRule	Parameters: string p_UpdateRule: The specific update rule.
setUpdateRuleByTransName	Parameters: string p_transName: The transaction name.
setUserContext	Parameters: string p_userContext: The user context to set. An empty string sets the context to %UserId.
testForAudit	N/A
toXmlNode	Parameters: XmlNode parentNode: The parent node of this node.
toXmlNodeChildren	Parameters: XmlNode parentNode: The node of the current entity that all children see as the parent.
updateChildFields	Parameters: string propname: The name of the property to update. array of ChildEntity cea: The array of child entities (and their children down the tree) to set the property on.
updateFromRecord	Parameters: Record rec: The record object to copy data from.
updateKeyFields	N/A
validate	Parameters: MessageLogBase p_messageLog(out): The container for all the messages that are generated by this method.
validateChildren	Parameters: MessageLogBase p_messageLog(out): The message log.
validateFirst	Parameters: MessageLogBase p_messageLog(out): The container for all the messages that are generated by this method.
workflow	Parameters: boolean p_onlineMode