Package com.thingworx.entities.utils

Class ThingTemplateUtilities

java.lang.Object

com.thingworx.entities.utils.ThingTemplateUtilities

@ThingworxExtensionApiClass(since={6,6},
                            canInstantiate=true)
public final class ThingTemplateUtilities
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ThingTemplateUtilities()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Thing	createThingFromTemplate(String thingTemplateName, String name, String description, boolean persistent)
static EntityReferenceCollection	getAllImplementingThings(EntityReference templateRef)	Get a list of all things which implement a particular ThingTemplate
static EntityReferenceCollection	getAllImplementingThings(ThingTemplate template)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

ThingTemplateUtilities

public ThingTemplateUtilities()

Method Details

getAllImplementingThings

@ThingworxExtensionApiMethod(since={6,6})
public static EntityReferenceCollection getAllImplementingThings(ThingTemplate template)

getAllImplementingThings

@ThingworxExtensionApiMethod(since={9,1})
public static EntityReferenceCollection getAllImplementingThings(EntityReference templateRef)

Get a list of all things which implement a particular ThingTemplate

Parameters:

templateRef - - EntityReference to the ThingTemplate for which implementing things are to be fetched

Returns:

EntityReferenceCollection of all Things which implement the given ThingTemplate

createThingFromTemplate

@ThingworxExtensionApiMethod(since={6,6})
public static Thing createThingFromTemplate(String thingTemplateName,
 String name,
 String description,
 boolean persistent)
                                     throws Exception

Throws:

Exception - If an error occurs