com.thingworx.subscriptions

Class Subscription

java.lang.Object

com.thingworx.types.events.EventDescriptor

com.thingworx.subscriptions.BaseSubscription

com.thingworx.subscriptions.Subscription

All Implemented Interfaces:

ICharacteristic, IDiffableObject, IAspectContainer, INamedObject, java.lang.Cloneable

@ThingworxExtensionApiClass(since={6,6},
                            canInstantiate=true)
public final class Subscription
extends BaseSubscription
implements ICharacteristic, java.lang.Cloneable

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Subscription()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
EntityReference	getOwner() Returns a reference to the entity that owns the subscription.
java.lang.String	getSourceName() Deprecated. Use getOwner() instead.

Methods inherited from class com.thingworx.subscriptions.BaseSubscription

getDescription, getName, isAsync, isEnabled

Methods inherited from class com.thingworx.types.events.EventDescriptor

getAlertName, getEventDescriptor, getEventName, getSource, getSourceProperty, isAlertEvent, isAnyEvent, isPropertyEvent, setAlertName, setEventName, setSource, setSourceProperty

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Subscription

public Subscription()

Method Detail

getSourceName

@Deprecated
 @ThingworxExtensionApiMethod(since={6,6},
                             deprecatedSince={8,0})
public java.lang.String getSourceName()

Deprecated. Use getOwner() instead.

Returns:

the name of the entity owning this subscription

getOwner

@ThingworxExtensionApiMethod(since={8,0})
public EntityReference getOwner()

Returns a reference to the entity that owns the subscription.

This entity may not necessarily be the subscriber; for example, a thing template or thing shape may define a subscription and thus be the "owner", but the thing that implements the template or shape would be the "subscriber".

The owner is referred to as the "source" in other classes, but this collides with the concept of a "source" on EventDescriptor and can be confusing to developers, so it is explicitly called out as the "owning entity" here.

Returns:

a reference to the entity that owns the subscription